Democracy is in crisis. But writers such as Young Jean Lee, Tarell Alvin McCraney and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, are stepping up ...

Playwrights Project has announced the winning scripts for its 39th Plays by Young Writers Festival, which will return in February with four stories that range from comic talking birds to a test ...

The Sentinel caught up with the 36 North collective during one of their Monday Zoom calls to learn more about the group and their upcoming offerings for the Script-in-hand Reading Series.

When Michaela O’Harra founded New Dramatists in 1949, her dream was to create a space where young writers could develop their work, share ideas, and grow as artists. “She envisioned a place that would ...

Many playwrights work as screenwriters and TV writers as a way to supplement their income and say they've been squeezed financially by both stage and screen in recent years. By Caitlin Huston, Abbey ...

When COVID-19 hit, Chicago playwright and actor Terry Guest was furloughed for two weeks from the coffee shop where he worked. "And I thought, when will I ever get two weeks off of work again? Never.