South Coast Repertory announces $60,000 playwright grant

A major American playwright will receive a $60,000 commission to develop a new play under the Pinnacle commission, a new program announced today by South Coast Repertory in partnership with New York City off-Broadway theater Playwrights Horizons.
The chosen playwright, who will be named this spring, will develop a new play at South Coast Repertory, where it will be workshopped and later read at the Pacific Playwright’s Festival. It will then travel to Playwrights Horizons to be further dev