20 Years of New Play Development
The Festival has an enviable track record with more than 70% of its work moving on to regional and New York stages in short order.
Many of these go on to have multiple productions. As seen by the list below, we have proven the success of this model in moving scripts “from page to stage."
CNPF History
2019
Music, Lyrics & Concept by Jill Sobule
Book by Liza Birkenmeier
Production:
City Theatre, Pittsburgh
by Caroline V. McGraw
Composed by
Martha Redbone & Aaron Witby
Book by Naomi Iizuka
by Andrew Rosendorf
by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
2018
by Lucas Hnath
Production:
Actors Theatre of Louisville
by Madhuri Shekar
Production:
Victory Gardens Theatre, Chicago
by Kate Hamill
Productions:
The Jungle Theater, Minneapolis Primary Stages, New York
by Bruce Graham
Productions:
Delaware Theatre Company
Curious Theatre Company
by Daisy Foote
Workshop:
Alley Theatre, Houston
2017
by Jenny Rachel Weiner
Reading:
City Theatre, New York
by Jeffrey Lahoste
Workshop:
Tectonic Theater Project
by Emily Dendinger
Workshop:
Lark Play Development Center
by Lauren Yee
Workshop:
Lincoln Center Theatre III
Winner of the National Arts Club’s 2017 Kesselring Prize
2016
by Mat Smart
Workshop:
Ruth Easton New Play Series, Playwright’s Center, Minneapolis
Readings:
Roundabout Theatre Company
Steppenwolf Theatre
The Guthrie Theatre
by Mary Elizabeth Hamilton
Workshops:
The Lark Play Development Center
American Theatre Company,
Chicago National Playwrights Conference,
Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center
Reading:
National Playwrights Conference,
Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center
by Aditi Brennan Kapil
Reading:
South Coast Repertory Theatre
Productions:
Mixed Blood Theatre, Minneapolis
South Coast Repertory Theatre
by Mathew Lopez
Workshop:
Denver Center Theatre Company
Production:
Denver Center Theatre Company
by Tasha Gordon-Solomon
Workshop:
American Theatre Company, Chicago
Productions:
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Jewish Plays Project, New York
2015
by Clare Barron
Workshop:
Playwrights Horizons
Productions:
Playwrights Horizons
Winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Award
Winner of the American Playwriting Foundations Relentless Award
by James Still
Productions:
Portland Center Stage
Roundhouse Theatre,
Washington, D.C.
Indiana Repertory Theatre
by Boo Killebrew
Productions:
Dallas Theatre Center
by Sandra Tsing Loh
Productions:
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
South Coast Repertory Theatre
2014
by Itamar Moses
Reading:
South Coast Repertory Theatre
Production:
Denver Center Theatre Company (2019)
by Maria Alexandra Beech
by Chuck Me
Productions:
Actors Theater of Louisville
Brooklyn Academy of Music
2013
by Noah Haildle
by Eric Simonson
Productions:
Primary Stages
Transferred to Broadway
by James Still
Readings:
Launch Pad Theatre
Denver Center Theatre Company
Productions:
Denver Center Theatre Company
Indiana Repertory Theatre
Theatres That Have Produced Works Developed At The Festival
Rivendell Ensemble Theatre
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Rattlestick Theatre
Here Arts Center, New York
Actor’s Express, Atlanta
Colony Theatre, Los Angeles
The Kitchen Theatre, Ithaca
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Dark & Stormy Theatre Company
New York Musical Theatre Festival
Invisible City Theatre Company
Arvada Center Theatre, Denver
American Heartland Theatre, Kansas City
City Theatre of Pittsburgh
Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum
Gate Theatre, London
Theatre de Paris, Paris
Actors Theater of Louisville
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
American Repertory Company
Primary Stages
Prospect Theatre Company
South Coast Repertory Theatre
American Conservatory Theatre
Second Stage Theatre
Seattle Repertory Theatre
Playwrights Horizons
Dallas Theatre Center
Denver Center Theatre
The Public Theater of New York
Portland Center Stage
Chance Theatre, Los Angeles
The Civilians
Mixed Blood Theatre
Atlantic Theater Company
Yale Repertory Theatre
Marin Theatre Company
Brooklyn Academy of Music
New World Stages
Manhattan Theatre Club
Indiana Repertory Theatre
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Roundhouse Theatre
Tectonic Theater Project
Curious Theatre
Jewish Plays Project