Our Mission
Our mission is to provide an environment that nurtures the talents of Maryland and DC playwrights. The BPF does this through public readings, discussions, critiques and workshops of new plays. Our summer season is devoted to the presentation of these newly-developed works, for the entertainment and cultural edification of our audiences.
The Board of Directors of the Baltimore Playwrights Festival encourages all aspiring playwrights in the Baltimore/DC area to submit their work to us. Both individually and as an organization, we want to assure everyone that we are a body of dedicated supporters of the arts, in particular the art of playwriting. We assure our BIPOC, LBGTQ+, people of all faiths, people who are differently abled, and ANYONE who wants to be a playwright, whether it’s your first play or your fiftieth, that we are here to help you. We hope we can count on you to support us. We will do everything we can to deserve that support.
The Baltimore Playwrights Festival began in 1982 with 5 plays by local playwrights produced by three theater companies – Spotlighters, Vagabonds and Corner Theater.
Baltimore Playwrights Festival has produced under its umbrella 318 new plays written by over 200 different playwrights that were produced by 28 different theater companies. We can’t guess the number of theater artists that have been involved as actors, directors, stage managers, lighting designers, set designers and other creatives. We are grateful for the support of our local theater companies, our donors and Mayor Brandon Scott and the City of Baltimore, Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Creative Baltimore Fund.
We look forward to the future as we expand into new partnerships, types of productions, and performance venues.
Board Members
| Chair | Vacant | chair@baltplayfest.org |
| Vice Chair | Miriam Bazensky | vchair@baltplayfest.org |
| Secretary/Treasurer | Kathleen Barber | treasurer@baltplayfest.org |
| Librarian | Sache Satta | librarian@baltplayfest.org |
| Webmaster | Bill Bisbee | webmaster@baltplayfest.org |
| Member-At-Large | Paris Brown | ivyontheveranda@gmail.com |
| Member-At-Large | George Andre Tittle | atittle@gmail.com |
| Member-At-Large | TaVon Vinson | tavonvinson@gmail.com |
| Board Advisor | Timoth David Copney | chair@baltplayfest.org |
| Board Advisor | Larry Lambert | lostlamb49@gmail.com |
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Baltimore, MD 21218