Playwrights Project

Playwrights Project is hiring a new Managing Director! Please see http://www.playwrightsproject.org/connect/jobs.php for more information.

Our hearts are heavy, filled with memories of David Carr, who passed away unexpectedly a year ago today. Dave was a long-time board member and president of Playwrights Project and a dear personal friend. An artist with a spreadsheet, yet he was so much more than a numbers guy. He was truly inspirational as a leader, entrepreneur, mentor, and a model human being. Earlier this year we honored Dave’s memory by appointing him Board Emeritus. We continually aspire to reflect Dave’s extraordinary traits in our organizational ethos -- kindness, practicality, good humor, and hopeful determination. Our thoughts are with Dave’s family, and we are grateful for his lasting impact on Playwrights Project.

On #InternationalArtistsDay we celebrate the skill, creativity, and boldness of our playwrights and all of the other artists, onstage and behind the scenes, who bring the magic of playwriting from the page to the stage (or currently, a screen near you!).

This #NationalDayOnWriting, exercise your creativity and try your hand at playwriting! Check out an online playwriting lesson by Playwrights Project on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/UyVYJHiIpHc

Attention young playwrights! Submissions for the YoungArts Foundation's national YoungArts Award competitions end tonight. More information can be found on their website at: https://youngarts.org/apply

This #WorldStudentsDay we celebrate the resiliency and strength of students adapting to Distance Learning. Playwrights Project is thrilled to provide online playwriting residencies to foster a sense of community in digital spaces and help students discover their creativity while enhancing pro-social skills.

October 12-14th, Southwestern College Theatre presents The DesTROYers, adapted from Euripides’ The Trojan Woman by Tanika Baptiste and Ruff Yeager. This production is part of SWC Theatre’s Hellenic Pandemic adaptations, which reimagine Greek tragedies in today’s COVID-19 world. Reserve your free tickets at: https://www.swctheatre.com/

Today's the day! Join us at 7:00pm for a free informal reading of scripts from our Returned Writers Circle writing group! RSVP for the Showcase at: https://bit.ly/2GQVzqw

On Thursday, scripts written by KM McNeel and Susan Gembrowski Baker will be featured in The Old Globe's The Living Room Play Workshop Festival. Both playwrights are writers in Playwrights Project’s Around the Block Playwrights writing group. Congratulations, Katie and Susan!

Check out how Playwrights Project continues to connect virtually! https://conta.cc/3nsY03q

Join us this Friday at 7pm for our Returning Writers Circle Showcase! These free informal staged readings will feature selected works developed in our writing group for returning citizens and partnering artists. RSVP today: https://bit.ly/3noNaez

Although we're not able to gather at Diversionary Theatre for WordPlay Tuesdays at this time, The Dramatists Guild of America San Diego ambassadors invite you t...o register for Second Sundays virtual readings. 3 short scripts will be read and playwrights will receive brief feedback. Our first readings are October 11 at 4pm. All are welcome to attend, but Eventbrite registration is required. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/san-diego-second-sunday-readin See more

Check out PEN America's offer for 50% off tickets available for Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar talking with Ben Rhodes of #PodSaveTheWorld THIS Tues., 9/15, 8-9pm EST. Use promo code BALDWIN at checkout for all events in PEN Out Loud, PEN America's program amplifying diverse voices.