Call for Short Play Scripts East/West PlayFest 2026

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Deadline: April 17, 2026

Only the first 250 plays received will be considered.

Email Submissions Address
ebtmac@gmail.com
Attachments can be doc, rtf or pdf files. 

Hard Copy Submissions Address
East/West PlayFest
Milford Arts Council
40 Railroad Avenue South
Milford, CT 06460

The Milford Arts Council’s Eastbound Theatre has announced a “Call for Short Play Scripts” for the East/West PlayFest, a festival of short plays to be produced in July 2026.

Six finalists will receive a production of their play, with two outdoor performances at the Milford Historical Society. The program will be repeated the following weekend at Westport Community Theatre, hence the “East/West PlayFest” name.

The festival is produced by Eastbound Theatre, a division of the Milford Arts Council.

Playwrights will maintain all rights to their material.

Please do not submit more than two plays

Submissions must be unpublished short plays of approximately 10-15 pages in length.

Please Note

Finalists will be notified via email unless playwright requests otherwise.

Two performances will be held at the Milford Historical Society on July 11-12 at 4pm.

In the event of bad weather, the performances will move inside the MAC, home of the Milford Arts Council.

Additional performances will be held the following weekend at Westport Community Theatre on July 17-18, 7:30pm.

Milford Arts Council/Eastbound Theatre – https://milfordarts.org/

Westport Community Theatre – https://westportcommunitytheatre.com/