The Theater Project, (www.thetheaterproject.org) an award-winning professional theater in Maplewood, NJ, is seeking New York-New Jersey playwrights for its playwrights’ workshop. The group meets monthly to read and discuss works-in-progress. Membership includes access to a monthly reading series (September through May) at the Cranford (NJ) Community Center before a live audience and a yearly one-act festival for new works. For more information visit www.thetheaterproject.org/...

As the professional theatre company in residence at Kean University, Premiere Stages actively engages and enhances the specialized training programs at Kean, while embracing and serving a culturally diverse audience, underserved local youth, and a broad pool of gifted regionally-based artists.

our mission is to tap into the ephemeral nature of theatre as an art form that leaves no trace and only exists in the present. to put to the test the idea that theatre can happen anywhere, from a mountain to a Walmart parking lot. to challenge expectations of what a play is. to blur the lines between theatre and _____. to pull back the veil of the illusion of disconnection (particularly between the “audience,” “performers,” and the natural environment). to make a space for voices that are not best served by the walls of a theatre space in NYC or for works that are too “out there” to be “...

We celebrate young playwrights and focus on presenting their work in the same way we present that of the professional playwrights we work with.

A community of professional playwrights, theatre artists, and arts educators, playwrights theatre provides opportunities for writers to develop their works in a nurturing environment and connect with new audiences.

Speranza Theatre Company's mission is to create thought-provoking collaborative theatre centered on women’s issues, providing an opportunity for artists, particularly females, to share their voices through challenging and entertaining theatre based in honesty and truth. Speranza Theatre Company is a non-profit women's theatre company and member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance. Founded to provide an opportunity for artists, particularly females, to share their voices through entertaining and challenging theatre, Speranza presents professional theatrical performances, free readings of new...

NWI is an Artist-in-Residence program and developmental platform in the Department of Theatre and Dance in Montclair State University’s College of the Arts.

The Stanley Drama Award was established in 1957 by Staten Island philanthropist Alma Guyon Timolat Stanley and endowed through the Stanley-Timolat Foundation to encourage and support aspiring playwrights. The national Stanley Award competition is administered by the Wagner College Theatre program, listed for the last decade among the top five college theater programs in the country in the Princeton Review’s annual Best Colleges Guide. The award carries with it a monetary prize along with the distinction of joining the illustrious list of past Stanley Award winners.

The Theater Project, (www.thetheaterproject.org) an award-winning professional theater in Maplewood, NJ, is seeking New York-New Jersey playwrights for its playwrights’ workshop. The group meets monthly to read and discuss works-in-progress. Membership includes access to a monthly reading series (September through May) at the Cranford (NJ) Community Center before a live audience and a yearly one-act festival for new works. For more information visit www.thetheaterproject.org/...

Founded in 2017, the Lotus Lee Foundation is a nonprofit theatre organization in New York City partnered with the Lotus Lee Drama Studios which was founded in China in 2015. Lotus Lee is a pioneer of theatre in China specializing in theatrical planning, investment, production, performance, marketing, and bringing new technology to the theatre. We have a large presence and following in Chinese international cities such as Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou and are growing here in the east coast of the United States. The New Work Initiative is an open submission competition whose primary goal...

Theatre Producers of Color (TPOC) is a multifaceted collective of theatremakers joined together in support of the next generation of BIPOC producers by providing access to education, training, and mentorship. We are supported and incubated by Broadway For All (BFA), a national organization shaping the next generation of advocates for radical inclusivity and anti-racism through engagement with the performing arts.