END DAYS by Deborah Laufer
AGNES UNDER THE BIG TOP: A TALL TALE by Aditi Brennan Kapil
LOST BOY FOUND AT WHOLE FOODS by Tammy Ryan
THE ICE BREAKER by David Rambo
AGNES UNDER THE BIG TOP: A TALL TALE by Aditi Brennan Kapil

“[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

 

“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

“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

“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
 

"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 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

“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 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’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

Board of Directors

Each Core Member of the National New Play Network appoints one of its staff leaders to the Board of Directors.  A number of generous new-play fans from across the country serve in an At-Large capacity.  The full Board meets twice each year; the Board's Executive Committee meets quarterly. 

OFFICERS

Tina Parker, President
Co-Artistic Director, Kitchen Dog Theater

Seth Rozin, Vice President
Producing Artistic Director, InterAct Theatre Company

Rebecca Hopkins, Treasurer
Managing Director, Florida Studio Theatre

Ricky J. Martinez, Secretary
Artistic Director, New Theatre

Patrick Flick, Literary Chair

Jack Reuler, Membership Chair
Artistic Director, Mixed Blood Theatre

Jason Loewith, Ex Officio
Executive Director, National New Play Network

 

AT LARGE

Susan Albritton
Board Chair, Kitchen Dog Theater

David Goldman NNPN Founder
Executive Director, National Center for New Plays

Jane Harrison

Ram Koppaka
Senior Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Donna O. Willis
In-House Counsel, State Farm Insurance

  

MEMBER REPRESENTATIVES

Lisa Adler
Co-Artistic Director, Horizon Theatre

Freddie Ashley
Artistic Director, Actor's Express

SuzAnne Barabas
Artistic Director, New Jersey Rep

Bryan Fonseca
Artistic Director, Phoenix Theatre

Barclay Goldsmith
Artistic Director, Borderlands Theatre

Loretta Greco
Artistic Director, Magic Theatre

Aimee Hayes
Artistic Director, Southern Rep

Jody Hovland
Artistic Director, Riverside Theater

Cynthia Levin
Producing Artistic Director, Unicorn Theatre

Keven Mhyre
Producing Director, Salt Lake Acting Company

Carla Milarch
Artistic Director, Performance Network

Jasson Minadakis
Artistic Director, Marin Theatre Company

John Pietrowski, 
Artistic Director, Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey

Mark Routhier
Director of New Play Development, Orlando Shakespeare Theatre

Stephen Sachs
Producing Artistic Director, Fountain Theatre

Harriet Sheets
Artistic Director, New Repertory Theatre

Dan Shoemaker
Executive Director, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte

Scott Vehill
Artistic Director, Prop Thtr

Miriam Weisfeld
Director of New Play Development, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Chip Walton
Producing Artistic Director, Curious Theatre Company

Sam Woodhouse
Artistic Director, San Diego REPertory Theatre