Call for Submissions: Spartan Theatre One Page Play Festival - "Haunting Holidays"

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Deadline:  October 20, 2024, 11:00 PM PDT

Organization Name: The Spartan Theatre at Spokane Falls Community College

Facebook Page: Spokane Falls Theatre - https://www.facebook.com/SpokaneFallsTheatre

Festival Date: December 7, 2024

The Spartan Theatre at Spokane Falls Community College is thrilled to announce our inaugural One Page Play Festivalwith the theme Haunting Holidays! We are seeking submissions from playwrights all over the world to be showcased in a staged reading format. Selected plays will be performed live at SFCC’s Spartan Theatre on Saturday, December 7, 2024.

What we're looking for:

One-page plays that creatively explore the theme Haunting Holidays. Whether it’s a ghostly gathering at a festive dinner, a spooky twist on holiday traditions, or a chilling winter tale, we encourage all kinds of imaginative interpretations of the theme. And here’s a fun challenge—bonus points for including Bigfoot!

Why Bigfoot? Because Bigfoot is the mascot for the Spokane Falls Community College! We'd love to see some plays where this Pacific Northwest legend is a fitting addition to our festive and eerie, play festival.

How to Submit:
Submit your one-page play in MS Word or PDF format through the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrFL66EnsjQK_1x-4QiJF3lYI042W-hMsG4fVUa4OFunXLhw/viewform?usp=sf_link


Selected plays will receive a staged reading in a minimalist reader’s theatre format, with a focus on the script and storytelling.

Length of Plays:
Plays should be one page only (roughly 1-2 minutes of performance time).

Restrictions:

• Open to all playwrights globally—no restrictions based on age, nationality, or gender.
• Two submissions are allowed, but please submit each play separately.
• There are no restrictions on previously produced or published works.

What to Expect:

Playwrights will be notified of their selection by November 20, 2024. Chosen plays will be part of our Haunting Holidays festival on December 7, 2024. There is no submission fee, and no participation fee if selected.

No Self-Production Required:

If your play is chosen, SFCC will handle all aspects of the production. You do not need to self-produce or cover any costs.

Submission Guidelines Recap:

• Submit in MS Word or PDF format through the link provided above.
• For any questions, please contact our Festival Director, Rebecca Cook:
• Email: rebecca.cook@sfcc.spokane.edu or racook321@gmail.com
• We can’t wait to see your creative take on Haunting Holidays—and we’re especially excited to see how you might work in Bigfoot! Please share this opportunity with fellow playwrights and theatre lovers.

Valdez 2025 Play Lab

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Deadline: First 300 submissions or November 20, 2024 for past participants and Alaskans

Submissions for the 2025 Play Lab are now open. We will only be accepting 300 submissions by non-Alaskans who’ve not participated in the Conference before, so if you’re intending to submit, don’t put it off. 

Past participants and Alaskans have until November 20.

Please attach your play (one submission per author) using this form. You should receive a confirmation from the Coordinator within one week of submission.

If your play is chosen, you must register for the Conference (June 7-14) and be present for the reading in Valdez, Alaska. Registration is $150 (including all activities, a 2-hour glacier cruise, and daily lunch). 

Getting to Valdez, Alaska, is the playwrights’ responsibility. Minimal free housing is available. Please email the Coordinator with any questions.

Disabled Playwright Workshop

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Deadline: November 4 2024 at 11:59 PM

SUBMISSION FORM

• Paid 3-day workshop for playwrights who identify as having a disability 
• Workshop concludes with staged reading open to the public 
• Four 10-minute plays will be selected

Workshop takes place in-person in lexington, KY

Four 10-minute plays will be selected. A $100 payment will be made to each project selected, regardless of the number of contributing playwrights. The primary playwright will receive payment. Any distribution is their responsibility. 

Directors, actors, and dramaturgical services will be provided as needed. 

All selected participants will be required to sign a media release form.

The 3-day workshop will take place at:

Location: HDI Huguenard Office (2355 Huguenard Drive, Lexington, KY, Suite 100B)

Dates: Workshop - March 26—28, 2024 | Staged Reading - March 29, 2024 (Location TBD)

Submission Requirements:

• All playwrights must be at least 18 years old. 
• Run-time: Short plays with an ideal run-time of 10 minutes (no longer than 15 minutes)
• Cohesive 10-15 minutes portions of longer works will be considered. 
• Complete short plays will be prioritized; however, incomplete short plays will be considered.
• Submissions should be your entire current draft. 
• Works must be new (never been produced/fully staged for a paying audience).

We highly encourage submissions with Disabled characters or Disability-related themes or subject matters, but any work by a Playwright who is Deaf/Disabled will be considered.

Thank you so much for your interest in this workshop! If you have any questions, feel free to leave them in this form or email Bailey Patterson at bjpa244@uky.edu.

Monticello Theatre Association seeks short plays

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Deadline: October 14, 2024 at 11:59 pm

• All submissions should be under 10-12 minutes (5-8 pages).
• All submissions must be a comedy or contain comedic elements.
• All submissions must be family friendly - but may contain adult themes. Limit the use of profanity.
• All submissions must include 1 to 4 actors only.
• All characters should be 16 years or older.
• All submissions must be in English.
• All submissions must be a Microsoft Word or a PDF document.
• All submissions must include a cover page with the author’s name, phone number and email address.
• Cover page will be removed prior to judging. Submissions will be blind judged.
• All submissions must be original, and the playwright must own all rights to it.
• All submissions must be free of any and all contractual obligations. 
• All submissions must be easily performed in a variety of locations. Do not use any special technical effects and/or limiting staging or props. 
• Deadline for submissions is October 14, 2024 at 11:59 pm.
• There is no limit to the number of submissions that can be entered into the competition.
• All submissions must be emailed to playwritingcompetition@monticellotheatre.org
• Additional Notes:Winning playwrights will have their plays produced over the course of one weekend in February 2025. 
• Performances of these plays may be audio and/or video recorded.
• Winning playwrights and one guest will be invited to attend their production at no cost. 
• Winning playwrights will be paid $20.
• Winning submissions will become part of the MTA’s schedule for the upcoming season and may be presented at other local venues. 
• Winning playwrights must give the MTA one year of exclusive rights to produce their selected work.
• Selected submissions may be presented on MTA’s social media and/or YouTube Channel. 
• Winning playwrights may request to direct and cast their production for the weekend kickoff event in February 2025; however, all subsequent performances may be re-cast by MTA. 
• More information will be provided with notification of selection.

The Playwrights Group Weekly Workshop ~ a great way to stay connected and motivated

The Weekly Workshop

Join our nationwide community of playwrights on Zoom. 

It’s a great way to stay connected and motivated.

Participating in a weekly workshop can give you the kick you need to see your script through from beginning to end.  You can bring in anything you’re working on — a full length script, a musical, a TV pilot, whatever. And when your script is ready — we’ll present it in a Public Reading. We also bring in Guest Speakers, like Pulitzer Prize winner Margaret Edson (Wit).

Sit in on a session and see for yourself!

Tuesdays or Thursdays 7 - 9:30pm EDT

Check out our website for more details and rates. 

 

Script Consultations

If you don’t have time for the workshop but have a script you’d like some feedback on — just send a PDF of your script and you’ll get a critique via email and/or video conference. See website for rates.

Richard Caliban has worked with  individuals on their scripts from all over the world — Indonesia, China, Greece, Australia, Serbia, as well as right here in New York. A script consultation will provide you with feedback on the structural soundness of your story, the dramatic arc of your protagonist, thematic unity and much more.

 

Online One-on-One Courses

 If you’re looking for more, check out our One on One Online Playwriting Courses:

•       The Art of Playwriting

•       Write a Play in 10 Weeks

•       3 Hour Short Course

All are with instructor Richard Caliban, and since it’s One on One, the courses can be adjusted to fit your level of experience. 

Please visit our website for further Info and Rates:  

www.theplaywrightsgroup.com 

Contact us at 

scripts@theplaywrightsgroup.com

MadLab Theatre 26th Annual Theatre Roulette Festival

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Deadline: December 15, 2024

Submit to andyb@madlab.net

MadLab Theatre is seeking short play submissions for the 26th annual Theatre Roulette festival. 

• Scripts should be 5-30 minutes in length.

• Email all submissions to andyb@madlab.net.

• Put "Theatre Roulette Submission" in the subject line.

• Scripts must be in .pdf or .docx format.

• Playwrights may submit more than 1 script

• Include a short synopsis and production history in the body of the email.

• The production will take place in May of 2025

• All playwrights will be notified of our decisions no later than February 1st, 2025.

Premiere Stages Play Festival 2025

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Deadline: November 1, 2024 at 11:59 PM

Premiere Stages is committed to supporting emerging and regional playwrights by developing and producing new plays. Since 2005, the Premiere Play Festival has offered playwrights the opportunity to develop their work in an encouraging, focused environment through discussions, rehearsals, readings, workshops, and Equity productions.

Through the Premiere Play Festival, Premiere Stages has developed many plays that have gone on to have successful productions in New York and at regional theatres throughout the country. We strive to facilitate relationships between writers and theatre professionals who we think will respond to their work, in hopes that plays developed at Premiere will go on to subsequent productions. We offer Play Festival winners the option to retain the coveted “World Premiere” brand on their plays. Additionally, Premiere’s productions are consistently reviewed, scouted by major publishing houses, and honored by the American Theatre Critics Association.

Premiere Stages will accept submissions of unproduced plays written by playwrights affiliated with the greater metropolitan area from September 1, 2024, through November 1, 2024. All plays submitted to the festival are evaluated by a panel of professional theatre producers, directors, dramaturgs, playwrights, and publishers. Four to five finalists are subsequently selected for public Equity readings in Spring of 2025.

Awards

Following the Spring readings, one play is selected for an Equity production in the Premiere Stages 2025 season and receives an award of $3000. The runner-up receives a 29-hour staged reading and $1500. The other finalists will each be awarded $1000.

Premiere Stages is committed to supporting a diverse group of writers; playwrights of all backgrounds, ages, and experience levels are encouraged to apply.

Submission Guidelines

PDF FORMAT SUBMISSIONS ONLY 

• Plays must be full-length and have a cast size of no more than eight.
• Plays must be unpublished and unproduced (readings and workshops are okay), with no productions and/or publication currently scheduled through September 2026.
• Playwrights must have strong affiliations with the greater metropolitan area (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Delaware).
• Musicals, adaptations (of existing plays or other sources), and solo shows are not eligible.
• Submissions are limited to one script per playwright.
• Please contact Premiere Stages to inquire about submitting a script that has been previously submitted.
• Playwrights must be available for the development of their script (see the 2025 schedule table).
• Submissions are accepted September 1, 2024 through 11:59 p.m. on November 1, 2024. Submissions sent early in the submission window are strongly encouraged.
• Names and contact information are welcome on cover pages of scripts.
• All plays must be submitted as a PDF via Submittable at premierestagesatkean.submittable.com/submit. Hard copies will not be accepted.

2024-2025 Schedule

May 2025
Finalists selected

June 2025
Finalists’ readings at Premiere Stages in Union, NJ

Summer 2025 - TBA

Festival winner and runner-up are selected for expanded development

2025 - TBA

Equity 29-hour staged reading of runner-up at Premiere Stages

2026 - TBA

Equity production (LOA referenced to LORT) of festival winner at Premiere Stages

We accept script samples and synopses from playwrights without an agent. Submissions must include:

• Brief synopsis of the play (no more than half a page)
• History of the play’s development (or statement that it has none)
• The playwright’s bio or resume
• Script sample from the play (no more than 10 pages plus title page and character breakdown)
• Premiere Stages will request full scripts to read if the play seems viable for the 2025 season. In 2022 and 2023, the winning plays were first received as samples.

All plays must be submitted as a PDF via Submittable at premierestagesatkean.submittable.com/submit. Hard copies will not be accepted.

Agent Submissions
Premiere Stages will accept full scripts from literary agents or theatre professionals affiliated with Premiere Stages.

Questions or Concerns

For any questions regarding the submission guidelines or process, please email us at pfsubmit@kean.edu.

Leeds Pub Theater

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Deadline: October 18, 2024

 Script call out for our next event. This time we're looking for scripts on the theme of celebration. Please send us your monologues or duologues to leedspubtheatre@gmail.com by Friday 18th October.

Leads Pub Theatre are hosting a night of new theatre at The Adelphi pub, Leeds (UK) on Thursday November 21, 2024

Thomas W. Stephens Playwriting Competition 2025 seeks one-act plays

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Deadline: December 1, 2024

This competition honors the memory of Thomas W. Stephens, PhD, playwright and PlayZoomers Board Member Emeritus.

PlayZoomers, a live, online, nonprofit theater company, seeks one-act scripts (20 – 30 minutes) suitable for online production, on any subject, related to any genre, with no more than six characters. No submission fee is required.

Two playwrights will each receive a $100 prize. We plan to produce the two, winning one-act plays (together) on a Friday andSaturday evening in the spring of 2025.

Please email scripts (PDFs only) to playzoomers@gmail.com In the subject line, put “Stephens Competition: Script submission [title of play] by [playwright].” If you are submitting multiple scripts, send each one in a separate email. Please do not submitscripts you have previously sent us.

On the first page of your script include the title, playwright name, estimated run time, and contact information. 

On the next page, include a logline/synopsis, a detailed character breakdown, production history, and a short playwright bio. 

At the end of the script, describe production details, such as backgrounds, costumes, props, music, and sound effects. 

For additional script formatting guidance, go to https://www.dramatistsguild.com/script-formats

The deadline for this round of submissions is Dec 1, 2024. As we read through scripts, we will acknowledge your submission andreach out to you only if your script is selected for production.

With 117+ professionally produced plays since 2020 - involving more than 285 playwrights, directors, designers, and actors - PlayZoomers has become a national online theatre company and an international theatre community. We feature plays of different genres and lengths, with cast sizes typically ranging from two to six. We work closely with playwrights to adapt their work to an online platform. We welcome theatre artists and audience members of all ages, genders, and backgrounds. Learn more about ourtheatre company at https://www.playzoomers.org.

MATC 2025 Playwriting Dramatists Play Lab

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Deadline:  November 1, 2024 at 11:59 AM PDT.

The Playwriting Symposium of the Mid-America Theatre Conference seeks submissions of new, unproduced 10-minute plays for the Dramatists Play Lab. This is a juried event and the first 100 plays will be considered.

This call is directed to academic playwrights (faculty members or graduate students) and/or to professional Independent Artists or playwrights. The Symposium enthusiastically echoes MATC’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and especially encourages submissions from playwrights of color and/or from other underrepresented groups.

This year, there is no official theme for the conference, but we invite playwrights to engage with the following values:

. . . place.

…abundance.

. . . sustainability in theatre/conference practices.

The Mid-America Theatre Conference commits to advancing intersectional equity, inclusivity, and diversity; creating a conference that is welcoming and fully accessible; and to disrupting the ongoing damage of white supremacy within MATC and the broader academic and theatrical worlds. As part of this effort, we encourage a broad range of submissions by presenters or about theatre of historically disenfranchised and underrepresented populations, particularly those of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities. For MATC’s full statement on anti-racism, accessibility, and inclusivity please see our website at http://matc.us.

MATC prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind, including during all associated meetings, the annual conference sessions, and within publications. In case of questions or concerns, to request specific accommodation, or to report a bias incident, please contact our Equity and Inclusion Officer at equity@matc.us.

Plays selected for the Dramatists Lab will have an assigned Creative Team comprised of a director, dramaturg, and actor(s). All participants assigned to a particular play will receive a digital copy of the final script prior to the start of the conference, and one preliminary conversation—via email, video conference, conference call, etc.—is required of each Creative Team. Participants are therefore expected to reply to emails in a timely fashion to schedule this pre-conference conversation, as well as to make arrangements for the 75-minute, on-site rehearsal. Selected plays will be presented as staged readings in a conference room during a Playwriting Symposium session. Playwrights will receive feedback from a respondent and peers.

All selected playwrights must register for the conference and are expected to attend rehearsals for their play and participate in a post-reading discussion. Unfortunately, the conference is unable to provide funding to assist with the costs of travel and/or lodging. To request specific conference accommodations, please contact Kristi Good, our Acting Accessibility Officer, at access@matc.us.

Visit the MATC website at http://matc.us to find individual calls for papers for the all-conference papers, pedagogy symposium, playwriting symposium, practice/production symposium, theatre history symposium, articles-in-progress and pitch-your-book workshops, and emerging scholars panels.

All proposals must include: 

• Playwrights are to submit the following: two (2) documents:Document one (1) is the script saved as .doc, .docx, or PDF file format
• The Symposium does not employ anonymous review. Submitted scripts are to bear the title of the play and the playwright’s name. 
• Document two (2) is the cover page saved as .doc, .docx, or PDF file format.This document must include the following information: title of the play, 
• name of the author
• address, phone number, and email
• affiliation (e.g. university/college affiliation, theatre company affiliation, or Independent Artist)
• a brief statement of 200-400 words about the play’s genesis and the playwright’s positionality for telling the storyScripts must be typewritten using Samuel French or similar guidelines with a Times New Roman 12-point font. 
• Scripts may not exceed ten minutes in length.A general page estimate for a 10-minute play includes approximately 8-9 pages, although this is clearly not an exact science. Scripts with fast-paced dialogue are often much shorter in time than plays with extensive monologues.
• Please limit scripts to a maximum of four (4) actors. 
• Playwrights may submit only one (1) 10-minute play script to the Dramatists Play Lab. Playwrights who submit multiple ten-minute plays will not be considered. Plays that have been produced or have received workshops prior to the submission date are not eligible for the Symposium.Playwrights may also submit one (1) full-length or one-act play excerpt to the Pitch-Your-Play program (see separate CFP).
• Playwrights may also apply to act, direct, or serve as a dramaturg or scenographer for another playwright’s work (see separate CFP).

NOTE: Playwrights who do not follow the above guidelines will not be considered.

The Playwriting Symposium is eager for, and appreciative of, your help in advertising the conference to theatre artists in both academic and professional theatres within the reach of the conference location. We appreciate your help in circulating this call (as well as the symposium’s other calls) widely!

Please submit proposals by Friday, Nov. 1, 2024 at 11:59pm PST via the online form available here.

Questions can be directed to Bella Poynton at playwriting@matc.us

Please use “DPL Question” as the subject line.

Please note that individuals may submit to up to two symposia, including the Playwriting Symposium. This limit is put in place to avoid scheduling conflicts and to provide more individuals the opportunity to present.
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Downtown Urban Arts Festival/DUAF 2025 is Open for Submissions

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Deadline: November 4, 2024

Please submit to coordinator@duafnyc.com

Downtown Urban Arts Festival (DUAF) is seeking theatrical works (plays, musicals, and solo performances) for its 23rd annual season to be held in June 2025 in the Theatre District in New York City.

DUAF supports diverse, new, and emerging voices from America’s burgeoning multicultural landscape. Over 200 playwrights have participated in DUAF and some have gone on to greater success on Broadway and have claimed top prizes such as the Pulitzer, Tony and Obie awards and nominations. 

• Submission Categories: Short-length play (under 45 minutes)
• Full-length play (up to 70 minutes) 

Eligible Projects: 

• Plays do not exceed 70 minutes
• Plays should be new or existing work with minimal exposure 
• Plays should not have any other production in New York City during the 30-day period before and after the 2025 festival 

Playwright’s Supports: 

• No submission or participation fees 
• $800 (short) and $1,200 (full) playwright stipends
• Actor and director stipends
• Casting support 
• Technical design and operation 
• Reimbursed rehearsal space rentals
• Actor’s Equity Showcase Code application administration
• $1,000 awards for best full, short and audience

Submission Checklist: 

• Playwright's bio with contact info including name, address, phone # and email
• Photo of playwright
• Synopsis of theatrical work
• Complete script of theatrical work
• Estimated running time of work
• Actor/director/crew bios, if available
• Description of stage set (if any) and production needs (i.e. sound and lighting) 
• Please submit all attachments as .pdf. Photos must be in either .jpg or .jpeg. 

For more info about DUAF, visit: duafnyc.com.

Queens Short Play Festival Winter 2025

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Deadline: December 20, 2024

Winter Festival: February 19 - March 16, 2025

PLEASE NOTE: PLAYS ARE ACCEPTED ON A ROLLING BASIS. WAITING UNTIL THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT IS NOT ADVISED.

Queens Short Play Festival is now accepting plays for its Winter 2025 festival. The Secret Theatre seeks to promote new work and emerging playwrights through our biannual One Act Festival. Last year's festivals were a success and this year we are excited for more!
No fee to submit or produce.

• $250 Cash Prize for Best Play

• $100 Cash Prize for Best Director

• $75 Cash Prize for Best Actor

• $75 Cash Prize for Best Actor

• Each Play is guaranteed multiple performances [the exact number is decided once our final selection is made. Factors include the length of plays but is not usually less than 4 performances.
Guidelines:

• Plays must be between 10 – 15 minutes in length. Preference given to plays that have not been produced before. Timings must be accurate please overestimate if not sure. We will reject any play longer than 15 mins. A rule of thumb is one minute per page if using 12pt Courier/Times Roman

• Playwrights are responsible for selecting the director and cast.

(We may be able to help you if you do not have a director but preference will be given to playwrights who can provide their own directors and actors.)

• Easy to produce. (If you have a play which for instance includes a swimming pool, a large amount of sets and props, or anything else too elaborate or is impossible to cast we may reject it.)

• Excerpts limited to 15 mins are acceptable

• Please submit plays in PDF or Word format only.

• We will divide selected plays into more programs, and selected Playwrights will be informed on a rolling basis.

• We offer discounted rates for rehearsals from $10 per hour for participants

Apply HERE: https://form.jotform.com/242618481627967

OR via QR: 

The Secret Theatre
38-02 61st St, Woodside Queens 11377
nearest subway 61st on the 7 or one stop from 74th E, M, 7, F, & R secrettheatre.com

2025 Snowdance® 10 Minute Comedy Festival

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Deadline: November 1, 2024

OOHP is accepting submissions for the "2025 Snowdance® 10 Minute Comedy Festival," now through November 1st

Over Our Head Players is accepting submissions for the "2025 Snowdance® 10 Minute Comedy Festival," now through November 1, 2024. "Snowdance®" entry is open to original 10 minute or shorter comedies for the stage. Winning entries will be performed together in one theatre presentation by the OOHP Snowdance ensemble at Sixth Street Theatre for five weeks beginning February 7, 2025. The entire Snowdance production will be presented 24 times during the run. At each performance, audience members can vote for their favorite individual comedy; the audience favorites will earn cash prizes for the playwright. Entries may be sent to SNOWDANCE, c/o Sixth Street Theatre, 318 Sixth Street, Racine, Wisconsin, 53403. Alternatively, entries may be sent by email to snowdance@overourheadplayers.org.

Rules for the Snowdance Comedy Competition, which is open to everyone without age or geographic restriction, are relatively simple. In summary, competition is open to unpublished, 10 minute or shorter comedies free of royalty and copyright restrictions. Musicals, adaptations, and translations will not be considered. Entries must be postmarked by November 1, 2024. The writer's name, address, phone number, and e-mail address should be included on the title page and only the title page. The title page should also include a cast list and a 1 to 3 sentence synopsis of the play. Plays can have a cast of one to four characters; plays should be easily staged, avoiding elaborate set requirements. Submit one typed manuscript in standard format, securely bound. Complete rules are posted on the Rules page. Any questions can be directed to Rich Smith via the box office, at 262-632-6802, or by e-mail at snowdance@overourheadplayers.org. Scripts will not be returned.

The "Snowdance® 10 Minute Comedy Festival" is a competition of original short comedies. Writers from throughout the community, the state, and the country are invited to enter; previous involvement with Over Our Head Players is not a requirement. Scripts will be judged by the Snowdance Selection Committee; selected scripts will be produced in a complete festival performance. Then, in the ultimate interactive experience, audiences vote for the production they enjoyed the most. The votes will be tallied throughout the five weekend festival run, and the Snowdance "Best in Snow" will be awarded after the final performance on March 9, 2025. A $300.00 prize goes to “Best in Snow”, with a $200.00 award going to second place, and $100 for third place. All submissions selected for production will receive a one-time $50.00 royalty payment. OOHP presents Snowdance February 7 – March 9, 2025.

The Sloan Initiative at Manhattan Theatre Club

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Deadline: none listed

ABOUT THE SLOAN INITIATIVE

In 2000, Manhattan Theatre Club began a partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to commission, develop, and produce new plays about math, science, and technology. MTC first collaborated with the Sloan Foundation on the production of David Auburn’s Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Proof. Since then, the partnership has expanded to include five to six annual playwriting commissions. With the Foundation’s support, MTC has awarded over 100 commissions to date.

The Foundation also provides production grants to stage Sloan-related works, and has supported, in addition to Proof, MTC’s productions of Charlotte Jones’s Humble Boy, Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s adaptation of An Enemy of the People, Sharr White’s The Other Place, Nell Benjamin’s The Explorers Club, Nick Payne’s Constellations and Incognito, Bess Wohl’s Continuity, and Anchuli Felicia King’s Golden Shield.

MTC/Sloan-commissioned plays have also gone on to productions at Playwrights Horizons, WP Theater, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Keen Company, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, New York Stage & Film, Williamstown Theatre Festival, South Coast Repertory, Steppenwolf, Studio Theatre, San Francisco Playhouse, Alley Theatre, Theatreworks Silicon Valley, the Hampstead Theatre, and The National Theatre, among others, and have frequently been presented in MTC’s free, public reading series.

HOW TO APPLY
We commission not-yet-written plays that engage with math, science, or technology. To apply for a commission, please use this form to submit a one-page proposal detailing the story and the scientific, technological, or mathematical subject matter of your proposed play. You will also be asked to share your full name, email address, and a short bio or resume. We accept Sloan commission proposals on a rolling basis, and we will reach out to you as soon as your materials have been fully considered – which can take up to six months. If you have any questions, please email us at lit@mtc-nyc.org and write “Sloan” in the subject line.

Due to the high volume of script submissions we receive each year, Manhattan Theatre Club does not accept unsolicited scripts for production consideration.

New Harmony Writers Residency 2025

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Deadline: October 7, 2024

For nearly four decades, The New Harmony Project has gathered world-class writers and artists along the banks of the Wabash River for an intensive, creative residency and retreat in the spring of each year. Throughout that time, Pulitzer Prize, Tony, Emmy, and Academy Award-winning artists have worked alongside early and mid-career writers, students, and the local community to create a one-of-a-kind experience in Utopia. With a unique focus on people over product, The New Harmony Project clears space and provides a supportive environment for each writer and artist to build their own experience.
OUR MISSION

The New Harmony Project is a national arts organization whose mission is to nurture writers in the development of scripts and new works that interrogate the complexity of hope. Through artist-centered programming, we care for writers so they can change the world.
THE 2025 WRITERS’ RESIDENCY

This year, through our open selection process, we're seeking storytellers who are interested in an artist-centered residency that will provide a creative and nurturing environment, supportive artistic community, and dramaturgical resources in a bucolic setting. These residencies will not include a full developmental workshop with actors and a creative team, but there will be opportunities to hear your work out loud in informal settings.

At the 2025 residency, we will also be supporting 3 Productions in Residence selected in collaboration with partner organizations outside of the open selection process. These projects will be receiving a full developmental workshop with actors and a creative team, but will be shorter in duration. Writers cannot apply for the Productions in Residence program.

WHEN IS THE 2025 RESIDENCY?

May 21 - June 1, 2025 in New Harmony, IN

WHAT IS THE PROJECT LOOKING FOR IN A COMPANY MEMBER?

We are looking for artists who will be active participants in creating a welcoming, supportive and engaged artistic community over the course of the conference.

We support stories and storytellers interrogating the complexity of hope. If you’ve read our mission statement and you’re still not sure you're a good fit for the conference, you can gain a fuller sense of our aesthetic and philosophical interests by perusing our roster of writers and scripts that have recently found an artistic home at NHP.

We are actively working to dismantle racism within our organization, and are committed to supporting artists who honor a multiplicity of perspectives.

WHAT DOES THE PROJECT PROVIDE?

There is no out of pocket expense to apply or attend, and we pay a modest honorarium to each participant.

Additionally, we provide:

A creative community and an unparalleled level of artistic support, including dramaturgical meetings, informal salons to hear work, collaborators willing to read pages, student interns to provide support, etc.

Roundtrip air and ground transportation to/from Southern Indiana

Three meals daily

A private room at the New Harmony Inn

For parent artists, childcare support is available in a myriad of ways based on your artistic needs

If you have any questions, please email applications@newharmonyproject.org (please, no phone calls). We look forward to reviewing your applications, and thank you for taking the time to apply!

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS YEAR’S APPLICATION PROCESS? CHECK OUT THE FAQ PAGE, OR EMAIL US AT APPLICATIONS@NEWHARMONYPROJECT.ORG

LSU SciArts Play Festival 2025

Website

Deadline: November 22, 2024 at 5 PM

Submit via submission form at the website

The LSU SciArts New Play Festival is now accepting submissions for original plays that explore the intersection of science and art. We’re seeking innovative stories where science plays a central role in the narrative. Selected playwrights will have the opportunity to workshop their plays, receive a $500 reward, and travel to Baton Rouge for our festival, which will take place from April 13-15, 2025.

Additionally, playwrights selected will receive a grant and recognition of their contribution to the festival.

A panel of theatre and science faculty will evaluate submissions and select the top three plays for the festival.

Selected playwrights will be notified via email by February 1, 2025.

For your submission to be considered, the play must meet the following criteria:

• Be original, unpublished, and never performed.

• Should be full length, and run at least 60 minutes.

• Science must be a core element of the story. Incorporate accurate scientific principles or discoveries into the storyline. Avoid focusing on a purely medical drama unless there is substantial scientific content outside the medical field. No science fiction plays will be considered.

• Upload a PDF file. Include a cover page with: The title of the play. Your name and contact information (email, phone number, address). Ensure that your name appears only on the cover page, not within the script.

• Follow standard playwriting format: 12-point Courier font. Dialogue should be centered, with characters' names in all caps above their lines. Stage directions should be indented and italicized. Scene headings and any transitions should be clearly labeled. Include page numbers at the top right of each page after the cover page.

For inquiries or assistance, please contact Marina DeYoe-Pedraza at mdeyoe1@lsu.edu.

Due Dissidence seeks one-act plays

Website

Deadline: November 1, 2024

Send To: duedissidence@gmail.com

Submissions should have political themes and a strong point of view. We are open to a wide range of ideological perspectives-final selections will be based on quality, not ideology. 

Accepted plays will receive a stipend of no less than $50, and run 2-3 performances. Planned dates are mid-March.

Format: Word, PDF

Length: We are primarily seeking one-acts, but full-length plays will be considered

~ Selected plays will receive a full production

~ Playwrights may submit more than one play

~ There are no restrictions based on production history, but the play must be unpublished

"A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having." 

Due Dissidence is an open-minded, left-wing YouTube/Rumble politics show, podcast, and website that reaches 2-3 million viewers/listeners per month. Both hosts come from a theater background and would like to use their large and growing platform to do Playhouse 90-style cultural events that will be performed live and streamed to our audience.

NYCPlaywrights Zoomer memberships available in October

Memberships are available for NYCPlaywrights Zoomers - we meet on Zoom each Monday at 7PM to do readings of our work. 

Workshops are a great way to meet fellow playwrights, commiserate about the challenges of crafting a good play and celebrate victories, whether getting a full-blown production or finally getting a tricky scene to work. 

👉 You can sit in on a Monday session for free - email nancy@nycplaywrights.org to request a spot.

Check out our website here

 ~ https://nycp-zoomers.blogspot.com

How do our meetings work? Find out here 

~ https://nycp-zoomers.blogspot.com/2023/12/welcome-to-nycplaywrights-zoomers-some.html

Here are Frequently Asked Questions 

~ https://nycp-zoomers.blogspot.com/p/zoomers-frequently-asked-questions-faq.html

Would you like more information? Email nancy@nycplaywrights.org

Clockhouse open for submissions for Summer 2025 issue

Website

Deadline: November 15, 2024

SUBMIT VIA SUBMITTABLE

CLOCKHOUSE is a national literary journal published by Clockhouse Writers’ Conference, whose editors are MFA alumni of Goddard College.
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We accept works of poetry, fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction, and ​dramatic works for stage or screen. We also accept submissions for cover art. We encourage submissions from both established and emerging writers.

We’re looking for work that beckons us to listen, share, and engage. Send us your best!

Before submitting, carefully read the general AND genre-specific guidelines below.
​
Published in summer 2025

All submissions must be original, unpublished work written by the author or, if you are submitting artwork for cover consideration, original artwork created by the artist

Follow genre-appropriate formatting; Word documents preferred; double-spaced for fiction, memoir, and creative nonfiction​

Include a bio of approximately 100 words or less

Submit only through Submittable. No email or mailed submissions will be accepted
Submissions that do not follow these guidelines will be discarded unread.

Short plays and screenplays in traditional and experimental styles
Standalone work only (not part of a longer work); no monologues
Submitted work should be written with the audience in mind
Submit up to 12 pages including cover page with title and character breakdown
Follow the industry-standard formatting guidelines appropriate for the plays/screenplays including paginations

Expect to wait up to four months after the close of our submissions period for a reply. After that time, you can check on the status of your submission by e-mailing ClockhouseEditorialDirector@gmail.com. Include the title of your piece, the genre, and the original date of submission.

Upon acceptance
By accepting any offer of publication by CLOCKHOUSE, the author will grant the magazine first serial rights. Upon publication, rights to the work revert back to the author. The author retains all other rights to the work. Any subsequent publication will note that the work was first published in CLOCKHOUSE.

Payment for publication in CLOCKHOUSE ​is one contributor’s copy in which the work appears and a discount on purchases of that volume. As appropriate, we may also choose to nominate published work for awards or other recognition.

Questions?
Please email ClockhouseEditorialDirector@gmail.com. Submissions themselves are not accepted at this address.

Now accepting 2025 Submissions for Smith & Kraus, Publishers

Website

Deadline: November 5, 2024

GUIDELINES HAVE CHANGED

Please read thoroughly:

For The Best Men & Women’s Stage Monologue 2025:

Monologues MUST BE FROM PLAYS. They cannot be stand-alone pieces.
They must be from plays produced between August 2023 through September 2024.
*Monologues from plays that only had Virtual Productions are NOT eligible.
Monologues should be from 1-3 minutes long.
Monologues should be pieces that have onstage action and work well for auditions.
**You may submit to both the Women's and Men's Anthology, but only ONE submission per book.
Do not submit any monologue that has been submitted previously in the past year.

IF YOU SUBMIT MORE THAN ONE MONOLOGUE PER ANTHOLOGY, THEY WILL NOT BE READ.

To fill out the Google form and submit your monologue, please click here.

The Playwrights Group ~ sit in on a session and see for yourself

The Weekly Workshop

Join our nationwide community of playwrights on Zoom. 

It’s a great way to stay connected and motivated.

 

Participating in a weekly workshop can give you the kick you need to see your script through from beginning to end.  You can bring in anything you’re working on — a full length script, a musical, a TV pilot, whatever. And when your script is ready — we’ll present it in a Public Reading. We also bring in Guest Speakers, like Pulitzer Prize winner Margaret Edson (Wit). 

 

 

Sit in on a session and see for yourself!

Tuesdays or Thursdays 7 - 9:30pm EDT

 

Check out our website for more details and rates. 

 

Script Consultations

 

If you don’t have time for the workshop but have a script you’d like some feedback on — just send a PDF of your script and you’ll get a critique via email and/or video conference. See website for rates.

 

Richard Caliban has worked with  individuals on their scripts from all over the world — Indonesia, China, Greece, Australia, Serbia, as well as right here in New York. A script consultation will provide you with feedback on the structural soundness of your story, the dramatic arc of your protagonist, thematic unity and much more.

 

Online One-on-One Courses

 

If you’re looking for more, check out our One on One Online Playwriting Courses:

 

•       The Art of Playwriting

•       Write a Play in 10 Weeks

•       3 Hour Short Course

 

All are with instructor Richard Caliban, and since it’s One on One, the courses can be adjusted to fit your level of experience. 

 

Please visit our website for further Info and Rates: 

 

www.theplaywrightsgroup.com

 

Contact us at 

scripts@theplaywrightsgroup.com