2017 CNV National Collective Playwrights with their mentors and José Cruz González on the first day of the Collective
“Curious presented my work to the world in the same way: unapologetic, uncluttered, bold, and life affirming. Curious told me theatre needs your voice. Now I can’t escape it-the art of storytelling runs through my veins. No guts, no story-I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
Cassandra Hsiao, 2016 National Collective playwright – full story here
The Curious New Voices National Collective asks professional theatres across the country to send their most innovative and promising young playwrights to Curious Theatre Company for a week-long playwriting intensive. These young artists form a collective that is dedicated to creating new work through adventurous imagination, rigorous exploration of play structure, and a positive peer culture that connects them to writers in youth playwriting programs across the country. All the plays are showcased at the end of the week in a professional staged reading festival.
Young playwrights between the ages of 16 and 22 are chosen by partner theatres from throughout the country.
2018
Master Playwright: Ramiz Monsef
Curious Theatre Company
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Geva Theatre Center
The 52nd Street Project
MCC Theater
Orange County School of the Arts
NATIONAL COLLECTIVE HISTORY
2016
Master Playwright: Octavio Solis
Participating Theatres
Curious Theatre Company
Orange County School of the Arts
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Young Playwrights’ Theater
Geva Theatre Center
Marin Theatre Company
MCC Theater
2015
Master Playwright: Idris Goodwin
Participating Theatres
Curious Theatre Company
Philadelphia Young Playwrights
MCC Theater
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Young Playwrights’ Theater
2014
Master Playwright: Lisa D’Amour
Participating Theatres
Curious Theatre Company
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Philadelphia Young Playwrights
Portland Center Stage
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
CURIOUS NEW VOICES IS SUPPORTED BY
Isabelle Clark
John G. Duncan Charitable Trust
Sidney E. Frank Foundation – Colorado Fund
The Nord Family Foundation