Playwright Exchange
a 3-week research and development exchange for playwrights in New York
In conjunction with New York's famed New Dramatists, this programme awards Australian playwrights a three-week period of research and development in New York city. The exchange provides return travel to New York, accommodation at New Dramatists’ Manhattan headquarters, per diems, a script workshop including presentation of a rehearsed reading of your work to a local New York audience, and the opportunity to engage with New York’s vibrant theatre scene.
Applications are invited from playwrights with a minimum of two professionally produced works. The winning application is selected by New Dramatists, New York from a shortlist prepared by PlayWriting Australia.
By reciprocal arrangement PlayWriting Australia will select and host the winning American writer in Australia, presenting a rehearsed reading of their winning play for local audiences.
Applications closed
The Playwright Exchange programme has now concluded. For other possible sources of funding and support for international travel, contact the Australia Council for the Arts or your state government.
Other agencies and foundations supporting international travel opportunities include:
Asialink
British Council
Churchill Memorial Trust
Goethe-Institut
Ian Potter Cultural Trust
Realise Your Dream (British Council Australia)
Past recipients
2008 Ross Mueller (Concussion)
2007 David Brown (The Estimator)
2006 Stephen Carleton (Constance Drinkwater and the Final Days of Somerset)
2005 Anthony Crowley (The Frail Man)
2004 Toby Schmitz (Chicks Will Dig You)
2003 Ben Ellis (Falling Petals)
