PLAYWRITING
Events
Dramatic Question Theatre: New Play Development Programs
A REMINDER TO ALL PLAYWRIGHTS: We are still receiving submissions for our 3 new play development programs… * CLASSICS IN COLOR – This program facilitates the development of new plays by BIPoC that blend their lived experience with texts from the Global Canon. Up to 12 playwrights are selected based on their application materials. Led […]
Lecture: “August Wilson in Waterford, 1982-2002” at Charles E. Shain Library Connecticut College
Charles E. Shain Library 270 Mohegan Ave, New LondonThe lecture will explore August Wilson’s place in the American theater and Wilson’s connections with New London and the O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut. This lecture will provide audience members with a greater appreciation of August Wilson and insight into The Acting Company’s performance of Wilson’s Two Trains Running on Friday, February 7. Herman D. Farrell, […]
Panel Discussion: “Two Trains Running Discussed” Connecticut College Faculty & Community Guestsat Charles E. Shain Library Connecticut College
Charles E. Shain Library 270 Mohegan Ave, New LondonDuring this panel discussion scholars from a variety of disciplines will respond and react to The Acting Company’s performance of Wilson’s Two Trains Running as it relates to issues of urban renewal, the African-American experience and the similarities that were and are being faced in New London. The panelist will include Hubert Cook, Assistant Professor of English, […]
National Playwrights Conference Performances at The Eugene O’Neill Theater
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center 305 Great Neck Road, WaterfordJune 17 - July 14, 2025 About the Conference The National Playwrights Conference — the O’Neill’s founding program — is a national laboratory offering resources vital to creative risk-taking. Every year, innovative, unproduced works are selected from a pool of 1,300+ submissions to be developed with the support of a professional company of actors, designers, dramaturgs, and […]
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