 The outdoor block party takes place just outside the Phoenix on the 700 block of N. Park Avenue between Massachusetts Avenue and E. St. Clair Street in the Mass Ave Arts & Theatre District.The Phoenix is a Core Member of National New Play Network (NNPN), the country’s alliance of non-profit professional theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays.Since its founding in 1998, NNPN has commissioned 19 playwrights, provided more than 20 MFA graduates with paid residencies, and supported over 150 productions nationwide through its innovative Continued Life of New Plays Fund, which creates “Rolling World Premieres” of new plays.