Deadline: July 1, 2025
NOTE the post-marked date. Mail your submissions accordingly.
The Gallery Players in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, is seeking plays for its 29th Annual Black Box New Play Festival to be held in January (exact dates to be determined) 2026.
The Gallery Players in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, is seeking plays for its 29th Annual Black Box New Play Festival to be held in January (exact dates to be determined) 2026.
Each play selected will be given a black box production with non-equity actors.
Playwrights must be available, if not in person, via Zoom or other virtual venue for some rehearsals and use this as an opportunity to continue work on their play.
1). Plays must be un-produced (readings are ok); must be the play’s world premier
2) Length of Plays: Plays should be 30 - 60 minutes. Plays must have at least 4 characters; more is even better. No monologues. No period costume pieces. You may only submit two (2) plays.
3). Format: Pages must be numbered; A cover page with Title of the play and playwrights contact information is required, along with a page that gives plot synopsis of the play and a character breakdown
4). Submit a copy of your playwriting resume, showing the names of plays and if produced, where produced.
5). Playwrights cannot direct their own work
6). Send three (3) copies of your play(s), along with your resume, to: The Gallery Players Black Box New Play Festival 199 14th Street Brooklyn, NY 11215.
We will only contact you if your play has been accepted into the Festival. If you want confirmation that your mailing was received by us, please include a self-addressed stamped return postcard. We do not accept email submissions. We do not return scripts. Any scripts not chosen for the Festival will be destroyed to protect the copyright.