Pillars of our Vision

• Playwrights West believes a focus on new work development is the most important and effective way to progress the theatrical arts.

• Playwrights West believes in bold, provocative, and unapologetic theatrical expression, storytelling that challenges the bounds of the artform, separating it from screen-based media.

• Playwrights West seeks to support local, Pacific Northwest Playwrights - at any stage in their career – by partnering with individuals to open avenues for fundraising, dramaturgical support, public readings, and full productions.

• Playwrights West seeks to partner with other theatre companies so as to reduce the risk and financial burden of mounting new and untested plays.

• Playwrights West invests in the emerging generation, offering multiple educational services for teenaged playwrights, including in-school residency programs, paid internships, and full productions of student composed plays.

• Playwrights West works to bridge generations by commissioning professional playwrights to discuss current, critical topics with high school student bodies - and then write teen centric plays so as to build a canon of dramatic work specifically for adolescent actors.

• At Playwrights West, we honor all identities . All races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, genders, abilities, body types, faiths, and political views are respected.  You are welcome here.  The more diverse a society is and the more that diversity is celebrated, the richer a community will be.