New Playwrights Foundation is a nonprofit, charitable, educational association formed in 1969 to "aid, nurture, and develop lesser-known local writers, to help them disseminate their works and establish their careers."

From the earliest days of its existence, NPF has helped nascent playwrights, screenwriters, actors, producers and directors to sharpen their skills and better realize their potential professional goals through an ongoing writers workshop and other means.

NPF has also often been able to aid playwrights and writers for other media to procure production funds and services via donations, and by serving as an umbrella organization for new and unestablished theater, video and film artists seeking grants for specific projects.

We welcome opportunities for outreach. Recently we invited high school students to intern on the set of one of our feature film productions, and participated in a play reading and discussion at a high school in South Central Los Angeles.

In October, 2000, NPF commemorated its first 30 years with a two-day retrospective presentation held at Santa Monica Public Library Auditorium. The program showcased scenes from plays and musicals by current NPF members, and clips from films written by members and, in many cases, co-produced by NPF during the past three decades.

The writers workshop meets alternate Thursday nights in the Santa Monica area.  Visitors are welcome to attend, and may submit their own work after attending at least three regular meetings.  For the date and location of the next workshop session, and information on screenings, premieres, and other events, call (310) 393-3682.