P73
PAGE 73 PRODUCTIONS (Liz Jones & Asher Richelli, Executive Directors) has made a name for itself as a home for the development and production of new work by early-career playwrights who have yet to receive substantial production opportunities in New York. Page 73 developed and produced the world premiere of Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue by Quiara Alegría Hudes (2007 Pulitzer finalist – directed by Davis McCallum), the New York premiere of 1001 by Jason Grote (Time Out New York’s Top 10 of 2007 – directed by Ethan McSweeny), the world premiere of Sixty Miles to Silver Lake by Dan LeFranc (co-produced with Soho Rep – directed by Anne Kauffman; earned LeFranc the 2010 New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award), the world premiere of Creature by 2009 P73 Playwriting Fellow Heidi Schreck directed by Leigh Silverman at the Ohio Theatre (co-production with New Georges), the world premiere of Samuel D. Hunter’s Jack’s Precious Moment directed by Kip Fagan, and the world premiere of Eliza Clark’s Edgewise directed by Trip Cullman at Walkerspace (co-production with The Play Company). Each year Page 73 awards the P73 Playwriting Fellowship to one early-career playwright; during that year, the company serves as that fellow’s artistic home and offers a cash grant and development support to the writer. Past fellows are Kirsten Greenidge, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Jason Grote, Krista Knight, Tommy Smith, Heidi Schreck and Eliza Clark; the current fellow is Janine Nabers. Page 73 also hosts a yearlong writing group called “Interstate 73″ and a weeklong summer residency at Yale for 3 or 4 early-career playwrights. Visit www.p73.org for more information.
