Launching soon is the ALLEYWORKS series, featuring six distinct programs focused on research and the development of new works of theatre and the artists who create them.

These programs serve to support playwrights and artists locally and nationally as they work to create daring new theatre through collaborative and one- to-one initiatives.

Details on the rollout of these programs will be announced in the coming months, beginning with NEW PAGES -- an regular open mic night for playwrights.
Peter Palmisano films "Same New Story" by Donna Hoke, part of CURRENTS: 716

PLAYWRITING OPPORTUNITY: BUFFALO QUICKIES 2023
DEADLINE: DECEMBER 1, 2022
SEEKING WESTERN NEW YORK PLAYWRIGHTS

Alleyway Theatre seeks six Western New York playwrights
for the BUFFALO QUICKIES 2023 ten-minute play festival. Playwrights will have just one week to write before directors and actors have another one week to rehearse, design, and perform new, short plays, all centered on a single topic.

Availability:You must be available to write a ten-minute play between February 22 – 28,2023.

Please send your best three pages of dialogue by December 1, 2022, along with your contact details, to newplays@alleyway.com with subject BQ23 Playwright. Selected playwrights will be notified by January 1, 2023. All playwrights at the Alleyway are paid a guarantee against gross box office percentage.

At Alleyway, we celebrate stories of everyone. So, as wehire and cast, we're committed to creating an equitable and accessible, diverse and inclusive, joyful community of artists and staff. We seek artists and staff representing the breadth of humanity; people of all genders, races, abilities, and ages should apply.

Specifically,we are actively seeking writers from visible and invisible minority groups,women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons across the spectrum of sexual orientation and gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to constructively and equitably engage with diverse communities.

The32nd year of BUFFALO QUICKIES will play the Alleyway mainstage March9-19, 2023.