NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT

New Plays Live Here

    PlayPenn advances Philadelphia’s reputation as a crossroads for theatre artists.

    The Art and Craft of Playwriting

    PlayPenn is an artist-driven organization dedicated to improving the way in which new plays are developed. Our annual Conference and year-round development workshops result in staged readings of new plays each year for over 1,800 artists, producers, and theatergoers. Additionally, our educational programs serve another 250 writers from around the globe.

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    The Conference

    Our 2019 Playwrights

    We support artists at all career stages across a broad spectrum of cultural, economic, ethnic, and gender experience.

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    Writing From The Deep with Lisa Kenner Grissom
     640 433 Play Penn

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    PlayPenn hosted an evening with renowned playwrights Ayad Akhtar and J.T. Rogers. Read the transcript of their conversation here.

    "What PlayPenn is doing directly strengthens the lifeblood of the American Theatre."

    -J.T. Rogers, playwright