New Play Exchange
New Play Exchange ® (NPX) is the world's largest digital library of scripts by living writers. We're a National New Play Network program, flipping the script on the ways in which new work is shared and discovered. newplayexchange.org
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- Tune in to the lates Onstage Colorado at the 48:09 mark to hear the interview on the upcoming Rolling World Premiere of "Bad Books" at Curious Theatre, with playwright Sharyn Rothstein and our own Executive Director Nan Barnett🎧 onstagecolorado.com/podcast-the-...
- Ringing in the New Year with 5,992 published audition monologues from full scripts on NPX. Writers, help take us to 6k & give our new NPX Actors something fab to work with.
- The good folks at @thrownstone.bsky.social, an NNPN Associate Member Theater, are looking for their next commission. Will you be the one to write it? thrownstone.org/comm-rfp-2026/
- BEFORE THE BALL DROPS: Today's your final chance to help new plays thrive & make 2x the impact. All gifts will be matched until midnight🎉 Your support fuels bold new work & the artists bringing it to life. Help us reach our $25k goal at nnpn.org/donate
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- Today’s feature is The Black Rep, an NNPN Core Member whose work centers Black voices, stories, & artists while engaging audiences through powerful, socially relevant theater.
- Spotlight on: Contemporary American Theater Festival, our Core Member based in Shepherdstown, WV, & a cornerstone of new play development in the U.S. 🧵🪡
- We want your thematically curated lists of plays to be featured on NPX in 2026. Submit your list at forms.monday.com/forms/d7f1f1...
- New Featured List: Adaptations of Public Domain Works (Lavina's List). Every Jan 1, US copyrights expire on material written 95 yrs ago. These are adaptations of works that entered the public domain in the last 5 years. List in memory of Lavina Jadhwani, who breathed new life into classical stories.
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- We’re delighted to feature Great Plains Theatre Commons, an NNPN Associate Member in Omaha dedicated to strengthening community by supporting the creation & sharing of diverse new stories🪡🧵
- GPTC nurtures new work & artists while widening access through free community programs promoting the understanding that stories are at the heart of our development as individuals & as a society.
- Our ED, Nan Barnett, sat with WGCU Public Media's Gulf Coast Life: Arts Edition" with host John Davis, alongside playwright Brent Askari & director Brendon Fox to discuss the NNPN Rolling World Premiere program & ADVICE, now playing at Florida Rep 🎙️ Listen now: www.wgcu.org/show/gulf-co...
- Giving Tuesday may be behind us, but Giving Season is in full swing. Your generosity will go twice as far when you donate to NNPN before the ball drops on New Year’s Eve, thanks to a $25k matching grant made in memory of our colleague and friend Scott Vehill. NNPN.org/donate 🎁
- Our friends at Play Club celebrate the memory of our friend & theater artist Lavina Jadhwani 12/20, noon PT. Attend the live Zoom, hosted by playwright Amy Wheeler, for a community reading from Lavina's “A Christmas Carol” & stories from those who loved her. To join: us02web.zoom.us/j/7190381978
- College instructors of NPX, will you spread the word to your students? Registration is open now for the 2026 URTAs Auditions & Interviews🎉 🧵
- This week, we’re proud to shine a light on Perseverance Theatre, a Core Member whose work is deeply rooted in—& created in service to—Alaskan communities 🧵
- New Featured List! The Charles M. Getchell New Play Contest is among the flagship awards of the Southeastern Theatre Conference. Dedicated to the discovery & development of worthy new plays & playwrights, & sponsored by Theatrical Rights Worldwide in 2026, the award received 300+ submissions🧵
- Updates to NPX are LIVE! - Glamourous, more accessible color palette 🟠🔵 - Accessibility updates for folks using screen readers 👀 - New disability identity filters for user profiles (time to update your profile!) & script/monologue searches🦾 - New FAQ section💁 - & more🎉 Behold at newplayexchange.org
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- This #GivingTuesday, join your colleagues & fellow new play champions across the country in giving to NNPN and New Play Exchange. Through the 12/31, your donations count double, thanks to a generous matching grant ♥️ nnpn.org/donate
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- This week, we’re spotlighting Core Member Theater Orlando Shakes, which joined NNPN back in 2007 🧵
- We’re soooooo thankful for all y’all. If you’re thankful for the community NNPN has helped forged for folks who champion new plays, we hope you’ll consider us this coming #givingtuesday, during this season that we have a generous matching grant for the first $25k we can raise 🧵
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- It's a great time to donate to us / NNPN: We have a matching grant from Kristen Vehill, David Goldman & Carol Dweck for the first $25k we raise. It's in memory of National New Play Network OG Scott Vehill, who passed away earlier this year. Let’s champion new plays together. NNPN.org/donate
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- PlayFest Unsolicited Submissions opened today at Orlando Shakes. Playwrights can apply by Dec. 1 & learn more at www.orlandoshakes.org/npd/playfest...
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- This week, we’re spotlighting one of our founding Member Theaters: InterAct Theatre Company in Philadelphia. For over 35 years, InterAct has embodied the NNPN spirit, championing new plays that challenge, inspire, & reflect the world we live in.
