New Plays

The Summer 2024 edition of The Dramatist celebrates the 2023-2024 theatre season and world premiere productions throughout the country — and dives deep into what it means to create new plays.

In “New Play Development,” 2023 Princess Grace Award winner and New Dramatists Playwriting Fellow Marissa Joyce Stamps moderates a lively discussion with Che’Rae Adams of PlayPenn, Sean-Joseph Choo of Kamamo House, Jessica Bird Beza of the Playwrights Foundation, and Emily Morse of New Dramatists.

In “New Play Conferences,” Goldie E. Patrick leads a conversation with Adrian Centeno of Seven Devils, Melia Bensussen of the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and Hartford Stage, Kevin Lawler of Great Plains Theatre Commons, Jeremy B. Cohen of Ojai Playwrights Conference, and Deanna Studi of Native Voices.

Also in this issue, Leonard Madrid answers “Ten Questions” and a chorus of dramatists reflect on the legacy of Christopher Durang, Emmanuel Wilson asks how the non-profit theatre movement can better support working dramatists, and Azure D. Osborne-Lee ponders if the theatre is safe for immunocompromised theatre makers.

THE DRAMATIST is the official journal of the Dramatists Guild of America, the professional organization of playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists. It is made possible by funding from the Council of the Dramatists Guild of America, a generous gift from the JOHN LOGAN FOUNDATION through a grant from the Dramatists Guild Foundation, and contributions from Guild members LIKE YOU.