Announcing our new Resident Playwright, Gigi Guizado! The Asylum Theatre incorporated in 1997 as a haven for new ideas determined to introduce audiences to new work and artists to each other, and we are proud to take our mission to another level in our 25th year as an independent theatre. Maggie Winn-Jones founded The Asylum because she new how essential investing in new ideas and supporting both emerging and regional artists is to not just American Theatre, but to the art fo