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Venturous Plays

The inaugural Playwrights' Center Venturous List consists of 50 plays nominated by nationally prominent playwrights for the 2023–25 Venturous Playwright Fellowships, supported by the Venturous Theater Fund, a fund of the Tides Foundation. The fellowship supports playwrights in developing "venturous" plays—formally adventurous, epic in scope, and full of bold ideas. The list was widely shared with theater leaders across the country to encourage them to support venturous new theatrical work. 

The Age of Innocence by Nina Morrison
Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies and Yogurt (with Live & Active Cultures!) by Julia Izumi
Another Kind of Silence by L M Feldman
ASS2MOUTH by Haygen-Brice Walker
the beautiful land i seek (la linda tierra que busco yo) by Matt Barbot
BLANKS by Gethsemane Herron-Coward
DAINTY by Agyeiwaa Asante
El Cóndor Mágico by Noelle Viñas
Fifty Boxes of Earth by Ankita Raturi
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The Good Boy Game by Patrick Vermillion
HARD PLACES by Garrett Zuercher
a home what howls (or the house what was ravine) by Matthew Paul Olmos
The Housing Situation on Neptune by NJ Draine
Madre de Dios by Marvin González De León
Mother of Exiles by Jessica Huang
#NewSlaves by Keelay Gipson
The Norns of Athens, Maine by Emma Watkins
a river, its mouths by Jesús I. Valles
The Shaking Earth by Mashuq Mushtaq Deen
Skin Song by Katherine Gwynn
Throwback Island by Ro Reddick
that drive thru monterey by Matthew Paul Olmos
Tornado Tastes like Aluminum Sting by Harmon dot aut
WHITE SAVIOR by Catherine Filloux
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The NPX Index

  • Scripts tagged with the keyword "family": 3182
  • Scripts tagged with the keyword "comedy": 2528
  • Scripts tagged with the keyword "love": 2446
  • Scripts tagged with the keyword "LGBTQ": 2259
  • Scripts tagged with the keyword "death": 1453
  • Scripts tagged with the keyword "women": 1219
  • Scripts tagged with the keyword "relationships": 1212
  • Scripts tagged with the keyword "marriage": 1178
  • Scripts tagged with the keyword "friendship": 1164
  • Scripts tagged with the keyword "history": 1018