Deadline: April 1, 2025
Submissions are being accepted on a rolling basis between: March 10 - April 1, 2025. Playwrights will be contacted by mid-April, with formal selections announced on May 1, 2025.
The inaugural new play festival of OUT/PLAY to celebrate local artists, new work, and themed in recognition of “Our Queer Inheritance.” Submissions will be considered based on creative interpretations of this idea. While we appreciate interpretations of classic and pre-existing material, OUT/PLAY will select only new and original playwriting for the Summer Shorts Festival 2025.
OUR QUEER INHERITANCE: We have spanned almost 100 years of theatre in this season of OUT/PLAY. How does our queer community look to our past to inform our future?
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
To be considered, please submit this form with the following materials:
Photo/Resume and/or Artistic Bio (75 words or less)
One PDF doc containing the following:
Artist’s Statement: explanation of your play and its meaning, in your own words (100 words).
Character Breakdown: list of characters and useful descriptors to help directors with casting. Please note: OUT/PLAY is an equal-opportunity organization, and while we understand some scripts require demographic specificity, we appreciate work that can be performed outside restrictions of age, sex, gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, body-type, and ability.
Script: may not exceed 12 pages (excluding the title page and character breakdown). Format the document with 1-inch margins, Times New Roman font size 12pt. (When read out loud, including stage directions, the play should be less than 15 minutes in length).
Plays should be original, unpublished, and never before produced in New York City. This can be new work specifically for this festival or pulled from your archives.
Scripts should be frozen by its first rehearsal, with minimal changes made during the rehearsal process.
Playwrights must be residents of New York City and available for the duration of the festival.
Playwrights, directors, and actors will be expected to promote the festival via social media and personal networks. Each play will be given a discount code for online ticket purchases.
OUT/PLAY SUMMER SHORTS FESTIVAL OFFERINGS
Assignment of a Director to each short play
1 Dress/Tech Rehearsal and 2-4 live performances (depending on the number of plays chosen) between June 5 - 8, 2025 at a TheatreLab.
Video footage of one performance supplied to the Playwright and Director.
Each production will get 1 tech rehearsal in the space during the week of the festival, date TBD.
OUT/PLAY producers are available to support in casting and promotion via photos and video assets, social media, invitations to our mailing list, and a formal press release to theater and media contacts.
OUT/PLAY will offer 2 complimentary tickets per play to Industry Professionals--names and emails must be provided to OUT/PLAY by the Director of the play.Any questions should be directed to outplaynyc@gmail.com.
The inaugural new play festival of OUT/PLAY to celebrate local artists, new work, and themed in recognition of “Our Queer Inheritance.” Submissions will be considered based on creative interpretations of this idea. While we appreciate interpretations of classic and pre-existing material, OUT/PLAY will select only new and original playwriting for the Summer Shorts Festival 2025.
OUR QUEER INHERITANCE: We have spanned almost 100 years of theatre in this season of OUT/PLAY. How does our queer community look to our past to inform our future?
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
To be considered, please submit this form with the following materials:
Photo/Resume and/or Artistic Bio (75 words or less)
One PDF doc containing the following:
Artist’s Statement: explanation of your play and its meaning, in your own words (100 words).
Character Breakdown: list of characters and useful descriptors to help directors with casting. Please note: OUT/PLAY is an equal-opportunity organization, and while we understand some scripts require demographic specificity, we appreciate work that can be performed outside restrictions of age, sex, gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, body-type, and ability.
Script: may not exceed 12 pages (excluding the title page and character breakdown). Format the document with 1-inch margins, Times New Roman font size 12pt. (When read out loud, including stage directions, the play should be less than 15 minutes in length).
Plays should be original, unpublished, and never before produced in New York City. This can be new work specifically for this festival or pulled from your archives.
Scripts should be frozen by its first rehearsal, with minimal changes made during the rehearsal process.
Playwrights must be residents of New York City and available for the duration of the festival.
Playwrights, directors, and actors will be expected to promote the festival via social media and personal networks. Each play will be given a discount code for online ticket purchases.
OUT/PLAY SUMMER SHORTS FESTIVAL OFFERINGS
Assignment of a Director to each short play
1 Dress/Tech Rehearsal and 2-4 live performances (depending on the number of plays chosen) between June 5 - 8, 2025 at a TheatreLab.
Video footage of one performance supplied to the Playwright and Director.
Each production will get 1 tech rehearsal in the space during the week of the festival, date TBD.
OUT/PLAY producers are available to support in casting and promotion via photos and video assets, social media, invitations to our mailing list, and a formal press release to theater and media contacts.
OUT/PLAY will offer 2 complimentary tickets per play to Industry Professionals--names and emails must be provided to OUT/PLAY by the Director of the play.Any questions should be directed to outplaynyc@gmail.com.