Deadline: March 4, 2026
In this sixth season of our TYA Playwrights Festival, ThinkTank seeks to provide a platform for forward-thinking and innovative work for Young People and Family Audiences. ThinkTank believes young people and family audience material should reflect the world our young people currently experience and, as such, we do not shy away from mature topics, subject matter, and language. Please feel free to submit plays that might fit this genre.
Play Content: Plays that represent a variety of human experiences and characters of a younger experience (to be played by actors aged 14-18) will be given special consideration. Alongside our collaboration with the Tampa JCC’s and Federation, special consideration will also be given to plays that represent Jewish life and culture in a modern day setting. We are not currently accepting submissions of musicals at the festival this year.
How to Submit:
Please submit your play via this form to be considered for our 2026 Play Festival by Wednesday, March 4, 2026. This year we're choosing to bypass the NPX tagging system as, in the past, it has recommended TYA works that haven't aligned with the needs of our festival. We recognize the additional step required here to submit and we appreciate you taking the time to share your work with us as a potential component of our TYA PlayFest.
For Round One, please submit the full-length draft of your play as a pdf. .
Plays should have had no prior Florida Professional Productions. (If the play has had a workshop production, please include this information on your form, as well as information about the company, # of performances, and contact information, if applicable.)
Playwrights moved into Round Two for TYA Festival Showcase will be contacted around March 15th . All Playwrights will be contacted by May 1, 2026 regarding their submission.