This grant continues support for an ongoing partnership at New York City’s Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) to commission, develop, and produce science and technology-themed plays. Over the next three years, MTC will commission nine new plays by both rising and established playwrights that explore scientific themes or include scientists, engineers, inventors, or mathematicians as major characters. Commissions are selected in consultation with an independent scientific advisory panel that serves as a year-round resource to help playwrights ensure scientific accuracy. In addition to the commissions, MTC will provide dramaturgical support, including readings and workshops, to both Sloan-commissioned writers and non-commissioned writers working on science-themed scripts, present a Sloan-commissioned work annually to the public as part of its Ted Snowdon Reading Series, and host an annual event that features three 20-minute staged excerpts from three prominent Sloan-commissions, followed by a panel discussion with scientists and playwrights.