The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs is seeking applications for its 2025-2027 Playwright Development Program.
Donor Name: Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
State: Florida
County: Miami-Dade County (FL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/04/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
Funded by Miami-Dade County, Playwrights Development Program (PDP) is a series of two-day workshops conducted by nationally renowned playwrights in conjunction with the Theatre League of South Florida and the Deering Estate at Cutler. The program is designed to provide intensive support for cultivating new work from Miami-Dade County’s growing and diverse community of playwrights. Local playwrights are invited to submit work samples for review by a panel that will admit a limited number of participants into the series.
The PDP Cycle lasts the duration of two years with the series consisting of three weekend workshops each of the two years (a total of 6 weekend workshops) with exact dates to be determined. Selected local playwrights must agree to attend all workshops, at which they will be provided with the opportunity to further develop their work in intensive sessions with a nationally renowned playwright. Participation at meetings scheduled in addition to the workshops may also be required. At the conclusion of the series, “workshopped” plays may be presented in professionally produced readings at the Deering Estate.
Eligibility Criteria
- All professional writers residing in Miami-Dade County are eligible to apply. A professional artist is defined as a person who creates, on an ongoing basis, original works of art within an artistic discipline, and is pursuing this work as a means of livelihood or a way to achieve the highest level of professional recognition.
- Applicants must be over 18 years of age. Artists must have resided and worked in Miami Dade County for one year at the time of application. Selections will be made contingent on proof of residency. Non-professional students pursuing undergraduate degrees, nonprofessionals who engage in writing as a hobby, or employees of Miami-Dade County are not eligible.
- Artists in the current cycle of playwrights development program may opt to return to upcoming cycle to further develop a work in progress.
For more information, visit MDCDCA.
