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NNPN Showcase Selections and Finalists

Chosen from nearly 100 scripts submitted by Member Theaters, Affiliated Artists, and Partner Organizations, the National New Play Network is thrilled to announce the five plays that will be featured at this year's National Showcase of New Plays, hosted by Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre in Indianapolis, Indiana, June 10 and 11. NNPN also wishes to celebrate the top-notch writing found in the seven other plays that rose to the top of our competitive selection process. Congratulations to our Showcase playwrights and the finalists!

Welcome to Matteson! by Inda Craig-Galván
performing class by Preston Choi
A Queer Black Rom-Com For Eastertide by Jonathan Norton
Bite Me by Eliana Pipes
Escobar's Hippo by Franky Gonzalez
Hairy & Sherri by Adrienne Dawes
The Day Naguib Mahfouz Was Stabbed In The Neck And Almost Died (a.k.a. The Selkie Play) by Denmo Ibrahim
Burst by Rachel Bublitz
SOPHIA HAYDEN DESERVES BETTER by Stephanie Alison Walker
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Eleanor and Dolly by Jenny Stafford
All My Mothers Dream in Spanish: A Play with Drums by Alexandra Espinoza
American Fast by Kareem Fahmy
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The NPX Index

  • Scripts about reproductive rights, reproductive freedom, and abortion: 290
  • Scripts about guns and gun violence: 359
  • Scripts about Ukraine: 27
  • Scripts about the Black Lives Matter movement: 338