Cherry Lane Theatre's Mentor Project was honored with a
2008 OBIE AWARD
for
Outstanding Achievement in the Development of New Work!

MENTOR PROJECT 2008
10TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

2008 Mentors: Charles Fuller, Gretchen Cryer and Michael Weller

Mentor Project 2008 Finalists
Samuel Brett Williams,Greg Keller, Deirdre O’Connor

3 New Plays by 3 New Voices

The Mentor Project, now in its 10th season, engages three nationally renowned dramatists in one-on-one mentorships with three playwrights for an entire theater season.

Click here for the Mentor Project 2009 Nominating Committee.

Click here for Program History

About the Mentor Project

Cherry Lane's Mentor Project was founded in 1998 by Artistic Director Angelina Fiordellisi, playwright Michael Weller and Susann Brinkley, and it  is the cornerstone of our development programs. It matches pre-eminent dramatists with aspiring playwrights in one-to-one mentoring relationships. Each Mentor works with a Playwright to perfect a single work during the season-long process, which culminates in a showcase production.  To date, Project co-founder and Mentor Michael Weller has enlisted Pulitzer Prize-winners David Auburn, Charles Fuller, Tony Kushner, Marsha Norman, Alfred Uhry, Jules Feiffer and Wendy Wasserstein, as well as Pulitzer nominees A.R. Gurney, David Henry Hwang (Tony, OBIE), Craig Lucas, Theresa Rebeck, and OBIE winners Ed Bullins (three-time winner) and Lynn Nottage, as Mentors. From the outset, Edward Albee has participated as the Mentor’s Mentor by attending Project readings and performances and conducting a yearly Master Class. The Mentor Project has helped one third of its alumni gain both professional and public notice; their works have gone on to flourish on and Off-Broadway, regionally, and around the world.