Led by generous funding from the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, the Laura Pels Foundation, and our Leaders for New Works, Roundabout’s New Play Initiative cultivates new work by gifted playwrights at all stages of their careers, with commissions, developmental readings and workshops, and productions of new works at the Roundabout Underground program and our mainstage.
Since 1995, we have commissioned 43 playwrights, developed over 275 new works, and employed over 5,000 artists across all aspects of the New Play Initiative.
The development of new work comes at no financial gain for Roundabout, and ticket-revenue covers only 22 percent of program and production expenses. The charitable contributions from individuals allow us to continue to build on the success of this program, while offering affordable ticket prices for our audiences.
Key Elements
Roundabout’s New Play Initiative is comprised of four key elements.
Process
Discovery, development, and production
Artists in Residence
Providing artistic and financial support to early-career artists, giving them a theatre to call home.
Submission Policy
Submitting to the New Play Initiative.
Meet Our Artists
Roundabout’s work with emerging and established playwrights, as well as the development of new plays, is made possible by Eric and Fiona Rudin.
Additional support is provided by Roundabout’s Leaders for New Works: Eugene and Joann Bissell and the Lillian Lincoln Foundation, James Costa and John Archibald, Linda L. D’Onofrio, Thomas and Liam Drury-Wang, Peggy and Mark Ellis, Carson Gleberman, Sylvia Golden, Laurents/Hatcher Foundation, Toni Ratner Miller, Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater, Mary Solomon, and The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust.