Deadline: December 15, 2024
PMRP SEEKING RADIO THEATRE SCRIPTS FOR SPRING 2025 ADVENTURE ANTHOLOGY
The Post-Meridian Radio Players, based in Eastern Massachusetts, is seeking submissions of one-act, adventure-oriented plays that would pair well with "The Most Dangerous Game" for our Spring 2025 show. PMRP’s work pays homage to the golden age of radio, and our productions take place as staged readings before a live audience, with sound effects performed live. Since 2006, we have brought original and public domain radio plays to life in our distinctive format, which includes script-in-hand actors and live foley artists. We are committed to EDI (equality, diversity and inclusion).
Our 2025 Spring show, with the working Title of "Tales of Adventure," aims to take the audience on an adventurous journey to exciting places. Danger, daring, and harrowing risks are the order of the day. The selected play(s) will be paired with headliner "The Most Dangerous Game." Your play can either be fully original or an adaptation of a public domain work of fiction. Submission is free, and playwrights can submit more than one play.
Guidelines are as follows (please read carefully):
Deadline is December 15, 2024. Scripts must be submitted via email to info@pmrp.org in either PDF, DOC, DOCX, or Google Doc format. If all you have is a paper script, please scan it into PDF.
We won’t be accepting submissions via physical mail.
Plays should be 20-30 minutes in length.
Scripts must be in English. No musicals, please. Your play can be set in any time period.
Scripts should be free of most blocking or other stage direction meant for a fully staged production. Our shows are performed at microphones, with the full cast and foley team visible to the audience at all times. If you’ve never adapted for radio theatre before, please don’t worry about getting the format right the first time. If selected, we’ll work closely with you to turn your script into a radio script (we’ve even adapted silent films for radio!)
Please avoid sending scripts that contain characters or music under copyright from different fictional universes/franchises. As an example, we don’t want to see mash-ups containing characters from Rocky Horror, Harry Potter, Star Wars, etc, nor published music under current copyright.
Playwrights whose work is selected for production will be paid a royalty of $15 per performance. We most often have 5-6 performances per run. Submissions are welcome from anywhere in the world, but you must be able to legally accept your royalty payment in US funds. You will also receive a comp ticket to see a performance, should you wish.
If you're sending multiple submissions, please send each submission in its own email, with your name and the name of the play in the subject line.
Please send submissions to info@pmrp.org.