by PSH | Apr 25, 2023 | Play Submissions, playwright submissions, playwriting competitions, playwriting contests, playwriting festivals
Dear Playwright, We here at PSH have been providing free monthly lists of submission opportunities to the playwriting community for years. As anyone who has tried to do this on their own knows, it is an enormous undertaking. This month, we have catalogued over 30...
by PSH | Apr 8, 2023 | play submission advice & tips, playwriting advice, playwriting tips
Questions are a powerful thing. Questions engage the mind. People are drawn to questions. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that audiences love a play with a powerful MDQ (major dramatic question). Your MDQ could be anything, but frequently it’s some variation...
by PSH | Mar 25, 2023 | 10 minute play contests, 10-minute play submissions, One-Act Play Submissions, Play Submissions, playwright submissions, playwriting competitions, playwriting contests, playwriting festivals, short play submissions, ten minute play contests
Howdy, Playwrights! This month, we have 35 play submission opps with April 2023 deadlines. Name Length Nature of Opportunity Deadline Location Add’l Info Garfield Center for the Arts 10 mins Short Attention Span Theatre. 3/27/23 Chestertown, Maryland n/a...
by PSH | Mar 13, 2023 | play submission advice & tips, playwriting advice, playwriting tips
After our last month’s post on protagonists, we had someone write in with this astute observation: “If you think about it, the strength and ‘flavor’ of all characters you create is in the dialogue… Perhaps the criticism I have heard most...
by PSH | Feb 22, 2023 | Play Submissions
Howdy, Playwrights! Here’s a list of 35 play submission opps with March+ 2023 deadlines. Name Length Nature of Opportunity Deadline Location Add’l Info Athena Project Full Length Women playwrights. 2/28/23 Denver, Colorado n/a Magnetic Theatre 5-15 mins...
by PSH | Feb 8, 2023 | Play Submissions
Writing compelling characters is one of the most important things in all of playwriting. And the most important character of all is your protagonist. OK, nothing too earth-shattering there, right? But while we all know how important it is to create a great...
by PSH | Jan 28, 2023 | 10 minute play contests, 10-minute play submissions, comedy play submissions, Gay-Themed Play Submissions, LGBT Play Submissions, musical theater submissions, One-Act Play Submissions, Play Submissions, playwright submissions, playwriting competitions, playwriting contests, playwriting festivals, short play submissions, ten minute play contests
Howdy, Playwrights! Here’s a list of 35 play submission opps with February+ 2023 deadlines. Name Length Nature of Opportunity Deadline Location Add’l Info Athena Project Full Length Women playwrights. 1/31/23 Denver, Colorado n/a Attleboro Community...
by PSH | Jan 12, 2023 | play submission advice & tips, playwriting advice, playwriting tips
Storytelling is one of the oldest art forms known to man. We’ve been telling stories as long as we’ve had the language to do it. So it should come as no surprise that, by now, we have a pretty solid understanding of the most important narrative elements....
by PSH | Dec 23, 2022 | Play Submissions
Dear Playwright, We here at PSH have been providing free monthly lists of submission opportunities to the playwriting community for years. As anyone who has tried to do this on their own knows, it is an enormous undertaking. This month, we have catalogued over 30...
by PSH | Dec 9, 2022 | play submission advice & tips, playwriting advice, playwriting tips
Without a doubt, the #1 most common question that people ask writers is: “Where do you get your ideas?” We get them, of course, everywhere. From snippets of overheard dialogue. From images of a forboding landscape. From a relationship dynamic between two...
by PSH | Nov 21, 2022 | Play Submissions
Howdy, Playwrights! This month, we have 44 play submission opps with December 2022 deadlines. But we’re doing something different this month: To get access to this month’s list, sign up for free to our email list in the box below to get immediate access to...
by PSH | Nov 16, 2022 | play submission advice & tips, playwriting advice, playwriting tips
Most people think of writing as a solitary pursuit. We get this romantic image of a man or woman sitting alone at a desk, typing or scribbling in a flurry of inspiration. And to be sure…as a playwright, you’ll spend plenty of solitary time with your butt...
by PSH | Oct 25, 2022 | 10 minute play contests, 10-minute play submissions, comedy play submissions, LGBT Play Submissions, musical theater submissions, One-Act Play Submissions, Play Submissions, playwright submissions, playwriting competitions, playwriting contests, playwriting festivals, short play submissions, ten minute play contests
Howdy, Playwrights! Here’s a list of 35 play submission opps with November+ 2022 deadlines. Name Length Nature of Opportunity Deadline Location Add’l Info Athena Project Full Length Playwright must be a woman. 10/31/22 Denver, Colorado n/a Bunbury...
by PSH | Oct 13, 2022 | play submission advice & tips, Play Submissions, playwriting advice
Today, I want to talk a little bit about how you can make the most of the emotional transfer that’s an inherent part of the theater experience. When you’re watching a play, there’s a transfer of emotions that takes place between the actors and the...
by PSH | Sep 25, 2022 | 10 minute play contests, 10-minute play submissions, comedy play submissions, musical theater submissions, One-Act Play Submissions, Play Submissions, playwright submissions, playwriting competitions, playwriting contests, playwriting festivals, short play submissions, ten minute play contests
Howdy, Playwrights! Here’s a list of 35 play submission opps with October+ 2022 deadlines. Name Length Nature of Opportunity Deadline Location Add’l Info Eugene O’Neill Theater Center 50-150 pages Dev’t opp. All styles & genres of drama,...
by PSH | Sep 9, 2022 | play submission advice & tips, playwriting advice
One of the most common mistakes I see playwrights making is focusing too much on the minutae in their script–and don’t place enough attention on making the strongest decisions they can. What do I mean by “minutae” and “decisions”?...
