Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

Specialties

Our Mission is to provide a positive, nurturing experience for emerging playwrights, to present diverse and challenging plays that otherwise might not be produced and to foster the future voices of American theater. Although there are other companies that showcase new playwrights, there are very few who can match our focus, achievement and the continuing support from a play’s inception to its final production.

«If you want to support a writer, produce the first five plays he writes.»

— August Wilson

History

Established in 1994.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater is a multi-​award-​winning 501©(3) tax-​exempt organization and recipient of the 2007 Ross Wetzsteon Memorial Obie Award, which recognized us for work and our mission: developing and producing innovative new plays.

Rattlestick’s core operations are composed of its mainstage Off-​Broadway productions. In addition to our Mainstage season our Emerging Playwrights Program, run through our literary department, organizes 40 – 50 public and private readings, followed by talkback sessions for the playwright with our artistic director and literary managers. This enables writers to develop their plays further and provides networking opportunities with directors and actors. We also offer week-​long workshops for writers and have recently added a ten-​day retreat at the Westin Theatre in Vermont during July where writers can go to workshop their plays.

Meet the Manager

Brian L.

Manager

Managing Director Brian Long joined Rattlestick in 2007, originally as Finance Director of the theater. He is responsible for Marketing & Promotion, Financial and Contractual Reporting and Processing, Facilities Management, Foundation and Corporate Fundraising and the overall non-​production related aspects of managing the theater. His prior experiences include ten years as the Finance Director of the advertising firm, Arnell Group (Omnicom subsidiary) and five years at PriceWaterhouse Coopers. He is a graduate of Penn State University.