NEW DRAMATISTS

VAN LIER PLAYWRITING FELLOWSHIP

 

The Van Lier Fellowship is a two-year program established to help young, economically disadvantaged playwrights living in New York City develop their talent and become involved in the professional theatre community.  Eligible playwrights include U.S. citizens who are Asian-American, African-American, Native American or Latino. Past Van Lier Fellows have included Robert O’Hara, Carmen Rivera, Steven Sapp, New Dramatists Alumni Lynn Nottage, Diana Son, and current resident playwrights Eisa Davis and Sung Rno.

Because New Dramatists did not receive the funding for the Van Lier Program this year, we are not accepting applications for the fall of 2007.   We hope to offer Van Lier fellowships in the future  (we will be eligible to apply again in the fiscal year 2009 for the 2009-2011 cycle) and ask that those of you who are interested in this program, please send a query with your name and address so that we can correspond with you regarding the continuation of this program, newdramatists@newdramatists.org.

 

Through the years, funding for this program has been generously provided by the Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund of the New York Community Trust.