TWO JEWS WALK INTO A WAR... by Seth Rozin
COLLAPSE by Allison Moore
JIHAD JONES at Kitchen Dog Theater
JERICHO by Jack Canfora
AFTERLIFE : A GHOST STORY by Steve Yockey

“[NNPN’s] professional network is as vital (and unique) as the artistic support -- I've not found any other group that offers both.”

-Eric Coble, For Better

“In grad school I was writing politically, socially-derived works, not blockbusters. I saw very little future for my voice. Then NNPN invited me in... I am not only a better writer because of my association with them, but I am a better artist, and witnessing their generosity, a better person. ”

-Sean Christopher Lewis, Playwright-in-Residence 2008

 

“The National New Play Network is so vital and necessary - one of those really bright ideas - that one wonders why it took so long for theaters to get together and create it.”

-Yussef El Guindi, Jihad Jones and the Kalashnikov Babes

 

 

“I can't say enough about the impact the Continued Life Program had on my play. That elusive and desirable thing called 'buzz' that consecutive productions can create… very much became the case for Love Person. Three productions grew to six thanks to NNPN.”

-Aditi Brennan Kapil

“In an industry as competitive, as unstable, and as personal as theater, the acknowledgment from a national body of professional theaters that the Emerging Playwright Residency gives a young writer is invaluable.”

-Jennifer Fawcett, Playwright-in-Residence 2009

“I was and remain deeply honored and encouraged by the Smith Prize… I love that the prize is awarded to a script and not a production… I love that NNPN is working against premiere-itis.”

-Y York, 2008 Smith Prizewinner, ...And LA is Burning

“[CLNPF] secures for the playwright not simply a 'product' (the premiere) – but a process (the ongoing series of productions)... The model – giving several theatres a crack at a new work, giving a writer several chances at their revisions – is a godsend."

-Steven Dietz, Yankee Tavern

 

“NNPN not only lives up to its mission of championing ‘the development, production, and continued life of new plays,’ but also champions the authors of those new plays in the long journey from page to stage.”

-John Biguenet, Rising Water, Shotgun

"The generosity and vitality of this unique and much needed organization ultimately benefits playwrights, theatres, audiences and the culture."

-David Rambo, The Ice Breaker

“NNPN really acts as a new play grapevine. Because member theaters are in regular contact, they get to know each theater's mission and tastes and a recommendation from one member to another is much more meaningful. Those relationships have helped my work find a home. ”

-Allison Moore, Hazard County, Collapse
 

Artist Ambassadors

Launched in June 2010, the Ambassadors Council of the National New Play Network is a group of artists and donors that support NNPN and its programs in their communities across the country.  With this Council, NNPN hopes to forge of a national community of likeminded artists and donors, linked to our theaters, on whom we can rely for good will, support and counsel.   Each NNPN Core Member theater nominates one local donor and one local artist to the Council, and keeps those two seats filled.  The Network as a body also nominates At Large Ambassadors.   

Members of the Ambassadors Council advise the Network on issues relating to their area of expertise; advocate on behalf of the Network in their home communities, educating other new-play colleagues and aficionados about NNPN programming, and supports their home theater’s participation in NNPN programs and events.  

 

ARTIST AMBASSADORS

Evan Bergman, New Jersey Repertory Company

John Biguenet, Southern Rep

Walter Coppage, Unicorn Theatre

Dennis Delamar, Actors Theatre of Charlotte

Thomas Gibbons, InterAct Theatre Company

Clifton Guterman, Actor's Express Theatre

Martha Jacobs, Phoenix Theatre

Celise Kalke, Horizon Theatre Company

Aditi Brennan Kapil, Mixed Blood Theatre

York Kennedy, Magic Theatre

Sean Christopher Lewis, Riverside Theatre

Beth Marshall, Orlando Shakespeare Theatre

Tracie Merrill, Salt Lake Acting Company

 

Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, Marin Theatre Company

Jenny O'Hara, Fountain Theatre

Beau O'Reilly, PROP Thtr

Larry Parr, Florida Studio Theatre

Sandra Riley, New Theatre

Charles Smith, Victory Gardens

Bruce Sevy, Curious Theatre Company

Kate Snodgrass, New Repertory Theatre

Lee Trull, Kitchen Dog Theater

Eva Zorilla Tessler, Borderlands Theater

Nick Ullett, Fountain Theatre

Joseph Zettelmaier, Performance Network