Themed short play festivals Approximately every ten weeks, New Play Project produces a collection of short plays centered on a theme. The workshop functions as a classroom for the attending writers and actors to explore and understand the principles of writing a good story. Core programs Playwright workshop NPP has a weekly program where any playwright can submit plays to be "workshopped." These plays are read out loud, discussed and critiqued for the playwright's benefit. 100 East: Provo Theatre Company's building. In December 2007, New Play Project moved to its current home at 105 N. The next seven shows were performed in Provo City Library's Bullock Room. In 2007, New Play Project officially separated itself from BYU and was incorporated with the state of Utah as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
At the beginning of December 2006, it held its last play festival of the year titled In Progress. In October 2006 it held another play festival titled Palms, which featured plays revolving around religious themes. In August 2006, sponsored by the BYU Experimental Theatre Group, it held its first production, a 10-minute play festival titled Love Songs and Negotiations. Bianca Dillard almost immediately joined the group and developed the continuing workshop program. New Play Project was founded April 2006 by Brigham Young University students James Goldberg, Arisael Rivera, Julie Saunders and Jennefer Franklin as an attempt to produce new play scripts they developed. It is the first such organization to flourish in the area (which is known for theater performance), and has produced more than 70 original plays (and workshopped more than 200) since its inception in 2006. It primarily produces short play festivals (several short plays bound together by one theme), but occasionally takes on larger projects (as in Really Cool and Smart and Better Than You and Swallow the Sun). They also aim to give emerging Latter-day Saint writers a place to produce their work while maintaining their standards and values. NPP is dedicated to writing and producing new plays that reflect the standards of a Utah Valley audience. New Play Project is a non-profit organization founded in Provo, Utah, by four Brigham Young University students.
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