Playwriting

Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights
Support and service organization dedicated to addressing the professional needs of the Los Angeles playwriting community.
http://www.laplaywrights.org/

ArtWork Enterprises Playwrights Festivals
Produces three annual festivals in support of playwrights and the development of new plays for the American stage.
http://www.ashlandnewplays.org/index.html

Australian Script Centre
Collects, catalogues, promotes and distributes unpublished Australian plays and now holds hundreds of scripts.
http://www.ozscript.org

Boston Playwrights' Theatre - Professional Theatre and Graduate Playwriting Program
Award-winning professional theatre, founded in 1981 to promote new plays. Home to the Boston University Graduate Playwriting Program, and producers of the Boston Theater Marathon.
http://www.bu.edu/bpt/

The Brick Playhouse
Dedicated exclusively to the creation, development, and production of new theatre works.
http://thebrickplayhouse.org/mission.htm

Charles Deemer: Playwriting Basics
Tips for playwrights.
http://www.geocities.com/cdeemer/Play.htm

Dramatic Exchange
Web resource for playwrights, producers, and anybody interested in plays.
http://www.dramex.org/

The Dramatists Guild of America
Professional association of American playwrights. The Guild protects the rights of dramatists in relation to producers and more recently Directors.
http://www.dramatistsguild.org/

Greensboro Playwrights' Forum
A gathering of North Carolina playwrights, meeting once a month to discuss works-in-progress and aid one another in getting produced or published.
http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/Departments/Parks/programs/cityarts/drama/GPF.htm

Hidden River Arts
A non-profit literary arts organization in Philadelphia, PA offering playwrighting and fiction competitions yearly, as well as residencies, workshops, and educational outreach programs.
http://www.hiddenriverarts.org

International Centre for Women Playwrights
To support women playwrights around the world.
http://www.internationalwomenplaywrights.org/

Jassin Office - Publishing and Theatre Law
Advice for writers and theatre workers on copyright, trademark, libel and contract law. Includes free "Helpful Articles" section.
http://copylaw.com/aboutus.html

La Ronde
Playwright's webring; presenting the work of an individual playwright or groups of playwrights.
http://www.pipeline.com/~jude/AboutLaRonde.htm

Lazy Bee Scripts
Online publisher of pantomimes and plays. Guidelines for authors and playwrights.
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/

Limelight Scripts
Online publishers of mainly English pantomimes, but also plays and musicals. Includes submission guidelines and a tutorial on how to write pantomimes.
http://www.limelightscripts.co.uk

Linda Eisenstein: Practical Playwriting
Excerpts from advice book for playwrights, including "17 Surefire Ways to Get Your Scripts Rejected."
http://my.en.com/~herone/Practical_Playwriting.html

Moondance International Film Festival
To promote and encourage women screenwriters, playwrights, short-story writers, and women who make independent films.
http://www.moondancefilmfestival.com/

New Theatre Publications
Over 500 stage plays. Free catalogues, free evaluation copies. New members & submissions welcome.
http://www.plays4theatre.com

New Writing South
Creative writing organisation in the South East of UK for writers, and agencies. Includes playwrights network, directory of writers and competitions, workshop and education programmes, and members area.
http://www.newwritingsouth.com/

NY Play Development Lab
Serves and supports member playwrights in the creation of new stage works. Offers script labs, readings, and promotion.
http://nyplaydevelopment.home.pipeline.com/

NYCPlaywrights
NYCPlaywrights is a nonprofit organization for writers. Meets Wednesdays in NYC for play readings as an aid to development. New writers welcome.
http://www.nycplaywrights.org

Ohio University MFA Playwriting
Information about the Master of Fine Arts Degree Program in Playwriting at Ohio University.
http://ohioplaywriting.org

The Original Workshops
Hands on programs in Los Angeles for beginning and advanced stage and screen writers
http://www.originalworksonline.com/workshops/

PDC: The Philadelphia Dramatists Center
PDC is a community of playwrights, collaborating artists, and audience members dedicated to the creation and nurture of new works for live performance.
http://www.pdc1.org

Performing and Writing Musical Theatre
A resource for professional and aspiring performers/ composers/ writers. Tips and tricks on the craft of writing and composing.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/musical_theatre

Philadelphia Young Playwrights
Philadelphia Young Playwrights is an intensive arts- education program that pairs a professional teaching artist with a classroom teacher. The two work together as an artistic team, guiding and supporting students in the process of writing a play.
http://www.phillyyoungplaywrights.org/

Playmarket
Agency and script advisory service for New Zealand playwrights.
http://www.playmarket.org.nz/about_home.php

Playwrighting Resources
Directory of links, from Artslynx International Theatre Resources.
http://www.artslynx.org/theatre/playwright.htm

Playwrights' Center
Minneapolis-based, The Playwrights' Center fuels the theater by providing services to support playwrights and playwriting.
http://www.pwcenter.org/

The Playwrights' Center of San Francisco
A service for playwrights, showing the schedule of staged readings of new plays.
http://playwrightscentersf.org/

The Playwrights' Co-Operative
Promoting and publishing the works of new and established playrights. Full online or paper catalogue of acting scripts.
http://plays4theatre.site-street.net/

The Playwrights Forum
The Playwrights Forum is a non-profit organization dedicated to the artistic development of talented playwrights from the Washington D.C. area.
http://users.erols.com/pforum/welcome.htm

Playwrights Foundation
West Coast Center for new play development - resources for playwrights and annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival.
http://www.playwrightsfoundation.org

Playwrights Guild of Canada
Service organization for Canadian playwrights (formerly the Playwrights Union of Canada). Searchable online catalogue.
http://www.playwrightsguild.ca/

The Playwright's Noticeboard
Notices of playwriting opportunities, updated regularly.
http://www.stageplays.com/markets.htm

Playwriting 101
A playwriting tutorial written by playwright and screenwriter Jon Dorf.
http://www.playwriting101.com/

Playwriting at Suite101.com
Articles (archived) to assist playwrights.
http://www.suite101.com/articles.cfm/playwriting

Playwriting Links and Resources for E-Merging Playwrights and other Writers (home of Playwriting Opportunities for the E-Merging Playwright)
Playwriting contests and competitions listed by deadline date and other handy tools to help playwrights get their work out into the theatre world.
http://www.playwritingopportunities.com/Playwriting_Theatre_Resources.htm

Playwriting Opportunities for the E-Merging Writer
Free listing of playwriting opportunities: retreats, workshops, contests, ongoing submissions, links and resources.
http://www.playwritingopportunities.com

Project Writers Unite
Bay Area writers club. Welcomes writers from all creative writing mediums, including playwrights.
http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/projectwritersunite/

ProPlay
Online publisher of professionally-produced stage plays. Full or partial scripts may be read free-of-charge at the site.
http://www.singlelane.com/proplay

Resources for Teaching Playwriting Compiled by Adam Russell
Annotated bibliography of recommended texts. [PDF]
http://kcac.kennesaw.edu/honorsclass/pdf_files/deer_bib.pdf

Stage Plays by Ian Hornby
Plays available for production. Free evaluation copy on request.
http://www.ianhornby.co.uk

Swan Playwrights
The theatre writers' group at Worcester Swan Theatre, UK.
http://www.swanplaywrights.co.uk/

Toscan's Online Playwriting Seminar
An overview of the craft of playwriting, from Virginia Commonwealth University.
http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/artweb/playwriting/

Will Dunne Dramatic Writing Workshops
Offers support for playwrights and screenwriters, including private consultations for dramatic writers anywhere in the world and an ongoing quarterly workshop program for dramatic writers in the San Francisco Bay Area.
http://www.willdunne.com

Working Man’s Clothes Productions
Multiple award winning NYC theatre company focuses on developing and staging new works and plays. Accepting submissions year-round.
http://www.workingmansclothes.com

Wrightofplay
A rest-stop for aspiring playwrights. Tips, tricks, and techniques. Articles, activism, and a few links.
http://wrightofplay.com

Write Angle Productions
Devoted to supporting work of member playwrights and developing new scripts for production. Includes ongoing Ten Minute Play contest.
http://www.writeangle.org/

Young Playwrights 101
A free resource site for young playwrights and those who teach them. Also, information about Young Playwrights 101, a complete playwriting curriculum in an e-book.
http://youngplaywrights101.com