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    • Blossoming 2022
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    • The Plays
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YOUR CART

The Vagrancy Writers’ Group is a cohort tasked with the goal of developing full-length plays for production based on a given theme. The Vagrancy annually selects a core group of playwrights representing the diverse perspectives and voices of Los Angeles.

We are especially interested in stories told by women, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and artists with disabilities.

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INTERTWINED by Tracy Held Potter; BLOSSOMING 2018
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Lisa Dring workshops THE WICKED ONE; 2018
Beginning each fall, the writers meet regularly throughout the year as they craft their plays. The Vagrancy hosts two mid-year development workshops wherein the plays are explored with actors and a director in a rehearsal setting with the playwright. 

The process culminates each summer with BLOSSOMING, a staged reading festival of the new plays, including moderated talkbacks with the audience. ​
Writers' Group 2021/2022

The Vagrancy
is now accepting submissions for its
​2022/2023 Writers' Group.

This year's theme is "Exile/Embrace."

From late October to April, the group will meet approximately every other Wednesday evening (allowing for holiday breaks) to read and discuss the plays-in-progress. Selected playwrights are required to bring new work to each session and attend at least 12 of the 14 scheduled meetings. Each playwright will be paired with a director who will lead two developmental sessions with actors during the writing process: a First Read in January, and a Mini-Workshop in April. The process culminates in May with an in-depth workshop and staged readings of each new play as part of The Vagrancy's new play festival, BLOSSOMING. Selected playwrights will receive a $100 stipend after the conclusion of the festival. *All scheduled meetings will be held in a hybrid in-person/virtual format until further notice.*

​All pitches for this year's Writers' Group should tell a story inspired by the theme "Exile/Embrace." The Vagrancy is seeking stories that delve into both aspects of the theme. While all types of communities in the world today are healing and reconnecting, we encourage playwrights to examine feelings of alienation as well as belonging.

All interested playwrights should submit a 1-page pitch outlining a new play, a writing sample, and a brief playwright's bio. Only playwrights in the Los Angeles area will be considered. Women, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and playwrights with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. Please do not submit ideas for plays that have already been started; the Writers' Group is designed to support projects at their inception.

Submissions should be emailed to vagrantwritersgroup@gmail.com by the end of Friday, October 7th 2022.

Vagrant Writers Past

Amanda L. Andrei; 2021
Boni B. Alvarez; 2012, 2013 & 2014
Tamadhur Al-Aqeel; 2020
librecht baker; 2019
Jaisey Bates; 2020
Niki Blumberg; 2012
Megan Breen; 2012 & 2015
Cort Brinkerhoff; 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015
June Carryl; 2021
Lisa Dring; 2018
Abbey Fenbert; 2016 & 2017
Lena Ford; 2018
Weston Gaylord; 2021
Howard Ho; 2017 & 2019
Donald Jolly; 2013
John Guerra; 2018
Annette Lee; 2013 & 2014
Kate Mickere; 2019
Nahal Navidar; 2015
Nicholas Pilapil; 2017 & 2018
Tracy Held Potter, 2019
Mercedes Segesvary; 2020
Jesse Shao; 2015
Ayesha Siddiqui; 2021
Amy Tofte; 2015
Ilana Turner; 2018
James Anthony Tyler; 2020
Katherine Vondy; 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020
Joseph Valdez; 2021