Founded in 2014, the New England New Play Alliance seeks to bring together the collective energy and resources of new play producers and developers in Greater Boston/New England.
OUR GOALS:
- Grow audiences for new plays.
- Encourage more new play development and production.
- Spread the word outside of Boston about plays/playwrights from Greater Boston/New England
The NPA Newsletter is our main current project– If a new play event happens in New England, it will be in this weekend email blast. Subscribe to it and send in your events.
Our Team
Managing Editor:
Margie Semilof
Editors:
Eric Cheung
Catherine Giorgetti
Deirdre Girard
Ken Green
Maggie Kearnan
David Reiffel
NPA Coordinator:
Lisa Rafferty
Social Media Coordinator:
Greg Hovanesian
Social Media Team:
Maryanne Carter
John Minigan
Andrew Burke
Jillian Blevins Sampieri
What We Cover
Performances at New England venues of:
- World premieres by anyone
- New England premieres by any BIPOC writer
- Scripts in development by anyone
- Any play by a writer currently living in New England
Tell us about shows that qualify: editor@newplayalliance.org
Past Projects
Other Past Projects of the Group Include:
- In 2017, we published The New England New Play Anthology, a collection of 6 full-length and 2 one-act plays by New England playwrights that were produced and developed by New England Companies.
- In 2015, we published a study of new play attendance from 2012-2014 in Greater Boston Theatres.
- We host other activities, including a Wikipedia Hackathon, a contract workshop, and other events.