oh. just here also. uploading my other new comedy FROM THE LOST FILES OF THE RED LETTER PUNK ROCK ADJUNCTS CLUB AT THE FORMER CHE CAFE. on @newplayexchange.bsky.social

oh just here. uploading my new light comedy LAS CHICAS HOLIDAY to @newplayexchange.bsky.social

We love a good "I found it on New Play Exchange" productions story. This one's out of Australia. citynews.com.au/2026/the-goo...

We’re at Oregon Contemporary Theatre in Eugene this weekend for the NNPN Rolling World Premiere of DOG MOM by Tate Elizabeth Hanyok, playing through June 14🐶

Signed by 250 Native and non-Native artists, the new effort and alliance calls on U.S. institutional theatre to produce Native-authored work and engage in authentic collaborations. www.americantheatre.org/2026/05/22/n...

From one of our alumni artists AND one of our NNPN member theaters. Looks cool, let’s go.

One of our original (and continuing) NNPN Core Member Theaters, continuing to do the work.

Today we’re featuring 2 NNPN Associate Members in NYC: NewYorkRep & New Light Theater Project. Our national impact is possible because our Member Theaters bring bold, adventurous new work to communities across the U.S. Read their interviews at nnpn.org/nnpn-news/nn...

My play is on the homepage of @newplayexchange.bsky.social! So grateful to be on this list of Experimental Work alongside some other fabulous artists. You can read it here: newplayexchange.org/script/20199...

THANK YOU, 7! I'm celebrating 7 years of having my plays selected and produced in ScriptWorks' Out of Ink! 7 years of crazy ingredients, late-night panic writing, and making theatre with my favorite people.  All 7 years of scripts are available to read on @newplayexchange.bsky.social 1/3

Congratulations to artistic affiliate Kristoffer Diaz on receiving one of two 2026 Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award citations for "Things With Friends", which premiered here at American Blues Theater last fall! www.americantheatre.org/2026/05/05/p...

Amphibian Stage is one of our beloved NNPN Member Theaters & Caridad Svich is one of our beloved alumni artists! Explore the work of both when you can.

New Features List Alert 🥳 A Very, Merry Un-Birthday, Billy Shakes “Around this time is believed to be the birthday of a very good playwright named William Shakespeare. I do love the guy, but I am one of those who thinks we should stop producing his plays for at least five years.🧵

Right now, your support has 2x the impact. Through 6/30, every donation is matched until we hit $20K🎉 Your gift strengthens a connected ecosystem where Member Theaters collaborate with each other & new plays continue to find life across the country. nnpn.org/donate

"Crystal Skillman and Kelundra Smith discuss finding their champions, the NNPN rolling world premiere process, and why taking risks on new work is more important now than ever." www.dramatistsguild.com/thedramatist...

Your gift to NNPN (&, by extension, New Play Exchange!) has double the impact now through June 30. All donations will be matched, up to $20k, by NNPN founder David Goldman & Carol Dweck. Let’s champion new plays & amplify bold voices together.   Help us meet the match at nnpn.org/donate

Thank you to everyone who joined us for DeLanna Studi’s “I” is for Invisible, a powerful exploration of injustice, determination, and hope. The cast delivered an incredible performance and we’re so grateful to have shared it with you all!

Congratulations to The Great Privation playwright Nia Akilah Robinson, who was just named as this year's recipient of the Blue Ink Award for playwriting! americanbluestheater.com/2026/04/23/2...

Featured List on New Play Exchange: Scripts Inspired by the American Revolution🪡

The 30th annual PlayGround Festival of New Works kicks off next month with a full-length festival premiere, 3 full-length festival staged readings and a fully-produced evening of short works by some of the nation's top new playwrights. Reserve free livestream tickets at playground-sf.org/festival

Neat Job Alert: City Theatre in Pittsburgh, one of our fantastic Member Theaters, is looking for a Director of Patron Services: recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/j...

"If you feel like this world is on fire and daily tasks have become meaningless, this theater show is for you." — @baystatebanner.bsky.social baystatebanner.com/2026/03/11/y...

Want me to steal your soul? Read the play first! newplayexchange.org/script/20463... Big thanks, as always, to @newplayexchange.bsky.social for making it so easy for directors and producers to find my work! I wouldn't have half as many souls... I mean, productions without them!

By adding new members to its Core Partner Program, the D.C.-based Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company seeks to deepen its investment in local communities. www.americantheatre.org/2026/03/11/w...

With two weeks until the PlayFest Indy reading of this is a face, we are excited to introduce the incredible cast! Join us at Indiana Repertory Theatre on March 23rd at 7PM for an unforgettable night! For cast details and tickets, click here: https://www.newharmonyproject.org/pfi

The NNPN Rolling World Premiere of "Haunted" by Tara Moses opens at Cleveland Public Theatre this week. I promise you don't get enough Indigenous horror comedy in your diet, so make some plans. thelandcle.org/stories/clev...

Thinking tonight about this beautiful piece of theatre/film/performance we got to make with @csvich.bsky.social 5(!) years ago. vimeo.com/1031664166

Announcing our 2026 Br!NK New Play Festival Playwrights! Congratulations! 🎉 The 2026 Br!NK New Play Festival will be May 16 & 17 at the Baumgartner Center for Dance, passes go on sale April 13. Mark your calendars & we'll see you at the Baumgartner Center for Dance in May! https://ow.ly/VUaT50Ynjtm

My February @newplayexchange.bsky.social 'Read and Rec' project is complete! I've read so many high-quality plays this month and am absolutely blown away by the talented folks in my orbit. Final Tally: - 39 Plays by - 37 Playwrights! Here's who I read and rec'd this last week:

We’re thrilled to share that we’re just one month away from the showing of this is a face by J.C. Pankratz at PlayFest Indy! Join us on March 23rd at Indiana Repertory Theatre! For more information on the cast and how to reserve tickets, click here: https://www.newharmonyproject.org/pfi

Yesterday the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize was awarded to two writers on their side of the Atlantic: U.S.-based Ro Reddick for “Cold War Choir Practice” and U.K./Ireland-based Hannah Doran for “The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights.” www.americantheatre.org/2026/02/26/r...

During Valentine’s weekend, Amanda L. Andrei visited the beloved Colorado New Play Summit for its 20th anniversary at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. 

SF-based folks, Playwrights Foundation is seeking a PT, year-round literary manager to support the Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF) and Resident Playwright Program: jobs.gusto.com/postings/pla...

Mon. 3/2, join Playwrights' Center for Artists in Conversation, in person or livestreamed. Twin Cities theater leaders from Penumbra, Capri, Pillsbury House, Theater Mu, Mixed Blood, & Springboard on response to ICE activity in the context of their artistic missions. pwcenter.org/event/artist...

Fellow playwrights! I’ve been reading and recommending plays on NPX (@newplayexchange.bsky.social) throughout February. I'm officially 4 weeks in and my eyeballs are killing me in the BEST way. Here's just some of the 30+ incredible plays and playwrights I’ve read so far. #NPX #Playwrights 1

New Featured Script List up on NPX: EXPLORATIONS OF GRIEF🧵 “While writers tend to explore grief in tragedies, they can also do so with humor, absurdism, mythology, & more. These scripts explore grief inspired by different causes: from death & the end of childhood to losing a version of yourself...

In solidarity with our Twin Cities colleagues, we’re sharing “Rise and Respond” donation links to MN arts organizations. Courtesy of Eleanor Savage and the Jerome Foundation.

Join us for the world premiere of DUMBED DOWN by Darryl Stamp February 12-March 1. Tickets and details at planbtheatre.org/dumbeddown Audio & video by Danor Gerald.

The Kennedy Center’s roles as an incubator of new work for young audiences, and as a generous host for the American College Theater Festival, will be hard to fill, writes Daniella Ignacio.

Applications for the Cherry Lane Playwrights Collective, a 9-month developmental program under the direction of Pulitzer-winning playwright Annie Baker, will be open Feb. 2-March 2. Further details at playwrights.cherrylanetheatre.org

Theatres across Minnesota have closed for the day during the state’s general strike against ICE’s violence. www.americantheatre.org/2026/01/23/i...

For those marching during the general strike today, confirmed warming sites include: Minneapolis Central Library, the Hennepin County Government Center, and Farrell’s Extreme Bodyshaping - St. Paul Gym.

In our winter 2026 print issue, the prolific L.A. playwright Justin Tanner chats about his newest autobiographical play, MY SON THE PLAYWRIGHT at @roguemachinethtr.bsky.social, and how his family has shaped his artistry. www.americantheatre.org/2026/01/20/p...

Megan Gogerty chats with Charity Nebbe about her new show "Fair State," opening January 22 at Riverside Theatre. Interview starts at 31:21. www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk...

love for my play FUTURE EMERGENCIES on @newplayexchange.bsky.social . "a triptych of dissolving social fabric, set to the pace of telling a secret at a party."

Tune in to the lates Onstage Colorado at the 48:09 mark to hear the interview on the upcoming Rolling World Premiere of "Bad Books" at Curious Theatre, with playwright Sharyn Rothstein and our own Executive Director Nan Barnett🎧 onstagecolorado.com/podcast-the-...

Ringing in the New Year with 5,992 published audition monologues from full scripts on NPX. Writers, help take us to 6k & give our new NPX Actors something fab to work with.

The good folks at @thrownstone.bsky.social, an NNPN Associate Member Theater, are looking for their next commission. Will you be the one to write it? thrownstone.org/comm-rfp-2026/

BEFORE THE BALL DROPS: Today's your final chance to help new plays thrive & make 2x the impact. All gifts will be matched until midnight🎉 Your support fuels bold new work & the artists bringing it to life. Help us reach our $25k goal at nnpn.org/donate

🚨Attention Women Playwrights Based in the Midwest!🚨 The deadline for the second around of the Br!NK Br!EFS is TODAY! Send us your 10 min plays inspired by the prompt, "Come Live With Me and Be My Love" by 11:59pm! https://rtwmke.org/brink/submit-your-work/