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2025 New Play Development Conference
When:
July 5-20th
7PM-2PM
Where:
Multiple Venues in Philadelphia
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Price:
FREE
Event Details
Seven New Plays? For Summer? And Free? Groundbreaking.
PlayPenn, a nationally recognized new play development organization, proudly announces the full lineup of free public readings and community events (14 in total) for its 2025 New Play Development Conference, running July 5 - 20 at venues throughout Philadelphia.
Our conference brings bold, boundary pushing new plays to life through public staged readings featuring some of the region’s most exciting playwrights, directors, dramaturgs, actors, stage managers, artists, and producing partners.
Each conference offers audiences a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into the development journey of new plays in progress. In 2025, that journey features the work of playwrights Lori Felipe-Barkin, L M Feldman, Bee Kanofsky, our first-ever young playwright, Chaz T. Martin, Zahra Patterson, Andrew Saito, and Lex Thammavong as their plays take shape before a live audience.
Our 2025 conference will also extend its reach beyond a single location to bring new plays into communities across four Philadelphia County districts, thanks to a groundbreaking collaboration with InterAct Theatre Company, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Philadelphia Young Playwrights, PlayPenn, Power Street Theatre, Theatre in the X, and the Wilma Theater. The collaborative aims to foster greater sustainability in the arts by sharing resources and expanding audiences.