The Colorado New Play Festival, located in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, brings a diversity of voices, ideas, and beliefs to the American Stage.

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Taking plays from page to stage for 26 years.

  • "a top US Theatre Festival...take a peek at new works still being created and presented in a staged reading format at the end of an intensive week."

    STEVEN MCELROY
    The New York Times

  • "Thank you for giving me everything I needed to start a brand new play. It’s such a gift to be able to dive in with collaborators I trust and who excite me, and come out with something brand new by the end of the week. It does not happen all the time."

    LAUREN YEE

    Playwright, CNPF 2017

  • “We had a fantastic time and got so much accomplished during the week on this incredibly exciting play. It’s an amazing opportunity for artists and companies. Thank you for your incredible producing, hospitality, and generosity. This was huge for all of us and so much about how good new play development should be done!”

    KRISTIN LEAHEY
    PH.D. Literary Director, Seattle Repertory Theatre

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