Hampstead Theatre has announced the nine playwrights to participate in its 2025 Inspire playwriting programme, led for the first time by The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time writer Simon ...

When playwright Christopher Morris started writing The Runner in 2008, he likely didn’t know that his play would become the centre of a major Canadian theatre controversy more than 15 years later.

A "landmark" deal outlining terms for the digital use of playwrights’ work has been agreed for the first time in the UK. The collective agreement – which sees the digital rights of a play granted as a ...

August Wilson is a titan of modern theater and his legacy stands especially tall here in Pittsburgh, his hometown and the setting for most of his 10-play Century Cycle. “Radio Golf” represents both ...

Australian playwright Raymond Lawler has died aged 103 after a brief illness. He is regarded as one of the most influential figures in Australian theatre, who turned its direction with a 1953 ...

Everybody gets frustrated when web apps are broken, but testing them thoroughly doesn't need to be a chore. Playwright, a new open-source browser automation tool from Microsoft, makes testing web apps ...

As the Playwrights’ Center gets closer to finishing its long-awaited new home in St. Paul’s Creative Enterprise Zone, a new creative leader is set to take the reins of the renowned theater-development ...

Many playwrights work as screenwriters and TV writers as a way to supplement their income and say they've been squeezed financially by both stage and screen in recent years. By Caitlin Huston, Abbey ...