Application
Deadline: November 18, 2011 (receipt)
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Note: applications must be received by 5:00 pm Central Time on Friday, November 18, 2011 to be considered on time.

Questions can be addressed to Artistic Programs Administrator Laura Leffler-McCabe

McKnight National Residency and Commission
Supported by a grant from The McKnight Foundation, this program aids in the commissioning and development of new works from nationally recognized playwrights. The recipient playwright receives a $12,500 commission, paid to the playwright according to an agreed upon schedule, two U.S. Round- trip airline tickets, housing during the residency period, up to $5,000 in workshop funds to support the development of the play, a public performance reading of the commissioned play, and participation in the fall Fellowship Retreat. Past recipients include: Kia Corthron, Kate Fodor, Daniel Alexander Jones, Craig Lucas, Taylor Mac, Ruth Margraff, Dan O'Brien, Kathleen Tolan, and Mac Wellman.

Selection Process
Applications are screened for eligibility by the Playwrights' Center and evaluated by a select panel of professional theatre artists; finalists are then evaluated by a diverse panel of Minnesota theatre artists. Selection is based on artistic excellence, professional achievement, and proposed residency plans, and is guided by the Playwrights' Center"s mission statement. The Playwrights' Center staff does not participate in selection decisions.

Kate Fodor

McKnight National
Residency and Commission   

Kate Fodor’s newest play, Rx, will be produced Off-Broadway as part of Primary Stages’ upcoming 2011-12 season. 100 Saints You Should Know was produced Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons and was named one of the best plays of the year by Time Out New York, Entertainment Weekly and Theater Yearbook. 100 Saints is published by Dramatists Play Service and anthologized in Smith & Kraus' New Playwrights: The Best Plays of 2008. Kate's play Hannah and Martin was produced Off-Broadway by Epic Theatre Ensemble and has had productions in cities around the U.S. and abroad, including at San Jose Repertory Theatre, Chicago’s TimeLine Theatre, and London’s Courtyard Theatre. Hannah and Martin is included in The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize: Six Important New Plays by Women from the 25th Anniversary Year. Kate is a recipient of the Kennedy Center's Roger L. Stevens Award, the National Theater Conference's Barrie Stavis Award, a Joseph Jefferson Citation, and an After Dark Award.