Our Current Apprentices & Scholars
Felix Crutcher
WTP Scholar
Anterior Leverett
Rosalind Ayres-Williams Scholar
2023-2025
K. Parker
Rosalind Ayres-Williams Scholar
2024-2026
Keena Redding
Barbara Molette Scholar
Ally Varitek
WTP Apprentice
WTP New Play Development Apprenticeship
If you’re interested in:
– new play dramaturgy
– playwrighting
– art administration
– and more!
We invite you to apply!
The mission of this apprenticeship is to support new play artists in all aspects of their career. WTP encourages folks who identify as BIPOC/people of the Global Majority, gender nonconforming, LGBTQIA+, disabled, and other historically marginalized identities.
Apprentices will:
- Work closely with staff and board to find your home in the organization
- Be offered free access to our 5-6 Master Classes and 2-4 Master Chats per year, including the innovative WTP Dramaturgy Intensive
- Tailor your apprenticeship experience to uplift your artistic and career goals
- Engage in WTP programs and be compensated for your time as a hired artist
- Receive invites to all aspects of the organization, including board meetings
- Create an apprentice project and be supported by WTP with a budget, a collective of WTP artists and mentorship to support your process (this is not required)
Former Apprentices
Quinn Xavier Hernandez
2019-2020
David Quang Pham
2020-2021
Antonia LaChe’ McCain
2021-2022
Luke Evans
2022-2023
Julia Byrne
2023-2024
“Not many spaces allow artists, especially young artists, to actively craft their professional development alongside their mentors. WTP’s apprentice isn’t locked into a set schedule of a producing house’s season or time constraints. This allows the New Play Development Apprenticeship to easily adapt to the needs of each individual apprentice. It’s truly a blessing and a unique opportunity in Atlanta.”
-Quinn Xavier Hernandez
Rosalind Ayres-Williams Memorial Scholarship for Black Playwrights
Rosalind Ayres-Williams: 1949-2017
Launched in 2018
Working Title Playwrights is grateful to be able to honor past WTP member Rosalind Ayres-Williams through this Memorial Scholarship.
The Scholarship will be awarded on a two year cycle, for ten years.
DEADLINE for 2024-2026: June 15, 2024
As one of the recipients of the Rosalind Ayres-Williams Scholarship for Black playwrights, I discovered a place where my voice was authentically embraced. My time with WTP has been an absolute game changer.
-Avery Sharpe, Playwright, Actor
Former Recipients
Marcus Scott
2022-2023
Anterior Leverett
2023-2025
The BARBARA MOLETTE Scholarship
Founded in 2022 by WTP Member Carlton Molette
This new annual scholarship, beginning in 2022, will fund an annual WTP membership for an artist who self-identifies as Black (and/or African-American) and Femme (and/or female).
In addition to a free membership, the recipient receives mentorship, access to all of WTP’s programs, and the opportunity to develop and achieve custom-designed artistic goals.
DEADLINE: June 15, 2024
ABOUT BARBARA MOLETTE (she/her) (B.A. Florida A&M.; M.F.A. Florida State; Ph.D. Missouri) theatre and motion picture actress, costume and makeup designer, director, and playwright died on March 9, 2017. Professor Emerita and former English Department Chair, Eastern Connecticut State University; Director of Arts-in-Education Programs, City of Baltimore; professor at Spelman College and Texas Southern University, Director of Writing Across the Curriculum, Baltimore City Community College.
Barbara loved mentoring young theatre workers. She did not do “pep talks.” Instead, she quietly conveyed the belief that “You have what it takes to accomplish your goals– if you are willing to do the work.”
Former Recipients
Kelundra Smith
2022-2023
Working Title Playwrights 