Who We Are
In honor of Philip Seymour Hoffman, who relentlessly sought out truth in his work and demanded the same from his collaborators, The American Playwriting Foundation has been established to make annual grants to new American plays.
Artistic Director
David Bar Katz
Literary Manager and Artistic Producer
Anna O'Donoghue
2022 Relentless Musical Award Selection Committee
Rachel Bloom
Eric Bogosian
Thomas Bradshaw
Sam Hollander
James Iha
David Javerbaum
David Bar Katz
Stephin Merritt
Lynn Nottage
Brontez Purnell
Jonathan Marc Sherman
Lucy Thurber
Artistic Advisors
Scott Elliott
Robert Falls
Ethan Hawke
Dan Klores
Dominique Morisseau
Gregory Mosher
Austin Pendleton
David Quinn
Sam Rockwell
Yul Vázquez
Founding Chairman of the Board
Jeffrey Horwitz
2022 Relentless Subcommittee
2019 Relentless Subcommittee
BLACK LIVES MATTER
The American Playwriting Foundation supports our sisters and brothers who are relentlessly fighting for justice and equality. #BlackLivesMatter
James Baldwin:
After all you’re accusing a captive population who’ve been robbed of everything of looting. It’s obscene.
Esquire magazine:
How can we get the black people to cool it?
James Baldwin:
It is not for us to cool it.
Esquire magazine:
But aren’t you the ones who are getting hurt the most?
James Baldwin:
No, we are only the ones who are dying fastest.
—James Baldwin, playwright, novelist, essayist, poet, and activist. July, 1968.