Deadline: March 12, 2026
Please send submissions to AChris@mctmidland.org
Midland Community Theatre (Midland,TX) invites playwrights to submit a 30 to 40-minute one-act, or a cutting by the playwright of the same length for the McLaren Memorial Comedy Festival 2026. Submissionsshould gravitate toward the inherently comedic.
Our selection committee will choose three finalists to be performed at the festival in a reader-style performance in our main proscenium theater.
With permission, each play will be filmed for archival purposes for the playwrights' portfolio. Each play will receive a 15-minute moderated talk back following the performance, in which playwrights are welcome to submit questions for actors and audience, and the audience is encouraged to ask questions of the actors/directors/present playwrights.
All submissions should be sent to: achris@mctmidland.org
Submission requirements:
- Seeking plays that are mostly comedic in nature
- Seeking works that have yet to be published
- Script length –
- Approximately 40 minutes
- Scripts that exceed 50-minutes will be disqualified
- Playwrights may send a 40-minute excerpt of a
- longer play, if desired