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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