Deadline: December 1, 2025
SUBMISSION FORM
Theatre Now defines a 10-minute musical as any piece that can be performed in 10 minutes or less; has a beginning, middle, and end story arc; and includes music. Having produced over 100 pieces, we want musicals that are diverse and current, that test the musical form and communicate a well-crafted story. We accept musicals across all styles and genres and are happy to consider foreign language and/or bilingual scripts.
We strongly encourage submissions from female, BIPOC and LGBTQ+ writers as well as writers with disabilities.
Please review the following criteria thoroughly before sending your submission:
- Ten-minute musicals will be accepted from July 1st, 2025 - December 1st, 2025 at midnight.
- Submissions will not be considered before July 1st or after the deadline.
- Musical theatre writers can submit no more than two scripts during the current submission period.
- The story must have a beginning, middle, and end.
- We accept submissions in foreign languages or that are bilingual. Although the application process is in English, the work itself may be submitted and performed in any other language if selected.
- Each piece must include music.
- All submissions must be submitted via the submission form. No physical copies.
- Each musical must not exceed ten minutes when performed. If accepted, cuts may be required.
- Longer one-acts or full-length musicals will not be considered, although the submission may be a 10-minute portion of a longer piece as long as it tells a complete story with a beginning, middle, and end story arc.
- A musical may be a previously-produced work with a production history.
- We have no formal script formatting guidelines, but all scripts should be easy to read.
- The volume of submissions prevents us from providing feedback on all submissions.
- If your piece is visual (i.e. choreography-heavy), please include video footage or detailed descriptions.
We expect to contact all writers by mid-February, 2026 on the status of their submission with one of the following emails:
An acceptance email into the festival that will include additional information to confirm their involvement.
A waitlist email. In the event an accepted musical declines their participation, a selected waitlisted musical will be notified to serve as a replacement.
The remaining musicals will receive a "not selected" email and are encouraged to submit again next year.
*All criteria is subject to change*