Chicago Writers Bloc Welcome to the Chicago Writers Bloc Homepage!
Chicago Writers Bloc is the best-kept secret in Chicago theatre! With nearly 30 highly accomplished playwrights among its membership, Chicago Writers Bloc is a playwrights' cooperative designed to support and develop its member playwrights' work. The playwrights of Chicago Writers Bloc are among the most accomplished artists in Chicago theater----and yet, you may not have heard of our organization before. We want to change that.
Chicago Writers' Bloc members:
- Have received productions around the country and internationally;
- Have received Broadway and Off-Broadway productions of their plays;
- Have written bestselling books that have been featured on national television;
- Have been profiled in the New York Times and the New Yorker
- Are award-winning journalists, novelists, theatre producers, and more;
- Have written for film and television;
- Have produced award-winning films, commercials, and documentaries;
- Have written plays that are widely published and anthologized, and are seen at theatres large and small.
- In many cases, Chicago Writers Bloc members' work has been overlooked in Chicago, but yet has received productions and critical acclaim at major theatres in New York City, Los Angeles, Boston, London, Florida, Seattle, San Francisco, and more.
There's more than one prestigious playwrights' organization in Chicago----browse this site and see what the Chicago Writers Bloc has to offer your theater!
