‘Play Hotel’ = colt coeur's principal arena for developing new work
Since our founding in 2010, new play development has been our primary focus. we’ve created more than half of our world premieres from scratch, and we’re currently developing many more plays!
since the very beginning, we've held 4-6 'play hotel’ workshops during the course of the year. these are 3-10 day workshops that culminate in a free public reading or sharing.
Recent Play Hotel playwrights & directors have included Clare Barron, Chiara Atik, Lindsey Ferrentino, MJ Kaufman, Lily Padilla, Danya Taymor, Antoinette Nwandu, sylvia khoury, orion johnstone, GT Upchurch, Tamilla Woodard, Laura Jacqmin, and many more!
In 2014,
we launched our Parity Plays Festival - celebrating the work of female and trans playwrights & directors. Each fall we present 4 new plays in this series, and in 2017 & 2019 we partnered with the WP Theater for this program.
CoCo Residents
We launched the CoCo Residency Program in 2017 and ever since have welcomed 6-9 playwrights & directors into the family - providing artistic, administrative and financial support to these talented artists during a year-long residency.
Now in its 8th year, our Residency provides an intimate group of playwrights, directors, producers, dramaturgs & designers with the invaluable resources of community, space to work, and a stipend. Artistic Director Adrienne Campbell-Holt meets with Residents quarterly with an emphasis on forging authentic creative collaborations and amplifying these artists' voices. We also invite luminaries from the field to join us for conversations and networking.
Congrats to our 2024-2025 cohort (from left to right, top to bottom): Micaela Bottari, Kathleen Capdesuñer, Justine Gelfman, Renae Jarrett, Ying Ying Li, Alex Lin, Molly Marinik, Graham Techler, Seayoung Yim. Click here to learn more about this year’s Residents.
2024-2025 residents:
Micaela Bottari, Kathleen Capdesuñer, Justine Gelfman, Renae Jarrett, Ying Ying Li, Alex LiN, Molly Marinik, Graham Techler, Seayoung Yim
2023-2024 Residents:
jose sebastiAn alberdi, Brittany K. Allen, Sarah Dahnke, C.A. Johnson, Eric Norbury,
Lia Romeo, Danny Tejera, & Liba Vaynberg
2022-2023 Residents:
Rashad t bailey, katie brook, dustin chinn, kate douglas, rachel herron, niara mae,
sarah sander, corey umlauf
2021-2022 residents:
borna barzin, sarah blush, lily gonzalez, lizzie stern
2020-2021 Residents:
Bleu Beckford-Burrell, Adrienne Dawes, Tara Elliott, Emma Goidel, J. Mehr Kaur, Portia Krieger, & Noelle Viñas
2019-2020 Residents:
Tara Elliott, Emma Goidel, Obehi Janice, J. Mehr Kaur, Portia Krieger
2018-2019 Residents:
Will Arbery, Melissa Crespo, Justice Hehir, Natalie Margolin, Whitney White
2017-2018 Residents:
Kate Cortesi, Jeremy O. Harris, Rehana Lew Mirza, Danya Taymor, Pirronne Yousefzadeh, Cate Yu
This year’s Open Call received nearly 200 submissions! Applications open again in July 2025! Follow us @coltcoeur on IG for updates!
During our February 2020 meeting we welcomed three extraordinary auteur directors to join us for conversation: Tina Satter, CoCo Resident Alum Whitney White, and Tamilla Woodard. Other special guests who’ve met with Resident Artists include: Natasha Sinha, Annie MacRae, Stephanie Ybarra, Matt Ross, Jack Moore and Rachel Sussman.