This is the first year of the Big Ten Theatre Consortium, which, according to American Theatre (October 2014) [link]:

 

• aims to create more roles for "more strong female roles for college students by commissioning new plays by women writers"

• Playwrights who write for the Big Ten Theatre Consortium receive $10,000, funded by the Big Ten Universies that are participating

• "only criterion":Plays must include at least seven roles for women 

 

2015-2016 Commission: Baltimore by Kristen Greenidge (click here for info)

 

Big Ten Consortium Participants

 

University of Wisconsin, Madison 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Indiana University

University of Iowa

University of Maryland

University of Michigan

Michigan State University

University of Minnesota

University of Nebraska

Northwestern University

The Ohio State University

The Pennsylvania State University 

Purdue University

Rutgers University