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Press contact
Daniel Rech
Director of Marketing & Communications
danielr@pwcenter.org
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Press kit
Download images of the Playwrights’ Center and past Ruth Easton series and PlayLabs readings, and find general Playwrights’ Center information in our press kit (Google Drive folder).
Press releases
2018-19 SEASON
- June 14, 2019: Playwrights’ Center announces 2019-20 McKnight Theater Artist Fellows (PDF)
Kate Sutton-Johnson headshot | Sun Mee Chomet headshot | Jim Lichtscheidl headshot
- May 24, 2019: Playwrights’ Center announces 2019-20 McKnight National Residency and Commission recipient, McKnight Fellows in Playwriting and new Core Writers (PDF)
W. David Hancock headshot | Stacey Rose headshot | Heather Raffo headshot | Carlyle Brown headshot | Gina Femia headshot | Emily Feldman headshot | Marvin González De León headshot | Sofya Levitsky-Weitz headshot | Rachel Jendrzejewski headshot | Jake Jeppson headshot | Daaimah Mubashshir headshot | James Anthony Tyler headshot
- April 30, 2019: Playwrights’ Center announces 2019-2020 Jerome Fellows and Many Voices Fellows (PDF)
Tylie Shider headshot | Courtney Meaker headshot | Candrice Jones headshot | Kit Yan headshot | Morgan Holmes headshot | Cristina Luzárraga headshot
- January 18, 2019: Core Writer Carlyle Brown’s “The History of Religion” coming up at the Playwrights’ Center (PDF)
- December 17, 2018: New Gab Reisman’s Musical "Jeune Terre" coming to the Playwrights’ Center (PDF)
- November 16, 2018: Allison Gregory’s politically charged reading kicks off reading series at the Playwrights’ Center (PDF | Google Doc)
Allison Gregory headshot | Photos of Darling Boud (as in Loud)
- October 5, 2018: PlayLabs 2018 runs October 22–28 at the Playwrights’ Center (PDF | Google Doc)
Images: Andrea Stolowitz | Stacey Rose | Ariel Stess | All three playwrights
Photos of Berlin Diary | Legacy Land | KARA & EMMA & BARBARA & MIRANDA - June 6, 2018: Playwrights’ Center announces 2018-19 McKnight Theater Artist Fellows (PDF | Google Doc)
Images: Scott W. Edwards | Masanari Kawahara | Elise Langer | All three artists
- May 23, 2018: Playwrights’ Center welcomes new Core Writers (PDF | Google Doc)
Images: All new Core Writers | All Core Apprentices
Darren Canady | Erin Courtney | Marisela Treviño Orta | Stacey Rose | Ariel Stess | Ray Yamanouchi | Lily Padilla | Drew Paryzer | Lauren Wimmer - May 16, 2018: Playwrights’ Center announces 2018-19 Jerome and Many Voices Fellows (PDF | Google Doc)
Images: Sofya Levitsky-Weitz | Casey Llewellyn | Philana Imade Omorotionmwan | Marvin González De León | Haygen-Brice Walker | Antonio Duke
- April 25, 2018: Playwrights’ Center announces 2018-19 McKnight National Residency and Commission recipient, McKnight Fellows in Playwriting (PDF | Google Doc)
Images: Idris Goodwin | May Lee-Yang | Tori Sampson
2017-18 SEASON
- May 21, 2018: McKnight Theater Artist Fellows Katharine Horowitz and Regina Marie Williams present works in progress June 12 (PDF | Google Doc)
Images: Katharine Horowitz | Regina Marie Williams | Katharine and Regina | Katharine and Regina with event text - March 19, 2018: New Harrison David Rivers play closes Playwrights’ Center season April 9 and 10 (PDF | Google Doc)
Harrison David Rivers headshot | Images from other past Ruth Easton Series readings - February 14, 2018: Core Writer Meg Miroshnik’s play about Christian mega-families coming to the Playwrights’ Center (PDF | Google Doc)
Meg Miroshnik headshot | Images from other past Ruth Easton Series readings - January 18, 2018: Core Writer Sherry Kramer’s “Three Quarter Inches of Sky” coming up at the Playwrights’ Center (PDF | Google Doc)
Sherry Kramer headshot | Images from other past Ruth Easton Series readings - December 20, 2017: Anna May Wong bioplay by Core Writer John Olive next up at the Playwrights’ Center (PDF | Google Doc)
John Olive headshot
Sun Mee Chomet in ENCYCLOPEDIA by Rachel Jendrzejewski, part of the 2015-16 Ruth Easton New Play Series, photo by Paula Keller | Images from other past Ruth Easton Series readings - November 21, 2017: New Kira Obolensky musical kicks off reading series at the Playwrights’ Center (PDF | Google Doc)
Kira Obolensky headshot | Images from past Ruth Easton Series readings - October 10, 2017: PlayLabs 2017 runs October 23–29 at the Playwrights’ Center
Images: Jason Gray Platt | Jen Silverman | Alice Tuan | Photos of last year's readings - September 7, 2017: Playwrights’ Center announces 2017-18 season
Press kit with headshots, images, quotes, bios - June 1, 2017: Playwrights’ Center announces 2017-18 McKnight Fellows, new Core Writers
Headshots and other images - April 26, 2017: Playwrights’ Center announces 2017-18 Jerome and Many Voices Fellows, increase in Many Voices funding
Headshots and other images
2016-17 SEASON
- May 24, 2017: McKnight Theater Artist Fellows Sonya Berlovitz, Thomasina Petrus and Kimberly Richardson present Works in Progress June 26
Images: Sonya Berlovitz | Thomasina Petrus | Kimberly Richardson | All 3 artists (landscape) | All 3 artists (square) | All 3 artists (square with event text) - April 5, 2017: Playwrights’ Center welcomes Robert Chelimsky as managing director
Image: Robert Chelimsky - March 16, 2017: Readings of new Lee Blessing play “Minneapolis/St. Paul” April 3 and 4 at Playwrights’ Center
Image: Lee Blessing - February 15, 2017: Playwrights’ Center developing new play by St. Paul playwright Harrison David Rivers
Images: Harrison David Rivers | The Sea & The Stars - January 17, 2017: Mat Smart’s “Eden Prairie, 1971” upcoming in the Playwrights’ Center’s Ruth Easton New Play Series
Image: Mat Smart | Eden Prairie, 1971 - December 20, 2016: See Martyna Majok’s new play “queens” January 9 and 10 at the Playwrights’ Center
Images: Martyna Majok | queens - November 16, 2016: Jen Silverman’s “Wink” launches 2016-17 Ruth Easton New Play Series at the Playwrights’ Center
Images: Jen Silverman | Wink - October 4, 2016: Annual PlayLabs festival runs October 17–23 at the Playwrights’ Center
Headshots: Ken Urban | Christina Ham | Susan Soon He Stanton
PlayLabs 2016 image: Horizontal | Square
Photos from last year's PlayLabs festival (credit to Anna Min of Min Enterprises, LLC): Kris Nelson and Brian Anthony Wilson in Halftime With Don by Ken Weitzman | Sun Mee Chomet and Tracey Maloney in The Hidden People by Joe Waechter - September 7, 2016: Playwrights’ Center announces 45th anniversary season
Full season announcement press kit (Google Drive folder; includes photos from past seasons)
Headshots: Ken Urban | Christina Ham | Susan Soon He Stanton | Jen Silverman | Martyna Majok | Mat Smart | Harrison David Rivers | Lee Blessing
Composite image: All writers - May 31, 2016: Playwrights’ Center announces 2016-17 McKnight Theater Artist Fellows
Headshots: Sonya Berlovitz | Thomasina Petrus | Kimberly Richardson
Composite images: Without text | With text - May 12, 2016: Playwrights’ Center announces 2016-17 McKnight Fellows and new Core Writers
Headshots: Francine Volpe | Andrew Rosendorf | Rhiana Yazzie | Larissa FastHorse | Martyna Majok | Jason Gray Platt | Gabrielle Reisman | Harrison David Rivers | Mat Smart | Sarah Galante | Sam Lahne | Savannah Reich
Composite images: McKnight National Residency and Commission | McKnight Fellows in Playwriting | New Core Writers | Core Apprentices | All 12 writers mentioned in this announcement - April 15, 2016: Playwrights’ Center announces 2016-17 Jerome and Many Voices Fellows
Headshots: Katie Bender | Emily Feldman | Jessica Huang | Kristin Idaszak | Benjamin Benne | Marisa Carr | Drewcella Mae Davis | ShaVunda Horsley
Composite images: Jerome Fellows | Many Voices Fellows | Many Voices Mentees | All 8 writers
2015-16 SEASON
- June 13, 2016: McKnight Theater Artist Fellows Aimee K. Bryant and James A. Williams present Works in Progress June 28
Images: Aimee K. Bryant | James A. Williams | Aimee and James landscape | Aimee and James square | Aimee and James with event text - June 7, 2016: Paula Vogel to visit Playwrights’ Center
Image: Paula Vogel - March 16, 2016: Playwrights’ Center’s 2015-16 public season concludes with Ken Urban’s “A Guide for the Homesick”
Images: Ken Urban | A Guide for the Homesick - February 9, 2016: Alice Tuan’s new play “California Love” coming up at Playwrights’ Center
Images: Alice Tuan | California Love - January 13, 2016: Playwrights’ Center presents “SEEK,” a play about Agatha Christie by Susan Soon He Stanton
Images: Susan Soon He Stanton | SEEK - December 17, 2015: Playwrights’ Center presents “ENCYCLOPEDIA” by local Core Writer Rachel Jendrzejewski
Image: Rachel Jendrzejewski - November 17, 2015: Playwrights’ Center kicks off Ruth Easton New Play Series with “Scientific Method” by Jenny Connell Davis
Image: Jenny Connell Davis - September 29, 2015: PlayLabs festival runs October 12–18 at the Playwrights’ Center
Images:
Playwright headshots: Kathryn Walat | Ken Weitzman | Joe Waechter
All three playwrights in one image: Square | Horizontal - September 3, 2015: Playwrights’ Center announces 2015-16 season of new play readings
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Playwright headshots: Kathryn Walat | Ken Weitzman | Joe Waechter | Jenny Connell Davis | Rachel Jendrzejewski | Susan Soon He Stanton | Alice Tuan | Ken Urban
All season playwrights in one image: Color | Black and white
Play titles and dates image: Vertical | Horizontal - June 10, 2015: Playwrights’ Center announces 2015-16 McKnight Theater Artist Fellows
Images: Barry Browning | Aimee K. Bryant | James A. Williams - May 21, 2015: Playwrights’ Center announces new Core Writers and 2015-16 Many Voices Fellows
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Core Writers: Carlyle Brown | Christina Ham | Rachel Jendrzejewski | Sherry Kramer | Meg Miroshnik | Jen Silverman | Kate Tarker | Alice Tuan
Many Voices: Cristina Castro | James Tyler | brianne a. hill | B Billy Xiong
Core Apprentices: Raquel Almazan | Abbey Fenbert | Sean-Patrick O’Brien - April 25, 2015: Playwrights’ Center announces 2015-16 Jerome Fellows, McKnight Fellows in Playwriting, McKnight National Residency and Commission recipient
Images: Ryan Campbell | Basil Kreimendahl | Andrew Rosendorf | Keliher Walsh | Carson Kreitzer | Harrison David Rivers | Erik Ehn
2014-15 SEASON
- June 3, 2015: McKnight Theater Artist Fellows Austene Van and Sally Wingert present Works in Progress June 29
Images: Austene Van (jpg) | Sally Wingert (jpg) - March 17, 2015: Playwrights’ Center presents “Romeo & Naomi Ramirez” by Kathryn Walat
Images: Kathryn Walat 800 x 600 (jpg) | Kathryn Walat 300 x 300 (jpg) - February 10, 2015: Playwrights’ Center presents “The REALNESS” by Idris Goodwin
Images: Idris Goodwin 641 x 480 (jpg) | Idris Goodwin 300 x 300 (jpg) - January 15, 2015: George Brant’s “Marie and Rosetta” swinging into the Playwrights’ Center
Images: George Brant 800 x 533 (jpg) | George Brant 300 x 300 (jpg) - December 22, 2014: “Dust” by Qui Nguyen coming up at Playwrights’ Center
Images: Qui Nguyen 640 x 800 (jpg) | Qui Nguyen 300 x 300 (jpg) - November 21, 2014: Playwrights' Center presents readings of Kira Obolensky's new play "Forget Me Not When Far Away"
Images: Kira Obolensky 800 x 530 (jpg) | Kira Obolensky 300 x 300 (jpg) | Event image 1410 x 1020 (jpg) - October 2, 2014: PlayLabs starts October 20 at the Playwrights' Center
- September 9, 2014: Playwrights' Center announces expanded season for 2014-15
- June 12, 2014: The Playwrights' Center announces 2014-15 McKnight Theater Artists
- May 22, 2014: The Playwrights' Center announces 2014-15 playwriting fellows and Core Writers
2013-14 SEASON
- May 7, 2014: Playwrights' Center McKnight Theater Artists present Works in Progress June 16
- March 17, 2014: The Playwrights' Center presents reading of Winter Miller's new play "Seed"
- February 10, 2014: The Playwrights' Center presents reading of Gabriel Jason Dean's new play "Terminus"
- January 14, 2014: The Playwrights' Center presents reading of Jenny Connell Davis' new play "Goddess of Mercy"
- December 16, 2013: The Playwrights' Center presents reading of Barbara Field's new play "The Crackatook"
- November 26, 2013: The Playwrights' Center welcomes new board members
- November 19, 2013: The Playwrights' Center presents reading of Carlyle Brown's new play "Finding Fish"
- September 9, 2013: Playwrights' Center announces 2013-14 season of playwrights and staged readings
- August 26, 2013: Children's Theatre and Playwrights' Center each receive grants for technology innovation
- June 18, 2013: Jonatha Brooke coming to the Playwrights' Center in August
- May 31, 2013: The Playwrights' Center announces 2013-14 McKnight Theater Artists
- May 15, 2013: The Playwrights' Center announces 2013-14 playwriting fellows and Core Writers