Welcome to Contemporary Playwrights of Color, a website dedicated to playwrights of color from the United States writing in the later half of the 20^th and early 21^st centuries.

The goal of this site is to act as a resource to expand knowledge and understanding of American playwrights of color and the canon of plays they have generated, so that we can have a greater number of options when choosing plays to explore in educational, artistic, and applied theatre contexts.

The site is created and compiled by students in the NYU Steinhardt Educational Theatre course called "American Theatre II: Contemporary Playwrights of Color." The website is expanded each semester that the course is offered, so that new playwrights are added on a yearly basis.

Each playwright's page includes biographical information, a highlighted play with suggested activities and discussion questions, annotations on two additional plays, a complete list of the playwright's work, and related resources and bibliography.

Visit the Resources page for additional websites, monologue sources, and anthologies.

Please feel free to share this site with any and all artists and educators who you think could benefit from its content.

If you have questions or feedback about the site, please email tls289@nyu.edu.

Spring 2017 Website Contributors: Rebecca Brown, Candice Ding, Chelsea Flores, Melissa Gabilanes, Tasha Grant, Kimberly Himelman, Libby Hollinger, Aaron Lenhart, Alexis Lounsbury, Liz Lozada, Marta McKeown, Oriana Miles, Andrew Shaifer, Morgan Stevenson, Jessica Turner

Fall 2017 Website Contributors: Leah Artenian, Lauren Bidwell, Rachel Caccese, Leah Cohen, Meghan Crosby, Jenna Dorece, Sherill-Marie Henriquez, Marc Lussier, Devan Manning, Kaitlin Quinn, Cynthia Rosen, Kate Sheridan, Tammie Swopes, Katie Teays, Andrew Wagner, Han Yu

Fall 2018 Website Contributors: Afonso Albergaria, Allison Brobst, Durell Cooper, Melanie Harrison, Kate McCreary, Adam Odsess-Rubin, Whanhee Joy Oh, Roxy Reynolds, Andrew Ross, KC Wright

Summer 2020 Website Contributors: Rebecca Azenberg, Quenna Barrett, Georgina Christou, Steven Collins, Shalen Daniels, Cordelia Driussi, Genevieve Hoeler, Jeff Israel, Saya Jenks, Britnee Kenyon, Mike Kimm, June Ash Moore, Daniel Nakawatase, Kristen Schwarz, Casey Starkey, Theresa Tantay-Wilson, Stephen "Wro" Wrobleski
Dylan Licastro created a companion website: Indigenous Australian Playwrights

Spring 2021 Website Contributors: Theo Blumstein, Lizzie Boscolo, Sharai Dottin, Aaron Farenback-Brateman, Sophie Gore, Zoe Huber-Weiss, Jessica Kosek, Madison McConnell, Elisabeth Milbank, Sondai NaNaBuluku, Umi NiiLampti, Bridget O'Neill, Ruthie Ostrow, Alex Pagnozzi, Jennyfer Purswell, Michael Roberts, Stelle Salsbery

Spring 2022 Website Contributors: Jae Eun An, Kayla Dixon, Lydia Funke, Margaret Hall, Julia Herrero, Austin Morgan, Renee Troxler