The Play Submissions Helper is a powerful compendium of 400+ constantly updated play submissions opportunities. Check out below to see the list of play submissions opportunities with March 2017 deadlines.
Name |
Length |
Nature of Opportunity |
Deadline |
Location |
Add’l Info |
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 |
Playwrights Offering Free Feedback |
Full Length |
Full-length trade program. You must read a play & give feedback, & in return will have an opp to send a play & get feedback from other playwright. |
Year Round |
n/a |
n/a |
Unquowa Repertory Theatre |
Full Length |
Works in dev’t. Musicals ok. Original & adapted works ok. |
2/28/17 |
Fairfield, Connecticut |
n/a |
ATHE |
Full Length |
Women playwrights. |
3/1/17 |
Washington, D.C. |
No Fee
|
Bloomington Playwrights Project |
Full Length |
Unpublished plays only. Musicals ok. |
3/1/17 |
Bloomington, Indiana |
Fee: $10 |
Can Serrat |
3 pages (sample) |
2 months residency. Int’l submissions ok. |
3/1/17 |
Barcelona, Spain |
n/a |
East Valley Children’s Theatre |
60-90 mins |
Plays must be suitable for children to perform for children. Musicals ok. |
3/1/17 |
Mesa, Arizona |
No Fee Prize: $500 |
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater |
10 mins |
Playwrights are responsible for selecting a cast, director, and rehearsals. Previously produced plays ok. |
3/1/17 |
NYC |
Fee: $20
|
Navigators Theater |
10 mins |
Women playwrights. Sci-Fi plays. |
3/1/17 |
n/a |
No Fee |
NC State Musical Stages |
Full Length |
Musicals. |
3/1/17 |
Raleigh, North Carolina |
No Fee |
Neil Simon Festival |
Full Length |
Character-driven American comedy, original & unproduced. Musicals ok. |
3/1/17 |
Cedar City, Utah |
Fee: $25 or $55 w/ critique |
Orlando Shakespeare Theater |
Full Length |
Plays that deal with modern “issues of our times.” |
3/1/17 |
Orlando, Florida |
n/a |
PLAYA |
Full Length |
2, 4 or 8-week residency. $100 refundable deposit if accepted. |
3/1/17 |
Summer Lake, Oregon |
Fee: $35 |
Princeton Theatre Group |
One Act, 10 mins |
Original, unpublished, unproduced. Int’l submissions ok. Any theme & subject. |
3/1/17 |
Princeton, Illinois |
No Fee, No Cash Prizes |
The Edward F. Albee Foundation |
One Act, Full Length |
4 or 6-week residency. |
3/1/17 |
Long Island, New York |
n/a |
Theatre Oxford |
max 10 pages |
Original plays, never before produced. |
3/1/17 |
Oxford, Mississippi |
Fee: $10
|
Ucross Foundation |
Full Length |
2-6 weeks residency. Both mature & emerging artists are welcome. |
3/1/17 |
Ucross, Wyoming |
Fee: $40 |
University of New Hampshire |
max 60 mins |
New children’s plays & musicals. US & Canadian playwrights. |
3/1/17 |
Durham, New Hampshire |
Prize: $500 |
Moonlit Wings Productions |
20-40 mins |
Plays or musicals suitable to be performed by talent ages 7-16. |
3/3/17 |
Washington DC |
n/a |
Manhattan Repertory Theatre |
7-30 mins |
Fully produced, original, one-act plays. |
3/5/17 |
NYC |
Fee: $35 once accepted |
Nylon Fusion Theatre Co |
10 mins |
Theme: The L Word |
3/8/17 |
NYC |
n/a |
Babes With Blades |
Full Length |
New, original works, inspired by the artwork that is the focus of the contest. Visit the website to see the artwork. |
3/9/17 |
Chicago, Illinois |
Prize: $1000 |
Four Quarter Theater |
10 mins |
Theme: MUSICALS |
3/10/17 |
NYC |
n/a |
The Kerouac Project |
10 pages (sample) |
3 months residency. Utilities & food stipend of $1,000 included. |
3/12/17 |
Orlando, Florida |
Fee: $30 |
MCL Chicago |
Full Length |
New, original musical comedies. |
3/13/17 |
Chicago, Illionis |
Fee: $60 |
Birdhouse Theatre |
10 mins |
Plays must have had a previous production, staged readings included. |
3/15/17 |
Milledgeville, Georgia |
Fee: $5
|
Broadway Bound Theatre Festival |
60-90 mins |
New works, not previously produced. Playwrights must produce. |
3/15/17 |
NYC |
No Fee |
Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts |
max 20 pages (sample) |
2 or 4-week residency. |
3/15/17 |
Saratoga, Wyoming |
Fee: $40 |
Djerassi |
max 30 pages (sample) |
29 days residency. |
3/15/17 |
Woodside, California |
Fee: $45 |
Tennessee Women’s Theater Project |
Full Length |
Women playwrights only. Playwrights are responsible for securing a director & cast for readings. |
3/15/17 |
Nashville, Tennessee |
Fee: $25 |
Theatre Southwest |
20 mins |
Original work, unpublished or unproduced. All genres ok. Any subject. |
3/15/17 |
Houston, Texas |
No Fee Prize: $100 |
Theatre Victoria |
Full Length |
Comedic plays, unpublished & unproduced. Royalties of $75 per performance. |
3/15/17 |
Victoria, Texas |
Fee: $20
|
Tomo Suru Players |
8-15 mins |
Int’l submissions ok. Any genre & style. Theme: Love |
3/18/17 |
Vancouver, Canada |
Fee: $10 Prize: $150 |
Bingham Camp Theatre Retreat |
Full Length |
New musicals, w/o prior full prods. Composers & lyricists of color. |
3/29/17 |
Salem, Connecticut |
n/a |
Sky Blue Theatre |
10-30 mins |
Unpublished plays. Int’l submissions ok. |
3/30/17 |
London |
Fee: £16 |
The Riant Theatre |
See right. |
One-acts, full-lengths, musicals & short plays. |
3/30/17 |
NYC |
n/a |
Theatre Conspiracy |
Full Length |
Plays having up to 3 previous prods ok. |
3/30/17 |
Fort Myers, Florida |
Fee: $5 Prize: $700 |
Arts & Letters Drama Prize |
30-60 pages |
One-act plays only. |
3/31/17 |
Milledgeville, Georgia |
Fee: $10
|
Capital Repertory Theatre |
Full Length |
Multi-cultural & ethnically diverse pieces encouraged. Comedy & drama welcome. |
3/31/17 |
Albany, New York |
“small stipend” |
Edmonds Driftwood Players |
max 15 mins |
Original, unproduced script. Theme: Unintended Consequences |
3/31/17 |
Edmonds, Washington |
n/a |
Elite Theatre Co |
max 30 mins |
US or Canadian playwrights. Original & unpublished one-act plays. |
3/31/17 |
Oxnard, California |
n/a |
Pend Oreille Players Association |
max 20 mins |
One-act plays. Must be family friendly, no strong language. |
3/31/17 |
Newport, Washington |
Fee: $6, $9 |
Pittsburgh New Works Festival |
max 40 mins |
Unproduced one-act plays only. |
3/31/17 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Fee: $15 Prize: $500 |
The Shawnee Playhouse |
See right. |
Full length plays & musicals, one-acts/short plays. |
3/31/17 |
Shawnee on Delaware, Pennsylvania |
Fees: $15, $25 |
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