WebsiteDeadline: October 6, 2025
SUBMISSION FORMThank you for your interest in this project! Please take a moment to read through this text before you fill out the form. You may need to scroll down to see everything. This form is for SCRIPT submissions for an evening of short play readings at Under St Marks Theater.
Performances will be December 6th and 7th at 7pm and will be a ticketed event to support FRIGID's work with indie artists. Directors and performers will be provided later in the process; you only need to provide the script. The selected writers
will receive an $80 stipend.Script requirements:
- Run time should be around 10 minutes and no longer than 15 minutes
- Feature 2-4 actors (no monologues)
- Be a full piece, not an excerpt from a larger whole.
- Be written in either English or Spanish
- The piece should in some way connect with the theme described below.
Who knows what lurks in the long, cold nights as we creep through darkness towards the winter solstice? We huddle together around our little lights for safety and warmth and tell each other stories of what might be out there as some sort of charm against the monsters being real. In fact, it was once tradition to tell ghost stories on Christmas Eve, something that has fallen by the wayside with the exception of A Christmas Carol, but the darkness is still out there. We’re looking for scripts that deal with the ghosts of Decembers past, with winter dread and snowy monsters. Bring us your holiday horrors and your solstice dreams, your dark nights and your melancholic days. From scary to sentimental, ghosts can bring forth all kinds of emotions and memories. Perhaps the spirit of a favorite uncle is pulling pranks from the other side or maybe the Christmas goose is out for blood. Whatever they might be, we want to meet your holiday spirits.
