‘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 4 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, Claudia Weill, Tamilla Woodard, Melissa Ross, Stella Powell-Jones, Laura Jacqmin, CATE YU and many more!

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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.

In 2017,

we launched the CoCo Residency Program and welcomed 6 playwrights & directors into the family - providing artistic, administrative and financial support to these talented artists during a year-long residency.

Now in its 7th year, our Residency continues to provide an intimate group of playwrights, directors, producers & designers with the invaluable resources of community, space to work, and a stipend. Artistic Director Adrienne Campbell-Holt meets with Residents on a quarterly basis 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.

After issuing an Open Call this past July, Colt Coeur received over 70 applications from interested artists!

2023-2024 Residents:
jose sebastien 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

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.

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.