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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