New Play Commissions

NNPN awards one commission annually, to a playwrights nominated and selected by member theaters. Nominating theaters are responsible for the administration and development of the commissioned play. Commissioned playwrights agree to grant right of first refusal to produce their play to all NNPN members in their respective markets. Both NNPN and the nominating theater participate in the subsidiary royalties from the commissioned play.

Since the program’s inception, NNPN has awarded twelve commissions:

• Elaine Romero's Ponzi, sponsored by Kitchen Dog Theater (Dallas, TX)
• Mary Fengar Gail & Dennis McCarthy’s Soul on Vinyl, sponsored by New Jersey Rep (Long Branch, NJ)
• John Biguenet's Rising Water, sponsored by Southern Rep (New Orleans, LA)
• Eric Coble's For Better sponsored by Curious Theatre (Denver, CO)
• Deborah Laufer's The Gulf of Westchester, sponsored by Florida Stage (West Palm Beach, FL)
• Mary Fengar Gail's Devil Dog Six, sponsored by InterAct Theatre Company (Philadelphia, PA)
• David Bucci's Possum Carcass, sponsored by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (Washington D.C.)
• Syl Jones' New Math, sponsored by Mixed Blood Theatre Company (Minneapolis, MN)
• D.W. Gregory's The Million Dollar Fight, sponsored by Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey (Madison, NJ)
• Toni Press-Coffman's New House, New Dog, sponsored by Phoenix Theatre (Indianapolis, IN)
• Julie Jensen's Dust Eaters, sponsored by Salt Lake Acting Company (Salt Lake City, UT)
• Jordan Harrison's untitled play, sponsored by Perishable Theatre (Providence, RI)