“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

“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

“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

“[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

“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

“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

“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

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

-David Rambo, The Ice Breaker

“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

“[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

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Mar 19 2013

Notes from the Director of GUAPA by Olga Sanchez

Originally published on Miracle Insider

Feb 27 2013

Australia by Steve Yockey

Steve Yockey (Pluto), along with playwright Carson Kreitzer and InterAct Theatre Company's Producing Artistic Director Seth Rozin, recently attended

Feb 27 2013

A Journey Down Under by Seth Rozin

Seth Rozin (Producing Artistic Director, InterAct Theatre Company) and playwrights Carson Kreitzer (Lasso of Truth) and Steve Yockey (

Jan 23 2013

GRIT AND GRACE: A Dialogue between dramaturg Dori Jacob and playwright Octavio Solis

Reprinted with permission from the

Dec 19 2012

RESPONDING AS ARTISTS TO NEWTOWN by Jason Loewith

Terror and Courage, Hope and Art: We can’t claim to engage our communities in important conversations if we run away from them read more ...

Nov 15 2012

ACTUALLY, WE LOST THE CULTURE WARS by Jason Loewith

I’ve been struck lately by the hand-wringing in theater circles about how the nonprofit movement has lost its way. Diane Ragsdale’s report on last year’s convening of nonprofit

Oct 4 2012

InterAct goes National by Seth Rozin

Seth Rozin

Producing Artistic Director, InterAct Theatre Company

Oct 3 2012

On THE EXIT INTERVIEW by William Missouri Downs

Reprinted with permission from THE WORD.

Aug 16 2012

Reflections on the MFA Playwrights Workshop by Kittson O'Neill

Last week I got to take a little vacation to Theater Land. Theater Land is a magical place where you don’t worry about taking out the trash, getting your kid to school or rushing to a last minute audition. It’s a place where you think only about the play you are working on. Where your brain can be in the rehearsal room and NO WHERE else all day. read more ...

Aug 14 2012

MFA Playwrights Workshop - That's a Wrap by Jason Loewith

While the rest of you were (hopefully) on vacation, folks from some 12 NNPN theaters were nose-to-the-grindstone at the Kennedy Center, working with nine astonishingly talented early-career playwrights as part of the 7th MFA PLAYWRIGHTS’ WORKSHOP, co-produced by NNPN with the enormous help and co-leadership of Gregg Henry and ACTF, and David Goldman and his National Center for New Plays at Stanford. read more ...