Howdy, playwrights! We’re down to the last month of the year! So before the year ends, make sure to send your play/s out to theaters that are looking for new works. See below for 47 Play Submissions opps with December 2017 deadlines.
Note: Our friends at Full Circle Theatre are happy to announce the results of their 2017 Radio Festival. One of the winning entries came from our member playwright. Click here to see the results.
Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
| Joust Theatre Company | 45+ mins | In-process, unproduced plays that reimagine and/or challenge systemic norms. | 11/30/17 | NYC | n/a |
| One Act (15-45 mins) | Theme: Going Home | 12/1/17 | NYC | n/a | |
| Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival | Full Length | Open to anyone developing a new musical. Includes a week-long residency. | 12/1/17 | Auburn, New York | Fee: $25 |
| Full Length | Unpublished plays that have received a full prod of at least 8 consecutive shows in 2017. Must have an LGBTQ theme or content. | 12/1/17 | Los Angeles, California | Fee: $45 | |
| Left Coast Theatre Co | 10-15 mins | Any genre. Theme: “Besties.” Must include an LGBTQ theme, character, event, etc. | 12/1/17 | San Francisco, California | $50 stipend |
| Full Length | Plays or musicals. Theme: “A mystery about a Great Lakes legend or event.” | 12/1/17 | Marquette, Michigan | Prize: $2000 | |
| Renaissance Theaterworks | Full Length | Midwestern women playwrights. Workshop opp culminating in a public staged-reading. | 12/1/17 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | n/a |
| Full Length | Playwrights who live full-time in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. | 12/1/17 | Deep Creek Lake, Maryland | No Fee Prize: $150 | |
| Acorn Productions | One Act (8-30 mins) | Playwrights whose primary residence is in Maine. Prefers plays without music and that are primarily aimed at adult audiences. | 12/2/17 | Portland, Maine | n/a |
| One Act (10-25 pages) | Any genre. Theme: “Valentines Day / Love or relationship.” Also looking for monologues. | 12/6/17 | Binghamton, New York | No Fee | |
| Red Eye Theater | 10-15 mins | Six-month developmental support. | 12/6/17 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | stipend of $550 |
| Full Length, One Act | Any genre, content, or theme. For production (full-lengths plays only) and readings. | Extended deadline 12/15/17 | NYC | No Fee | |
| Towne Street Theatre | 10 minutes | Theme: Celebration! | 12/8/17 | Hollywood, California | Fee: $10 |
| One Act (max 15 mins) | Must be family-friendly. Any subject matter. | 12/9/17 | Paw Paw, Michigan | Fee: $10 | |
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| One Act (10-20 mins) | Playwrights must produce. | 12/15/17 | Long Island City, New York | Prize: $100 | |
| St. Paul’s Arts Council | 2 mins / 10 mins | Plays inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus. | 12/15/17 | New Albany, Indiana | No Fee |
| Full Length | Plays must be unpublished and cannot have been professionally produced. | 12/16/17 | Fayetteville, Arkansas | No Fee Prize: $500 | |
| Theatre@First: FirstWorks | Full Length | Boston-area playwrights. Women, LGBT and POC are particularly encouraged to submit. | 12/29/17 | Somerville, Massachusetts | No Fee |
| n/s | 1-person shows. Musical, tragedy, comedy, etc. Artist gets 25% of the box office. | 12/29/17 | NYC | Fee: $59, $695 if selected | |
| Maryland Ensemble Theatre | See right. | Plays, musicals, 30-min plays. “Mid-Atlantic” (approx.: MD, WV, VA, PA) playwrights. | 12/30/17 | Frederick, Maryland | n/a |
| Any length | Plays about any of the 365 historical women (listed on the website). Any genre. Musicals ok. See website for full details. | 12/31/17 | n/a | n/a | |
| About Face Theatre | Full Length | New and developmental works by LGBTQA women-indetified playwrights. | 12/31/17 | Chicago | n/a |
| Full Length | Drama or comedy. Must be previously unproduced. | 12/31/17 | Ashland, Oregon | Fee: $15 Prize: $1,500 | |
| Jackie White Memorial National Playwriting Contest | Full Length | Play for a target audience of 15 and younger. May be an original work or an adaptation. | 12/31/17 | Columbia, Missouri | Fee: $25 |
| max 30 mins | Original plays, vignettes, or one-acts. The submission must have a ‘Celtic’ theme. | 12/31/17 | Charleston, West Virginia | $100 stipend | |
| First Run Theatre | Full Length | Plays and musicals by Greater Saint Louis playwrights. | 12/31/17 | St. Louis, Missouri | n/a |
| 20-45 mins | Scripts must contain queer and/or feminist characters and/or content. Theme: Myths and Legends | 12/31/17 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | n/a | |
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| 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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