Howdy, playwrights! Check out below to find your 29 play submissions opportunities w/ June deadlines. Remember: Keep writing, keep honing your craft, and when your play is complete… keep submitting it to theaters!
Name |
Length |
Nature of Opportunity |
Deadline |
Location |
Add’l Info |
The Jeffrey Award |
10 mins |
NYC playwrights only. “Theme: Second Acts.” Play must be previously unproduced. |
5/31/17 |
NYC |
Prize: $250 |
Florida Theatrical Association |
Full Length |
New musicals. |
6/1/17 |
Orlando, FL |
n/a |
Gadfly Theatre Productions |
Full Length |
Scripts must be both queer and feminist in nature and content. |
6/1/17 |
Minnesota |
n/a |
Mesa Refuge |
Full Length |
14-day residency. |
6/1/17 |
California |
Fee: $40 |
STAGEStheatre |
Full Length |
Comedies, dramas, musicals, classics, originals. Shows with a director attached to the project strongly preferred. |
6/1/17 |
Fullerton, California |
n/a |
The Arctic Group |
10-40 mins |
One-act plays. Any genre. Must include, but preferably feature, a fridge. |
6/1/17 |
NYC |
Fee: $200 if selected |
Warner Theatre |
12-30 pages |
One-act plays. Int’l submissions. Previously produced plays ok. |
6/1/17 |
Connecticut |
No Fee |
Headlands Center for the Arts |
Full Length |
Fully sponsored 4-10 weeks residencies w/ optional monthly stipend of $500. |
6/2/17 |
Sausalito, California |
Fee: $45 |
BoxFest Detroit |
5-55 mins |
Any genre. |
6/5/17 |
Detroit, Michigan |
n/a |
Annex Theatre |
Full Length |
Request for proposal, for a scripted play or for a work in development. |
6/7/17 |
Seattle, WA |
n/a |
WordWave |
max 60 mins |
One-act plays. Drama or comedy. |
6/9/17 |
South Lake Tahoe, CA |
Fee: $20 Prize: $500 |
American Stage |
Full Length |
New plays that promote the exploration of socially-conscious themes relevant to our world today. Any genre. |
6/15/17 |
St. Petersburg, Florida |
n/a |
ArtAge Publications / Senior Theatre Resource Center |
See right. |
Plays and musicals, pref. shows w/c run up to 20 mins AND comedies w/ mainly female casts. |
6/15/17 |
Portland, Oregon |
n/a |
Floyd Community Theatre Guild |
max 2 hours |
Submissions for Main Stage Production, Young Actors, and Workshop Productions. |
6/15/17 |
Floyd, Virginia |
Fee: $25 |
Manhattan Repertory Theatre |
7-30 mins |
Fully produced, original, one-act plays. |
6/15/17 |
NYC |
Fee: $35 once accepted |
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Caldera’s Artists in Residence |
Full Length |
1-month residency. |
6/16/17 |
Sisters, Oregon |
Fee: $35 |
Ronnie Larsen Productions |
max 10 mins |
Plays must be about gay male hookups, but can explore any aspect before, during, or after. No website. Send plays to RLProductionsFL@gmail.com |
6/23/17 |
Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
Royalties: $10/show |
Emerald Theatre Company |
max 10 mins |
Theme: “That’s so gay” – must be spoken by a character. |
6/30/17 |
Memphis, Tennessee |
Fee: $10 Prize: $300 |
Full Circle Radio Theatre |
Any length |
Any genre, except musicals, whether written specifically for radio or not, as long as they are simple to adapt. |
6/30/17 |
online |
Fee: $7 |
International Theater Arts Institute |
Full Length |
Original works in English or Spanish. |
6/30/17 |
NYC |
No Fee |
Long Beach Playhouse |
Full Length |
Un-produced, non-musical plays only. |
6/30/17 |
California |
Fee: $10, Prize: $100 |
Lucky Penny Productions |
max 10 mins |
Plays for adult audience. Comedy and drama. Musicals ok. |
6/30/17 |
Napa, CA |
Prize: $100 |
Manhattan Repertory Theatre |
30-120 mins |
New, never produced before play. |
6/30/17 |
NYC |
Fee: $425 once accepted |
North Park Playwright Festival |
max 12 pages |
1 or 2 previous prods ok. Any subject except nudity or off color humor. |
6/30/17 |
San Diego, CA |
No Fee |
Seattle Playwrights Salon |
max 30 mins |
Seattle area playwrights. Halloween-themed monologues, short plays, and one acts. Note: This is a self-production opportunity. |
6/30/17 |
Seattle, WA |
n/a |
The Group Rep |
5-12 mins |
Any theme and genre except musicals and monologues. |
6/30/17 |
LA, California |
Fee: $5 |
The Hidden River Arts Playwrighting Award |
Full Length |
Unpublished and unproduced plays. Musicals ok. |
6/30/17 |
Philadelphia |
Fee: $17 Prize: $1,000 |
Playwrights Offering Free Feedback |
Full Length |
Full-length trade program. You must read a play and give feedback, and in return will have an opp to send a play and get feedback from other playwright. |
Year Round |
n/a |
n/a |
Trade A Play Tuesday |
10 mins |
Send in 10-min play & get same-day feedback. You must also read another playwright’s work & give feedback. |
Year Round |
n/a |
n/a |
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