PlayPenn gives time and attention to playwrights from around the nation whose work is poised for a developmental workshop environment. Each summer PlayPenn hosts a two-week conference, inviting as many as eight playwrights to develop new plays in a collaborative workshop environment. In order to encourage active revision and rewriting during the period of the conference, PlayPenn provides professional actors, directors, designers and dramaturgs with space, technical and administrative resources and ample time to use them. The process culminates in a series of staged readings to be presented to members of the local, regional and national professional theatre communities and to the community at large.
PlayPenn
Organization Description
PlayPenn is an artist-driven organization dedicated to improving the way in which new plays are developed. Employing an ever-evolving process, PlayPenn creates a relaxed tension within which playwrights can engage in risk-taking, boundary-pushing work free from the pressures of commercial consideration.
Photo Gallery
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Actors Dan Kern and David Strathairn in a scene from Peter Bonilla’s A HUMAN EQUATION during the 2008 PlayPenn Conference. -
Director Rick DesRochers, Artistic Director Paul Meshejian and dramaturg Michele Volansky during the 2008 PlayPenn Conference. -
Playwrights Michael Hollinger and John Orlock exchange thoughts during the 2009 PlayPenn conference. -
Playwright J.T. Rogers, dramaturg Rick DesRochers and director Lucie Tiberghien during the 2009 PlayPenn Conference. -
Actors Conrad Ricamora, Justin Jain and Bi Jean Ngo in Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's 410[GONE] at the 2009 PlayPenn Conference. -
Playwright Aaron Poser (MY NAME IS ASHER LEV) with Adena Potok, daughter of Chaim Potok, during the 2007 PlayPenn Conference. -
Director Jade King Carroll and playwright Christina Ham confer during AFTER ADAM rehearsal during the 2007 PlayPenn Conference.
