hotINK was created by former Drama Department Chair Kevin Kuhlke in 2002, and since it became an international event four years later, we have presented work from Australia, Austria, Belarus, Canada, Chile, Cuba, England, France, Germany, Greece, Mexico, Morocco, The Netherlands, Portugal, Québec, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, the U.S. and Wales.

The many distinguished U.S. playwrights, directors and actors who have taken part in hotINK include Bill Camp, Kathleen Chalfant, Migdalia Cruz, Liz Diamond, Kathryn Erbe, John Gallagher, Jr., Joe Grifasi, Kathryn Grody, Rinne Groff, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Jeffrey Hatcher, Jessica Hecht, Marin Ireland, Len Jenkin, Francis Jue, Arthur Kopit, Michael Laurence, Paul Lazar, Robert Lyons, Joan MacIntosh, Heather McDonald, Steve Mellor, Itamar Moses, Victor Pappas, Keith Reddin, Henry Stram, Caridad Svich, Mac Wellman, B.D. Wong, Frank Woods and Janet Zarish.

Many of the plays presented in hotINK have gone on to productions in New York and around the country, and hotINK readings have led to residencies and ongoing collaborations between artists, and with organizations such as the Lark Play Development Center, Theater Instituut Nederland, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Délégation générale du Québec, Deutsches Haus NYU, Goethe Institute New York, the Austrian Cultural Forum, WriterNet (London), PlayWriting Australia, ProHelvetia Swiss Arts Council, The Fence International Translation Network, the Brooklyn Rail: In Translation, the Mexican Cultural Institute, the Romanian Cultural Institute NY, Theatre Communications Group/International Theatre Institute U.S., and other important cultural and arts organizations.

In short, hotINK is a valuable forum for exciting new plays, as well as a unique opportunity for intercultural dialogue—and it all happens at the Tisch School of the Arts.