From left: Elliott Valadez, Lucas Bigos and Jonathan Soco, the winning playwrights in the 36th Young Playwrights Festival at Pegasus Theatre Chicago Credit: Joe Gallagher Lucas Bigos was not a theater ...

Playwrite students gather ideas and draw pictures that represent their characters. Clockwise from bottom are Eli Eastman, Bridgette Branch, Adriana Royo, Ollie Manross, Asher Button, Macy Winicki, ...

Teachers, students, and community members gathered last week at a small performance space in Washington to recognize plays written by area students and to discuss the value of arts-integration in ...

The 2026 Wagner New Play Festival kicks off today at UC San Diego, with three new works by MFA plywriting candidates on topics ranging from caveman romance to self-identity to an eerie high school ...

The reviews of Nakia Oglesby's play "Click-Boom" may not have been too kind last fall, but the playwright said he was "happy with the production." "This was my thesis production," Oglesby noted in a ...

Current WGA members are asked to write a 10-minute play that centers on the themes of picketing or striking. By Caitlin Huston Business Writer The American Playwriting Foundation will grant $10,000 ...

In partnership with the Wilder family, The Educational Theatre Foundation (ETF) has launched the Thornton Wilder Playwriting Scholarship, a new national scholarship recognizing and supporting an ...

The Drexel Westphal Screenwriting & Playwriting Program guides emerging artists in their pursuit of a career writing for the stage or screen. Our discipline is about writing for production – rather ...

To celebrate World Theatre Day on March 27, the Outside Circle Theater Project is sponsoring its second annual playwriting contest, according to a news release. The winning submission will receive a ...