ADULT PROGRAMS
The 2020-2021 PlayLab playwrights
ATG PLAYLAB
The ATG BIPOC PlayLab, which launched in September 2020, is a professional space for straight and queer BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) playwrights to develop their plays for the stage. Led by Pandora Scooter and comprised of twelve playwrights from across the nation, the goals of the PlayLab are to provide a rigorous, attentive and supportive environment in which these playwrights will develop their writing and their craft, as well as gain requisite skills related to various aspects of the theatre industry.
Playwrights are invited to join PlayLab after a comprehensive application and interview process. Applications are accepted around May/June of each year. Interested BIPOC playwrights can find links to the application on this website as well as on Play Submission Helper and other play submission websites. Questions can be directed to Pandora Scooter at pandora@pandorascooter.com.
Meet Our Artists….
ATG Reading of Harry Townsend's Last Stand, left to right: ATG Producing Artistic Director Jim Vagias, Broadway legend Len Cariou, Warren Bub, and Dennis Grimaldi
READING SERIES
ATG's Reading Series brings theater-lovers together with playwrights and actors, offering audience members the exciting opportunity to help shape new works before they move on to the next level. Following the read through, guests are invited to participate in a panel discussion with the playwright, director and cast. The Reading Series has helped launch productions onto great successes - the most recent example is Harry Townsend’s Last Stand, starring Broadway legend Len Cariou (pictured second from left) who also participated in ATG’s reading, which opened Off Broadway in Fall 2019.