Deadline: November 18, 2025
Or after 300 plays are received.
Send submissions (or questions) to: CTTCplays@gmail.com
This legendary one-act play festival showcases six new plays with moment-to-moment acting in an intimate theater space.
This year's festival will present the theme: I'm Still Here.
Performances will take place February 19-22, 2026 at The Den Theatre in Chicago.
Play submission must meet the following requirements:
This legendary one-act play festival showcases six new plays with moment-to-moment acting in an intimate theater space.
This year's festival will present the theme: I'm Still Here.
Performances will take place February 19-22, 2026 at The Den Theatre in Chicago.
Play submission must meet the following requirements:
- One-act plays of no more than 12 minutes (no musicals)
- Previously unproduced in Chicago
- Only one submission per playwright
- Please do not submit a play previously submitted to Cut to the Chase
- Writers are encouraged to submit plays that generally fit this year's theme: I'm Still Here
- PDF files only
- Include play title and playwright's name on the script
- File name for the PDF should be as follows: "[play title] by [playwright's full name]" For example: The Tempest by William Shakespeare (No underscores, draft numbers, festival name or any other information in the file name please.)