𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗖-𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯

Do you live in or hail from Orange County, CA? If so, please submit a play to OC-centric: Orange County’s New Play Festival! Our twelfth festival happens in August 2023 at Chapman University in Orange.

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯, 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. Of course, we also welcome non-musical works. As was the case in 2022, we are looking for longer one-act plays (30-60 minutes long) and full-length plays that are roughly 90 minutes long. Each play we produce will receive several performances during the festival.

𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴
* Submit scripts to occentric@gmail.com in PDF or MS Word format.
* Submissions accepted through Monday, January 9. Submissions after January 9 will not be considered.
* No submission fee.
* Playwrights will receive a small honorarium/royalty ($100-150).
* No restrictions on language or subject matter, but no nudity.
* Plays should have casts of 12 or less and be producible in a black box theatre space with playing area of approximately 20' x 25'.
* Playwrights may submit a maximum of two plays. If you are resubmitting a script that you have submitted to us within the past three years, let us know if (and how) it differs from the earlier version.
* The playwright’s name and contact information must appear on the title page of the script(s).
* 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗢𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆, 𝗖𝗔. (For scripts that are collaborations, at least one collaborator must live in or hail from Orange County.)

Since 2011, we have produced scripts from Diana Burbano, Lojo Simon, Megan Breen, Erica Bennett, Karen Fix Curry, Kerry Kazmierowicztrimm, Joni Ravenna, Robert Riemer, Baylee Shlichtman, Jordan R. Young and many other OC-linked playwrights. Our festival regularly features actors from the OC storefront theater scene, the greater Los Angeles area, and Chapman University students.

Questions? Email us at: occentric@gmail.com

We look forward to reading your work!

Sincerely,Tamiko Washington, Producing Artistic Director
Eric Eberwein, Associate Artistic Director