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Bloomington Playwrights Project | Full Length | Unpublished plays only.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Princeton Theatre Group | One Act, 10 mins | Original, unpublished, unproduced.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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