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ABOUT THE SLOAN INITIATIVE
In 2000, Manhattan Theatre Club began a partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to commission, develop, and produce new plays about math, science, and technology. MTC first collaborated with the Sloan Foundation on the production of David Auburn’s Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Proof. Since then, the partnership has expanded to include five to six annual playwriting commissions. With the Foundation’s support, MTC has awarded over 100 commissions to date.
The Foundation also provides production grants to stage Sloan-related works, and has supported, in addition to Proof, MTC’s productions of Charlotte Jones’s Humble Boy, Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s adaptation of An Enemy of the People, Sharr White’s The Other Place, Nell Benjamin’s The Explorers Club, Nick Payne’s Constellations and Incognito, Bess Wohl’s Continuity, and Anchuli Felicia King’s Golden Shield.
MTC/Sloan-commissioned plays have also gone on to productions at Playwrights Horizons, WP Theater, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Keen Company, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, New York Stage & Film, Williamstown Theatre Festival, South Coast Repertory, Steppenwolf, Studio Theatre, San Francisco Playhouse, Alley Theatre, Theatreworks Silicon Valley, the Hampstead Theatre, and The National Theatre, among others, and have frequently been presented in MTC’s free, public reading series.
HOW TO APPLY
Manhattan Theatre Club’s partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is twofold: we commission not-yet-written plays that engage with math, science, or technology, and we accept completed scripts that explore these themes to consider for full production.
Please use this form to submit a one-page commission proposal or a completed script for production consideration. You will also be asked to share your full name, email address, and a short bio or resume. We accept Sloan submissions on a rolling basis, and we will reach out to you as soon as your materials have been fully considered—which can take up to six months. If you have any questions, please email us at lit@mtc-nyc.org, attn: Sloan Project Manager.
SLOAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Ruth Angus is an Adjunct Professor of Astronomy at Columbia University.
Heather Berlin is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Karin Block is an associate professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at City College of New York.
Sandeep Robert Datta is a neurobiologist at Harvard Medical School.
Clay Lacefield is an Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University.
