The Consortium of Asian American Theaters & Artists (CAATA) envisions a strong and sustainable Asian American theater community that is an integral presence in national culture—evocative of our past, declarative of our present, and innovative towards our future.

Chicago Dramatists, a not-for-profit organization, is the only comprehensive playwright development center of its kind in Chicago. We give playwrights an artistic home no matter where they are in their development. Our award-winning playwrights are regularly produced in Chicago, on Broadway and at regional theaters throughout the country. Our playwrights are also shaping writers’ rooms in LA, sending our Chicago stories to living rooms across the world. For over 40 years, Chicago Dramatists has supported playwrights at all levels of development – from apprentices of the craft, to masters.

Invited to submit plays for the National Showcase of New Plays and/or nominate playwrights for the Smith Prize for Political Theater. Provided thought partnership and beta testing in the development of the New Play Exchange.

Concord Theatricals is the world’s most significant theatrical company, comprising the catalogs of R&H Theatricals, Samuel French, Tams-Witmark and The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection, plus dozens of new signings each year. Our unparalleled roster includes the work of Irving Berlin, Agatha Christie, George & Ira Gershwin, Marvin Hamlisch, Lorraine Hansberry, Kander & Ebb, Kitt & Yorkey, Ken Ludwig, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Dominique Morisseau, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Thornton Wilder and August Wilson.

Concord Theatricals considers all Rolling World Premiere plays for publication and licensing. Plays that are chosen for publication include NNPN's branding and information about the Rolling World Premiere program.

The Dramatists Guild of America is the national, professional membership trade association of theatre writers including playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettist. The Guild was established for the purpose of aiding dramatists in protecting both the artistic and economic integrity of their work.

In the pioneering spirit of its namesake, the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center discovers, develops, and empowers new work, new voices, and creative risk-taking. The Launchpad of American Theater, the O’Neill is the country’s preeminent organization dedicated to the development of new works and new voices for the stage.

Invited to submit plays for the National Showcase of New Plays and/or nominate playwrights for the Smith Prize for Political Theater. Provided administrative support, residencies, and training to National Directors Fellows.

ignition arts is a non-profit arts organization that has served communities in Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Guatemala, and Oklahoma City. Founded at Emerson College in 2001, this is the company's 20th year. We INCUBATE new works in the form of plays and musicals, we INVESTIGATE the world through podcasting and we IGNITE personal and ensemble growth through our methodology Brennan Check-In.

Invited to submit plays for the National Showcase of New Plays and/or nominate playwrights for the Smith Prize for Political Theater.

The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) is a national theater program involving 18,000 students annually from colleges and universities across the country. Since its inception, KCACTF has given more than 400,000 college theater students the opportunity to have their work critiqued, improve their dramatic skills, and receive national recognition for excellence. More than 16 million theatergoers have attended approximately 10,000 festival productions nationwide.

Host and Lead Partner on the MFA Playwrights's Workshop. Provided residencies and observerships to the National Directors Fellows.

The Latinx Theatre Commons (LTC) is a national movement that uses a commons-based approach to transform the narrative of the American theatre, to amplify the visibility of Latinx performance making, and to champion equity through advocacy, art making, convening, and scholarship. The LTC is a flagship program of HowlRound.

LAUNCH PAD brings playwrights of national stature to UCSB to develop and produce their work side by side with students, faculty artists, and professional guest artists.

Invited to submit plays for the National Showcase of New Plays and/or nominate playwrights for the Smith Prize for Political Theater.

Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) was founded in 1985 as the volunteer membership organization for the professions of literary management and dramaturgy. LMDA is a not-for-profit tax-exempt organization with members throughout North America and abroad. LMDA holds the belief that theater is a vital art form that has the power to nourish, educate, and transform individuals and their communities and that dramaturgy is central to the process of theater-making.

Provided thought partnership and beta testing in the development of the New Play Exchange.

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT), founded in 1985, is a not-for-profit organization serving the musical theatre community. Our 155 organizational members and 60 individual members, located throughout 33 states and abroad, are some of the leading producers of musical theatre in the world. They include theatres, presenting organizations, higher education programs and individual producers.

New Dramatists is one of the country’s leading playwright centers and a nationally recognized new play laboratory. In the 70 years since our founding, over 700 new dramatists have passed through our doors, creating work that has laid the foundation for contemporary American dramatic literature. Our mission is to provide playwrights with time, space and resources in the company of gifted peers to create work, realize their artistic potential, and make lasting contributions to the theatre.

Invited to submit plays for the National Showcase of New Plays and/or nominate playwrights for the Smith Prize for Political Theater.

The New Harmony Project is a national arts organization whose mission is to nurture writers in the development of scripts and new works that interrogate the complexity of hope. Through artist-centered programming, we care for writers so they can change the world.

Play Club is a cross-generational community of curious people who read and discuss plays by living Playwrights, then meet them in conversation.

You choose how you’d like to engage. Take part in weekly discussion sessions and connect with other members on the play’s themes and ideas. Or read the plays, skip the discussions and join the monthly conversation with the featured Playwright and one or more of their collaborators.

PlayGround is a leading playwright incubator, providing unique development opportunities for some of the nation’s most promising early-career playwrights, with programs in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York City, and Chicago. Alumni have gone on to win local, national, and international honors for their short and full-length work, including recognition at the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, Steinberg Awards, and Bay Area Playwrights Festival, among others. PlayGround is the recipient of a 2014 National Theatre Company Grant from the American Theatre Wing and a 2016 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award.

Playwrights' Center sustains, develops, and advocates for playwrights and their work to realize their full artistic potential. One of the nation's most generous and well-respected theater organizations, the Playwrights' Center focuses on both supporting playwrights and promoting new plays to production at theaters across the country. The Center has helped launch the careers of numerous nationally recognized artists, notably Daniel Alexander Jones, Lee Blessing, Carlyle Brown, Sheila Callaghan, Karl Gadjusek, Marcus Gardley, Idris Goodwin, Sarah Gubbins, Jordan Harrison, Jeffrey Hatcher, Craig Lucas, Martyna Majok, Melanie Marnich, Qui Nguyen, Kira Obolensky, and August Wilson. Work developed through Center programs has been seen nationwide on such stages as The Guthrie, Lincoln Center Theater, New York Theater Workshop, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Steppenwolf, The Public, Woolly Mammoth, and many others.

Invited to submit plays for the National Showcase of New Plays and/or nominate playwrights for the Smith Prize for Political Theater. Provided thought partnership and beta testing in the development of the New Play Exchange.

Playwrights Foundation supports and empowers playwrights’ artistic growth and careers while championing their voices on a national level. Founded in 1978, Playwrights Foundation is today widely recognized as one of the top organizations in the U.S. dedicated to the creative development and career acceleration of contemporary playwrights. Over 80% of the plays we develop have gone on to successful productions, winning awards and accolades.

Invited to submit plays for the National Showcase of New Plays and/or nominate playwrights for the Smith Prize for Political Theater. Provided thought partnership and beta testing in the development of the New Play Exchange.

The Banff Playwrights Lab was created by playwrights Tom Hendry and George Ryga in the early 1970s. The Lab has sustained its founding principles of focusing on playwrights and developing new works away from the pressures of a producing theatre. Each year the Lab welcomes Canadian playwrights and their collaborators, providing each writer with a residency tailored to their specific needs with the goal of nurturing, challenging, and inspiring the next phase of their work. The Lab also includes international writers, theatre makers and guest artists through partnerships with organizations from across Canada and beyond.

In alternating years, NNPN offers a developmental opportunity to a Canadian playwright, and the Banff Playwrights Lab offers a residency to an NNPN playwright.

Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) is the theatrical union that unites, empowers, and protects professional Stage Directors and Choreographers throughout the United States. Our mission is to foster a national community of professional stage directors and choreographers by protecting the rights, health and livelihoods of all our Members; negotiating and enforcing employment agreements across a range of jurisdictions; facilitating the exchange of ideas, information and opportunities; and educating current and future generations about the critical role of directors and choreographers in leading the field.

Partnered on the National Directors Fellowship.

Seven Devils Playwrights Conference is an annual two-week Conference bringing playwrights & theater artists from around the country to McCall, Idaho for 2 weeks of rehearsals, readings, and workshops of new work, including plays by area high school students.

Invited to submit plays for the National Showcase of New Plays and/or nominate playwrights for the Smith Prize for Political Theater.

Stanford’s National Center for New Plays is an incubator that gives playwrights an audience and feedback for their works.

Invited to submit plays for the National Showcase of New Plays and/or nominate playwrights for the Smith Prize for Political Theater.

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is the national organization for theatre, with a membership network of 500+ member theatres and over 250 university, funder, trustee, and business affiliates, and over 7,000 individuals. TCG reaches over 1 million students, audience members, and theatre professionals each year through its programs and services.

At Theatre Bay Area (TBA), we believe that the arts are essential to a healthy and democratic society. We work to nourish our creative community and expand access to the arts for all. Theatre Bay Area is committed to embodying and advancing the values of: community, inclusion, service, impact, and organizational sustainability. To live out our values, TBA is committed to advancing the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) both within our own organization and in the larger field. We are the largest arts service organization of our kind, supporting the radical creativity of our members with unparalleled access to educational, financial, and professional resources. Now engaging millions of arts participants each year, our members' work is situated at the dynamic intersections of technology, arts, entertainment, and culture. The result — our region is one of the most vibrant and unique cultural destinations in the world.

NNPN's Member Theaters provided critical data for the Triple Play Survey.

Theatre Development Fund (TDF) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to bringing the power of the performing arts to everyone. TDF sustains live theatre and dance by engaging and cultivating a broad and diverse audience and eliminating barriers to attendance.

NNPN's Member Theaters provided critical data for the Triple Play Survey.

Tofte Lake Center (TLC) is a non-profit organization that provides residencies for artists who crave dedicated time to work on their projects, for creatives who seek individual growth through guided workshops or retreats, for arts organizations that want to make time to re/focus on their goals or mission, for arts leaders to gather to exchange ideas with colleagues in their field. TLC is on a pristine lake near Ely, Minnesota, and adjacent to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Invited to submit plays for the National Showcase of New Plays and/or nominate playwrights for the Smith Prize for Political Theater.