Howdy, Playwrights! Check out below to find your 31 Play Submissions Opps with November deadlines.
Name | Length | Nature of Opportunity | Deadline | Location | Add’l Info |
| Acadia University Theatre | One Act (max 30 mins) | Original script that has not been professionally performed. Must be suitable for staging by students. Int’l submissions ok. | 11/1/18 | Canada | n/a |
| Arizona Theatre Company | Full Length, One Act (50+ pages) | Latino playwrights residing in the US, its territories or Mexico. Scripts may be in English, English & Spanish, or solely in Spanish. Any subject. | 11/1/18 | Tucson, Arizona | n/a |
| id Theater | Full Length | Development opp. Playwrights must be in residence for two weeks. Any genre or style. Musicals ok. | 11/1/18 | McCall, Idaho | Fee: $10 |
| Nu-Dada | Any length | Radio scripts. Any genre. Particular interest in experimental works and works by underprivileged voices. | 11/1/18 | Brooklyn, New York | Prize: $10 |
| Over Our Head Players | max 10 mins | Original, unpublished comedies. Open to everyone w/o age or geographic restriction. | 11/1/18 | Racine, Wisconsin | Prize: $500 |
| She NYC and She LA Summer Theater Festivals | Full Length | Plays, musicals, one woman shows, or adaptations that is at LEAST 50% completed, and that is written by a woman-identifying writer or a team that is at least 50% female. | 11/1/18 | NYC & Los Angeles | Fee: $25, + $550 if accepted |
| Stage Door Productions | One Act (max 20 pages) | Original, unpublished plays. NO sexually explicit or gratuitously violent scripts. | 11/1/18 | Fredericksburg, Virginia | Prize: $150 |
| The Studio Theatre | Full Length (80+ mins) | The play must not have been produced professionally. Playwrights must cover their own travel expenses to travel to The Villages, FL. | 11/1/18 | The Villages, Florida | No Fee $100 stipend |
| Villagers Theatre | max 20,000 words | Scripts must be original, COMPLETED, unpublished works of professional quality. One-act plays and shorter scripts will be considered, in addition to full-length scripts. | 11/1/18 | Franklin Township, New Jersey | n/a |
| Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum | Full Length | Provocative, political and socially relevant materials. | 11/1/18 | Topanga, California | n/a |
| Centenary Stage Company | Full Length | Developmental program for women playwrights. Playwrights selected for the workshop will receive $200 honorarium. | 11/2/18 | Hackettstown, New Jersey | Prize: $1500 |
| The Flea Theater | 10 pages (sample) | Workshop opportunity. The course costs $250 with a limited number of partial scholarships available. | 11/4/18 | NYC | Fee: $250 |
| Normal Ave | Full Length | The playwright must be 18 years or older to participate, and must be available to be in NYC during the festival dates. | 11/5/18 | NYC | n/a |
| Joust Theatre Company | See right. | Developmental workshop culminating in a reading festival. Proposals for in-process, unproduced plays that re-imagine and/or subvert systemic norms (political, societal, religious, etc.) | 11/11/18 | NYC | “stipend” |
| Northport One-Act Play Festival | One Act (10-20 mins) | Drama or comedy. Plays appropriate to be performed in a church. | 11/12/18 | Northport, New York | $75 fee if accepted |
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| Book Pipeline Competition | Full Length | Plays appropriate for film or television adaptation. Open to writers worldwide. Any genre. Published & unpublished works ok. | 11/15/18 | Santa Monica, California | Fee: $70 Prize: $10,000 |
| Caltech Theater: MACH 33 | Full Length | New play that centers on science-driven questions. Never before published or professionally produced. Open to United States playwrights, particularly women, playwrights of color, and playwrights from the Greater Los Angeles area. | 11/15/18 | Pasadena, California | n/a |
| Lakeshore Players Theatre | 10 mins | Open to all playwrights. The play must be unpublished and unproduced. High school-aged playwrights are encouraged to enter. | 11/15/18 | White Bear Lake, Minnesota | n/a |
| Outvisible Theatre Company | Full Length, One Act | Plays and musicals. Must address one of the following: equality and diversity, mental health, and/or social issues. Must have never been produced prior to June 22, 2019. | 11/15/18 | Allen Park, Michigan | n/a |
| Parson’s Nose Theater | Full Length | Plays by or about women. Any genre, but particularly seeking comedies & historical plays. Send scripts to mary@parsonsnose.com | 11/15/18 | Pasadena, California | n/a |
| Smith & Kraus and True Acting Institute | 1-2 mins | Monologue. It may come from a play or a musical that has a copyright anytime from August 2017 until the end of 2018. Opportunity to be featured in a book. | 11/15/18 | n/a | n/a |
| Corkscrew Theater Festival | Full Length | Any genre, content, or theme. | 11/23/18 (extended) | NYC | No Fee |
| M.T. Pockets Theatre | max 10 mins | The play must be unpublished, with 3 or less productions (excluding readings, self-productions and/or contest productions). | 11/16/18 | Morgantown, West Virginia | n/a |
| SETC Ready to Publish Award | Full Length | Completed full-length pieces that are either unproduced or have had one world premiere production or produced staged reading suitable for professional, educational & amateur venues. | 11/20/18 | Knoxville, Tennessee | No Fee |
| Theatre InspiraTO | 10 mins | Theme: “Outcast.” The story can be a comedy, a drama, a parody, absurd or anything in between. Musicals ok. Int’l submissions ok. | 11/20/18 | Toronto, Ontario | No Fee Prize: $500 |
| United Solo Theatre Festival | n/s | One-person shows. Drama, comedy, tragedy, musical. Artists will receive a fee of 25% of box office net sales from each performance. | 11/20/18 | NYC | Fee: $49, $745 if selected |
| William Inge Theater Festival | 10 mins, One Act | 10 minute or one-act play (max 30 minutes). Playwrights who are chosen are required to attend the festival in-person. | 11/22/18 | Independence, Kansas | Conference fee is $175. |
| Amas Musical Theatre | Full Length (80+ mins) | Musicals. Must not have had a full production or be published in any way. Open to emerging musical theatre librettists. | 11/30/18 | NYC | No Fee Prize: $2,000 |
| Campfire Theatre Festival | Full Length (60-120 pgs) | Never-been-produced scripts by emerging playwrights. Any genre. | 11/30/18 | Boise, Idaho | Prize: $100 |
| Kentucky Women Writers Conference | One Act, Full Length | Women playwrights. Int’l submissions ok. New play that can be produced as a world premiere. No limitations on subject matter. | 11/30/18 | Lexington, Kentucky | Prize: $500 |
| LSU School of Theatre | One Act, Full Length | New work that explores the intersection of science and art. | 11/30/18 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Prize: $1,000 |
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