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Samuel French’s online magazine for those who make theatre happen. Providing industry news, engaging content, and the best resources.
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100 Theaters Join Playwrights Welcome, the Nationwide Ticketing Initiative

Playwrights Welcome, the nationwide free ticketing initiative created by Samuel French for Dramatists Guild of America members, is thrilled to announce that over 100 theaters have joined the program…


Whiting Awards Honor 3 Playwrights With $50,000

Tonight the Whiting Foundation announced the 10 winners of its 2018 Whiting Awards at a ceremony at the New-York Historical Society, with a keynote by Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison.


Alice Birch’s ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE Wins 2018 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize

The 2018 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has been awarded to U.K. playwright Alice Birch for her play Anatomy of a Suicide. Now celebrating its 40th anniversary, the Prize is awarded annually to recognize…


Playwright’s Perspective: For Peter Pan

I wrote For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday as a gift for my mother (for her seventieth birthday). My mother grew up playing Peter Pan in Davenport, Iowa. As a child I looked at pictures scattered around my grandparents’ house of my mother wearing green tights…