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Saturday, May 4, 2024

Chestnut Street Playhouse’s Fourth Annual Local Playwrights Festival


Deadline: May 15, 2024

NOTE: writers from Connecticut and Rhode Island communities. NYC playwrights with ties to Connecticut or Rhode Island.

We are thrilled to announce Chestnut Street Playhouse’s Fourth Annual Local Playwrights Festival September 6-8, 2024.

Playwrights of all ethnicities, gender identities, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color), and people with disabilities from Connecticut and Rhode Island are invited to submit.

Submission guidelines/requirements are as follows:

All scripts must be submitted April 15th until May 15th.

Submissions will be limited to writers from Connecticut and Rhode Island communities. NYC playwrights with ties to Connecticut or Rhode Island.

One acts, children’s plays, and full-length plays (60-100 pages) will be accepted. Pages must be numbered. Submissions must be in standard playwriting format. Word or pdf.

Include a character description page, including pertinent information for casting.

Please include a brief synopsis of your play.

All scripts must have the author’s name, address and contact information on the title page of the script including email address and cell number.

A short personal Bio should be submitted with the script.

ONLY ONE submission per category (one act, children’s play, full length) per writer will be accepted.

Submit your scripts to: submissions@chestnutstreetplayhouse.org

Chestnutstreetolayhouse.org

All submissions will be acknowledged.

If your play is chosen to present in the Festival:

  • Experienced directors will be provided for each playwright for the plays chosen. Directors and playwrights will have the opportunity to collaborate. Playwrights are encouraged to participate in the rehearsal process.
  • The plays will be presented as staged readings.
  • There will be a brief talkback session after each play with the writer, actors anddirector.
  • One of the plays chosen will be produced as part of CSP’s 2025 Season.
All proceeds from the Festival to benefit Chestnut Street Playhouse.
Auditions for actors will be scheduled once the committee has selected the 2024 works to be presented.

Thank you!!!

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