Want to Know How Tough It Is To Be A Working Playwright Today?

Page 73 Productions, an off-Broadway company that specializes in works by early-career playwrights has just announced the 26 semi-finalists for its annual fellowship. The eventual winner will get $10,000 for him or herself and an additional $10,000 in development support for the play.  The runner-up prizes are the chance to participate in either Page 73's writers' workshop or its summer residency program, which includes "a week of writing or workshop time at Yale University."  But here's what really got me: 400 people applied.