The following play lists were compiled by friends and colleagues.

Carl Forsman is the artistic director of New York’s Keen Company and the Dorset Theater Festival in Vermont. He is currently revising his list and it will be posted as soon as he is finished!

Jon Ferrari is extremely well read. He used to produce plays for the Atlantic Acting School, and has directed, produced, and assistant-directed on many productions. He boiled his list down to 150 plays every theater artist should know. Download Jon’s 150 essential plays

Chris Papagapitos is an Atlantic alum, and was a Juilliard playwright, now writing in Los Angeles. His list focuses on new playwrights. Download Chris’s new play list

Christian Parker is the Associate Artistic Director of the Atlantic Theater Company, and teaches dramaturgy at Columbia University. His alphabetical list features plays of all eras of Western drama. Download Christian’s list