The Living Room for Artists, Inc.

Founded by Broadway producer Arielle Tepper Madover, the Summer Play Festival is an annual four-week festival that stages original new plays and musicals by emerging writers during the summer months at the legendary Public Theater in New York City. The first Summer Play Festival was presented in 2004.  A year later, The Living Room for Artists, Inc. was formed as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization to ensure that the Festival perpetuates its goals and whose central mission is to both fuel the growth of emerging theatre artists and encourage people of all ages to create, attend and work in the theatre. Since its inception, the Summer Play Festival has produced 73 original works, staged over 500 public performances, and provided an opportunity for hundreds of writers, directors, producers, designers, stage managers, actors, and interns to present their material and craft in a protected environment. SPF is also committed to providing a low ticket price of only $10 to encourage individuals to experience affordable theatre in New York City.  As a result, the Summer Play Festival has sold out its four-week performance schedule for each of the past five years and has attracted a diverse audience of 45,000 theatre patrons, the majority under the age of 35.