Who We Are
In honor of Philip Seymour Hoffman, who relentlessly sought out truth in his work and demanded the same from his collaborators, The American Playwriting Foundation has been established to make annual grants to new American plays.
Artistic Director
David Bar Katz
Literary Manager and Artistic Producer
Anna O'Donoghue
Program Assistant
Cayla Einstein
Artistic Advisors
Scott Elliott
Robert Falls
Ethan Hawke
Dan Klores
Dominique Morisseau
Gregory Mosher
Austin Pendleton
David Quinn
Sam Rockwell
Yul Vázquez
Founding Chairman of the Board
Jeffrey Horwitz
2024 Relentless Award
Selection Committee
Eric Bogosian
Thomas Bradshaw
Aleshea Harris
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
David Bar Katz
Lynn Nottage
Brontez Purnell
Lloyd Suh
Jonathan Marc Sherman
Lucy Thurber
Past Relentless Selection Committees
The Relentless Subcommittee
Building for the Arts is supported by:
BLACK LIVES MATTER
The American Playwriting Foundation supports our sisters and brothers who are relentlessly fighting for justice and equality. #BlackLivesMatter
James Baldwin:
After all you’re accusing a captive population who’ve been robbed of everything of looting. It’s obscene.
Esquire magazine:
How can we get the black people to cool it?
James Baldwin:
It is not for us to cool it.
Esquire magazine:
But aren’t you the ones who are getting hurt the most?
James Baldwin:
No, we are only the ones who are dying fastest.
—James Baldwin, playwright, novelist, essayist, poet, and activist. July, 1968.