Article by Chloe Rabinowitz for Broadway World 8/19/2025
The People’s Theatre has seleced three exceptional playwrights for its 2025 Playwrights Unit: Rudy Bamenga, Alyssa Haddad-Chin, and Victoria Lino. Now in its second year since the program’s relaunch, the Playwrights Unit continues to provide a platform for emerging and mid-career writers to develop new full-length plays that center the voices and experiences of immigrant, Latine, Black, and Queer communities. Each playwright will receive an award of $1,500.
The Playwrights Unit offers a robust creative process from August through December, including bi-weekly workshops, readings, and professional development sessions. Each playwright will receive individualized mentorship from The People’s Theatre’s Literary Manager, Marco Antonio Rodriguez, and artistic support from returning 2024 Unit members Montserrat Méndez and Christin Eve Cato, who join this year as mentors.
The program will culminate with the New Horizons Play Reading Festival, presenting the playwrights’ original plays over three consecutive evenings in December 2025 at the Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center, 530 W 166th St, New York, NY 10032.