Contact: Adriana Pérez | (305) 375-5019 | asp@miamidade.gov
Deadline: April 4, 2025, 11:59 PM
FY 2025-2026 / FY 2026-2027 Playwright Development Program (PDP) Guidelines
Funded by Miami-Dade County, Playwrights Development Program (PDP) is a series of two-day workshops conducted by nationally renowned playwrights in conjunction with the Theatre League of South Florida and the Deering Estate at Cutler. The program is designed to provide intensive support for cultivating new work from Miami-Dade County’s growing and diverse community of playwrights. Local playwrights are invited to submit work samples for review by a panel that will admit a limited number of participants into the series.
The PDP Cycle lasts the duration of two years with the series consisting of three weekend workshops each of the two years (a total of 6 weekend workshops) with exact dates to be determined. Selected local playwrights must agree to attend all workshops, at which they will be provided with the opportunity to further develop their work in intensive sessions with a nationally renowned playwright. Participation at meetings scheduled in addition to the workshops may also be required. At the conclusion of the series, “workshopped” plays may be presented in professionally produced readings at the Deering Estate.
Prior years’ PDP included the participation of John Guare, Edward Albee, Maria Irene Fornes. Leslie Ayvazian, Nilo Cruz, A.R. Gurney, Eduardo Machado, Arthur Kopit, Tina Howe, Christian Parker, Carlos Murillo, Kenneth Finkle, Deborah Zoe Laufer, Kia Corthron, and Sheri Wilner.
PDP Program Timetable*
| PDP Program Year |
October 1, 2025 - September 30, 2027
(two fiscal cycles)
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| Applications Available | March 3, 2025 |
| Consultation Period with Department Staff | Telephone appointments only - email asp@miamidade.gov. No consultations will be scheduled after March 28, 2025 |
| Deadline | Friday, April 4, 2025, 11:59 PM |
*Dates/times subject to change.