Can you get to Philadelphia between Feb. 6 and March 1? We are thrilled for our Resident Dramaturg, Phaedra Michelle Scott, whose play PLANTATION BLACK opens at InterAct Theatre Company on Feb. 6. More here: https://www.interacttheatre.org/plantationblack

We’re packing our bags to see Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson again in their genre-changing MEXODUS, now back for a new extended run at the Daryl Roth Theatre—join us!

We’re thrilled to celebrate NHP alum Ngozi Anwanyu, who is set to perform in The Locus by fellow NHP alum Lucy Thurber! This staged work-in-progress is part of LAB: STRIPPED and will be presented later this February.

At NHP we believe in artist-centered programming that nurtures writers and cultivates hope!

Award-winning playwright, ASU professor, and NHP alum Idris Goodwin has been recognized on Kirkus Reviews’ Best of 2025 list for King of the Neuroverse, his recently published novel that explores the struggles and strengths of ADHD. For more information, click here: https://ow.ly/iR5R50Y2Vjc

NHP is excited for our alum Phanésia Pharel on her new play The Waterfall, which explores the American Dream and generational divides, premiering January 31st in NYC!

NHP is thrilled to celebrate our alum Alex Lin, who will be speaking this spring on the panel Storied Women: Asian American Playwrights in Conversation! 🎭✨ Learn more about the panel and Alex’s new satirical drama, Chinese Republicans here: https://ow.ly/qUKR50Y2Vge

With fifty artists spanning 21 states and 10 creative disciplines, we are thrilled to celebrate our alum Ty Defoe, who has been named a 2026 USA Fellow by United States Artists!

While the snow falls on our country in crisis, NHP’s mission might feel impossibly out of reach. We see hope as a call to action, a demand that we imagine a brighter, more equitable future. We uplift writers and their stories, because we believe that is how we’ll find our way forward.

NHP is thrilled to celebrate WAD by Keiko Green winning the BroadwayWorld Indianapolis Award for Best New Play or Musical!!

NHP's Jenni Werner was asked by WIRED to comment on the success of projects written by & featuring artists who are part of marginalized communities, even while the Administration tries to silence them. https://www.wired.com/story/sorry-maga-turns-out-people-still-like-woke-art/

We’re thrilled to celebrate NHP alum Vaibu Mohan, as her work Water Memory, created alongside Kitty Brazelton, will premiere at the NOW (New Opera Works) Festival this June. For more information, click here: https://ow.ly/G0YT50XWX5V

NHP wants to congratulate our alum Benjamin Benne on joining Page 73's 2026 Writers Group alongside Alexa Derman, JuCoby Johnson, Aditya Joshi, Adin Lenahan, Dhari Noel, Abigail C. Onwunali, and Mallory Jane Weiss. Read more here: https://ow.ly/TzXm50XWXje

In Let’s Talk, hear from Ty Defoe, as he reflects on how “this year in particular, a poly-crisis begins to emerge, both as an Indigenous person and simply by existing..., requiring me to draw strict boundaries in order to care for myself and find rest..” Full conversation: https://ow.ly/5iIW50XWpl9

We’re thrilled for NHP alum Deborah Yarchun! Her new play, Preservation, is being presented by First Look Buffalo Theatre Company throughout January and early February. For more information: https://www.firstlookbuffalo.com/

We’re thrilled to celebrate NHP alum and writer Jonathan Spector, who will lead Everything but the Writing, a masterclass diving into the three key elements of becoming a playwright. For more information: https://playground-sf.org/education/

Hear from Mashuq Mushtaq Deen as he reflects on the challenges artists face and reminds us that "people have lived in dangerous times for a long time, and have made art in dangerous times for a long, long time, and still are." For more information, click here: https://ow.ly/gewQ50XWp4H

In NHP’s new installment of Let’s Talk, hear from Jessie Dickey as she reflects on “meditating on the fact that this might be a time when I need to separate how I survive financially and how I survive artistically.” For the full conversation: https://ow.ly/p8Y850XVCf6

NHP is excited to announce the second installment of our new program, Let’s Talk — an opportunity for writers to share how they are responding to the current political climate. Check out the first edition here: https://www.newharmonyproject.org/lets-talk-blog/2025/12/17/lets-talk-politics-2

Huge congrats to NHP alum James Still, whose play HAUNT ME has been selected for the 2026 Stanley Drama Award! Previous winners include writers like Terrence McNally, Adrienne Kennedy, and Jonathan Larson. Congrats to James for this great honor! https://wagner.edu/performing-arts/stanley-drama/

Yesterday marked our first rehearsal for the reading of SaFronia’s Daughter! Tickets are currently sold out, but join us January 9th to be added to the waitlist. For more information on SaFronia's Daughter and the cast, click here: https://www.newharmonyproject.org/pfi

Meet India Nicole Burton, playwright of SaFronia’s Daughter, as she shares her writing process and why she’s excited to be part of PlayFest! Advance tickets are sold out, but join us on January 9th to be added to the waitlist. For more information on India: https://www.newharmonyproject.org/pfi

At the end of 2025, we're thankful for an exciting year with 6 workshops of in 4 cities, many world premieres by our alumni, and nearly 200 artists supported by NHP. A donation in 2025 helps NHP support writers in 2026 . Thank you for considering a gift: www.newharmonyproject.org/give.

With just days until the reading of SaFronia’s Daughter, we’re excited to introduce the cast! While advance tickets are sold out, join us to be added to the waitlist. Learn more about the cast: https://www.newharmonyproject.org/playfest-indy-actors/2025/12/29/cast-announcement-safronias-daughter

NHP alum and former board member Vichet Chum is such a vital part of the NHP community! Hear what he has to say about NHP's daring dream about a more hopeful future. And if you're so moved, you can help us build that future together: https://www.newharmonyproject.org/give

Meet the Dramaturg of SaFronia’s Daughter, Naysan Mojgani! SaFronia’s Daughter follows Bee, a young Black woman trying to protect her family. Join us at PlayFest Indy on January 9th to view the live reading. For more information, click here: https://www.newharmonyproject.org/pfi#safroniasdaughter

We are grateful for the NHP community: the residents of New Harmony, writers and other artists, student interns, board members & donors, artistic partner organizations. You make NHP what it is & we thank you for being part of our community. Thanks to Aurora Real deAsua for these thoughts.

All we want for Christmas: to continue uplifting, nurturing and affirming artists. What a gift it is to work with this incredible community. Kirya Traber shares the impact has had on her and her artistic relationships. https://www.newharmonyproject.org/give

Parent artists should not have to chose between being an artist and a parent. We nurture parent artists through the Joyce O'Connor Parent Residency. Lina Patel shares some thoughts about what that has meant for her. Help NHP continue to do this work: https://www.newharmonyproject.org/give

Meet the director of SaFronia’s Daughter, Ericka Ratcliff! SaFronia’s Daughter follows Bee, a young Black woman trying to protect her family. SaFronia's Daughter will be in process on January 9th. For more information, click here: https://www.newharmonyproject.org/pfi#safroniasdaughter

Big hearts and big dreams - that describes so many writers we know. Thanks to NHP alum Kap Taylor for this fun video (and for pulling over to safely record it!) about what NHP means to them. You can help support those big dreams at https://www.newharmonyproject.org/give

How do you become the writer you've always wanted to be? We're thankful for the opportunity to uplift writers throughout the year. Omer Abbas Salem shares how NHP supported their work, and how NHP values writers. www.newharmonyproject.org

Here’s why our artists and audiences loved PlayFest Indy! Join us at PlayFest Indy on January 9th for a reading of India Burton’s SaFronia’s Daughter! For more information about SaFronia’s Daughter and PlayFest Indy, click here: https://www.newharmonyproject.org/pfi#safroniasdaughter

In episode 1 of Let's Talk, Lina Patel discusses this divisive time: "I'm trying so hard to talk to people that I normally wouldn't talk to, hear their stories..." Read Episode 1: https://www.newharmonyproject.org/lets-talk-blog/politics-and-political-theatre-1

Wwe love to celebrate the friendships that stay with us over time. Mat Smart has been a writer in residence at NHP several times, and is a former board member (and introduced our executive artistic director Jenni Werner to NHP). Hear what he has to say about the importance of NHP in his life.

NHP is honored to have be among the 8 innovative nonprofits by the Meridian Foundation's Arago Honors. The foundation selected NHP for our fostering of relationships between writers and producing theatres, building relationships that change lives and careers. https://www.indymeridianfoundation.org/

We wish we were back in New Harmony, too, Sam! Thanks for helping us visualize it! You can help NHP continue to build community and offer writers an opportunity to slow down and innovate. Donate today: www.newharmonyproject.org/give.

Meet the playwright of SaFronia’s Daughter, India Burton. SaFronia’s Daughter follows Bee, a young Black woman protecting her family’s legacy. Burton’s work will be at PlayFest Indy on January 9th. For more information and to reserve tickets: https://www.newharmonyproject.org/pfi#safroniasdaughter

NHP's 2025 Community: what an embarrassment of riches we were blessed with in 2025. As we approach the last couple of weeks of the year, we're holding you all in our hearts!

We are excited to announce our first PlayFest Indy reading of the new year! On January 9th, join us for a reading of India Burton’s SaFronia’s Daughter, a story rooted in family and long-buried truths. For more information on how to reserve tickets, click the PlayFest Indy link in our bio!

We're happy to share the news that Lateva Woolfork has joined the NHP Board of Directors! Lateva helps mission-driven organizations and entrepreneurs elevate their visibility and impact through authentic storytelling and strategic marketing. Read more on our website! Welcome to the board, Lateva!

NHP alum and Board Member Lily Houghton's play was the inspiration for FORBIDDEN FRUITS, for which she also co-wrote the screen play. The teaser's out today and the film will be in theatres in 2026: https://www.joblo.com/forbidden-fruits-short-teaser/

Hope is not passive. It's fierce and demands action. NHP nurtures writers who interrogate the complexity of hope. In FY25 NHP programming supported over 175 artists and held our largest and most diverse residency. Read our Impact Report at https://www.newharmonyproject.org/2425-impact-report.

Forbes lists 2025 NHP alum Alex Lin in their annual 30 Under 30 List! https://www.forbes.com/profile/alex-lin-1/?list=30under30-hollywood-entertainment/

NHP is releasing our FY25 Impact Report - it was a year of extraordinary growth & profound challenge. We know that our mission is more urgently needed now than ever. We'll share excerpts over the next few days. You can read the full report here: https://www.newharmonyproject.org/2425-impact-report

We're excited to see 2025 NHP alum Abigail Onwunali in August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone starting in March on Broadway! https://www.broadway.com/buzz/206458/cast-complete-for-revival-of-joe-turners-come-and-gone-on-broadway/

BREAKING NEWS! We're thrilled to share that NHP is now based at the Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre! We're excited to share space with so many of our artistic partners and new play friends, at 705 N. Illinois St., Indianapolis, IN 46204. Come see us!

In Let's Talk, playwright & novelist Vichet Chum shares "We try really hard to write plays that make a difference. And sometimes, that conviction is more important than making a perfect play. There is no such thing, after all." More: https://ow.ly/yzI350Xx9Qu

In the first episode of Let's Talk, we hear from Gloria Majule about her experience in theatre. "All of these things, wherever I go, I am making an impact just by nature of me existing in that space. My stories are doing the same." More at https://ow.ly/3XHF50Xx9B6

NHP nurtures writers who interrogate the complexity of hope. The 4 writers featured in the first Let's Talk offering share a vision of theatre and writing that builds on that complexity, and it’s uplifting and compelling. Make a gift at www.newharmonyproject.org/give. https://ow.ly/I9cM50Xx9gt