Deadline: October 1, 2023
SHORT PLAY SUBMISSIONS
Seeking plays that have:
- A cast of exclusively characters in their teens and twenties.
- Dynamic, fully-drawn roles to challenge student actors.
- A running time of 10-25 minutes.
- Thematic values that will speak to college-aged artists and audience members.
The festival also places a value on plays that have the potential to provide performance opportunities to female-identifying actors and actors from under-represented groups.
Plays should not have had a previous production under an Actors Equity agreement. Non-union productions, workshops, and readings are fine.
The ten Official Selection short plays will receive:A staged reading at the 2023 Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival.
Publication in the anthology Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival 2023: The Short Plays, published by Southeast Missouri University Press and made distributed nationwide through online and retail outlets.Submissions due October 1, 2023.
SUBMIT SHORT PLAYS HERE