Boston Playwrights' Theatre

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Boston Playwrights' Theatre
Address 949 Commonwealth Avenue
City Boston, Massachusetts
Country United States
Owned by Boston University
Type Regional theater
Opened 1981
Website
www.bu.edu/bpt/

Founded in 1981 by poet, playwright and Nobel Laureate, Derek Walcott, Boston Playwrights' Theatre is an award-winning small professional theatre dedicated to promoting the writing and production of new plays in Boston, Massachusetts.

Led by Artistic Director Kate Snodgrass and Managing Director Jake Strautmann, Boston Playwrights' Theatre is the home of the Graduate Playwriting Program at Boston University.

Each year since 1999, Boston Playwrights' Theatre has produced the Boston Theater Marathon of 10-minute plays where 50 local theatre organizations showcase the works of New England playwrights. Originally performed at Boston Playwrights' Theatre, the Boston Theater Marathon has been in residence at the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts since 2005.

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Boston Playwrights' Theatre donates space to host other New England theatre companies who are producing new plays.

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Coordinates: 42°21′06″N 71°07′07″W / 42.3517°N 71.1187°W / 42.3517; -71.1187

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