Audible’s new $5 million fund will pay emerging playwrights to write audio dramas
The New York Times reports that Audible, the Amazon-owned audiobook and radio distributor, has announced plans for a $5 million fund that will distribute grants to “emerging playwrights.”
Audible, through its production arm Audible Studios (launched in 2014), will commission works written for one or two voice actors, to be performed as audio plays. The first round — a dozen plays — will reportedly be available later this year.
Audible founder and CEO Donald Katz explained the plan to The New York Times, saying that Audible will be able to bring new, young playwrights to bigger audiences than they might otherwise find, and added, “To celebrate live performance in the theater is one thing, but think of professional sports. There’s the…
