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Deadline: March 31, 2020
Delaware PA
***Submission fee will be waived if playwright submits hard copies of play, with a copy for each reader/character and the Host/Director.***
Each year, Worthington Players will produce and perform the original work(s) of a playwright(s), chosen by our Executive Committee from among submissions received in our open contest and read before a live audience.
Submissions are now being accepted for the 2021 productions. Plays will be read over the summer of 2020 and the winners will be produced in 2021.
Short Plays Should Include:
Full Length Plays Should Include:
Submissions must be accompanied by a submission fee and the Shawnee Playwrights Series Form available below
Submission Fees are as follows
$25 for Full Length
$15 for One Act/Short Play
***Submission fee will be waived if playwright submits hard copies of play, with a copy for each reader/character and the Host/Director.***
Click Here For Submission Form
Payment info:
Pay by check
Shawnee Playhouse
PO Box 159
Shawnee on Delaware PA 18356
Pay with credit card
submission form
or by calling 570-421-5093 during regular business hours.
Electronic files may be submitted to:
shawneeplayhouseexecdir@gmail.com
Electronic files must be submitted in one of the following formats:
.doc, .txt, .rtf, .pdf
Conversion into one of these formats is the responsibility of the playwright.
Other formats will not be accepted.
Paper submissions may be mailed to:
Shawnee Original Playwrights Series
The Shawnee Playhouse
PO Box 159
Shawnee on Delaware, PA 18356
Shawnee places no limits on the genre, style, or length of plays submitted.
Production of Winning Play
Responsibility for final production of the play lies solely with Worthington Players. The director will be chosen by the Executive staff of the Shawnee Playhouse. No monetary prize or compensation is paid.
Each year, Worthington Players produces original submitted works of local and surrounding area playwrights.
Deadline: March 31, 2020
Delaware PA
***Submission fee will be waived if playwright submits hard copies of play, with a copy for each reader/character and the Host/Director.***
Each year, Worthington Players will produce and perform the original work(s) of a playwright(s), chosen by our Executive Committee from among submissions received in our open contest and read before a live audience.
Submissions are now being accepted for the 2021 productions. Plays will be read over the summer of 2020 and the winners will be produced in 2021.
Short Plays Should Include:
- Page Numbers
- Brief plot summary & setting description
- Title on every page (footer)
- List of all characters with description (M/F, age, etc)
- # # # or END to assure that all the pages are included
Full Length Plays Should Include:
- The Full Play
- A 30 Minute selection. This a something that could be presented as a representation of your work to our voting committee.
- Stage directions
- Synopsis
- Anything additional you would like the audience to be aware of
- Page Numbers
- Brief plot summary & setting description
- Title on every page (footer)
- List of all characters with description (M/F, age, etc)
- # # # or END to assure that all the pages are included
Submissions must be accompanied by a submission fee and the Shawnee Playwrights Series Form available below
Submission Fees are as follows
$25 for Full Length
$15 for One Act/Short Play
***Submission fee will be waived if playwright submits hard copies of play, with a copy for each reader/character and the Host/Director.***
Click Here For Submission Form
Payment info:
Pay by check
Shawnee Playhouse
PO Box 159
Shawnee on Delaware PA 18356
Pay with credit card
submission form
or by calling 570-421-5093 during regular business hours.
Electronic files may be submitted to:
shawneeplayhouseexecdir@gmail.com
Electronic files must be submitted in one of the following formats:
.doc, .txt, .rtf, .pdf
Conversion into one of these formats is the responsibility of the playwright.
Other formats will not be accepted.
Paper submissions may be mailed to:
Shawnee Original Playwrights Series
The Shawnee Playhouse
PO Box 159
Shawnee on Delaware, PA 18356
Shawnee places no limits on the genre, style, or length of plays submitted.
Production of Winning Play
Responsibility for final production of the play lies solely with Worthington Players. The director will be chosen by the Executive staff of the Shawnee Playhouse. No monetary prize or compensation is paid.
Each year, Worthington Players produces original submitted works of local and surrounding area playwrights.