Since the COVID pandemic, many institutions focused on generating new theatrical works have faltered, leading to a pressing need for festivals like Profile Theatre's Playwright Festival. This year's festival, taking place from June 26-28, emphasizes the importance of developing new plays, as articulated by artists like Mike Lew and Jen Silverman. Despite facing challenges with funding cuts from the National Endowment for the Arts, community support has ensured the festival's continuation, underscoring the commitment to nurturing playwrights and their creative processes, central to Profile Theatre's mission.
The apparatus for new-play development has really cratered since COVID," says playwright Mike Lew.
New work doesn't just appear, ready-made," says Jen Silverman, emphasizing the need for time and space to cultivate artistic projects.
The playwright residency is the most Profile thing that we do," says Profile Artistic Director Josh Hecht.
Promised funding from the National Endowment for the Arts was abruptly pulled... Emergency funding by the community kept the festival going.
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