Among the companies surveyed, 97 percent of new works were produced in theaters with 499 seats or fewer.

Mr. Parker's works have been produced in theaters across the country.

It is now being produced in regional theaters around the country.

And except for rare shows, it's hard to produce in theaters of less than 150 seats.

Are more new plays then being produced in regional theaters?

Ms. Paris's plays have been produced in New York and regional theaters.

She has had a play or two produced in little theaters, and she spends some part of most days writing.

Since it began, more than half the plays read have been produced in regional theaters.

Her early plays, produced in small theaters, were bizarre absurdist affairs that generally left their audiences puzzled.

In later years she also wrote plays that were produced in regional theaters.