Mid-Career Playwrights Trampled In Rush Toward Youth

“[U]nless you are Keats or Kane or Dunbar or Büchner, most young playwrights and theatre-makers eventually go on to become mid-level artists. But what sort of career support do they go on to have? Or are they simply forgotten in the endless rush for the new? … Ultimately, theatres must start seeing that they have a responsibility to really help playwrights to develop their careers and not just look to the next great find.”