Inaugural ‘Owl’ New Play Festival approaching
By AARON KRAUSE For a decade, Florida Atlantic University’s Theatre Lab in Boca Raton has offered a weekend-long series of new play readings. Now, the university’s professional resident theater company dedicated solely to new work has turned the annual event into a three-week festival featuring two full productions and...
Six plays in the running for major honor
Six playwrights are vying for a top national award presented annually by a group of theater critics. The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has announced six finalists for the 2024 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New play Award. Specifically, the honor recognizes playwrights who produced the best scripts that premiered...
Inaugural festival celebrates new plays
Photo courtesy of Palm Beach Dramaworks Panel members smile while discussing “Regional Theatre and the Development of New American Plays” By AARON KRAUSE WEST PALM BEACH — Regional theater is at “the heart of the American process of creating plays.” That is what National New Play Network...