If you need to make accessibility arrangements, or have questions about building or program accessibility, please contact Jenna Spiwack at @email or at 646-381-4684.
Hearing Loss
New Dramatists offers video recording and/or transcription services for those attending seminars about our admissions process or other public speaking events. For public play readings, scripts may be printed upon request in advance of the event audience members who are deaf or hard of hearing. Please notify us one week in advance, if possible.
Vision Loss
For audience members with vision loss or blindness, please note that our open readings and work sessions include the readings of stage directions aloud as part of the programming. At any reading or event that has a program, large print programs are available upon request. Large font scripts for published work included in our library are available upon request.
Wheelchair and Limited Mobility Access
New Dramatists is presently in residence at a fully-accessible venue, HOUGHTON HALL ARTS COMMUNITY, at 22 East 30th Street. All events, workrooms, meeting rooms, etc. are accessible for those with limited mobility via elevator access, accessible restrooms/hallways, and ramps where necessary from street level. If you have specific physical accommodation needs, or if you have specific accessibility questions, please contact Jenna Spiwack at 646-381-4684 or email at @email, in advance of your visit.
Service Animals
Service animals are always welcome at New Dramatists.
Gender
Houghton Hall offers single-sex and all-gender restrooms at its facility.
Income
New Dramatists maintains an open, inclusive environment for resident playwrights and their audiences. We ensure that there is no income barrier to participation in any of our programs.
For Audiences: All events that are open to the public offer free admission for audiences.
For Playwrights: We offer seven year-residencies, free of charge, to a company of approximately 50 playwrights who are selected through a competitive process administered by a panel of 7 peer playwrights and theatre professionals, which changes completely each year. The residency application is open to anyone who has written two full-length plays. Reading and evaluation of scripts for the first round is conducted without names attached to the works.
There is no fee to apply for playwright residency or for any awards or programs administered by New Dramatists, including the 7-Year Residency, Princess Grace Award in Playwriting, or Kleban Prize in Musical Theatre.
A Note to Artists Working at New Dramatists with our Playwrights
All of New Dramatists’ programs are dynamic, responsive, and customized: workshops are designed by our playwrights and incorporate the needs of their participating artists to ensure it meets each individual’s needs and requirements.
Along with all the above means to support accessibility, we are committed to providing all artists with the resources needed to ensure full participation. Please contact Tyler Christie at @email if you have specific questions about workplace accessibility for artists.