Play Publishers Accepting New Play Scripts

by play8044 | Jun 21, 2019 | Full Length, play publishers, playwriting publishers | 16 comments

*Name*	*Length*	*Genre*
Big Dog Publishing	Any length	Musicals & children’s play ok. Hard copy submissions only.
Brooklyn Publishers	Any length	School musicals, youth plays, social issue plays, adaptations, etc.
Christian Publishers	Any length	Christmas & Easter plays &musicals for all ages & all denominations.
Dramatic Publishing	Full Length	Plays must have had either a prod or a staged reading. Musicals ok. Hard copy submissions only.
Heartland Plays	See right.	Full-length comedies & dramas, one-acts, short play collections, musicals, etc.
Heuer Publishing	Any length	Any genre, but pref. comedies, farces, mysteries & fantasies. Musicals ok.
Lazy Bee Scripts	Any length	School or youth plays, musicals & plays with music, religious & moral plays, etc.
Norman Maine Publishing	Any length	Musicals, TYAs, holiday plays, children’s plays, etc.
Original Works Publishing	See right.	Full-lengths, one-acts, 10-min play collections, etc. Must have been fully produced.
Pioneer Drama Service	20-90 mins	Plays & musicals w/ at least 1 prod or staged reading. Must be family friendly.
ProPlay	Full Length, One Act	Dramas, comedies, musicals, children’s plays.
Stage Scripts	Any length	Comedies, drama, murder mysteries.
Theatrefolk	Full Length, One Act	Scripts for high schools & middle schools, suitable for student performance.
The Playwrights Publishing Co.	See right.	Int’l submissions ok. Send them an email for a copy of the submission guidelines.
YouthPLAYS	Any length	Plays & musicals appropriate for young actors/audiences. Comedies, mysteries, adaptations & parodies.

16 Comments

Jimbeau Walsh on March 1, 2018 at 10:30 pm
I have written a children’s musical about homelessness to be performed by a variety of animals portraying the many types of homeless people. I have some wonderful songs and a work with a message of dignity and love. Where to submit? Do I need help from an established playwright to shore it up ? Do I need high quality demos of the songs? Help!
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- Lucy Driver on May 5, 2019 at 6:05 pm
  Silver Birchington Plays are a new play publisher accepting scripts of any length or genre.
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Peter Harrison on July 3, 2018 at 6:24 am
Hi people
I have nine plays published online by Lazy Bee Scripts. I have also had plays performed on professional stages like The Unity, Liverpool; the Dukes, Lancaster; The Lowry, Salford Quays, Greater Manchester. And many drama festivals including Windsor, Buxton and Edinburgh. Now, a new regime seems to be in place at Lazy Bee Scripts and my stuff is not as welcome. So in my need I turn to you.
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- Lucy Driver on July 8, 2019 at 2:41 am
  Please feel free to submit your work to Silver Birchington Plays. We are a new online publisher.
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  - William Hobbs on January 14, 2020 at 2:01 am
    I have been involved with local Am Dram & got sick of boring predictable “nice” plays. Have written a play & want to take it further. It’s not suitable for kids. Is about four bad people going to Hell for their sins. Any help & advice would be most welcome please?
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- Mark Billen on February 15, 2020 at 8:23 am
  Hello Peter
  I too have had plays published by Lazy Bee Scripts and have encountered exactly the same problem. Three scripts – thoroughly researched have been rejected
  In one case the play was previously published by SchoolPlay Productions, and having had twenty five productions, was rejected as unsuitable for Lazy Bee. I no longer bother to submit to them.
  Have you had any luck in finding a new publisher?
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Oxana on August 29, 2018 at 4:14 pm
I would like to get info of how to submit a play, christian musical based on the book of Esther from the bible.
thanks,
Oxana
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ANDREA K COLLIER on September 13, 2018 at 7:50 pm
What time is considered a full length?
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ROXANNE WEAVER on October 29, 2018 at 9:21 pm
I an currently writing a play and was wondering what I needed to do after completion.
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Tanya Fears on November 10, 2018 at 9:56 am
Hello.
prior to submitting I want to get my material copyrighted
Please advise me of the steps to take in order to submit. This will be a children’s Christian play and musical
Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you!
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- Elizabeth Collins on January 26, 2020 at 3:15 pm
  I went through the Library of Congress to get my play copywrited. It’s fairly simple.
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Dr. Robert Kyaligonza on January 10, 2019 at 3:32 am
I am a Ugandan lecturer with a drama manuscript on the Ugandan Christian martyr named Archbishop Janani Luwum who was killed by Dictator Idi Amin in the 1970s. Can my my manuscript be published as a contribution to christian cause?
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Leander Beatty Jr on May 24, 2019 at 2:20 pm
I was wondering if any of these companies will accept a synopsis or treatment, or do they all prefer a completed script? Thank you.
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Bonnie Vorenberg on September 17, 2019 at 7:32 pm
Hi,
Thanks for this super list. We are ArtAge Publications’ Senior Theatre Resource Center. Please add us to your list of submission opportunities. Our link is at: https://www.seniortheatre.com/writers-guidelines-2/
Thanks so much!
Bonnie
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Shannon Milliman on January 10, 2020 at 12:15 pm
I have an autobiographical, one woman play that I have performed numerous times. I would like to get it officially published. Do you know of any companies that will consider one woman plays?
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Linda Underwood on February 28, 2020 at 2:29 pm
I have been an elementary music teacher for the past 40 years and during that time I wrote plays that incorporated music to replace the usual end of the year, spring concert. The shows run between 60 and 90 minutes, incorporates grades Pre-K through 5th grade, has minimal costume requirements and the speaking parts can be gender neutral. Can you advise me on a possible next step?
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