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TAKE TEN 2025: welcome LetterWe are thrilled to share that Julie Kramer will be stepping in as TAKE TEN Program Director this year! Julie is a critically acclaimed director of new work with years of experience championing emerging playwrights. She has been a valued part of Theater Masters, directing in TAKE TEN for multiple years, and we couldn't be more excited to have her with us this year.
We know she will bring her keen eye for text, deeply thoughtful collaboration with writers, and distinctive blend of professionalism and playfulness to the festival. Julie has developed new plays at The Public, New Dramatists, new georges, Dorset Theater Festival, and Pioneer Theater, and her directing credits span regional theaters and Off-Broadway. A faculty member at The Tepper Semester/Syracuse University and an active member of SDC, she's long been a passionate advocate for artists and new voices in theater. Her guidance will be an incredible resource for the playwrights selected to join us for TAKE TEN 2025. |
Bridging the Gap between Playwrights' Education and Career
Theater Masters hosts a national 10-minute playwriting competition among the students at the top MFA programs in the country. Out of 60+ submissions, 6-7 winning plays are selected by a reading panel made up of industry professionals.
Once selected, the MFA playwrights are given feedback to further develop their plays. They are then flown to New York City where they are able to observe the process of putting their plays into production, with a team of professional actors, directors and designers, culminating in a three night run of their work at a reputable New York City theater.
During this New York production week, Theater Masters also provide the playwrights with "Wonder Week," during which we arrange meetings with the top agents, literary managers, and artistic directors in the industry, offer them professional development panels with working playwrights, and introduce them to the writers' guilds as well as major theaters in NYC. This is a unique and career-starting program for these young playwrights that has launched the careers of our many successful alumni.
We are the only organization to bridge the gap between the training playwrights receive in their MFA programs and the professional careers that lay ahead of them.
Once selected, the MFA playwrights are given feedback to further develop their plays. They are then flown to New York City where they are able to observe the process of putting their plays into production, with a team of professional actors, directors and designers, culminating in a three night run of their work at a reputable New York City theater.
During this New York production week, Theater Masters also provide the playwrights with "Wonder Week," during which we arrange meetings with the top agents, literary managers, and artistic directors in the industry, offer them professional development panels with working playwrights, and introduce them to the writers' guilds as well as major theaters in NYC. This is a unique and career-starting program for these young playwrights that has launched the careers of our many successful alumni.
We are the only organization to bridge the gap between the training playwrights receive in their MFA programs and the professional careers that lay ahead of them.
Anthology by Samuel French
Past National Adjudicators
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Martyna Majok 2022
James Anthony Tyler 2021 Craig Lucas and Dave Auburn 2020 Craig Lucas 2019 David Auburn 2018 Abe Koogler 2017 Alexander Maggio 2016 Kathleen Chalfant 2015 Robert LuPone 2014 Theresa Rebeck 2013 A.R. Gurney 2012 Eric Bogosian 2011 |
Lanford Wilson 2010
Gordon Davidson 2009 John Lithgow 2008 John Guare 2007 Alfred Uhry 2006 Christopher Durang 2005 Terrence McNally 2004 William Luce 2003 |
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