New Play Exchange
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The New Play Exchange ® (NPX) is the world's largest digital library of scripts by living writers. We're a National New Play Network program, flipping the script on the ways in which new work is shared and discovered. newplayexchange.org
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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...
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...
Building a Theater for the People - Barr Foundation
Building a Theater for the People | Barr Foundation provides insights, stories, and updates on what’s driving impact and equity in our communities.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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...
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
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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
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We can't wait to bring #ParanormalInside to the Twin Cities!
#thaiamerican #playwright Prince Gomolvilas has delivered the supernatural sequel to his 2019 #thebrothersparanormal, #ParanormalInside. Now playing www.eastwestplayers.org in LA, and will then be staged @theatermu.org and Perseverance Theater. asianamericapodcast.com/2025/10/ep-5...
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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...
www.orlandoshakes.org/npd/playfest...
How to Submit a Play
PlayFest 2026 will present readings of five to six new plays during the 2026-27 Orlando Shakes season. Each reading…
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November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
PlayFest Unsolicited Submissions opened today at Orlando Shakes. Playwrights can apply by Dec. 1 & learn more at
www.orlandoshakes.org/npd/playfest...
www.orlandoshakes.org/npd/playfest...
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This month’s awards roundup includes directing honors, theatre criticism prizes, commissions for Black playwrights and Theatre for the Very Young, and more.
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Callaway Awards, Medina Prize, Drinking Gourd Playwrights, and More
This month’s awards roundup includes directing honors, theatre criticism prizes, commissions for Black playwrights and Theatre for the Very Young, and more.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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...
www.americantheatre.org/2025/11/14/c...
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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.”
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‘Riskier Business’ Guide Aims to Help Arts Workers Navigate Health Insurance
United Hospital Fund and Venturous Theater Fund have joined in an effort to educate job-to-job arts workers about their health insurance options.
www.americantheatre.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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...
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.
November 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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.
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
“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.
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🎶 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!
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!
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🎶 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!
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...
Black Stories Black Voices | Barter Theatre
With Black Stories Black Voices, Barter hopes to help shine a light on the richness of the Black experience in the Appalachian region with..
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November 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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...
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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.
October 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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...
NPX Featured List Submissions
Submit your Featured List to NPX!
What we are looking for: Lists with very specific themes that are also resonant with the present moment. (For example, "Scripts About Body Positivity and Autonomy.")...
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October 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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...
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"...I have a great job doing what I love, and I work with the best of friends"
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Join us in celebrating Suzan this season. The Seazon of Suzan begins with SWITZERLAND by Joanna Murray-Smith opening Oct 19!
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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...
Suzan Fete Reflects on 33 Years of Leading Renaissance Theaterworks
The artistic director and co-founder (and Betty Award winner) will retire at the end of the season in May.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"...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...
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...
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New play submissions are due to the O'Neill on September 18th and to Great Plains Theatre Commons on October 15. So it's time for my annual reminder: many of the folks reading and adjudicating for these kinds of festivals also work at/for other theaters around the country...
September 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
New play submissions are due to the O'Neill on September 18th and to Great Plains Theatre Commons on October 15. So it's time for my annual reminder: many of the folks reading and adjudicating for these kinds of festivals also work at/for other theaters around the country...
Ojai Playwrights Conference & New Works Festival application window will be open 9/19-26. You should submit your work! It's a straightforward application, and we believe in you:
www.ojaiplays.org/play-submiss....
www.ojaiplays.org/play-submiss....
Play-Submissions — Ojai Playwrights Conference
OPC is opening its submission process to all playwrights over the age of 18 who reside and have the legal right to work in the United States.
www.ojaiplays.org
September 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Ojai Playwrights Conference & New Works Festival application window will be open 9/19-26. You should submit your work! It's a straightforward application, and we believe in you:
www.ojaiplays.org/play-submiss....
www.ojaiplays.org/play-submiss....
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Just because your play isn't selected for a particular opportunity doesn't mean that there isn't now somebody advocating for it/for you to get an opportunity that isn't even on your radar. No matter the outcome of a selection process, someone has read your work; that's never a bad thing. #newplays
September 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Just because your play isn't selected for a particular opportunity doesn't mean that there isn't now somebody advocating for it/for you to get an opportunity that isn't even on your radar. No matter the outcome of a selection process, someone has read your work; that's never a bad thing. #newplays
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Look, Mom! I’m on the front page of @newplayexchange.bsky.social!
September 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Look, Mom! I’m on the front page of @newplayexchange.bsky.social!
We mourn the loss of National New Play Network Board Member & Affiliated artist Lavina Jadhwani, the great human & Chicago-based playwright whose scripts I'll be enjoying on NPX this weekend. newplayexchange.org/users/5506/l...
September 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
We mourn the loss of National New Play Network Board Member & Affiliated artist Lavina Jadhwani, the great human & Chicago-based playwright whose scripts I'll be enjoying on NPX this weekend. newplayexchange.org/users/5506/l...
Caro Asercion, Dañel Malán-González, Hannah Wolf, India Nicole Burton, Jessica Bird Beza, Matt Stabile, Peggy McKowen, and Riti Sachdeva have joined the 2026 NNPN Board of Directors! nnpn.org/nnpn-news/7p...
NNPN Announces Eight New Board Members — National New Play Network | NNPN
National New Play Network (NNPN) has announced the addition of eight new members to its Board of Directors.
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September 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Caro Asercion, Dañel Malán-González, Hannah Wolf, India Nicole Burton, Jessica Bird Beza, Matt Stabile, Peggy McKowen, and Riti Sachdeva have joined the 2026 NNPN Board of Directors! nnpn.org/nnpn-news/7p...
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lovely to see my play GUAPA on the recommended lost of Transcultural Plays curated by Saviana Stanescu on @newplayexchange.bsky.social today. if you know this play, its big piece of my ⚽ heart.
August 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
lovely to see my play GUAPA on the recommended lost of Transcultural Plays curated by Saviana Stanescu on @newplayexchange.bsky.social today. if you know this play, its big piece of my ⚽ heart.
We now have over 5k audition monologues from full scripts available to actors on New Play Exchange because our writers are glorious. Well done, y’all!
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Alt: Taylor Swift gives everyone a thumbs up
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August 13, 2025 at 4:40 AM
We now have over 5k audition monologues from full scripts available to actors on New Play Exchange because our writers are glorious. Well done, y’all!
Writers of NPX! We have 4,957 audition monologues published to the site as of this moment. Will you add your monologues from your existing scripts to help us get to that magical 5,000 number?
August 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Writers of NPX! We have 4,957 audition monologues published to the site as of this moment. Will you add your monologues from your existing scripts to help us get to that magical 5,000 number?
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Big thanks to @newplayexchange.bsky.social for featuring us on their homepage today!
We love being part of a space that supports playwrights and new work!
#playwrights #audiodrama #comedies #theatre #newplays
We love being part of a space that supports playwrights and new work!
#playwrights #audiodrama #comedies #theatre #newplays
August 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Big thanks to @newplayexchange.bsky.social for featuring us on their homepage today!
We love being part of a space that supports playwrights and new work!
#playwrights #audiodrama #comedies #theatre #newplays
We love being part of a space that supports playwrights and new work!
#playwrights #audiodrama #comedies #theatre #newplays