Opportunities we offer

We offer our playwriting students great opportunities while they are here—and the possibilities keep coming for our graduates.

Current Students:

• BU New Play Initiative (in-house collaborations with faculty, directors, and actors)
• Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Playwriting Awards Program (national recognition)
• BU Professional Theatre Initiative (internships with professional theatres across the country)
• Participation with faculty and students in productions of the Boston Center for American Performance (BCAP), the professional extension of the BU School of Theatre
• Internships at Huntington Theatre Company (a LORT theatre company)
• InCite Arts Festival participation with productions in NYC and elsewhere
• Full production in the third year of study within Boston Playwrights’ Theatre (BPT) professional season of new works

Alumni:

• Massachusetts Young Playwrights’ Project (mentoring and teaching possibilities)
• Boston Theater Marathon (connections with Boston-area theatre companies and publications)
• BCAP productions with faculty and student participation
• Ground Floor Reading Series (professional, public readings of new works)
• Full professional productions at BPT