Few days to go before the New Year! What are your goals for 2017? Do you want to get your play published and produced? Check out theseí‚ 41í‚ play submissions opportunities and start submitting.
Name |
Length |
Nature of Opportunity |
Deadline |
Location |
Additional Info |
Dionysian Magazine |
1-10 pgs |
Any content, style or theme. |
1/1/17 |
n/a |
n/a |
Premiere Stages |
Full Length |
Playwrights affiliated w/ NY, NJ, CT & PA. |
1/1/17 |
Union, New Jersey |
Prize: $2,000 |
Cary Playwrights Forum |
Full Length |
No previous full prods. May still be in draft version. |
1/4/17 |
Cary, North Carolina |
n/a |
DivaFest |
45-60 mins |
Plays written by women. No full prods in Indianapolis in the previous 6 months. |
1/6/17 |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
Fee: $25 |
Metropolitan Playhouse |
One Act (max 30 mins) |
Theme: “Prosperity” as it relates to life in the East Village of today & in eras past. |
1/6/17 |
NYC |
n/a |
Source Festival |
10 mins |
Theme: COVERT CATALYSTS |
1/6/17 |
Washington, DC |
$100 stipend |
Bill Broyles Award |
Full Length |
Plays dealing with U.S. Marine Corps heritage or Marine Corps life. |
1/7/17 |
Dumfries, Virginia |
Prize:$1,000 |
Leah Ryan’s Fund |
Full Length |
Emerging women playwrights. Int’l submissions ok. |
1/9/17 |
NYC |
Prize: $2,500 + $700 stipend |
Space 55 |
max 15 pages |
Arizona playwrights only. Any genre. |
1/9/17 |
Phoenix, Arizona |
n/a |
Trade A Play Tuesday |
10 mins |
Send in 10-min play & get same-day feedback. You must also read 10 pages of anotherí¢â‚¬â„¢s work, & give thoughtful feedback. Runs every Tuesday. |
Year Round |
n/a |
n/a |
Manhattan Rep Theatre |
(21-45 mins) |
Fully produced, original, never-produced before one-act plays. |
1/10/17 |
NYC |
$325 fee once accepted |
The Lark |
Full Length |
Dev’t opp w/ public staged reading. Int’l submissions ok. |
1/12/17 |
NYC |
n/a |
King’s Theatre |
max 10 mins |
Open to anybody. Any genre. |
1/13/17 |
Canada |
Fee: $10Prize: $200 |
Bogliasco Fellowships |
“sample” |
30-34 days residency. |
1/15/17 |
Italy |
Fee: $30 |
Centre Stage |
60-120 pgs |
Open to any playwright. |
1/15/17 |
Greenville, South Carolina |
Fee: $15Prize: $500 |
City Theatre of Independence |
10-15 mins |
Theme: “Playwrightí¢â‚¬â„¢s Choice.” |
1/15/17 |
Independence, Missouri |
No Fee |
Gadfly Theatre Prods |
One Act (20-40 mins) |
Theme: “Fairy Tales.” Must adhere to their queer/feminist mission. |
1/15/17 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
n/a |
James Merrill House |
10 pgs (sample) |
4-1/2 months residency or 2-6 weeks residency incl. $1,000/month stipend. |
1/15/17 |
Stonington, Connecticut |
Fee: $30 |
MacDowell Colony |
Full Length |
Residencies of up to 8 weeks. |
1/15/17 |
Peterborough, New Hampshire |
Fee: $30 |
Qu Literary Magazine |
max 8000 words |
Excerpts or full pieces written for stage. Unpublished works only. |
1/15/17 |
Charlotte, North Carolina |
Payment Upon Publication: $100 |
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Something Marvelous |
One Act, Full Length |
Magical realism. |
1/15/17 |
Chicago |
n/a |
Sundog Theatre |
One Act (15-25 mins) |
Plays about the Staten Island Ferries. |
1/15/17 |
NYC |
Prize: $100 |
THEATREdART |
max 10 mins |
All genres: comedies, tragedies, theatre of the absurd, etc. |
1/15/17 |
Colorado Springs |
No Fee |
Wildacres |
n/s |
1 or 2-week residency. Open to anyone. |
1/15/17 |
North Carolina |
Fee: $20 |
Helene Wurlitzer Foundation |
Full Length |
10-12 weeks residency. $300 deposit required if selected. |
1/18/17 |
Taos, New Mexico |
See left. |
Jewel Box Theatre |
Full Length |
Unproduced plays only. |
1/19/17 |
Oklahoma City |
Fee: $5
|
The Players Theatre |
max 15 mins |
Plays & musicals. Theme: í¢â‚¬Å“SEX!í¢â‚¬ Playwrights must produce. |
1/20/17 |
NYC |
Fee: $150 if selected |
Carrollwood Players |
max 15 mins |
Original, unpublished, not previously produced on stage, incl. staged readings. |
1/27/17 |
Tampa, Florida |
Fee: $5 |
Boston Children’s Theatre |
n/s |
New stories, modern stories that todayí¢â‚¬â„¢s youth can relate to. |
1/30/17 |
Boston |
n/a |
Benchmark Theatre |
Any length |
New or previously produced. |
1/31/17 |
Denver |
n/a |
Drip Action Theatre Co |
30-40 mins |
Int’l submissions ok. |
1/31/17 |
UK |
No FeePrize: í‚£250 |
Dubuque Fine Arts Players |
max 40 mins |
Original, unproduced one-act plays. |
1/31/17 |
Dubuque, Iowa |
Fee: $20/$15
|
Fury Theatre |
5-10 mins |
Worst scenes, bad rough drafts. |
1/31/17 |
Chicago |
n/a |
MCL Chicago |
Full Length |
New, original musical comedies. |
1/31/17 |
Chicago |
Fee: $30 |
Midland Community Theatre |
Full Length |
New comedy scripts suitable for production in community theatre. |
1/31/17 |
Midland, Texas |
Fee: $10 |
North Carolina Black Rep Co |
Full Length |
Looking for narratives in any genre about the African Diaspora. |
1/31/17 |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
n/a |
Pittsburgh New Works Fest |
One Act (max 40 mins) |
Unproduced plays only. |
1/31/17 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Fee: $10Prize: $500 |
Theatre Suburbia |
90-120 mins |
Family-friendly mellerdrammer. |
1/31/17 |
Houston, Texas |
n/a |
Torrent Theatre |
max 10 pgs |
Theme: “Dumbshows: Plays Without Dialogue” |
1/31/17 |
NYC |
Prize: $200 |
Villa Str탤uli |
n/a |
3-month residency. |
1/31/17 |
Switzerland |
Stipend of CHF 1,000/month |
Women in Theatre |
max 10 mins |
Any subject that is suitable for a general audience. |
1/31/17 |
Kauai, Hawaii |
$200 honorarium |
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