WELCOME TO LANPP
APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR 2026. SEE GUIDELINES.
LANPP offers financial support to producers and playwrights who premiere new work on Los Angeles’ small and mid-size stages. The program offers two-part grants: $20,000 to playwrights for a new, unproduced script and up to $20,000 to producing entities who have scheduled the premiere production of the work. With these awards, LANPP hopes to bring exciting, high-quality, original theater to audiences of Los Angeles County.
Each spring, LANPP invites producers and playwrights to jointly submit new works to be presented in one of the producer’s upcoming seasons. Peer panels review and reward the strongest submissions. Announcements are made in September.
LANPP is also proud to support the UCLA/Geffen Playhouse Mentorship Program, which places UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television students in internship positions at the Geffen Playhouse.
Please visit the Guidelines & Application page here to download the application, guidelines, and instructions.
A MESSAGE FROM LANPP DIRECTOR PAULA HOLT
LANPP was founded in 2021 with the mission to help support writers and producers in the vibrant and diverse small and mid-sized Los Angeles theater community. In the past five years, LANPP juries proudly awarded supporting funds to sixteen playwrights and sixteen productions. We are pleased to report that several of the awarded plays are going on to second productions elsewhere.
Each year, we rely on the participation of expert jurors to help us evaluate submissions and select finalists. They are professional story editors, literary managers, and dramaturges, both local and nationally-based, who read and discuss submissions with admirable expertise and depth of analysis. Our thanks to them for their professionalism and skill. We always appreciate the hard work of our dedicated staff, and offer additional thanks to UCLA’S Theater, Film and Television department for their administrative assistance.
And to you, the Los Angeles theater community, both writers and producers, it is truly our privilege to read and review your work. We wish we had awards for you all!
