TFTT New Works Lab

In the fall of 2015 The Fire This Time launched The Fire This Time Writers’ Group with the mission to provide TFTT alumni and writers from the TFTT community the opportunity to develop new work in a nurturing and supportive environment.

The initiative was renamed The Fire This Time New Works Lab in 2017. From its inception to the present, the lab has been under the co-direction of educator and playwright Cynthia Grace Robinson, whose work was presented in TFTT, and TFTT Producer and Literary Manager A.J. Muhammad.

Please check back for information about the submission process to apply for the next cycle of the New Works Lab.

Past New Works Lab Playwrights

Cycle 7 (2024-2025)

Melda Beaty, Rachel Herron and Marcus Scott

Cycle 6 (2023-2024)

France-Luce Benson, Adrienne Dawes, Deneen Reynolds-Knott and Mars Wolfe

Cycle 5 (2022-2023)

Kendra Augustin, Kim Brockington, Jahquale Mayzck and James Anthony Tyler

Cycle 4 (2021-2022)

Shamar S. White, William Oliver Watkins and Antu Yacob

Cycle 3 (2016-2017)

Tyrell Bennett, Maia Matsushita, Shawn Nabors, and Terrence Riggins

Cycle 2 (2016)

Christine Jean Chambers, Edgar Chisholm, Khalil Kain, Liz Morgan and Shawn Nabors

Cycle 1 (2015)

Ngozi Anyanwu, Christine Jean Chambers, Edgar Chisholm, Danielle Davenport, Khalil Kain, and Maia Matsushita