Seeking MN playwrights for AAPI- and Native-centered cohort

Apply by Apr 3, 2026! 

Funded by the Jerome Foundation, Theater Mu and New Native Theatre invite early-career playwrights with 2-10 years of experience to apply to the intensive four-month program. Through nine in-person weekly sessions, co-facilitators Rhiana Yazzie and Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay will guide playwrights as they workshop and discuss new pages and topics related to playwriting and the influences that impact their work. Playwrights will also receive 1-1 dramaturgical support of their new draft at the end of the nine sessions. Additionally, through a partnership with the Playwrights’ Center, playwrights will receive a year-long Playwrights’ Center membership. 

Four playwrights will be selected for MTC Vol 3. The weekly three-hour sessions will be held at Theater Mu in Saint Paul, MN, from July to October 2026. Playwrights will emerge with a first draft of their play and will receive 1-1 sessions with a dramaturg to help sharpen the script's structure, deepen character motivations, and ensure the playwright’s artistic vision is clearly realized. Cohort members must attend all sessions to deepen the community and relationships they will build together. 

Learn how to apply at theatermu.org/mu-tang-clan