AFTERLIFE : A GHOST STORY by Steve Yockey
26 MILES by Quiara Alegría Hudes
COLLAPSE by Allison Moore
AGNES UNDER THE BIG TOP: A TALL TALE by Aditi Brennan Kapil
END DAYS by Deborah Laufer

“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

“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 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

 

 

“[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

“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
 

“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

“[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 Smith Prize was a great shot in the arm for me. It served as a valuable affirmation from my peers that my work is both of a high quality and exploring important issues. ”

-Seth Rozin, 2007 Smith Prizewinner, Black Gold

At Large 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.  There is no donor requirement to be part of the Ambassadors Council, although its members receive solicitations from the Network.  If you're interested in joining the Network as an At Large Ambassadors, please contact the NNPN staff.

 

AT LARGE AMBASSADORS

Steven Dietz, Playwright

Michael Dixon, Playwright, Director & Dramaturg

Brad Edgerton, Board of Directors, Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Liz Engelman, Dramaturg

David H. Friedlander, Entertainment Attorney

Morgan Jenness, Literary Agent

Todd London, Artistic Director, New Dramatists

Marc Masterson, Artistic Director, South Coast Repertory

Bruce Ostler, Literary Agent

Paula Vogel, Playwright