Deadline: December 31, 2025
VIVID STAGE
Oakes Center
120 Morris Avenue
Summit, NJ 07901
Oakes Center
120 Morris Avenue
Summit, NJ 07901
Playwrights, we'd love to read your script! Please take a look at the parameters below. Scripts will be considered for our Meet the Artist reading series in May, and for production on our mainstage.
SUBMISSIONS: We accept scripts from November 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, or until we reach our cap of 300. Please DO NOT SUBMIT plays from January through October. Responses are made annually in late spring.
Also, please DO NOT SUBMIT BLIND COPIES of your script. Make sure your name and email address are on the script itself. We use your contact info in the script to reply to your submission. If you submit a blind copy, your script will not be considered.
Many thanks for sharing your time and talents.
Full-length comedies or dramas (no musicals)
Solo shows for our Summer Solo reading series are welcome
One script per writer
Cast size of no more than 9
Contemporary topics
Focus on “the human story”
Warmth and optimism
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Review our mission and history for further information on what we’re seeking
Please note:
No teen or child casts
No historical or period pieces
No short plays (less than 60 minutes)
No musicals
Submission Guidelines