A.C.T. Launches Residency Program at Strand Theater

Stage Directions: The American Conservatory Theater launched a new residency program called The New Strands Residency. The Residency aims to give emerging and established playwrights the opportunity to create and develop new works in residence at A.C.T.’s Strand Theater. Each year, A.C.T. will partner with a nationally recognized new-work incubator to select three playwrights, who will spend a week in San Francisco. Over the course of their residency, the playwrights will participate in a reading of their work, develop and workshop their plays-in-progress with directors and a shared ensemble of actors, and sit on various panel discussions.