Hello playwrights! Check out below to find your 47 play submissions opportunities with April deadlines, which includes over $3,000 worth of cash prizes…
Remember: Keep writing, and keep submitting your play to theaters.
Name |
Length |
Nature of Opportunity |
Deadline |
Location |
Add’l Info |
Beverly Hills Theatre Guild |
Full Length |
US citizens or legal residents. Hard copy submissions only. |
4/1/17 |
Beverly Hills, California |
Fee: $25
|
Crosshatch |
10-20 pages (sample) |
2-4 weeks residency. |
4/1/17 |
Michigan |
Fee: $35 |
Elsewhere Studios |
10-20 pages (sample) |
1-6 months residency. |
4/1/17 |
Colorado |
Fee: $30 |
Fade to Black Play Festival |
8-10 mins |
Original, unproduced, unpublished works by an African American playwright. Any theme & subject. |
4/1/17 |
Houston, Texas |
No Fee |
Nylon Fusion Theatre Co |
10 mins |
Theme: The L Word |
4/1/17 |
NYC |
n/a |
Southeastern Louisiana University |
Full Length |
Original & unpublished plays, for a college-aged cast & audience. |
4/1/17 |
Hammond, Louisiana |
Fee: $10 |
Stony Brook University |
10 mins |
Plays w/ substantial science component. Must be unpublished. |
4/1/17 |
Stony Brook, New York |
Prize: $500 |
Dionysian Magazine |
1-10 pages |
Any content, style, theme. |
4/1/17 |
n/a |
n/a |
Fresh Ground Pepper |
n/s |
6-day retreat. |
4/2/17 |
Pennsylvania |
n/a |
Page 73 |
10 pages (sample) |
App for the playwriting fellowship or playwriting group. Playwrights who have completed at least 2 full-lengths or 3 one-acts. |
4/2/17 |
Brooklyn, New York |
Award: $10,000 |
Frostburg State University |
One Act
|
New works, not previously produced. |
4/7/17 |
Frostburg, Maryland |
Fee: $20
|
Int’l Talent Club |
20-25 pages |
Int’l submissions ok. Unproduced, original plays for children & teens. |
4/10/17 |
Canada |
Prize:$1,000 |
Artists’ Exchange |
One Act
|
Original plays. Previous prods ok. Musicals ok. |
4/15/17 |
Cranston, Rhode Island |
No Fee |
Athena Project Festival |
Full Length |
Playwright must be female or identify as female. No previous fully mounted prod. |
4/15/17 |
Denver, Colorado |
n/a |
Bogliasco Fellowships |
n/s |
30 to 34-day residency. No residency fees. |
4/15/17 |
Italy |
Fee: $30 |
Equity Library Theater |
max 10 pages |
Monologues & musicals ok. Must be family-friendly. Playwrights must produce. |
4/15/17 |
NYC |
No Fee |
Hambidge |
Full Length |
2-8 weeks residency. $235/week. Scholarships available. |
4/15/17 |
Georgia |
Fee: $30 |
MacDowell Colony |
Full Length |
Residencies of up to 8 weeks. |
4/15/17 |
New Hampshire |
Fee: $30 |
Midtown Int’l Theatre Festival |
30-90 mins |
Plays or musicals. Any genre. Playwrights must produce. |
4/15/17 |
NYC |
n/a |
New England Theatre Conference |
Full Length |
Open to all playwrights. Unpublished & unproduced plays. |
4/15/17 |
Hamden, Connecticut |
n/a |
Open Space Art |
10-15 mins |
Must be family friendly, suitable for an outdoor stage & involve characters ages 13 to 35. Theme: Smoke & Mirrors |
4/15/17 |
Reisterstown, Maryland |
n/a |
Pipeline Theatre Company |
Full Length |
Dev’t opp incl. monthly meetings & an annual retreat. |
4/15/17 |
NYC |
n/a |
Stage Left Theatre |
“sample” |
Dev’t opp. See theatre’s mission. |
4/15/17 |
Chicago |
n/a |
Stage West Theatre |
Full Length |
Prefers plays that have already been through some dev’t process. |
4/15/17 |
Fort Worth, Texas |
Fee: $15
|
Festival |
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No Fee |
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Theatre |
No Fee |
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Residency |
Fee: $15 |
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Theatre |
Fee: $35 once accepted |
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Competition |
Prize: $600 |
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Foundation |
n/a |
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Festival |
Fee: $5 for digital submissions |
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Theatre |
n/a |
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Theatre |
No Fee |
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Repertory Theatre |
n/a |
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Theatre Festival |
n/a |
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Festival |
No fee for 1 script, $10 for each add’l |
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Red Bull Theater |
max 10 mins |
Play that makes use of any, or all, of the ff: heightened language or verse, a classical theme or style, a classical story. Theme: Delusions of Grandeur |
4/29/17 |
NYC |
Fee: $15
|
Arch & Bruce Brown Foundation |
Full Length |
Dramas, comedies, musicals. Must involve LGBTQ characters and/or themes, and be based on, or directly inspired by, a historical person, culture, work of art, or event. |
4/30/17 |
Brooklyn, New York |
No Fee
|
Elite Theatre Company |
Full Length |
Plays must be unpublished & unproduced. Pref. small casts, more women than men. |
4/30/17 |
Oxnard, California |
n/a |
Embassy of Foreign Artists |
n/s |
3 or 6-month residency. |
4/30/17 |
Switzerland |
Grant of 1200CHF per month |
Geva Theatre Center |
Full Length |
Full-length plays, translations, adaptations. |
4/30/17 |
Rochester, New York |
n/a |
Left Coast Theatre Co |
10-15 mins |
Any genre. Must include an LGBTQ theme, character, event, etc. Theme: The Morning After |
4/30/17 |
San Francisco |
$50 stipend |
Magnolia Arts Center |
max 10 mins |
Unpublished plays. |
4/30/17 |
Greenville, North Carolina |
Fee: $7
|
Tenured Son Theatre |
Full Length, One Act |
New, original plays. Must not have been produced in Missouri / Kansas. |
4/30/17 |
Kansas City, Missouri |
“cash stipend” |
The Chameleon Theatre Circle |
Any length |
Original works, unproduced. All styles & genres ok. |
4/30/17 |
Burnsville, Minnesota |
No Fee
|
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 |
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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