HistoryThe Playwrights Foundation (PF) initiated the Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF), which remains our cornerstone program, to create a venue for young, vanguard playwrights and their collaborators to experiment with new ideas, develop and nurture creative collaborative relationships, and push the boundaries of the form. As one of the first new play festivals in the US and sustained for over 30 years, the BAPF is a hothouse for new work, with indispensable creative development opportunities offered to over 300 contemporary playwrights to date.SpecialtiesPlaywrights Foundation is a non-profit organization specializing in new play development. We imagine a future where playwrights are radically centered as visionary leaders who transform the world through storytelling. We support and empower playwrights' artistic growth and careers while championing their voices on a national level. Our flagship program is the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, an annual Summer reading series featuring new work by exciting playwrights who are shaping the future of theatre. We offer year-round programs for playwrights at many levels of career and artistic development, from students to established professionals.

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