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Oct 12, 2022 · Chances are the next Broadway hit will have originated at a regional theater taking a risk on an untested playwright. But once those playwrights are established, many of them start writing...
- American regional theaters are rethinking everything : NPR
Why new play development matters to the regional theater...
- American regional theaters are rethinking everything : NPR
Sep 21, 2022 · Why new play development matters to the regional theater ecosystem. As it happens, every one of those shows was first applauded — before it went to Broadway or won the Pulitzer — at America's...
- Bob Mondello
Jun 16, 2015 · When the American regional theatre movement took off in earnest in the early 1960s, it was traveling alongside some heady companion movements: Civil Rights, feminism, environmentalism, sexual liberation.
Oct 25, 2024 · 4. Be creative. Sometimes, landing a role in regional theater means getting a little weird with it. Immerse yourself in the local scene by attending shows, joining the crew, volunteering to paint ...
Chicago Dramatists began as a collective of playwrights in 1979 who, having taking a class at Victory Gardens Theater under playwright Jeffrey Sweet's tutelage, decided to start a company dedicated entirely to original work.
The singular residency opportunity in the Chicago storefront scene, our Emerging Playwright Residency Program fosters the work of early-career playwrights by providing a fully-produced run of their world-premiere, as well as a year-long developmental process of a new play through roundtables, workshops, and a public staged reading.
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The emerging and Resident Playwrights of Chicago Dramatists form a bedrock of future Chicago theater. Week in and week out, audience members can hear new plays being read, watch those plays develop and provide vital feedback to the playwrights.
