New York Stage and Film is an art and film institution founded in 1985 by

Mark Linn-Baker Mark Linn-Baker (born June 17, 1954) is an American actor and director who played Benjy Stone in the film ''My Favorite Year'' and Larry Appleton in the television sitcom '' Perfect Strangers''. Early life and education Mark Linn-Baker was bo ...

, Max Mayer and Leslie Urdang in order to provide artists with a rigorous and nurturing environment to invigorate the artistic process; to promote collaboration between artistic peers and between artists and audiences; and to facilitate the sharing of knowledge from one artistic generation to the next. A non-profit company dedicated to both emerging and established artists in the development and production of theater and film, it is a vital incubator for artists and their work, a catalyst for stories that start with us and continue across the country and around the world. Each year, in collaboration with

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they produce the Powerhouse Season and Powerhouse Training Company. Year round work includes programming in

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and the

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, as well as a Filmmakers' Workshop. This work annually supports: * 400 professional artists * 40 professional projects * 75 student writers, directors, actors, and interns * 10,000 audience members Johanna Pfaelzer was named NYSAF's first Artistic Director in 2007, having first worked with the company as Managing Producer in 1998, and later as a Producing Director. In 2019, Johanna stepped down from her post and handed the reins to Christopher Burney, NYSAF's second Artistic Director. Dozens of notable works trace their developmental roots to NYSAF, including the 2016 Tony Award winners for Best Musical ''Hamilton'' (musical) and Best Play ''The Humans'' (play), as well as the Tony Award-winning plays ''

Side Man ''Side Man'' is a memory play by Warren Leight. His inspiration was his father Donald, who worked as a sideman, in jazz parlance a musician for hire who can blend in with the band or star as a solo performer, according to what is required by the g ...

'' and '' Doubt: A Parable'', the Broadway musicals ''

Hadestown ''Hadestown'' is a musical with music, lyrics, and book by Anaïs Mitchell. It tells a version of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Eurydice, a young girl looking for something to eat, goes to work in a hellish industrial underworl ...

'', ''Head over Heels'', ''American Idiot'', ''Bright Star'', and the 2017 Pulitzer finalists ''The Wolves'' and

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's ''A 24-Decade History of Popular Music''.

Awards

Founders award

Recipients of the annual Founders' Award for Emerging Playwrights include: * 2010 Eric Bernat * 2011 Jonathan Caren * 2012 Don Nguyen * 2013

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* 2014 Suzanne Heathcote * 2015

Harrison David Rivers Harrison David Rivers (born September 11, 1981) is an American playwright. Rivers' work has won him thRelentless Award a GLAAD Media Award, a McKnight Fellowship for Playwrights, a Jerome Foundation Many Voices Fellowship, an Emerging Artist of ...

* 2016

Max Vernon Max Vernon (born May 24, 1988) is an American performer, composer/lyricist, and playwright from Los Angeles, California, currently living and performing in New York City, where they attended New York University. Best known for their work in music ...

* 2017

Ngozi Anyanwu Ngozi Jane Anyanwu is a playwright and actress. Life and education Anyanwu was born in Nigeria. She earned her BA from Point Park University and her MFA in Acting from University of California San Diego. She is an alumnus of an Old Vic New Vo ...

* 2018 Khat Knotahaiku * 2019 Keelay Gipson * 2020 Kirya Traber

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.newyorkstageandfilm.org/ 1985 establishments in New York (state)