Mu Tang Clan Playwrights Incubator

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.

Requirements

-Identify as an early-career generative playwright with a minimum of two years of experience and a maximum of 10 years.
-Commit to work on a new unproduced play.
-Resident of Minnesota and able to attend all nine sessions in person in the Twin Cities.
-Legally able to receive a stipend from Theater Mu. We are a 501©(3) and will require a W9.

Application Instructions

Learn more at theatermu.org/mu-tang-clan and send your application package to saymoukda@thaetermu.org.