Summer Conferences

National Playwrights Conference

Each year a community of professionals gathers in the serene setting of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in order to support playwrights and new works for the theater.  The National Playwrights Conference strives to create a supportive environment that empowers playwrights to their own process and to experience the play with a professional company. Learn More

National Music Theater Conference

The mission of the National Music Theater Conference (NMTC) is to provide a supportive and challenging environment in which emerging and established creative artists can take huge risks in order to refine and illuminate their work’s vision during its formative stages. Learn More

National Puppetry Conference

The National Puppetry Conference creates contemporary works of theater that defy imagination and confound expectations. Over the course of eight days, Conference participants collaborate with nationally and internationally renowned puppet artists, and each other, to produce innovative plays and productions that push the boundries of puppetry's definitions and dare participants to challenge themselves and their audiences. Learn More

Cabaret & Performance Conference

The Cabaret & Performance Conference (CPC) was re-established in 2005 after a six year hiatus as a dynamic opportunity for performers to work on new projects with the guidance of an accomplished team of professional directors, music directors, and guest artists.  The Conference reexamines, redefines and revitalizes the Cabaret art form for the 21st century using a definition of cabaret as “any kind of live performance in an intimate space that breaks the fourth wall.” Learn More