Workshops with Theatre du Mississippi of Winona Minnesota

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Deadline: Various

Whether you're a beginner, an experienced writer, or someone with a story to tell, our upcoming FREE/pay what you can playwriting workshops offer creative, practical, and inspiring ways to develop your voice and craft

Diverse Character Creation (July 8th 7:30pm-8:30pm CST | Zoom)
Learn how to write diverse, authentic characters through ethical representation, research, and cultural consultation.

Zoom, Registration Required, Asynchronous Option Available.

Fundamentals of Playwriting (July 30th 7:30pm-8:30pm CST | Zoom)
Learn the core elements of playwriting, including character, conflict, and dramatic structure, through discussion and activities.

Zoom, Registration Required, Asynchronous Option Available.

Playwriting for Social Change (August 2nd 2pm-5pm CST | Zoom)
Explore Theatre for Social Change and collaboratively devise a short performance addressing a social issue.

Zoom, Registration Required, Asynchronous Option Available.

The Art of Listening (August 16th 2pm-5pm CST | Zoom)
Discover listening and play-based techniques to spark ideas, overcome writer’s block, and start writing with confidence.
Zoom, Registration Required, Asynchronous Option Available.

Creating a One Act (Thursdays September 24th - October 15th | Reading on November 12th). Winona, MN
Great writing takes practice! Learn the essentials of playwriting in a supportive, low-stress workshop focused on creativity, skill-building, and real progress! From page to stage.
Calendar to register:
https://tdmwinona.org/calendar?category=Playwriting+Workshop

For the zoom workshops you can live anywhere! We’ve had international people join us. For the creating a one act you must be in person in Winona, MN.

THE HUMAN SIDE OF HEALTH, A Virtual Public Health Play Series seeks 10-minute plays

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Deadline: June 30, 2026

Complete the submission form and upload:

• Play script (PDF)
• Brief playwright bio
• Current CV or résumé​

We are seeking submissions for the inaugural season of The Human Side of Health, a virtual play series that uses theatre to humanize the data behind today's public health challenges. Through storytelling, this series aims to raise awareness, educate the public, reduce stigma, and spark meaningful conversations about issues affecting individuals, families, and communities.

Three plays will be selected for Season One.

​THEMES

We are seeking 10-minute plays that explore one or more of the following topics:
• Substance Use/Recovery
• Depression/Mental Health
• Diabetes

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES​
• Maximum 10 pages

• Written in standard play format (include page numbers)
• 2–3 characters only
• No monologues

• IMPORTANT: For your play to be considered, it must be written specifically for a virtual platform as the setting in the script. Virtual format = Zoom, FaceTime video call or similar using a virtual modality as the setting.

Any work submitted that does not incorporate use of a virtual platform will not be considered.

• Artificial Intelligence Disclaimer: Plays must be original.

Plays written with artificial intelligence will be automatically disqualified.​

• Plays must be written primarily in English. The use of words or brief passages in another language is welcome; however, the majority of the script must be in English.

​Examples of virtual settings include:

• Telehealth appointments
• Virtual support groups
• Zoom meetings
• FaceTime conversations
• Video calls between a case manager and client
• Online recovery meetings
• Virtual family conversations
• Other stories that naturally unfold through technology and virtual communication

ELIGIBILITY
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• New, unproduced, some development history and world-premiered plays are welcome.
• Diverse characters and perspectives are encouraged.
• Playwrights with educational, professional, and/or lived experience in a health-related field, such as public health, healthcare, behavioral health, mental health, recovery services, human services, social work, community health, disability services, caregiving, or related areas preferred.
• Playwrights must have access to Zoom and be able to participate virtually.
• Playwrights must be available to participate in a live post-show discussion following the presentation of their play.
• U.S. based playwrights


SELECTED PLAYWRIGHTS WILL RECEIVE

• $100 honorarium
• A virtual performance of their play
• Participation in a live discussion about the public health themes explored in their work
• Public presentation on YouTube as part of The Human Side of Health

*Please note that all recorded readings and discussions will remain publicly available on YouTube as part of the series archive.

SELECTION

If your play is selected, you will receive an email confirming the selection by mid-July 2026.

Selected plays will be presented in the Fall of 2026.

SEEKING MONOLOGUES FOR VIRTUAL HALLOWEEN SHOWCASE

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Deadline: June 10, 2026 at 11:59pm PST 

Please send your submissions to rainydayrevue@gmail.com. 

Rainy Day Artistic Collective is planning our fall monologue showcase - this year it will be Halloween themed (like our very first monologue showcase was) and we're looking forward to bringing that back. 

It will have one livestreamed performance in October (exact date TBD) and be 100% Virtual.

Though we will be putting out a call for actors this summer, we need some monologues to work with first!

If you're interested in submitting a monologue to be considered for this showcase, please review the guidelines below:

Submission Guidelines:

Submissions can only feature one speaker.  

We have included poetry and short stories in past showcases, but typically prefer to feature theatrical monologues. 

Each monologue must be approximately 2-5 minutes in length.

Piece(s) must be inspired by Halloween in some way - scary or cute, happy or sad, dramatic or comedic, let your imagination run wild!

Excerpts from longer works are acceptable, but they should be able to be performed as standalone monologues with minimal to no additional context required for the audience.

Tech needs should be simple - keep it livestream friendly. Some sound cues are okay (even encouraged, if it fits the mood). We can also use virtual backgrounds to enhance/suggest the setting. 

No more than two pieces submitted per playwright, please! Joint authorship of a piece counts towards all contributing playwrights.

Please list any content warnings in your submission.

We are not able to offer stipends for selected playwrights/pieces, but this event is also 100% free for any audience member to watch.

The deadline for submissions will be June 10th, 2026 at 11:59pm PST - no pieces submitted after that will be considered. Please send your submissions to rainydayrevue@gmail.com. 

Our mission at Rainy Day Artistic Collective is to "make the theatre you wish to see." We are an inclusive; LGBTQIA+, minority, and disabled-run; hybrid company  headquartered in Seattle, Washington. We ally against racist, sexist, classist, xenophobic, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, and otherwise bigoted practices. As such, we will never consider submissions that contradict our values. 

New Musical Monday Season 5 Submissions

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Deadline: none listed

SUBMISSION FORM

WE ARE BACK AGAIN and seeking submissions for the fifth season of our digital series New Musical Monday!

Do you have a new musical that you want to share with our global audience? Do you have a musical that you wrote that you think needs more exposure? Do you want to have a digital way to present your musical to producers/directors for consideration?

New Musical Monday is a series that features new and lesser known musicals from around the globe. Launched in 2021, NMM was born as a spin-off of our New Musical November event in 2020. The episodes feature selections of songs from the musical as well as some insight from the creators. 

NMM is presented on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and a podcast version available on Spotify.

Questions: Send us an email at thornhilltheatrespace1@gmail.com

PlayZoomers Seeks 10-20-minute Scripts for Online Production

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Deadline: April 30, 2026 

PlayZoomers, a live, online theatre company, seeks short (10-20 min.) scripts for online production in 2026 and 2027. We seek humorous or serious, clever plays on the following themes:

• Imperfect love
• Winter holidays (Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year’s Eve/Day)
• Comedies (any subject)
• Theatre

Scripts should be suitable for online production. No script submission fee is required. If we produce your play, you will receive a small stipend. Scripts can include up to six characters. 

Please email scripts (PDFs only) to playzoomers@gmail.com. In the email’s subject line, put “(Theme) play submission: [title of play] by [playwright].” If you are submitting multiple scripts, send each one in a separate email. Please do not submit a script you have previously submitted to us. 

On the first page of your script, include the title, playwright name, estimated run time (no longer than 20 minutes), and contact information. On the next page, include a logline/synopsis, a detailed character breakdown, production history, and a short playwright bio. At the end of the script, describe production details, such as backgrounds, costumes, props, music, and sound effects. For additional script formatting guidance, go to https://www.dramatistsguild.com/script-formats 

The deadline for this round of submissions is April 30, 2026. As we read through scripts, we will acknowledge your submission and reach out to you only if your script is selected for production. 

With 147+ professionally produced plays since 2020 - involving hundreds of playwrights, directors, designers, and actors - PlayZoomers is a national online theatre company and an international theatre community. 

We feature plays of different genres and lengths, work closely with playwrights to adapt their work to a digital platform, and welcome theatre artists and audience members of all ages, genders, and backgrounds. 

SPQR Stage Company annual New Work Weekend seeks 10-minute plays

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Deadline: after they receive 50 submissions

They have received 50 submissions - do not send.

SPQR Stage Company is accepting 10 minute plays for its annual New Work Weekend held in Somers Point New Jersey in February 2026.

• Submissions are limited to 10 minutes in length.
• No more than 3 characters.
• Large stakes and issues. Please no terminal illness or dating issues.
• Open to revision a must.
• Please place the title of your play in BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS on the subject line.
• Submissions to close after 50.
• Those selected will receive a streamed copy of the performance of their work.

Read & Rant Submissions July 2025

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Deadline: April 30, 2025

SUBMISSION FORM

Athena Project’s Read & Rant program seeks to combine the sharing of theatrical work with the wider public and aspects of new play development while also fostering collaboration between playwrights and dramaturgs. We operate this program with the goal to create digital opportunities for early and mid-career playwrights, uplift writers and dramaturgs overall, and highlight artists who identify as an underrepresented gender. At Athena Project, we want to create a safer space for expression and growth for artists that identify as woman or nonbinary. 

Submissions are now open to be considered as a featured script at Read & Rant on July 21, 2025. The event will be on Zoom from 6:30pm-8:30pm MST. Tickets to attend the event are free and open to the general public through online event registration.

How does it work?

-Submissions are open until April 30, 2025.

-Once submissions are closed, we will select four playwrights via RANDOM LOTTERY. Those four will be asked to submit full copies of their scripts. 

(*Note you do no need to submit your script now, we will be reaching out if selected)

-These scripts will be read by a small cohort of dramaturgs. These dramaturgs will assess each scripts then select two scripts to be featured at the Read & Rant event. (The two scripts not selected to feature will still receive written feedback from our dramaturgical team)

-If your play is selected to be featured, it will be provided in advance to attendees of Read & Rant, who are expected to read it prior to the event.

-At the Read & Rant, a dramaturg will guide an open discussion with the audience to answer questions and provide feedback on your work.

Please keep in mind that rather than providing a platform for a reading or a dramaturgical deep-dive consultation, it works more like a Book Club! A general audience receives and reads the scripts in advance of the event, then a dramaturg uses their expertise to guide a discussion around the play. It is designed to give early-stage scripts audience feedback, and the dramaturg helps guide that discussion to ensure the feedback is productive and helpful.

If you have any questions, please contact Em Perez at literarymanager@athenaprojectarts.org. Thank you!

TIGER'S HEART PLAYERS IS NOW SEEKING SHORT WORKS

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Deadline: rolling basis

TIGER'S HEART PLAYERS IS NOW SEEKING SHORT WORKS—10 TO 25 PAGES - OR UP TO 25 PAGES-FROM A LONGER WORK

(the latter to be read in full, in installments – we also present entire full-length works every other month under the Full Length Day)

Multiple Submissions are fine. Response time is usually swift—within 2 to 6 weeks.

NOTE: Tiger’s Heart Players will cast your play for a Presentation/Reading, or if you prefer, bring your own cast!

(Production is an entirely different matter.)

We are especially interested in work from Female, BIPOC, LGBTQI+ people of all backgrounds--Playwrights & Actors around the globe!

Submit @ Tigersheartplayers@gmail.com.

PDF or Word Accepted

Lab Sessions are posted every weekend on our Facebook Page @ Tiger’s Heart Players

Experimental Theater Writing Workshop – Winter 2025

Seeking female or female-identifying experimental writers for the Experimental Theater Writing Workshop. This is a series of ten Zoom classes held Tuesday evenings from 01/07 - 03/11. Classes will consist of discussions of homework material; prompt assignments; and readings of work generated in class, culminating in final presentations.

This course will be applications of literary theory/movements to playwriting. Literary movements and theories allow us to see the social response of theatre to the world. While these movements and theories enlighten us to historical artistic responses, they can also seem like arcane academic subjects to the writer. Literary theories give us tools to expand the way we think of theatrical moments and scenes. Using concepts from musical composition, we will apply them within the framework of theatre.

Questions we may ask are: can some of these concepts unearth new dramatic possibilities for the writer? Can theories or techniques of the past and/or music be relevant in today’s socio-political landscape?

If we are seeking new ways to express ourselves as dramatists and theatre makers, we might continue our search for other techniques that allow us to expand our toolkit and create unique experiences for our audiences.

The goals of this course are: 1) to gain additional theater writing techniques which expand the writer’s current theatrical repertoire; 2) to investigate writing techniques as a representation of a writer’s response to the world; and 3) to strengthen a connection between theatre and other theories and movements.


Guidelines:

• 1 submission per playwright

• 1 experimental writing sample (10 pages max)

• Title page on sample should contain:

o title
o name
o contact info

• Second page should contain:

o Character breakdown
o setting
o time

• file name of sample play should read: titleOfPlay_lastname_exp.pdf

Writers are selected based on the nature of the work submitted and availability. By experimental, we mean work that challenges the conventional elements of theater. If selected, the fee is $400 ($350 for returning playwrights). Please note that this is an intensive course with the expectation that the writer will participate in class discussion and write 10 pages of new material outside the class each week.

Apply here: https://forms.gle/NgrqJVpkjUCyr5pt5

Deadline: December 27th, 2024 @ 5 pm. Notification first week in January.

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THINK FAST Short Play Competition 2025

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Deadline: November 30, 2024

15-minute plays are accepted for review October and November 2024 for the event in March, 2025.

Submission Instructions

• Electronic submissions only
• No fee to submit
• Plays are accepted for six weeks each fall
• Only one entry per author
• E-mail your short play to:OneActFest@TheTheaterProject.org
• Include in the Subject line: “Submission + The Title of Your Play.”
• Email submissions must contain this sentence in the body of the email: “If my play is accepted and I choose to take part in the festival, I understand that I will be responsible for the casting and rehearsal of my play and that I will be charged a $100 participation fee.”

If Your Play Is Selected​​​

The Theater Project will supply a stage manager/technical director to oversee the Zoom recording process

Individual productions supply the actors, directors and make their own agreements with actors and directors regarding compensation

​Playwrights will be charged a $100 fee to cover the $500 prize as well as the cost of hiring the stage manager/technical director.

The Theater Project does not charge a submission fee for its THINK FAST one-act festival. We do, however, charge a $100 production fee to help cover the cost of the $500 prize as well as the hiring of a stage manager/technical director to work with the productions on their technical needs as well as supervise a rehearsal and record the final performance on TTP’s Zoom platform.

Although we would rather not charge a production fee, the reality is that without help from participating playwrights, we would not be able to offer this showcase for new works.

The Braid Seeks short plays for The Dreidel Diaries

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Deadline: November 1, 2024

The Dreidel Diaries - Stories of life’s gambles and the discoveries that come with taking a big risk.

For our Hanukkah Candlelight Storytelling Event.

SUBMIT VIA GOOGLE DOCS

Life is a game of chance – with real-world consequences. Did you take a big gamble that paid off in a new career or a passionate romance? Did you play the game only to discover that the prize wasn’t what you really wanted?  Did your luck run out, leaving you to rethink your dreams? And how did Jewish values or identity impact your choices? Send us your witty, woeful, or winning stories of a time when you took a bold risk in life. What happened, and how did it change you?

• How long can the story be that I’m submitting?
• For Salon Theatre no more than 1500 words.
• For StoryNosh no more than 750 words.
• Please do not submit a full length play.
• All one-acts must be 5 pages or less with no more than two characters. 

Do I have to be Jewish to submit?
No, you need not be Jewish to submit, but we prefer the work to have some Jewish content or Jewish resonance. All are welcome to submit.

Can I submit more than one piece?
Yes. However, each piece needs to be submitted separately.

What if my piece doesn’t fit the theme?
Please do not submit your work unless it fits the theme.

If my work is accepted, is there remunerations?
Yes, all works selected are given an honorarium. Written pieces that are selected for Salon Theatre will be given an honorarium based on the number of times the work is performed in the show for which it was selected. Writers also receive royalties if works are reprised. With StoryNosh, you will win a $100 prize for being selected.

My story has previously been published/produced. Can I still submit?
Previously produced or published work is welcome. Please include production and/or publication history.

Can I submit my musical?
We encourage composers, song-writers, and performers to submit one song from a musical, or one scene with a song with no more than two characters. Full length musicals will be rejected without reading.

Is there an age limit to submit?
Submissions are open to writers of all ages.

Does The Braid assume rights to my piece?
No. You give us permission to distribute your story digitally and/or perform it live. However, you retain all the rights to your story.

When I will be notified if my piece is selected?
We read every piece submitted at least twice, a process that takes time. If we plan to use your work in an upcoming Salon show or StoryNosh, we will contact you by email within two weeks of the performance date or Youtube release date. Please check our website for posting of those dates. If we cannot use your piece this season, we will keep it in our files for possible future use, when it may be better suited to another theme.

What happens if my story is selected?
All selected pieces will be edited and adapted by our skilled dramaturges to fit The Braid’s theatrical style. All edits will receive your approval before production begins.

Your work will then be performed by professional actors and produced by The Braid’s production staff.

You will receive an honorarium for your written piece included in our Salon Theatre based on the number of times it is performed in the show for which it was selected. You will also receive royalties whenever the piece is reprised. With StoryNosh, you will win a $100 prize for being selected.

Why would I submit to StoryNosh instead of a Salon Theatre show?
You can submit to both as long as you do not exceed the word limits for each and your story relates to the theme. StoryNosh just allows us to explore additional themes in a digital format that are different from our Salon Theatre series.

Can I perform my own story?
No. Writers do not perform their own work. However, in rare cases, we will allow a writer/performer to perform their own story. Writer/performers will need to send a performance reel along with their submitted story.

Seeking Scripts for “Twisted Tales 2024” Virtual One Act Festival

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Deadline:  Oct. 20, 2024  at 11:59pm PDT 

Please email a BLIND COPY (no identifying information whatsoever in the document) to us at rainydayrevue@gmail.com

Theme: Short One Act Plays that are variations, adaptations, or other “twists” on a classic and/or well known story. These can include, but are not necessarily limited to, fairy tales, folk tales, public domain literature and plays, mythology and more. Let your imagination run wild! 

We ask that playwrights refrain from submitting scripts that are above a “PG-13” in rating (i.e. no nudity, excessive violence, or sexually explicit material). Please reach out with any questions.

Since our festival will be performed 100% virtually, plays that are specifically written for virtual performance, though not required, are a plus. Pieces that do not translate effectively from stage to screen may not be selected. 

Not required but helpful: if your piece is written originally for a “traditional stage,” you may include suggestions with your submission on how it might translate.

The festival will be broken into two blocks, each of which will have two performances.

Block A will perform: Dec. 6th at 6:30pm PST and Dec. 7th at 2pm PST.
Block B will perform: Dec. 7th at 6:30pm PST and Dec. 8th at 2pm PST. 

Scripts should be about 8-15 minutes long with 2-3 speaking characters. 

Please note we will not be accepting monologues, or scripts that are not one acts. 

All pieces will be performed 100% live, i.e. on livestream and not pre-recorded, unless otherwise arranged. RDAC has adopted a policy where, in the interest of providing a live theater experience, we do not present pre-recorded pieces except in unavoidable circumstances.

No experience required and no submission fees. Unfortunately we are not able to provide a stipend of any kind at this, though we are working towards this as our top financial goal for future festivals as we (slowly but surely) grow and expand our operations.

TO BE CONSIDERED: Please email a BLIND COPY (no identifying information whatsoever in the document) to us at rainydayrevue@gmail.com by no later than 11:59pm PST on Oct. 20, 2024. Limit of one play per playwright - multiple submissions will not be considered.

LATE SUBMISSIONS OR THOSE THAT DO NOT FOLLOW ALL OF THE ABOVE GUIDELINES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS EVENT.

Submission Wanted for Playwrights Script Reading Season 2025 at Lumos Players

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Deadline: December 1, 2024

New Deadline: October 1, 2024

CALLING ALL PLAYWRIGHTS! We understand writing a play can be a journey. This is a great opportunity to have your plays read aloud and have a constructive group discussion to help further you in your playwrights process. 

We accept all kinds of play; 10min, 1 act, full-length plays, musicals, comedies, dramas, etc.

If interested in submitting a play for this edition please email lumosplayers@gmail.com with your script attached. Deadline for submissions is December 1, 2024. We will be announcing the 2025 Playwrights Script Reading Series on January 1, 2025.

All readings and discussions will take place the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7:30pm and will be over ZOOM.

DATES FOR READINGS:

February 12, 2025 @ 7:30PM
March 12, 2025 @ 7:30PM
April 9, 2025 @ 7:30PM
May 14, 2025 @ 7:30PM

The Larking House Playwrights Intensive

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Deadline: September 1, 2024 11:59am

SUBMISSION FORM

This year we are looking for 6 BRAND NEW SCRIPTS! 4 scripts from anywhere in the world to be digitally workshopped & 2 of which will be offered in-person intensive experiences* (for SoCal based playwrights) with our team in Anaheim, CA.

COLLABORATE

We will pair you up with an extraordinary emerging director and actors who will help you bring the words on your pages to life.

Over the course of this week-long intensive program, two playwrights will have the opportunity to work digitally with a specially curated team of artists, make edits, add pages, etc. before your final reading at the end of the week.


PRESENT

After workshopping your piece throughout the week, our Zoom-based playwrights will have the time to present a final reading over Zoom to the company and a panel of industry professionals.

Share your story!

GROW

At the end of your reading, there will be time for you to receive feedback on the play from the company and professionals who tune in.


Be confident in your artistic voice and the stories you want to share with the world. We can't wait for you to come showcase your talent and grow with us!

IN-PERSON OPPORTUNITIES

In order to deepen our connection with our local community, we are giving two Southern California-based playwrights the opportunity to join our team for a fully in-person intensive experience here in Anaheim, CA.

A live staged reading of the piece will be held at the end of the process accompanied by a structured feedback session with hand selected industry professionals.

PlayZoomers Seeks Short, Online, Holiday Scripts

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Deadline: July 31, 2024

PlayZoomers, a live, online theater company, seeks short (10-15 min.) holiday scripts for our December 2024 production. We seek light, humorous, clever plays with themes related to Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, New Year’s Eve, or other December holidays. Scripts should be suitable for online production. There will be no script submission fees required. If we produce your play, you will receive a small stipend.

Please email scripts to playzoomers@gmail.com 

In the email’s subject line, put “Holiday script submission: [title ofplay] by [playwright]”. If you are submitting multiple scripts, send each one in a separate email. Please do not re-submit scripts you have previously sent us.

On the first page of your script include the title, playwright name, estimated run time, and contact information. On the next page, include a logline/brief plot summary, a detailed character breakdown, any production history, and ashort playwright bio. At the end of the script, describe production details, such as backgrounds, costumes, props, music, and sound effects. 

For additional script formatting guidance, go to https://www.dramatistsguild.com/script-formats

The deadline for this round of submissions is July 31, 2024. As we read through scripts, we will acknowledge your submission and reach out to you only if your script is selected for production.

With 110+ professionally produced plays since 2020 - involving more than 285 playwrights, directors, designers, actors, and scores of audience members from 35 states and countries around the world - PlayZoomers has become a national online theatre company and an international theatre community. We feature plays of different genres and lengths, with cast sizes typically ranging from 2 - 6. We work closely with playwrights toadapt their work to a digital platform. We welcome theatre artists and audience members of all ages, genders, and backgrounds. Learn more about our nonprofit company at https://www.playzoomers.org

No Sleep Podcast seeks scripts

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Deadline: none listed

Here at The NoSleep Podcast, we love nothing more than hearing from up-and-coming or seasoned horror writers who’d like to work with us. We want you to frighten us and mess with our heads, so we in turn can terrify our listeners. As such, we’ve prepared a handy list of submissions guidelines to get your relationship with our show started. We welcome and encourage a broad, diverse range of submissions from all across the horror genre, and can’t wait to read the spine-tingling tales you send us.

Submissions are handled by our team of editors, who upon your story being selected will work with you to ensure your story is primed for audio adaptation.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Please email submissions to: submissions@thenosleeppodcast.com

In the body of your email please include the title and exact word count of the story.

Please send submissions as an editable attachment.
Microsoft Word documents are preferable. Please do not submit your story or script as a .PDF file as we cannot edit or annotate it easily. Anything submitted as a .PDF file will be automatically rejected.

Please do not submit your story by pasting the text into the body of your submission email.
This breaks the formatting of your story and makes it exceptionally hard to read, requiring us to reformat your story ourselves just to be able to assess it. Any submissions received in this manner without an attachment will be automatically rejected.

Please double check that your story is actually attached to your email.

If your story submission has been posted online at any point, please provide us with a link so we can share the text version with our listeners.

Due to the high volume of submissions we receive, any submissions that don’t follow our requirements will be automatically rejected.
Please familiarize yourself with the guidelines carefully before submitting in order to receive a response from our team.

SCRIPTS

We’d love to see more script submissions, as these have proven to work very well on the show. Scripts should ideally last between 20 and 40 minutes, and star 2 or more characters, with more being preferable. Please include a word count with your script, and a spoiler-free list of characters with speaking roles. If you’re new to scriptwriting and you’d like an example of how to structure and format an audio-only script, you can download an example.

Please make sure your script is written as an audio drama. We can’t adapt scripts written as a screenplay, or scripts that heavily feature visual cues. Anything not written in an audio drama format will not be accepted.

Premiere the Play – the Podcast – submissions open for our 2025 Season

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Deadline: January 15, 2024

“Premiere the Play” is a podcast featuring audio performances of new stage plays. The podcast can be found on all major podcast platforms.

Submissions are now open for our fifth season, coming in 2025

Guidelines:

· Our goal is to fill our season with diversity, so all topics, time periods, cultures, etc. are welcome.

· English, however, must be the primary language.

· The play must be an unproduced STAGE play (not radio play, screen play, or zoom play).

· The play should run no less than 30 mins and no more than 2 hours.

· Maximum cast size of 6.

· No musicals... yet...

· All outside elements (songs, other writer's works, etc.) used in the play must be in the public domain and not under copyright.

· Stage directions that provide essential information will be included in the final episode, so they must be clean and clear.

· Only one play may be submitted per playwright for each submission call period.

The plays will be chosen on a BLIND BASIS: All identifying information about the playwright will be removed before the play is distributed to our Play Selection Committee, thus ensuring that the plays are chosen based on the work itself and not the gender, race, age, etc. of the playwright.

Once chosen, each play will be cast, rehearsed, and recorded. The recordings will only be used on the podcast and for promotional purposes. Playwrights will be compensated 4% of net profits from the episode of their play.

As a theatre company with youth programs, our goal is for at least 50% of the season to not include explicit language.

Submission Instructions:

To submit, email the following to submissions@deanproductionstheatre.com:

· The complete script (.pdf or .doc only, please) with the playwright’s identifying information only on the title page

· A full Character Breakdown

· A synopsis

· The playwright’s name, address, email address, and phone number (won’t be seen by the Selection Committee)

For more information, visit www.DeanProductionsTheatre.com and find the audio-only podcast, Premiere the Play, on your favorite podcast platform.

Experimental Theater Writing Workshop – Winter 2023

Seeking female or female-identifying experimental writers for the Fall Experimental Theater Writing Workshop. This is a series of ten Zoom classes/workshops held every Tuesday evening from 01/09/24 - 03/12/24. Classes will consist of discussions of homework material; prompt assignments; and readings of work generated in class. The last class will consist of final presentations.

 

Literary movements and theories allow us to see the social response of theatre to the world.  While these movements and theories enlighten us to historical artistic responses, they can also seem like arcane academic subjects to the writer.  Questions we may ask are: can some of these concepts unearth new dramatic possibilities for the writer?  Can theories or techniques of the past be relevant in today’s socio-political landscape?  If we are seeking new ways to express ourselves as dramatists and theatre makers, we might continue our search for other techniques that allow us to expand our toolkit and create unique experiences for our audiences.

The goals of this course are: 1) to gain additional theater writing techniques which expand the writer’s current theatrical repertoire; 2) to investigate writing techniques as a representation of a writer’s response to the world; and 3) to strengthen a connection between theatre and various other theories and movements. 

 

Guidelines: 

• Only 1 submission per playwright
• 1 experimental writing sample. Each sample is up to 10 pages only. 
• Title page on sample should contain:
• title
• name
• contact info

• Second page should contain:
• Character breakdown
• setting
• time
• file name of sample play should read: titleOfPlay_lastname_exp.pdf
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Writers will be selected based on the nature of the work submitted and availability. By experimental, we mean work that challenges the conventional elements of theater. If selected, the fee is $400 ($350 for returning students).   Please note that this is an intensive course with an expectation that the writer will participate in class discussions and spend time writing 10 pages of new material outside the class each week.

Apply here: https://forms.gle/NgrqJVpkjUCyr5pt5

Deadline: December 20th, 2023 5 pm.

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SPQR Stage Company is seeking 10-minute plays

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Deadline: October 15, 2023 

or when SPQR receives 200 submissions

SPQR Stage Company is seeking 10-minute plays for its annual New Work Weekend in February 2024 at studio;space in Somers Point, New Jersey.

Plays will receive an on-book staged reading (with costumes, props and lights) and those chosen will receive a free stream of one of the performances.

Submission guidelines:

• No more than three characters.
• Subject matter - we are not seeking plays that deal with dating break ups or terminal diseases. Plays should have earth shaking stakes and characters should change. The play must have an arc, conflict, and be dramatic. 
• One submission per writer please.
• A willingness to revise

Please send your submission to: Spqrnewwork2024@gmail.com

Those chosen will be notified.

Go Try Play Write August 2023

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Deadline: August 31, 2023

SUBMISSION FORM

We’re proud to announce a new monthly playwriting contest in collaboration with Bamboo Ridge Press. Every month, Kumu Kahua’s artistic director Harry Wong III will select a writing prompt on the first day of that month. We’re looking for 5-page monologues or 10-page scenes based on that prompt; the due date for submissions are always the last day of the month. All entries must be written in traditional play format; instructions on this format can be found here (https://www.dramatistsguild.com/script-formats), courtesy of the Dramatists Guild.

There will be one winner each month. Scripts will be submitted to the judges anonymously. Winners will receive $100 and a subscription to Bamboo Ridge Press. Woo!

August 2023 prompt: A super powers prompt. Write a ten page maximum scene or a five page maximum monologue about a society where everyone has the same super power, but one individual loses that power. The scene is about incidents that happen to that individual, or the monologue is about what goes through their mind as they deal with their new existence. 

(Sorry for the late prompt all; I caught a cold when I got back from vacation. I hope it doesn’t set you back. Harry Wong III~)

Winning entries will be performed/read by actors, filmed, shared via social media, and archived on Kumu Kahua Theatre and Bamboo Ridge websites.