Lori Vega and Susan Maris at NJ Rep.
work is an alliance of nonprofit
theaters like NJ Rep who cham-
pion the development, produc-
tion, and continued life of new
plays. During one of their Rolling
World Premieres, the organiza-
tion provides production sup-
port to the playwright and the
partnering theaters, including
assistance with the creation and
the contracting of the premiere
agreement, collaborative interac-
tions between the theaters, and
travel and housing funds for the
playwright to further develop the
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play in each city. It is an excel-
lent opportunity for theatres and
playwrights to establish new re-
lationships and further the devel-
opment of the plays.
“It’s very important to the play-
wright, that I can tell you for
sure,” said Weitzman. “The inno-
vative organization, NNPN, the
National New Play Network that
incentivizes these rolling world
premieres, knows that many
theatres only want to do the
world premiere of a play which
makes subsequent productions
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