September 13, 2018Meet the Fellows: Deborah YarchunThis is the latest in our Meet the Fellows series, where the Dramatists Guild Foundation will introduce you to the current class of DGF Fellows.Community/
September 13, 2018Meet the Fellows: Keelay GipsonThis is the latest in our Meet the Fellows series, where the Dramatists Guild Foundation will introduce you to the current class of DGF Fellows.Community/
September 13, 2018Meet the Fellows: Jeremy J. KingThis is the latest in our Meet the Fellows series, where the Dramatists Guild Foundation will introduce you to the current class of DGF Fellows.Community/
September 13, 2018Meet the Fellows: Morgan GouldThis is the latest in our Meet the Fellows series, where the Dramatists Guild Foundation will introduce you to the current class of DGF Fellows.Community/
September 13, 2018Meet the Fellows: Eric Micha HolmesThis is the latest in our Meet the Fellows series, where the Dramatists Guild Foundation will introduce you to the current class of DGF Fellows.Community/
September 6, 2018Playwright Interview: Jaki McCarrickJaki shares the inspiration behind Belfast Girls, offers an insight into her writing routine, and gives some advice for aspiring playwrights.Authors/UK/
August 27, 201843rd OOB Festival Announces Six Winning PlaysSamuel French has announced the winners of the 2018 Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, the nation’s premier short play competition.Uncategorized/
July 19, 2018Playwright Interview: Nathan Alan DavisNathan Alan Davis is the author of Dontrell Who Kissed the Sea, Nat Turner in Jerusalem, and many others, sat down with Samuel French Professional Licensing Representative Nikki Przasnyski to discuss his workUncategorized/
July 12, 2018The Theatricality of “Sideways”: An Interview with Rex PickettIn honor of the 15th anniversary of the film Sideways (coming up in 2019), we sat down with Rex Pickett, author of the novel on which the screenplay was based.Authors/
June 14, 2018Design, Development & Dedication: Creating Samuel French’s New WebsiteBreaking Character Magazine Editor, Courtney Kochuba, sits down with Samuel French’s Marketing Director and one of Engine Digital’s Interactive Designer to talk about the drive behind building Samuel French’s new websiteCommunity/
May 25, 2018Meet the Fellows: Oliver HouserThis is the latest in our Meet the Fellows series, where the Dramatists Guild Foundation will introduce you to the current class of DGF Fellows. Each of these writers and writing teams have proven themselves to be leaders of the craft whose work we expect to be enjoying for years to come.Community/
May 11, 2018Meet the Fellows: Sam SalmondThis is the latest in our Meet the Fellows series, where the Dramatists Guild Foundation will introduce you to the current class of DGF Fellows. Each of these writers and writing teams have proven themselves to be leaders of the craft whose work we expect to be enjoying for years to come.Community/
May 8, 2018Leslie Odom, Jr.’s Failing Up: An ExcerptAn excerpt from Leslie Odom, Jr.’s new memoir, Failing Up.Titles/
April 26, 2018Meet the Fellows: Janine McGuire & Arri Lawton SimonThis is the latest in our Meet the Fellows series, where the Dramatists Guild Foundation will introduce you to the current class of DGF Fellows. Each of these writers and writing teams have proven themselves to be leaders of the craft whose work we expect to be enjoying for years to come.Community/
March 22, 2018Finn and Lapine’s A New Brain is Filled with Heart & MusicContributor Katie Coryell describes her connection to the title character, Gordon, and how, with Lapine and Finn, lightning can strike twice.Titles/
March 20, 2018A Toast to Samuel French at Royal CourtLast Friday, Samuel French’s London Bookshop officially opened at the Royal Court Theatre! Douglas Schatz, Managing Director of Samuel French Ltd, toasted the Bookshop and its creation during the evening’s event. Below, you’ll find his inspiring remarks.Community/
March 20, 2018Sam Shepard’s TRUE WEST Revival Announced with Ethan Hawke and Paul DanoSam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated play True West will be back on Broadway later this year, starring Tony and Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke and Golden Globe nominee Paul Dano.Community/
March 19, 201869th New Dramatists Luncheon to Honor Denzel WashingtonNew Dramatists, Tony Honor recipient and the nation’s premier playwright development laboratory, willhonor Tony and Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington at its 69th Annual Spring Luncheon tribute.Washington, currently starring on Broadway in The Iceman Cometh, directed by George C. Wolfe, will receiveNew Dramatists’ 2018 Distinguished Achievement Award on Tuesday, May 15 at the New York MarriottMarquis.Community/
February 12, 2018Quirky & Epic: 24 Shows That Are All About LoveJust in time for Valentine’s Day, contributor Katie Coryell shares her favorite shows about love.Titles/
February 1, 2018Searing the Consciousness of America: A Look Into FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (PARTS 1, 2 & 3)Communications director of Intrepid Theatre Company Tiffany Tang discusses a production of FATHER COMES HOME COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (PARTS 1, 2 & 3) and how they created an environment where dialogue could be developed, encouraged, and introduced in a safe way.Productions/
February 1, 2018This Play Is Called Our Town: 75 Years in Grover’s CornersKate Powers speaks with several directors who have worked on the play, focusing on their collaborations with Wilder, their production experiences, and why they feel this play remains one of the most universal texts in the American theatre canon.Titles/
December 18, 2017Top 10 Reads to End 2017As the year quickly comes to a close, we’ve chosen some of our favorite new plays that Samuel French has published over the past 12 months.Titles/
November 20, 2017#ThankfulForTheatre: Our Staff Shares Their StoriesWe’re thankful for theatre all year round, but this November we took a moment to ask our staff just why they are grateful for this art form we love so dearly.Community/
September 27, 2017Company One Theatre & Unconventional SpacesCompany One’s partnership with, and celebration of the purpose of the Library as a public good, is tied up in the ideas at the heart of Peerless: that the scarcity of access to information — to education — is like a social cancer.Community/
August 31, 2017#ReadABookDay: Our Staff Shares Their Reads!Check out our staff’s current reads on National Read A Book Day!Community/
July 26, 2017Tony & Emmy Award Winner Mandy Patinkin Returns to Broadway in GREAT COMETAfter nearly 17 years, Tony and Emmy Award winner Mandy Patinkin will make his long-awaited return to Broadway in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 starring as ‘Pierre’.Productions/
July 25, 2017Oscar Wilde in America“America is not a country, but a world,” Wilde said admiringly. It was a world that welcomed him and gave him an audience, that allowed him to develop his nascent thoughts on art, that gave him the opportunity to travel and live off his considerable wits, and that took him seriously and produced his first play.Titles/
June 16, 2017A Teacher’s Dedication: Creating A Thespian Troupe, Making Theatre Happen & MoreWhat happens when a theatre teacher takes on the challenge of creating a Thespian Troupe at her school? Read more here.Community/
March 10, 2017Female Writers & Feminism: The Awakening of Kate ChopinFrom the start, Rosary envisioned this play as a tour de force of obsession, rooted in the real life of the famous first great American novelist, based on detailed and shocking facts from her life.Titles/
March 7, 2017Heathers The Musical (High School Edition) Now Available for Licensing Through Samuel FrenchAccording to Murphy, the Off-Broadway version was R-rated, “If we wanted Heathers to work for high schools, we’d have to find new ways to tell the same story in a PG-13 context. So we wrote and workshopped a brand new draft with the fantastic support of Samuel French and iTheatrics, and were surprised to discover that many of the changes turned out to be improvements.”Titles/
February 2, 2017Incomprehensible & Fascinating: Presenting Junior High School Crime OnstageIn many plays written about young people, some by writers I admire, one can feel the adult hand shaping a moral universe for the characters to inhabit. I chose to avoid this when writing Hazelwood Jr. High. I wanted the play to feel as if it were written by a junior high school student.Titles/