The First Draft Reading Series at the Kennedy Center's Page to Stage Festival.

ANOTHER LOOK INTO THE CITY'S NEW PLAY FESTIVALS

In this Let's Play article, I'd like to introduce you to two of the largest new play festivals in the area: The Kennedy Center's Page to Stage Festival and the Capital Fringe Festival.  The producers of both focus more on access than on a particular theatrical sensibility.  Both seek, as The Kennedy Center's Gregg Henry puts it, a "critical mass" of theatre professionals collaborating on a wide range of new work.  Both festivals could be considered key incubators for new plays here in Washington, DC.

The Source Theatre Festival.

A LOOK INTO THE CITY'S NEW PLAY FESTIVALS

New plays have long found a home in Washington, DC.  In fact, the city can boast 40 years of world premieres, including the Pulitzer Prize winning drama The Great White Hope by Howard Sackler, first produced at Arena Stage in 1968.