Work with Us

Are you an accomplished theater practitioner who is interested in the work of early-career playwrights? Each year, New Dramatists engages approximately 25 people to read and evaluate scripts for the Princess Grace Award in Playwriting. For more information about the award, please visit our application information page. Readers are independent contractors who invoice per script. If interested in learning more, please email your resume and/or a link to your professional website to our literary services manager, Connie Hall at @email.

The Bernard B. Jacobs Academic Internship Program at New Dramatists offers a unique opportunity to learn the "ins and outs" of a professional, non-profit arts organization in New York City. As essential members of the New Dramatists team, the interns provide administrative, maintenance, clerical, and creative support, alongside our dedicated staff, in service to our resident playwrights. Interns are valued members of the New Dramatists team. Interns will learn more about the professional theatre community, forge vital connections, and become more confident in their skills, while experiencing the wide array of opportunities New Dramatists presents. This is an academic semester long, part-time internship position.   

This is an academic opportunity for students currently enrolled in a college or university program that requires an internship in exchange for education credits. This internship is most suitable for students majoring or focusing on the following disciplines: theatre studies, playwrighting, directing, stage managing, and arts administration. This is an unpaid internship where New Dramatists provides a travel stipend to the student for the duration of the semester. 

We are currently considering candidates for the Spring 2025 semester, which begins in January 2025. If you are a currently enrolled student in the NYC area and are required to enroll in an internship program in exchange for academic credits, please email the Intern Supervisor and Playwrights’ Lab Associate Director, Tyler Christie at @email 

The Bernard B. Jacobs Academic Internship Program was named in memory of the late President of the Shubert Organization, who discovered and mentored many talented theatre people-- young and old-- during his lifetime. This program at New Dramatists offers a unique opportunity for emerging theatre artists and managers to learn about artist support and the operations of a non-profit arts service organization in New York City. As essential members of the New Dramatists team, the interns support our community of resident playwrights and their individual creative processes, alongside our dedicated staff. 

New Dramatists accepts ongoing submissions from actors, directors, composers, dramaturgs and other artists who are interested in collaborating with our resident writers in developing new work. Please email @email with a description of your interest in the body of the email, attach your resume, and include your discipline in the subject line. ("director submission" or "actor submission")