Where New Plays & Musicals Begin Their Professional Journey
CreateTheater® is a full-service development platform for playwrights, musical theater writers, and producers.
Whether you’re drafting your first scene or preparing for a New York showcase, we give you the artistic support, producing strategy, industry access, and professional community you need to bring your new work to life.
Writing | Development | Producing |Education | Industry Access | One Home
Upcoming Events
Musical Workshop Series – March 29th – Details coming soon
The CreateTheater Developmental Pipeline
A development pipeline shaped around your show—not a preset path.
Every project enters the pipeline at a different point. We assess where your play or musical is now—and guide it toward the people, programs, and strategy that will serve it best.
Why CreateTheater?
Because new plays and musicals deserve individual attention, CreateTheater’s Producer-Guided Pipeline offers personalized dramaturgy, strategic producing insight, and professional development that’s right for your show—guided by experienced Industry professionals who’ve made their career creating new plays and musicals.
- Writing Programs support the active development of scripts through structure, feedback, and collaboration.
- Production Programs test work publicly and professionally to prepare it for real producing conversations.
- Education Programs help you understand the business: how new plays and musicals are evaluated, produced, and positioned in the professional commercial and non-profit theater.
- Networking Opportunities are built into all o our programs to allow you to expand your circle and build relationships among other creative professionals in the industry.
What I am thinking about…
How to Beat the Feedback Freeze and Keep Moving Forward
What to Do With Notes When You’re Feeling Stuck You’ve just had a table reading and got feedback on your new musical or play. Oof. You sit through the conversation, scribble some notes. And suddenly, your brain goes silent. Everything you’ve done feels wrong. You...
How to Make Progress When You Don’t Know Your Show’s Ending Yet
For Playwrights and Musical Theater Writers Who Thrive in Discovery Mode You’ve got a great setup. Characters who pop. A world that feels rich with possibilities. But there’s just one little issue… You have no idea how your show ends. Or you have an idea, but it's not...
Why Most New Plays and Musicals Stall in Development
Why Most New Plays and Musicals Stall in Development (And What Actually Moves Them Forward) Let’s say the quiet part out loud. Most new plays and musicals don’t stall out because they’re bad.They stall out because the people making them are doing many different...
Don’t Write Passive Protagonists
Stop Writing Passive Protagonists (Or: Why Your Play Feels Flat Even Though the Writing Is Good) Let me say something I wish more writers heard early: Most scripts don’t fail because the dialogue is bad.They fail because the protagonist doesn’t do anything. I read a...