The TDPS New Play Workshop is an opportunity for student playwrights at UMD to develop a short play in a supportive environment. Each selected playwright will be assigned a mentor—a professional dramatist living and working in the Baltimore-DC corridor. Mentors will serve as guides through the process of rehearsing with a director and actors, filtering and implementing feedback, and revising. The weeklong event will kick off on February 19 with a panel discussion about new play development. It will conclude on February 26 with staged readings of the new plays. Play selection occurs in Fall 2016. The TDPS New Play Workshop is supported in part by the Dramatists Guild of America.