Archive of Playwrights' Center Press releases

October 2006 8 Many Voices Residents chosen for 2006-07

September 2006 Ruth Margraff wins $12,500 Residency and Commission

August 2006 2006-07 McKnight Theater Artist Grants announced

June 2006 MOA 1-Minute Play Contest announces 6 finalists

May 2006 Trista Baldwin and Dominic Orlando win coveted 2006-07 McKnight Advancement Grants

May 2006 Core writers announced To work on new plays in world-class “Ruth Easton Lab”

May 2006 NY director Hayley Finn wins “a dream gig” as Center’s first year-round resident directing fellow

April 2006 New York playwright Winter Miller and Pulitzer-Prize winning New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof win $10,000 “2-Headed Challenge” to write a new play about Darfur genocidal horrors

April 2006 24th Annual PlayLabs Festival engages Pulitzer Prize-winning collaborators, artists from Japan

April 2006 New $10,000 NEA grant puts more New Plays On Campus

March 2006 Playwrights’ Center poised for “ a major organizational leap”

March 2006 $500,000 in new grants and in-kind gifts creating a new "center” of playwriting in America

February 2006 New gift from Ruth Easton Fund makes The Playwrights’ Center “ a major national destination”

January 2006 200,000$ in pro bono support keeps Playwrights’ Center at “the top of its game”

January 2006 From first draft to footlights, new “ Broadway Inside Out” series puts playwrights front and center

January 2006 5 New Partnerships Bring Theater Education Opportunities to Thousands More Minnesotans

October 2005 Playwrights’ Center hires Kristin Newbom as Membership and Literary Associate on 3-Year Bush Grant

October 2005 August Wilson and 3 other sources support playwrights of color at Playwrights ’ Center

October 2005 First-ever NEW PLAY GALLERY puts new plays at fingertips of nation ’s theaters

September 2005 8 Many Voices Residents chosen for 2005-06

August 2005 Fight Audition Repetition! 129 fresh Playwrights’ Center monologues published in 2 volumes promise variety for actors and casting associates

August 2005 Who’s in Size Ten Shorts This Fall? 23 Characters, 8 Playwrights, 120 Seats

July 2005 The Playwrights’ Center expands! 2 new staff will support 3 membership initiatives, thanks to Bush Foundation’s $166,120

June 2005 2005-06 McKnight Theater Artist Fellowships Announced

May 2005 New National Advisory Board to support The Playwrights’ Center

May 2005 The Playwrights’ Center hires General Manager

April 2005 2005-06 MCKNIGHT ADVANCEMENT GRANT RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED

April 2005 2005-06 Jerome Fellows Announced

April 2005 2005 PLAYLABS FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS ANNOUNCED

April 2005 Are College Theaters Doing New Plays? Vrooommm!

April 2005 Kathleen Tolan wins $12,500 Commission and Residency

February 2005 DR. POLLY GOES TO TOKYO

January 2005 AFL-CIO ORGANIZER RICH KLIMMER’S EXPERIENCE UNIONIZING GRADUATE TA’S WINS $6,000 “2-HEADED CHALLENGE” FOR CHICAGO PLAYWRIGHT LONNIE CARTER

November 2004 THE 2004-05 MANY VOICES RESIDENCIES AWARDED TO EIGHT PROMISING WRITERS OF COLOR

November 2004 FIGHTING THE FORCES OF CONVENTIONAL THEATER: THE JEROME FELLOWS ARE “ THE MOD QUAD”

August 2004 2004-05 McKNIGHT THEATER ARTIST GRANTS ANNOUNCED

June 2004 FIVE PLAYWRIGHTS SAVE FACE WITH A COMICAL COLLABORATION

June 2004 PLAYLABS 2004 TO DRAW A RECORD 20 ARTISTIC DIRECTORS FROM OUT OF TOWN

June 2004 COLLEGE THEATERS HAVE A NEW “LITERARY MANAGER AT LARGE” IN THE PLAYWRIGHTS’ CENTER— EIGHT AREA COLLEGES JOIN PILOT NEW PLAYS ON CAMPUS PROJECT

April 2004 LEE BLESSING RETURNS TO THE PLAYWRIGHTS’ CENTER FOR 22ND ANNUAL PLAYLABS FESTIVAL

April 2004 PLAYWRIGHT MAC WELLMAN WINS $12,500 MCKNIGHT COMMISSION AND RESIDENCY

February 2004 NEW YORK’S LARK THEATRE CO. TO DEVELOP TWO PLAYS IN TRANSLATION BY IVORY COAST’S KOFFI KWAHULE AT THE PLAYWRIGHTS’ CENTER’S HOTHOUSE FESTIVAL, APRIL 19-22

February 2004 2004-05 JEROME FELLOWS IN PLAYWRITING ANNOUNCED

January, 2004 OSIRIS LIVES AGAIN AT THE PLAYWRIGHTS’ CENTER

January, 2004 FBI TEEN SEX STING WINS $6,000 “2-HEADED CHALLENGE” FOR LA PLAYWRIGHT BAIZLEY

January, 2004 THE PLAYWRIGHTS’ CENTER FUELS THE 2004 HUMANA FESTIVAL WITH 3 OUT OF 6 FEATURED PLAYWRIGHTS

October, 2003 8 NEW “MANY VOICES” FELLOWS MOST DIVERSE GROUP OF PLAYWRIGHTS YET

October, 2003 EVENT OFFERS GLIMPSE AT FUTURE OF AMERICAN THEATER

October, 2003 HUSBAND-WIFE TEAM ANIMATES A FABLED WORLD OF WOODEN PUPPETS AND SMART CONTRAPTIONS IN QUICK SILVER

October, 2003 MARION’S TERRIBLE TIME OF JOY BLENDS SMELLS AND FLAVORS WITH DANCE AND MUSIC IN LAURIE CARLOS’S LATEST FEAST

September, 2003 The Playwrights' center and 3 legged race present the boldest sensory experience of the year

September, 2003 PlayWrights' Center Awards McKnight fellowships

September, 2003 PlayWrights' Center Awards jerome fellowships

July 14, 2003 WinninG MANIFESTO URGES "ELECT BETTER ACTORS"

Read the winning manifesto!

June 23, 2003 PlayLabs 2003 BIGGEST EVER

Dec. 4, 2002 MANY VOICES residencies awarded

Sept. 12, 2002 2002-03 NewStage Directions Season

Aug. 13, 2002 mcknight foundation awards support

July 30, 2002 call for theater manifestos

July 24, 2002 New executive director appointed