Page 73 was founded in 1997. In our early years, Page 73 worked project-by-project with writers through readings, workshops, and, in some cases, small-scale productions.

In 2003, Page 73 established the Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship to formalize our work with a single exceptional playwright each year.

At the beginning of 2006, Page 73 presented Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue, which Quiara Alegria Hudes wrote during her 2005 Fellowship year. The production was the company’s largest to date, and as a result of its success, Page 73 transferred the world premiere to El Museo del Barrio’s Heckscher Theater. This co-production served as a significant springboard for our growth, and Page 73 has continued producing Off-Broadway each season since.

Since 2006, Page 73 has provided retreats and residencies for our writers, most consistently through the annual Page 73 Summer Residency, a weekly opportunity that took place on the campus of Yale University from 2007-2019. We have also provided retreats through partnerships with SPACE on Ryder Farm, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Pocantico Center, and others.

In 2007 we created our Interstate 73 writers group at the recommendation of 2007 Fellow Krista Knight who was looking to share work regularly with peers. Since then, we've named seven or eight writers to the annual group who meet biweekly with Page 73's artistic staff.

To date, Page 73's productions and development programs have served 150 early-career playwrights

Why are we called Page 73?

In 1997, the founders of the temporarily-named RJS Productions were in search of a play for their newly-formed company to produce. Playwright Peter Ackerman submitted a paper copy of his play, The Urn, for all three founders to read. They liked the play, a mystery drama, but felt like something was off; the ending just didn’t add up. They finally realized that the second-to-last page of the script was missing, and of course, the answer to the play’s mystery was on that all-important page: page 73!
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Page 73’s First 20 Years

BY BOB DREYFUSS

The story of Page 73’s founding and growth over its first two decades working with talented early-career playwrights.