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/

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

Happy/Proud to be the featured writer on @newplayexchange.bsky.social 🥰🥰🥰

Today’s feature is The Black Rep, an NNPN Core Member whose work centers Black voices, stories, & artists while engaging audiences through powerful, socially relevant theater.

Spotlight on: Contemporary American Theater Festival, our Core Member based in Shepherdstown, WV, & a cornerstone of new play development in the U.S. 🧵🪡

We want your thematically curated lists of plays to be featured on NPX in 2026. Submit your list at forms.monday.com/forms/d7f1f1...

New Featured List: Adaptations of Public Domain Works (Lavina's List). Every Jan 1, US copyrights expire on material written 95 yrs ago. These are adaptations of works that entered the public domain in the last 5 years. List in memory of Lavina Jadhwani, who breathed new life into classical stories.

If you are a dramaturg, save this post. I guarantee an actor will ask you about this one day (if they haven't already).

We’re delighted to feature Great Plains Theatre Commons, an NNPN Associate Member in Omaha dedicated to strengthening community by supporting the creation & sharing of diverse new stories🪡🧵

Our ED, Nan Barnett, sat with WGCU Public Media's Gulf Coast Life: Arts Edition" with host John Davis, alongside playwright Brent Askari & director Brendon Fox to discuss the NNPN Rolling World Premiere program & ADVICE, now playing at Florida Rep 🎙️ Listen now: www.wgcu.org/show/gulf-co...

Giving Tuesday may be behind us, but Giving Season is in full swing. Your generosity will go twice as far when you donate to NNPN before the ball drops on New Year’s Eve, thanks to a $25k matching grant made in memory of our colleague and friend Scott Vehill. NNPN.org/donate 🎁

Our friends at Play Club celebrate the memory of our friend & theater artist Lavina Jadhwani 12/20, noon PT. Attend the live Zoom, hosted by playwright Amy Wheeler, for a community reading from Lavina's “A Christmas Carol” & stories from those who loved her. To join: us02web.zoom.us/j/7190381978

College instructors of NPX, will you spread the word to your students? Registration is open now for the 2026 URTAs Auditions & Interviews🎉 🧵

This week, we’re proud to shine a light on Perseverance Theatre, a Core Member whose work is deeply rooted in—& created in service to—Alaskan communities 🧵

New Featured List! The Charles M. Getchell New Play Contest is among the flagship awards of the Southeastern Theatre Conference. Dedicated to the discovery & development of worthy new plays & playwrights, & sponsored by Theatrical Rights Worldwide in 2026, the award received 300+ submissions🧵

Updates to NPX are LIVE! - Glamourous, more accessible color palette 🟠🔵 - Accessibility updates for folks using screen readers 👀 - New disability identity filters for user profiles (time to update your profile!) & script/monologue searches🦾 - New FAQ section💁 - & more🎉 Behold at newplayexchange.org

Opening up the new year in Seattle A world premiere play from SIS Productions, Seattle Public Theater and Yun Theater about a thief who gives more than she takes. #AAPIdrama #AsiansOnStage #Asiananericantheatre

Tara Moses introduces the series The Unspoken Treaty, outlines how the “American theatre” got here, details key takeaways from the upcoming series, and offers an invitation to institutional leaders to move from being unsettled to galvanized. #theatre #theater howlround.com/its-time-mov...

“In collaboration with the Virginia Museum of History & Culture, Firehouse Theatre is staging a new original play centered on the story of John Mitchell Jr., a pioneering Black newspaper editor, politician, banker, and civil rights activist known as ‘the fighting editor.’”

This #GivingTuesday, join your colleagues & fellow new play champions across the country in giving to NNPN and New Play Exchange. Through the 12/31, your donations count double, thanks to a generous matching grant ♥️ nnpn.org/donate

Attention Women Playwrights based in the Midwest! The second round of the Br!NK Br!EFS is now open! You have until Dec 31st to send us your 10 min plays inspired by the prompt "Come Live With Me And Be My Love". We're looking forward to reading your plays! https://rtwmke.org/brink/submit-your-work/

Dec 6 @ 2pm: "Stages of Our Stories: 60 Years of Asian American Theater at East West Players" features excerpts from 6 of EWP's landmark plays. @jamuseum.bsky.social -> www.janm.org/events/2025-... #LAThtr #LittleTokyo #AAPI From #EastWestPlayers archive (www.eastwestplayers.org/production-h... ):

This winter, C1 kicks off Season 27 with a darkly comic new play co-produced with DC’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. Pay-What-You-Want tickets now available! www.ticketleap.events/tickets/comp...

This week, we’re spotlighting Core Member Theater Orlando Shakes, which joined NNPN back in 2007 🧵

We’re soooooo thankful for all y’all. If you’re thankful for the community NNPN has helped forged for folks who champion new plays, we hope you’ll consider us this coming #givingtuesday, during this season that we have a generous matching grant for the first $25k we can raise 🧵

Read @barrfoundation.org's feature on how Company One is making theatre differently. Check out the article to learn more about our Pay-What-You-Want ticketing model, our approach to community partnerships, our actor training and casting philosophy, and more! www.barrfoundation.org/blog/company...

It's a great time to donate to us / NNPN: We have a matching grant from Kristen Vehill, David Goldman & Carol Dweck for the first $25k we raise. It's in memory of National New Play Network OG Scott Vehill, who passed away earlier this year. Let’s champion new plays together. NNPN.org/donate

We can't wait to bring #ParanormalInside to the Twin Cities!

PlayFest Unsolicited Submissions opened today at Orlando Shakes. Playwrights can apply by Dec. 1 & learn more at www.orlandoshakes.org/npd/playfest...

This month’s awards roundup includes directing honors, theatre criticism prizes, commissions for Black playwrights and Theatre for the Very Young, and more. www.americantheatre.org/2025/11/14/c...

United Hospital Fund and Venturous Theater Fund have joined in an effort to educate job-to-job arts workers about their health insurance options: a free, comprehensive online guidebook, “Riskier Business.” www.americantheatre.org/2025/11/13/r...

This week, we’re spotlighting one of our founding Member Theaters: InterAct Theatre Company in Philadelphia. For over 35 years, InterAct has embodied the NNPN spirit, championing new plays that challenge, inspire, & reflect the world we live in.

Lots of fellowship opportunities w/Playwrights' Center right now! You can apply to multiple programs if eligible. Here are some of the big ones & their deadlines 🧵

“Emergency Clown Nose,” portrait of Scott Vehill painted by his sister, Tricia Peck. Through the end of the year, in his memory, we have a match for the first $25k we raise.

🎶 Ever wonder what makes a musical theatre song work? Join NAMT + composer Joey Contreras for Recipe for Songwriting: Musical Structure, a free virtual workshop breaking down the ingredients of a song. 🗓️ Nov 10 | 7–8:30pm ET 🌟 Open to all students interested in the MT Songwriting Challenge!

Call for submissions (plays, scenes, & monologues) from Black Stories Black Voices: Help Barter Theatre curate a Black Appalachian canon of both the past and the present. Submit by 11/15. More info: bartertheatre.com/black-storie...

Running through November 9. Tix at riversidetheatre.org/eurekaday dailyiowan.com/2025/10/26/e...

Your gift has 2X the impact! Through 12/31, all donations will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $25K, by NNPN Board Member Kristen Vehill, together with NNPN founder David Goldman and Carol Dweck, in memory of Scott Vehill, one of NNPN's founding Artistic Directors.

Oh no, we're running out of Featured Lists for the NPX home page! These lists are all curated by real live New Play Exchange readers, and we'd love for you to submit your thematically linked list of plays worth reading at forms.monday.com/forms/d7f1f1...

"...I have a great job doing what I love, and I work with the best of friends" www.milwaukeemag.com/suzan-fete-r... Join us in celebrating Suzan this season. The Seazon of Suzan begins with SWITZERLAND by Joanna Murray-Smith opening Oct 19! rtwmke.org/shows/switze...