20 Years of New Play Development
CNPF History
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”:
2019
Purpose
by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
#F***7thGrade
Music, lyrics & concept by Jill Sobule. Book by Liza Birkenmeier
Production:
City Theatre, Pittsburgh
I Get Restless
by Caroline V. McGraw
Refgue
by Andrew Rosendorf
Black Mountain Women
Composed by Martha Redbone & Aaron Witby. Author Naomi Iizuka
2018
The Thin Place
by Lucas Hnath
Production:
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Miriam for President
by Madhuri Shekar
Production:
Victory Gardens Theatre, Chicago
Little Women
by Kate Hamill
Productions:
The Jungle Theater, Minneapolis
Primary Stages, New York
Sanctions
by Bruce Graham
Productions:
Delaware Theatre Company
Curious Theatre Company
Tender Mercies
by Daisy Foote
Workshop:
Alley Theatre, Houston
2017
Part and Parcel
by Jenny Rachel Weiner
Reading:
City Theatre, New York
The Extraordinary Mr. Law
by Jeffrey Lahoste
Workshop:
Tectonic Theater Project
God Hates You
by Emily Dendinger
Workshop:
Lark Play Development Center
The Voice Of
by Lauren Yee
Workshop:
Lincoln Center Theatre III
Winner of the National Arts Club’s 2017 Kesselring Prize
2016
The Yes Ready Within (Eden Prairie, 1971)
by Mat Smart
Workshop:
Ruth Easton New Play Series, Playwright’s Center, Minneapolis
Readings:
Roundabout Theatre Company
Steppenwolf Theatre
The Guthrie Theatre
The Quiet Ones
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
Orange
by Aditi Brennan Kapil
Reading:
South Coast Repertory Theatre
Productions:
Mixed Blood Theatre, Minneapolis
South Coast Repertory Theatre
Zoe’s Perfect Wedding
by Mathew Lopez
Workshop:
Denver Center Theatre Company
Production:
Denver Center Theatre Company
I Now Pronounce
by Tasha Gordon-Solomon
Workshop:
American Theatre Company, Chicago
Productions:
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Jewish Plays Project, New York
2015
Miller Mississippi
by Boo Killebrew
Productions:
Dallas Theatre Center
Dance Nation
by Clare Barron
Workshop:
Playwrights Horizons
Productions:
Playwrights Horizons
Winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Award
Winner of the American Playwriting Foundations Relentless Award
I Love to Eat
by James Still
Productions:
Portland Center Stage
Roundhouse Theatre, Washington, D.C.
Indiana Repertory Theatre
Madwoman in the Volvo
by Sandra Tsing Loh
Productions:
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
South Coast Repertory Theatre
2014
The Whistleblower
by Itamar Moses
Reading:
South Coast Repertory Theatre
Production:
Denver Center Theatre Company (2019)
Infinity Pond
by Maria Alexandra Beech
Glory of the World
by Chuck Me
Productions:
Actors Theater of Louisville
Brooklyn Academy of Music
2013
Over the Waves
by Noah Haildle
Bronx Bombers
by Eric Simonson
Productions:
Primary Stages
Transferred to Broadway
Appoggiatura
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:
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
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
