Founded in 2008, Playwrights Foundation’s Resident Playwrights Program (RPP) offers up and coming Bay Area playwrights an artistic home to personally grow and advance their career within a nurturing community for a multi-year residency.

RPP holistically supports a cohort of 4-5 Bay Area resident playwrights over a 2-year period offering financial investment, community with other playwrights, tailored career support from Playwrights Foundation staff, retreats, internal and public workshops, as well as local and national networking opportunities. Playwrights self direct their experience within RPP– collectively and individually designing their artistic goals, a strategic career vision, and articulating values in meaningful ways.

With the majority of opportunities for American playwrights restricted to well-established or newly emerging writers, there’s little opportunity for playwrights who are on-their-way—yet still under-recognized nationally— to accelerate their careers. Since its founding, Playwrights Foundation has supported 36 Resident Playwrights, many of whom have robust careers in the theater throughout the country and won multiple awards; some have been recognized among the most produced playwrights in the U.S.

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