Deadline: June 7, 2025
To submit your script, fill out the google form at the following link: https://forms.gle/TK13zpEc2sR9o3S39.
Avant Bard produces thought-provoking theatre that interrogates dramatic literary classics and classical themes. Please only submit work that aligns with this mission. We also give preference to submissions from playwrights who live in the DC region. The submission deadline for the 10th Annual Scripts in Play Festival is June 7th, 2025.
We will program readings of the selected plays in the 10th Annual Scripts in Play Festival in Fall 2025 (October 4th-5th, 11th-12th, and 18th-19th). Festival plays are assigned a director, who will cast and stage two readings with free admission. Rehearsals will occur before the initial reading and a special workshop rehearsal–during which the playwright and director will have the opportunity to make adjustments based on anything learned through the initial reading and audience feedback–will take place after the first reading and before the second reading. Avant Bard is specifically seeking new plays that could benefit from this special workshop rehearsal between the two staged readings.
If selected, playwrights will receive a stipend covering the performance rights for the 10th annual Scripts in Play festival. If not selected, playwrights will receive notice from the reading committee. We will provide responses to all submissions no later than August 31, 2025.
Avant Bard produces thought-provoking theatre that interrogates dramatic literary classics and classical themes. Please only submit work that aligns with this mission. We also give preference to submissions from playwrights who live in the DC region. The submission deadline for the 10th Annual Scripts in Play Festival is June 7th, 2025.
We will program readings of the selected plays in the 10th Annual Scripts in Play Festival in Fall 2025 (October 4th-5th, 11th-12th, and 18th-19th). Festival plays are assigned a director, who will cast and stage two readings with free admission. Rehearsals will occur before the initial reading and a special workshop rehearsal–during which the playwright and director will have the opportunity to make adjustments based on anything learned through the initial reading and audience feedback–will take place after the first reading and before the second reading. Avant Bard is specifically seeking new plays that could benefit from this special workshop rehearsal between the two staged readings.
If selected, playwrights will receive a stipend covering the performance rights for the 10th annual Scripts in Play festival. If not selected, playwrights will receive notice from the reading committee. We will provide responses to all submissions no later than August 31, 2025.