About "new writing"

MediaGuardian says that staff have been told that the Get Writing site which cost around £400,000 to get going with a nationwide campaign for creative writing , will close down just months after it was put back on track ... also it seems to be a growing trend among playwrights for short plays without intermissions, see this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/29/theater/29nine.html?ex=1259470800&en=6ae56553089ec68e&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland