PlayPenn New Play Development
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PlayPenn is an artist-driven organization dedicated to the development of new plays and playwrights. PlayPenn fully supports the needs of the writer and the demands of the play in an ever-evolving process within which playwrights can engage in risk taking.
Affordable health insurance for artists? Yes, it’s possible. As independent contractors, theater workers are particularly vulnerable when it comes to accessing health insurance. A new guide from United Hospital Fund & Venturous Theater Fund is aiming to change that.
Writers and Art Workers Need Health Insurance: Here’s a Lifeline That Can Help
A new guide aims to help performing arts professionals without employer or union health plans navigate the complex world of health insurance.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Affordable health insurance for artists? Yes, it’s possible. As independent contractors, theater workers are particularly vulnerable when it comes to accessing health insurance. A new guide from United Hospital Fund & Venturous Theater Fund is aiming to change that.
Past students often say the excursuses help them see their play in an entirely new way. Breakthroughs tend to center around clarity, purpose, and intent, the foundational elements that transform a draft into a meaningful dramatic journey.
PlayPenn Brings Its New Play Development Intensive to New York City for the First Time
After multiple sold-out intensives, PlayPenn's Artistic Director, Che'Rae Adams, returns with an in-person six-hour workshop in New York City, an experience designed for playwrights struggling to find...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Past students often say the excursuses help them see their play in an entirely new way. Breakthroughs tend to center around clarity, purpose, and intent, the foundational elements that transform a draft into a meaningful dramatic journey.
Unlock the ability to reshape your drafts from end to start, revealing hidden depth & breakthroughs.
"Rewrite in Reverse" begins Oct 13, 2025
All PlayPenn classes are delivered online and open to participants worldwide.
www.playpenn.org/classes
"Rewrite in Reverse" begins Oct 13, 2025
All PlayPenn classes are delivered online and open to participants worldwide.
www.playpenn.org/classes
September 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Unlock the ability to reshape your drafts from end to start, revealing hidden depth & breakthroughs.
"Rewrite in Reverse" begins Oct 13, 2025
All PlayPenn classes are delivered online and open to participants worldwide.
www.playpenn.org/classes
"Rewrite in Reverse" begins Oct 13, 2025
All PlayPenn classes are delivered online and open to participants worldwide.
www.playpenn.org/classes
Calling all playwrights, composers, lyricists, dramaturgs, directors, actors, and other theatre artists! Take your theatre-practice to the next level with PlayPenn’s fall/winter classes starting October 13!
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www.playpenn.org/classes
Announcing PlayPenn's Fall 2025 Classes: Your Creative Journey Begins October 13
As the leaves turn and inspiration ignites, PlayPenn welcomes a new semester of professional development classes for playwrights and theatre creators. Since 2015, PlayPenn has offered a dynamic roster...
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September 20, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Calling all playwrights, composers, lyricists, dramaturgs, directors, actors, and other theatre artists! Take your theatre-practice to the next level with PlayPenn’s fall/winter classes starting October 13!
www.playpenn.org/classes
www.playpenn.org/classes
Lex’s play is tonight at 7pm. The Company requests your attention to the matter. Almost sold out! TICKETS ARE FREE!!!!
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July 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Lex’s play is tonight at 7pm. The Company requests your attention to the matter. Almost sold out! TICKETS ARE FREE!!!!
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Zahra’s play is tonight at 7pm. Are y’all ready? Few seats left. TICKETS ARE FREE!!!!
Talking to Og
by Zahra Patterson
Reading Co-Produced by Philadelphia Theatre Company as part of PlayPenn’s 2025 New Play Development Conference.
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Talking to Og
by Zahra Patterson
Reading Co-Produced by Philadelphia Theatre Company as part of PlayPenn’s 2025 New Play Development Conference.
www.playpenn.org/2025-confere...
July 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Zahra’s play is tonight at 7pm. Are y’all ready? Few seats left. TICKETS ARE FREE!!!!
Talking to Og
by Zahra Patterson
Reading Co-Produced by Philadelphia Theatre Company as part of PlayPenn’s 2025 New Play Development Conference.
www.playpenn.org/2025-confere...
Talking to Og
by Zahra Patterson
Reading Co-Produced by Philadelphia Theatre Company as part of PlayPenn’s 2025 New Play Development Conference.
www.playpenn.org/2025-confere...
Chaz's play is today at 1pm. You don't want to miss this.......the reading is almost sold out. TICKETS ARE FREE!!
I'll Eat You Whole
by Chaz T. Martin
Reading Co-Produced by Philadelphia Theatre Company as part of PlayPenn’s 2025 New Play Development Conference.
www.playpenn.org/2025-confere...
I'll Eat You Whole
by Chaz T. Martin
Reading Co-Produced by Philadelphia Theatre Company as part of PlayPenn’s 2025 New Play Development Conference.
www.playpenn.org/2025-confere...
July 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Chaz's play is today at 1pm. You don't want to miss this.......the reading is almost sold out. TICKETS ARE FREE!!
I'll Eat You Whole
by Chaz T. Martin
Reading Co-Produced by Philadelphia Theatre Company as part of PlayPenn’s 2025 New Play Development Conference.
www.playpenn.org/2025-confere...
I'll Eat You Whole
by Chaz T. Martin
Reading Co-Produced by Philadelphia Theatre Company as part of PlayPenn’s 2025 New Play Development Conference.
www.playpenn.org/2025-confere...
From PlayPenn 2020 to Broadway’s biggest night at the Tony Awards!
We’re proud to have supported Jonathan’s sharp, timely, and fearless voice through the development of his play "This Much I Know" at PlayPenn 2020.
Congratulations to Jonathan and the "Eureka Day" team on this incredible journey.
We’re proud to have supported Jonathan’s sharp, timely, and fearless voice through the development of his play "This Much I Know" at PlayPenn 2020.
Congratulations to Jonathan and the "Eureka Day" team on this incredible journey.
June 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
From PlayPenn 2020 to Broadway’s biggest night at the Tony Awards!
We’re proud to have supported Jonathan’s sharp, timely, and fearless voice through the development of his play "This Much I Know" at PlayPenn 2020.
Congratulations to Jonathan and the "Eureka Day" team on this incredible journey.
We’re proud to have supported Jonathan’s sharp, timely, and fearless voice through the development of his play "This Much I Know" at PlayPenn 2020.
Congratulations to Jonathan and the "Eureka Day" team on this incredible journey.
This summer, we’re throwing open the doors. Five Philly theaters. Free public readings. No fluff — just raw, electric work-in-progress from playwrights you’ll want to remember.
Be there at the start of something.
Tickets dropping soon.
www.playpenn.org/2025-confere...
Be there at the start of something.
Tickets dropping soon.
www.playpenn.org/2025-confere...
May 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This summer, we’re throwing open the doors. Five Philly theaters. Free public readings. No fluff — just raw, electric work-in-progress from playwrights you’ll want to remember.
Be there at the start of something.
Tickets dropping soon.
www.playpenn.org/2025-confere...
Be there at the start of something.
Tickets dropping soon.
www.playpenn.org/2025-confere...
May 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The new plays are coming…
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May 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The new plays are coming…
www.playpenn.org/2025-confere...
www.playpenn.org/2025-confere...
The new plays are coming….
www.playpenn.org/2025-confere...
www.playpenn.org/2025-confere...
May 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The new plays are coming….
www.playpenn.org/2025-confere...
www.playpenn.org/2025-confere...
In 2024, PlayPenn received news that we were awarded a $15,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts — the first since 2022.
The grant was intended to help fund our 2025 New Play Development Conference.
Our application was withdrawn May 2, 2025.
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#NEA
The grant was intended to help fund our 2025 New Play Development Conference.
Our application was withdrawn May 2, 2025.
www.playpenn.org/nea-new-init...
#NEA
May 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
In 2024, PlayPenn received news that we were awarded a $15,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts — the first since 2022.
The grant was intended to help fund our 2025 New Play Development Conference.
Our application was withdrawn May 2, 2025.
www.playpenn.org/nea-new-init...
#NEA
The grant was intended to help fund our 2025 New Play Development Conference.
Our application was withdrawn May 2, 2025.
www.playpenn.org/nea-new-init...
#NEA
We are proud to announce the seven play selections for our upcoming summer 2025 New Play Development Conference, taking place from July 5th to July 20th.
Join our conference mailing list today at www.playpenn.org/2025-confere...
Join our conference mailing list today at www.playpenn.org/2025-confere...
April 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
We are proud to announce the seven play selections for our upcoming summer 2025 New Play Development Conference, taking place from July 5th to July 20th.
Join our conference mailing list today at www.playpenn.org/2025-confere...
Join our conference mailing list today at www.playpenn.org/2025-confere...