GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE Launches The Writer's Room Playwrights Group

Jill Weinlein - Chief Los Angeles Theatre Critic

Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles is now accepting applications for the 2020/2021 cycle of The Writers’ Room playwrights group. This is the third year, that the next group of playwrights will be chosen to begin their residency in September 2020. 

“In these trying times, the Geffen believes in looking towards the future with defiant optimism,” said Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director Matt Shakman. “As such, we are opening applications for the third round of the Writers’ Room, a vibrant and essential partnership with Los Angeles-based playwrights. Though forces beyond our control temporarily prevent us from coming together, the Geffen is fully invested in the bright future of playwriting and the arts in Los Angeles.”

Applications for writers who reside in Los Angeles is now open. Submission deadline is May 17, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. Go to www.geffenplayhouse.org/thewritersroom. 

The Writers’ Room is a product of Geffen Playhouse’s commitment to supporting new plays and specifically to fostering bold, relevant works by the vibrant artistic community in Los Angeles. During this one-year residency, playwright members gather monthly at the theater to share their work and receive feedback from their peers in a forum facilitated by Geffen Playhouse Manager of New Play Development Rachel Wiegardt-Egel. 

In addition to the feedback from their fellow writers, members receive dramaturgical support from the theater’s artistic staff, a ticket to all Gil Cates Theater shows at Geffen Playhouse for the season in which their residency takes place, and the opportunity to further develop their work with a director and actors in a culminating reading that may be open to the public.