A Word from Our Artists
Why give to Playwrights Horizons? Let our artists tell you.
“What are these plays doing to me??? Have they made me smarter? Prettier? Richer? “Better”? A better son/citizen/lover? Unequivocally: yes. They somehow have.”
—Milo Cramer, 2023 |Read Milo's LetterI have never felt so supported as an artist as I do at Playwrights Horizons.
—Sylvia Khoury, November 2021 |Read Sylvia's LetterWe gather here, again and again, because we need these worlds, these great reckonings offered to us by playwrights.
—Adam Greenfield, November 2020 |Read Adam's LetterThe support we received from Playwrights Horizons was unparalleled.
—Michael R. Jackson, November 2019 |Read Michael's LetterWe’re opening our doors, which also means saying “yes” to ambition.
—Tim Sanford, May 2019 |Read Tim's LetterPlaywrights Horizons rose above and beyond every challenge.
—Larissa FastHorse, November 2018 |Read Larissa's LetterThey see me as a Whole Artist. And they are not afraid of it.
—Robert O’Hara, June 2016 |Read Robert's LetterPlaywrights Horizons has stayed true to itself over the years, paradoxically, by changing and evolving.
—Jordan Harrison, June 2015 |Read Jordan's LetterI know I’ve become a better person because of the work I’ve experienced over the years at Playwrights.
—Taylor Mac, November 2015 |Read Taylor's LetterPlaywrights Horizons has found that rare and beautiful balance of being profoundly important and unwaveringly good.
—Samuel D. Hunter, November 2014 |Read Sam's LetterTheir mission is, and always has been, to take these risks so we can all grow.
—Kelli O'Hara, November 2013 |Read Kelli's LetterOne of the most caring artistic homes I have ever known.
—Lisa D’Amour, November 2012 |Read Lisa's LetterBut Playwrights Horizons – for whatever combination of perverse psychological factors – continues stubbornly, irrationally, maybe, to produce new plays.
—Bruce Norris, November 2011 |Read Bruce's Letter