Mid-Career & Established
Playwrights Residency
A dedicated 5-month incubator providing rising and established African dramatists with creative space, rehearsal facilities, dramaturgy mentorship, and final staged readings in Kampala.
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Hear from previous fellows and mentors about what makes the Tebere Playwrights Residency an essential catalyst for new African performance work.
Playwrights Residency Invitation
Designed for Artistic Evolution
The 5-month Mid-Career & Established Playwrights Residency is designed to support rising playwrights by providing creative space, rehearsal and performance space, marketing support, professional mentorship from dramaturgs and directors, access to community partnerships and workshops, and a platform for creating and producing innovative work.
In addition, this residency is designed to cater to each individual artist’s needs and help further their creative process. The playwright must create a new work or reimagine an old work in a new way as a theatre piece while in residency.
Who We Are Looking For
We are looking for writers who meet the following criteria:
Experience: Have been writing for more than 3 years (Playwrights, Novelists, Screenwriters, etc) and want to write for stage.
Commitment: Are committed to incubating a new work.
Portfolio: Have written a complete work (short or full-length form).
Public Presentation: Interested in presenting their work at a final staged reading at the end of the residency.
Geographic Scope: Playwrights local to Africa (Please note that we have received multiple applications from outside Uganda and starting with the 2025 Residency, we have decided to start accepting applications from all African countries as long as the playwright meets their own travel and accommodation costs during the residency).
2026 Residency Season Team
Asiimwe Deborah Kawe
Lead Resident Dramaturg
Tayo Shonubi
2026 Resident Playwright
Devis Nsubuga
2026 Resident PlaywrightAlumni Archives
Sarah Nansubuga
2025 Lead Dramaturg
Rogers Kasozi
2025 Resident Playwright
Laurah Byaruhanga Businge
2025 Resident Playwright
Ready to Join the Residency?
Applications are managed securely through our dedicated applicant portal. Create your secure account to draft, save, and submit your script proposal for the 5-month residency window.