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The Kids Are All Right

"In the New Play Development course that I teach for Randolph College's MFA in Theatre program, students are asked to read a play every other week. The parameters are intentionally broad: new-to-you, full length, written in the last 15 years. The students did read some of the most popular plays of the last decade-plus, but they also surprised me by their willingness to go further afield. Whether recommended by peers and mentors or stumbled upon by way of an NPX rabbit hole, they read un- and under-produced plays, plays that are unique in form or content, and plays by writers who make me excited to be working in this field. The following is just a small sampling."—dramaturg Anne G. Morgan

This Bitch by Adrienne Dawes

Kairos by Lisa Sanaye Dring

Blackademics by Idris Goodwin

You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World! by Keiko Green

Horsegirl & Cowdaddy by DJ Hills

12 Chairs by Jesse Jae Hoon

The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington by James Ijames

7 MINUTES by John J King

AFFINITY LUNCH MINUTES by Nick Malakhow

bad things happen here by Eric Marlin

Class C by Chaz T. Martin

The Wash by Kelundra Smith

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Recently Recommended

Patricia Milton recommended Once It Finds Them by Michael Tuton

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I encountered this play in a writing workshop. The conflict between these two characters is compelling, riveting from beginning to end. Very real characters who deepen as the play unfolds.

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Patricia Milton recommended Dada Teen Musical: The Play by Maury Zeff

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Hilarious, satirical, fast-moving, and very fun. Characters duck ethical decisions like kids playing dodge ball. Examines privilege, the ruthless pursuit of college admissions, and the love and reverence of art.

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Maximillian Gill recommended Ashes, Indiana by Neil Radtke

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A marvelous and tight piece that builds up dread slowly and never lets up. I love the anthology quality, as if we're sitting around a campfire hearing variants of the same legend. The alternate ending conceit is a true coup de theatre, and I would be very curious to see how an audience locked in slowly under this play's spell ends up reacting.

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Mark Levine recommended THE TREEHOUSE by Gwydion Suilebhan

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The Treehouse turns a cluttered basement into a study of how families hoard the past instead of grieving it. Suilebhan writes four funny, wounded men and lets a single locked box carry astonishing weight — the reveal of what’s inside is quietly devastating. Beneath the ritual and sharp comedy, it’s about the terror of letting go, and who gets frozen when a family can’t. A close read rewards; the right production would reward more.

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The NPX Index

Scripts written by non-binary, genderqueer, and genderfluid authors
6870
Scripts written by cis and trans men
33455
Scripts written by cis and trans women
29349

Featured Writer

Dominic Orlando

In June (2014), Dominic will be heading to a residency at Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Ground Floor to work on book & lyrics for the commissioned musical, THE BARBARY COAST about the criminal underworld during the California Gold Rush. Other commissions include the screenplay adaptation for his DANNY CASOLARO DIED FOR YOU, optioned by Caliber Media/Aviation films, book & lyrics for THE WORKING BOYS BAND, currently running at The History Theatre in St Paul, and HAMMER & SICKLE an adaptation of a Don DeLillo story for ArtsEmerson in Boston. Dominic is a two-time Jerome Fellow and McKnight Fellow to the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, where he’s a founding producer at The Workhaus Collective, the Center's company-in-residence, co-producing eighteen world premieres since 2007, including his own SHORT PLAY ABOUT GLOBALIZATION (2007), THE SENSE OF WHAT SHOULD BE (2009) and A SHORT PLAY ABOUT 9/11 (2011). In the twin cities he has worked with The Guthrie Theater, The Jungle, Theatre Forever, Red Eye, Off-Leash Area, Teatro Del Pueblo, and the Minnesota Fringe. He’s a co-creator of FISSURES {LOST & FOUND} (with Dominique Serrand, Steve Epp, Nathan Keepers and writers of the Workhaus Collective) which premiered at the 2010 Humana Festival of New American Plays and is published by Dramatic. DANNY CASOLARO DIED FOR YOU will have its Midwest premiere this October at TimeLine Theatre in Chicago.

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Featured Script

Pain(Ted) by Roy van Hooydonk

The world’s most famous living painter, a misanthropic recluse, is finishing what may be his last painting. While trying to avoid all the clamour from the museums and collectors at their isolated mountain retreat, Ted and his partner Ranya are interrupted by his adult offspring and his ethically-challenged ex-agent. A huge snow storm, an attempted robbery the arrival of a mountie and an attempted murder...

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Featured Reader

L.D. Kelley

Multidisciplinary butch lesbian theatre artist with a passion for directing and developing new trans plays. Sole director and curator of Dram-o-rama! NYC, a weekly public play reading circle for thespians and all the rest. Learn more on Instagram @dramoramanyc. he/they

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Featured Organization

The New Harmony Project

The New Harmony Project is an arts organization that supports and celebrates writers and their work. We do this by honoring the writing process above all. Our programming creates a supportive, collaborative, and engaging environment infused by the spirit of New Harmony, Indiana. We do this because we believe great writing and storytelling have the power to grow and uplift communities, transform hearts and minds...

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