Writing and submitting 10-minute plays are a great way for new playwrights to get a start in the playwriting world, or for more seasoned playwrights to try out something new. Check out below to find your 10-minute play submissions opps for 2017!
Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
Santa Cruz Actors’ Theatre | max 10 mins | The only criteria for entering is that each play must be 10 mins or less. | Year Round | Santa Cruz, California | Fee: $10 |
South Baldwin Community Theatre | max 10 mins | Plays appropriate for a family-friendly theatre. | April | Gulf Shores, Alabama | Prize: $100 |
Equity Library Theater | max 10 pages | Musicals ok. Must be family-friendly. Playwrights must produce. | April | NYC | No Fee |
Open Space Art | 10-15 mins | Must be family-friendly, suitable for an outdoor stage, & involve characters ages 13-35. Theme: Smoke & Mirrors | April | Reisterstown, Maryland | n/a |
Left Coast Theatre Co | 10-15 mins | Any genre. Must include an LGBTQ theme, character, event, etc. Theme: The Morning After | April | San Francisco, California | $50 stipend |
Magnolia Arts Center | max 10 mins | Unpublished plays. | April | Greenville, North Carolina | Fee: $7 |
Weathervane Playhouse | max 10 mins | No characters under the age of 16. Must include a box of tarot cards — a prop that must be incorporated into the play. | May | Akron, Ohio | Fee: $10 |
Tampa Bay Theatre Festival | max 10 mins | Playwrights must produce. Original, published or unpublished plays. | May | Tampa, Florida | Fee: $5 |
Treasure Valley Children’s Theater | max 10 mins | Plays appropriate for children & family audiences. Any topic & genre. Theme: COURAGE | May | Meridian, Idaho | n/a |
Midtown Int’l Theatre Festival | max 10 mins | Playwrights must produce. | June | NYC | No Fee |
Lucky Penny Productions | max 10 mins | Plays for adult audience. Comedy, drama, musical, non-musical. | June | Napa, California | $100 honorarium |
North Park Playwright Festival | max 12 pages | 1 or 2 previous prods ok. Any subject matter except nudity or off color humor. | June | San Diego, California | No Fee |
Nylon Fusion Theatre Company | 10 mins | Theme: The C Word | July | NYC | n/a |
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