Our Mission

The mission of the DFW Playwrights' Alliance is to act as an informal social network as well as a supportive community for the exchange of ideas, information and perspectives on the art and business of playwriting.

The DFW Playwrights' Alliance is open to playwrights based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area regardless of experience level.

To find out more about the DFW Playwrights' Alliance, its members, and their productions, use the buttons to the left.

To find out about joining the the DFW Playwrights' Alliance, click here.

What's  New

September 8, 2009
DFWPA Reading Series: Our monthly staged reading continues with K(no)w by Troy Camplin.

Set in modern times using modern language, K(no)w is a new tale of temptation and redemption, whose structure and rhythm is inspired by traditional Japanese Noh plays.

Tuesday, September 8th at 7:30 pm at the Dallas Hub Theater. For more info, click here.

June 9, 2009
DFWPA Reading Series: Our monthly staged reading kicks off with Morphine by DFWPA member Gary Swaim. Tuesday, June 9th at the Dallas Hub Theater. For more info, click here.

May 15-30, 2009

CYBERFEST: Our first electronic new play festival. Beginning May 15th with performances May 29th and 30th. The shows were webcast into cyberspace where they were performed infront of both a live studio audience, and a live interactive virtual audience. The plays were:

Love Potion #5: Tribal Musk
Written by Donnie Wilson
Directed by Atseko Factor
Featuring Atseko Factor, Angelica Jackson and Antonio Wright

Gender Specific
Written by Mary Humphrey
Directed by Joshua Bridgewater
Featuring Mary Humphrey, Terren Humphrey, Caren Strickland and Joseph Bridgewater

Cut Your Loss
Written and Directed by Rosie Arrelle McGee
Featuring Kristol Jamison, Amy Bryant, Richard Perkins, Erik Berry and Robert Peacock

Almost Ithicaid**
Written by Troy Camplin
Directed by Melissa Flower and Valerie Houston
Featuring Matt Clark, Rebecca Johnson, Valerie Houston

**Winner of the PIA Award

May, 2009
"Discomfort" A short story by Gary Swaim
Published in Main Street Rag as part of an anthology entitled Dots on a Map: Stories from SmallTown America. For more info visit: www.mainstreetrag.com

April 18 - June 20, 2009
Questionable Love Quadrangle... by Tim Shane
Presented by the Comedy Killers at the Dallas Hub Theater as part of the dinner theater series for the DFW Fringe Festival. For more info visit: www.dallashubtheater.org

April 18, 2009
Special TALK BACK Session with BEAU WILLIMON
Immeidately following the final performance of the regional premiere of his show LOWER NINTH as part of the DFW Fringe Festival. For more info visit: www.dallashubtheater.org

April - September, 2009
Submission Opportunity for Women
Echo Theatre announces New Play Contest Giving Voice to Women Playwrights.

(more info . . .)

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