WHO WE ARE
The purpose of the New Harmony Project is to create, nurture, and promote new works for the stage, television, and film that sensitively and truthfully explore the positive aspects of life.
The New Harmony Project brings talented writers to the town of New Harmony, Indiana, for two weeks in the spring to develop and promote scripts in a supportive environment. We surround them with professional resources, a community of supportive people, and guide them through an evolutionary process of creative development for their works.
The scripts that we seek to support explore the human journey by offering hope and showing respect for the positive aspects of life.
We assay the integrity of the work we support by asking, “What does it do? Does it do it well?” Briefly, it should name, celebrate, honor and praise order in the midst of chaos; life in the midst of death; atonement in the midst of separating hatred; liberty in the midst of oppression; sacrifice in the midst of vanity; and spirit in the midst of corruption.
TESTIMONIALS
WHAT OUR FRIENDS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE NEW HARMONY PROJECT
The New Harmony Project is writer’s heaven: creative freedom. Artistic challenge. Community support. My work excelled at New Harmony. My life was enriched. I did not leave unchanged.
We all come together in a communal experience, where we’re all sharing a common goal – to make meaningful and enlightening work that will have a positive impact on the world.
In a time and in a society that is particularly dark for so many legitimate reasons, to find a place that is focused on finding the light is really unique and really important.
ENGAGE WITH US
Episode 1: A Conversation with Meredith Stiehm
Meredith Stiehm most recently joined The New Harmony Project as a writer in residence in 2016. She had previously participated in the conference in 2009 and 2011, and we were thrilled to have her join us to work on her play, Black Rose. She sat down with Artistic Director, Mead Hunter, at the Poet's House in historic New Harmony, IN to discuss the creation and nurturing of new written works.