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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
Prize: $1,000
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Unpublished plays only.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
“cash prizes”
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Original, unpublished, unproduced.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
Prize: $1,000
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
Prize: $100
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
Prize: $200
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
Prize: $500
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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