US Embassy in Montenegro seeks American & Montenegrin Playwrights

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Deadline: October 1, 2024

Or until 75 submissions are received

DO NOT SEND - THEY HAVE ALREADY REACHED THEIR 75 PLAY LIMIT

Are you a talented playwright looking for an exciting and unique opportunity to showcase your work in Europe? The University of Montenegro in Niksic with support from the U.S. Embassy in Montenegro will host a One Act Play Festival in April 2025, and we are seeking 2 or 3 new plays. 

We invite you to submit a 10–30-minute play written in American English. Enthusiastic university students who are nearing fluency in English and are eager to engage with American English-language drama will perform your play. Consider themes and scenarios showcasing the United States that resonate with young adults, university life, or those first few years “in the real world” after graduating from the university. 

 With that said, the play must also be appropriate for audiences as young as high school students. As the students will make the final selection of which of these plays to perform, we require the selected playwrights to be available for one video call to discuss the play with the students sometime in early 2025. 

 Playwrights will not be compensated financially nor receive royalties for this production, so please only send plays for which you own the rights. The benefit for you is that you will be able to count this production in your repertoire as being produced in Europe.

Guidelines for submission:

• Only one submission per playwright (if more than one is received, we will only review the first one).
• Include a brief synopsis of the play, a short bio of the playwright, and the production history of the play if applicable (it’s OK if it has never been produced or workshopped).
• Playwrights must be citizens of the United States or Montenegro, and the play must be written in English.
• By submitting a play, you confirm that if selected you will do one video call with the students to discuss your play sometime in early 2025.
• Playwrights will be notified around mid-December whether they were selected or not.
• No entry or submission fee.
• Have fun!