

Launched in 1998, South Coast Repertory’s annual Pacific Playwrights Festival (PPF) is a major national showcase for new plays, part of The Lab@SCR, nine programs devoted to the development of new plays and musicals for the American theatre.
The 24th festival in April 2022 will bring the total number of plays presented in PPF to 152 including many that have become mainstays of contemporary American theatre. Each year's three-day festival attracts theatre professionals from across the nation, who are drawn by the chance to be the first to see some of the best new plays in the country. These artistic leaders, along with SCR’s devoted new play audiences, take advantage of the opportunity to engage with seven new plays that traverse the theatrical ?landscape. And, in between plays, PPF offers a convivial gathering place for the sharing of ideas with colleagues and friends, old and new.
This year's festival takes place April 8-10 and features five staged readings, a Samples from The Lab event and one fully staged world premiere during an action-packed weekend.
South Coast Repertory
Event Description
Launched in 1998, South Coast Repertory’s annual Pacific Playwrights Festival (PPF) is a major national showcase for new plays, part of The Lab@SCR, nine programs devoted to the development of new plays and musicals for the American theatre.
The 24th festival in April 2022 will bring the total number of plays presented in PPF to 152 including many that have become mainstays of contemporary American theatre. Each year's three-day festival attracts theatre professionals from across the nation, who are drawn by the chance to be the first to see some of the best new plays in the country. These artistic leaders, along with SCR’s devoted new play audiences, take advantage of the opportunity to engage with seven new plays that traverse the theatrical ?landscape. And, in between plays, PPF offers a convivial gathering place for the sharing of ideas with colleagues and friends, old and new.
This year's festival takes place April 8-10 and features five staged readings, a Samples from The Lab event and one fully staged world premiere during an action-packed weekend.