DQT's mission is to develop and present work by BIPoC and Female-identifying writers; concurrently, cultivate and maintain a diverse audience who is in routine discourse with them.
DQT envisions an American theatre wherein the population of professionally produced playwrights is as diverse as America.
NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT - PROCESS IS OUR PRODUCT
DQT is open for submissions for our 2025-26 new play development programs:
Sundays from 10/12/25-11/30/25, from 12-2:30pm EST, via Zoom
AMERICAN WOMAN is a solo show development and presentation program that centralizes Female-identifying writers living in the United States. This program is for playwrights who already have a full draft of a solo show.
Led by: Raquel Almazan
Wednesday, 11/5/25; then, Mondays from 11/10/25 -- 12/22/25, from 6:30pm - 9pm EST, via Zoom.
CLASSICS IN COLOR is a new play development and presentation program that centralizes BIPoC playwrights with early drafts of plays which combine the BIPoC lived experience with narratives from the Global Canon. This program is for playwrights who already have a full draft of a play that fits this description.
Led by: Caridad Svich
Tuesdays 10/21/25 -- 12/9/25, from 6pm - 9pm EST, via Zoom.
PLAYTIME is a new play development and presentation program that centralizes Female-identifying or BIPoC playwrights with early drafts of plays. This program is for playwrights who already have a full draft of a play.
Led by: Carmen Rivera
News
DQT Congratulates Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj
Congratulations to Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj (Playwright, Classics in Color ’24) for completing the HB Studio Summer Residency. Congratulations, Rajendra! Click on the image to read an update from Rajendra.
DQT Congratulates Seshat Yon'shea Walker
August 4th-9th
Congratulations to Seshat Yon’shea Walker (Playwright, Playtime ’22) whose play The Manifestation of Sunnyy Black debuts this August in the Meganne George Women's Work Short Play festival produced by New Perspectives Theater in New York, and has been in production with this theater since February. Congratulations Seshat!
DQT Congratulates Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj
Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj
Congratulations to Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj (Playwright, Classics in Color ’24) whose play was selected as a finalist for the 2025 Blue Ink Playwriting Award presented by American Blues Theatre in Chicago and developed in part with assistance from the 2025 New Harmony Project Writers Residency in New Harmony, Indiana. Click on the image to read an update from Rajendra.
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