Deadline: April 13, 2026
or until 150 applications are received
SUBMISSION FORM you will have to create a free account at Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley.
SUBMISSION FORM you will have to create a free account at Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley.
The Boost - submissions for the second cycle are now open.
An eligible applicant for The Boost is a woman, trans, and/or non-binary playwright age 40 or over who has had at least one production performed in front of a paying audience OR a script published by an established/known publishing/licensing house.
Application Opens: February 16, 2026
Application Deadline: April 13, 2026, or until 150 applications are received.
Winner announced: June 1, 2026
First draft delivered: June 1, 2027
Reading of the commissioned play: Fall 2027
Application materials:
-A two-page project summary in which the writer describes the play they intend to write, and answers the question: what about Leah’s play Debt inspired your idea for this play?
– CV / production history
– Fifteen pages of a work that best represents the writer’s voice. (This does not need to be the first fifteen pages of the work, just the pages you feel are the strongest).
– One reference – someone who can speak to your work as a playwright and theater maker (no letter is needed.)
The winner will receive:
—$10,000 to be received $6K at time of commission, $4K on completion
—A reading in Fall 2027
About Leah’s play Debt
Debt is a one act comedy about unpaid bills, endorphins, band practice, Marvin Gaye, and even more unpaid bills . . . something for everyone.
An eligible applicant for The Boost is a woman, trans, and/or non-binary playwright age 40 or over who has had at least one production performed in front of a paying audience OR a script published by an established/known publishing/licensing house.
Application Opens: February 16, 2026
Application Deadline: April 13, 2026, or until 150 applications are received.
Winner announced: June 1, 2026
First draft delivered: June 1, 2027
Reading of the commissioned play: Fall 2027
Application materials:
-A two-page project summary in which the writer describes the play they intend to write, and answers the question: what about Leah’s play Debt inspired your idea for this play?
– CV / production history
– Fifteen pages of a work that best represents the writer’s voice. (This does not need to be the first fifteen pages of the work, just the pages you feel are the strongest).
– One reference – someone who can speak to your work as a playwright and theater maker (no letter is needed.)
The winner will receive:
—$10,000 to be received $6K at time of commission, $4K on completion
—A reading in Fall 2027
About Leah’s play Debt
Debt is a one act comedy about unpaid bills, endorphins, band practice, Marvin Gaye, and even more unpaid bills . . . something for everyone.