Three schools commission and early career playwright to write a play that each school will independently produce throughout the academic year. The faculty, students, and playwright collaborate throughout the year in the development of the text. The script will be a full-length play with a minimum of five characters. The majority of the characters will be under thirty years of age so that undergraduate actors can successfully play the roles. The play will reflect the students’ thoughts on the theme suggested by the playwright.

Our small, highly personal two-year program confers a master of fine arts degree in creative writing in fiction, poetry, or playwriting. The program offers single-discipline and inter-genre workshops, literature seminars, small-group reading tutorials, and one-on-one tutorials, which all emphasize relationships between eminent faculty members and students. Additionally, students have the opportunity to work on The Brooklyn Review and give public readings/performances in Brooklyn and Manhattan. The program offers some fellowships as well as prizes and a winter writing residency at the Espy...

The Yeshivah of Flatbush believes that creativity and self expression are central to every student’s development. Our arts program is designed to offer all students an opportunity to shine. Whether on paper or on screen, whether instrumental or vocal, whether in a monologue or a musical, our students are involved in creating art from the minute they step into our building as Freshmen. Yeshivah of Flatbush offers a robust and diverse arts experience that is built into the academic program, as well as the opportunity to pursue advanced levels of instruction in their elective courses....

The Rebel Playhouse, a 501(c)(3) non-profit theater company, produces plays for children and families that break traditions and challenge normative thinking. Our mission is to Empower, Educate and Entertain. We challenge and rebel against established stories, igniting children's imaginations. empowering them to think outside the box and create their own stories. Rebel also offers classes designed to foster creative development. We are an equal-opportunity employer, actively seeking to promote and implement equity and inclusion through gender, age and color-conscious casting. Our company is...

Off the Page inspires young people - to connect to the past, take action in the present, and change the future. Using the arts and creative learning, we take history out of the textbook and into the hands of young people. Off the Page is more than an arts education program - we are a movement, cultivating a generation of social changemakers.

The Jewish Plays Project puts bold, progressive Jewish conversations on world stages. The JPP’s innovative and competitive development vehicle invests emerging artists in their Jewish identity; engages Jewish communities in the vetting, selecting and championing of new voices; and secures mainstream production opportunities for the best new plays.

Founded in 2012, Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre elevates the voices of womxn by reimagining the classics. By investing in the growth of our artists, we nurture an inclusive and collaborative community that creates artistically excellent work.

THE ASSEMBLY is a collective of multi-disciplinary performance artists committed to realizing a visceral and intelligent theater for a new generation. Assembly members unite varied perspectives in service of wide-reaching, unabashedly theatrical and rigorously researched ensemble performances, crafted to spark conversation with our audiences. Our work embraces the complexities of our present moment; it is a call for empathy and engagement. Embracing collaboration as the core of the creative process, the company chooses projects through consensus and develops text, action and design side-by-...

This nine-month-long residency (January– September 2021) will offer one artist the opportunity to create a new project or body of work inspired by beautiful natural landscape, stunning monuments, and compelling history. The residency is open to emerging or mid-career artists residing in New York City and working in the visual and/or performing arts. The artist will be provided a $7,500 honorarium, private studio space in the landmarked Fort Hamilton Gatehouse, and access to the Cemetery’s professional staff and archives and historical collections. The selected artist will be announced at the...

This nine-month-long residency (January– September 2021) will offer one artist the opportunity to create a new project or body of work inspired by beautiful natural landscape, stunning monuments, and compelling history. The residency is open to emerging or mid-career artists residing in New York City and working in the visual and/or performing arts. The artist will be provided a $7,500 honorarium, private studio space in the landmarked Fort Hamilton Gatehouse, and access to the Cemetery’s professional staff and archives and historical collections. The selected artist will be announced at the...

The Ensemble Playwright Lab (EPL) is a residency program in which the playwright engages with Letter of Marque's (LOM) ensemble to create, develop, or reimagine a piece of work; which will be presented to the public at the end of the residency. There will be two residencies: Fall & Spring. Two playwrights, one for each residency, will be selected to work with our ensemble once a week, for a total of 21 hours of collaboration and discovery. And the best part? The EPL is FREE to the playwrights! Each residency is uniquely tailored to provide playwrights with the opportunity to...

The Ensemble Playwright Lab (EPL) is a residency program in which the playwright engages with Letter of Marque's (LOM) ensemble to create, develop, or reimagine a piece of work; which will be presented to the public at the end of the residency. There will be two residencies: Fall & Winter. Two playwrights, one for each residency, will be selected to work with our ensemble once a week, for a total of 21 hours of collaboration and discovery. And the best part? The EPL is FREE to the playwrights! Each residency is uniquely tailored to provide playwrights with the opportunity to...