The History of the New American Playwrights Project

1993

Rings by Aden Ross

62 Homers by Red Shuttleworth

The Brothers Silence by Jerry L. Crawford
Received a production at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, now being represented by Robert Freedman Dramatic Agency, Inc.

One Family by Jim Leonard, Jr.

 

1994

Rainy Days and Friday Nights by Sam Smiley
Received full productions at Invisible Theatre, Tucson; Spanish Theatre Group, Barcelona; and TSI/Playtime, off-Broadway, New York City. Currently under option by Mad Brit Films.

Portrait of a Nude by Laura Shamas

The Incompetents by T.C. Miller

The Color of Bruise by Thomas Nicole

 

1995

Heir to the Covenant by Robert Paxton

Tenderhooks by Julie Jensen
Won first prize and a production at Mill Mountain Theatre New Play Festival; received a staged reading at Odyssey Theatre Company.

A Woman of Power by Edward F. EmanuEl

Glass Mountain by Doris Baizley

 

1996

Ballad Hunter by Jenny Laird

Sacrament of Meatballs by Mark Steven Jensen

Gadianton by Eric Samuelson

Sacrilege by Edward Mast

 

1997

Who Loves You, Jimmie Orrio by Cheryldee Huddleston

Our Lady Guenevere by Ace Pilkington

The Spirit Seekers by William Lang

What in the World’s Come Over You? By Red Shuttleworth
Produced by Foothill Theatre Company in Nevada City, California

 

1998

A Grief of Mind by Carl O’Neal Rich

Simply the Thing She Is by Kate Hawley

March Tale by Tim Slover

Sweet Maggie Blues by Kay K. Cook

 

1999

Autumn in the Valley by John D. and James A. Bell
Produced at Grand Valley State University; received a staged reading at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City, Utah

The Lamentable Tragedy of Sir Thomas More by Ann Chamberlain

E. Pluribus Anarchy by Paavo Hall

Disputed Bones by Jonathan Graham

 

2000

Whistler vs. Ruskin by L.L. West

Memorabilia by Red Shuttleworth

The Tears of Time by Stuart Boyce

Little Red Wagon Painted Blue by Don Monaco

 

2001

Tucumcari by Riley Steiner

The Figurehead by Charise Menefee

Next Rest Stop 78 Miles by Marianne Hales

The Abduction by C.J. Verburg

 

2002

The Stardust Caper by Jerry L. Crawford
In distribution with Robert Freedman Dramatic Agency, Inc.

Trucker Rhapsody by Toni Press-Coffman

Misdirected by Joe Borini

Across the Line by David Barr III

 

2003

Digging in the Margins by Mark Rigney

Summer Feet by Riley Steiner

The Queen’s Two Bodies by Jeanne Murray-Walker

Independency by Mark Steven Jensen

 

2004

Lady Macbeth by Aden Ross

Gaining Ground by Mark Rigney
Produced at the Ark Theatre, Los Angeles, California

Tears in the Sand by Stuart Boyce

 

2005

The Hard Way by Gino DeIorio
Won the BBC International Playwrights Award and was produced on BBC Radio; given staged readings at the North American Actors Association in the United Kingdom and the New York Alonquin Theatre Company

Downwinders by Ed Kociela

Speak to Me, Annie by Kay K. Cook

 

2006

The End of the Horizon (formerly titled Nemo 1934) by Debora Threedy
Received a full production in 2007 at Plan B Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah

Opaline by Mary Fengar-Gail
 Placed with agent Bret Adams, Ltd.

The Moor Lark by Jan Henson-Dow

 

2007

Early Poe by Dan Trujillo

Breaking the Shakespeare Code by John Minigan

The Thousand Pound Marriage by Richard A. Kalinoski

 

2008

Di Esperienza by Matthew Ivan Bennett
Received a full production at Plan B Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah

Father Mike by T.J. Edwards

Germinous Seeds by David Rush

 

2009

Big Dance by Jim Lord

Nell Gwyn by Fred C. Adams
Script optioned for full production by 1st Stage Theatre in Tysons Corner, Virginia

 

2010

Behold by Tom Cavanaugh

The Zapruder Film by Todd Goodlett

Making Waves by Amanda Waterhouse

 

2011

Lying to Spielberg by Bill Nabel

The Galt Regency by Judy Montague

King of the Cats by Glenn Barrett

 

2012

The Greater Love by Frankie Little Hardin

Turquoise Wind by Kurt Proctor

Play Desdemona by Daniel Hintzsche

 

2013

Shunned by Larry Parr

Twenty Seven by Ed Morgan

Adam & Yoshi by Tom Cavanaugh