The Players Theatre Short Play Festival ~ NYC

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Deadline: March 25, 2025

Submit by visiting https://shortplaynyc.com/submit/ and submitting your PDF (PDF preferrable but also accept DOC and DOCX)

New York City is like no other place in the world! We are seeking plays that get to the heart of the Big Apple and explore what makes this town tick. Unique New York – it’s more than a tongue twister – it is a way of life! Plays must be NYC–themed or have something to do with living in NYC. Descriptions of past plays are here.

Performances: Plays run Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm, Sundays at 3pm on one of three weekends June 5 – 22, 2025. There is a mandatory 45-minute tech rehearsal on the Sunday before that play's weekend.

• Plays must be 15 minutes or less, ideally in the 10 – 15 minute range
• This is a self-produced short play festival in a 50-seat black box theatre located at 115 MacDougal St., NYC. It is upstairs at the Players Theatre in the Steve and Marie Sgouros Theatre. We provide lighting and sound in our 50-seat black box.
• No restrictions on eligibility – all over 18 years of age are welcome to submit
• Playwrights may submit up to two plays
• No plays that have been/will be produced within 2 months before or after in the NYC area
• Playwrights will be notified within 2 weeks of submission deadline as to whether their play has been accepted or declined
• There is NO submission fee; if accepted and the playwright chooses to participate, there is a one-time $50 tech fee.

Playwrights Horizons 25-26 Season Fellow Application

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Deadline: March 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM

APPLICATION FORM

Please complete the application for consideration for the 2025/2026 Fellowship Program. This application is due on Friday, March 28th at 11:59PM. If you have any questions, please contact fellowships@phnyc.org

The Playwrights Horizons Theatrical Fellowship Program provides hands-on learning opportunities for the next generation of leaders in the performing arts industry.
This program offers excellent practical experience and training for a career in arts administration or stage management, and an opportunity to collaborate closely with and learn from Playwrights staff members and professionals in the industry. We are proud that many program alumni have gone on to become some of the most active directors, writers, composers, and administrators in the country, and in addition, many former fellows have joined the Playwrights staff.

The fellowships that are currently offered are:Stage Management

• Artistic/Literary
• Marketing
• General Management

Fellows are paid $16.50 per hour. Fellows also receive unlimited MetroCards for the duration of their fellowship.
Fellows will…Be invited to attend a series of seminars that include talks with seasoned professionals in the industry
Have access to a professional development stipend
Be invited to participate in Opening Nights, Community Events, and other staff events
Receive theater tickets and tickets to PH’s shows

2025 Central Texas New Works Festival seeks one-act plays

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Deadline: April 1, 2025

2025 Central Texas New Works Festival submissions are due April 1st. Selected plays will be presented via stage readings August 15-17, 2025.

All submissions are limited to 60 minute plays. Hard copy submissions should be sent to :

Temple Civic Theatre
Attn: Natasha Tolleson
2413 S. 13th Street
Temple, Texas 76504

For questions, please contact Natasha.Tolleson@TempleCivicTheatre.com

THE 92% by Bryan-Keyth Wilson ~ video excerpt

THE 92% by Bryan-Keyth Wilson  was chosen as one of the finalists for the RESISTING FASCISM project. You can learn more about  Bryan-Keyth Wilson on his website.

This is an excerpt from the monologue, with Desiree Dabney as Diedre.

Desiree Dabney is an experienced professional actor, singer, director, producer, and theatre educator/ activist. In May 2014, Desirée received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting (B.F.A.) from Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia. She received her Master of Teaching from the University of Richmond and is currently pursuing a doctorate in Education Curriculum. As a gifted professional, Desirée has been acclaimed and received awards in recognition of her accomplishments. In 2022, she was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from Shenandoah University. In 2023, Desirée was honored to be selected in Richmond’s Style Weekly’s Top 40 under 40. And in February 2023, she was featured in the Distinguished Black History Tribute on NBC12 that recognized her achievements in theatre education, which included the development of theatre courses for Richmond Public Schools and her selection as the first Black woman to develop theatre curriculum for the Virginia Department of Education. 

Desirée is also an award winning director for the Richmond Critics Awards production of How Black Mothers Say I Love You. In addition, her 2023 inaugural production of the iconic musical, Rent, as Head of Musical Theatre was an overwhelming success with nightly sold-out performances! As “Professor Dabney,” Desirée is currently the Head of Musical Theatre, School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University. She serves as a Board Member of Yes And Theatrical Company in Richmond, Virginia and the Board for Fine Arts Education (Theatre), Virginia Department of Education. Desirée is also a Georgia Shuler Awards Adjudicator, providing evaluative feedback for high school musical productions. An entrepreneur, she is the Owner and Executive Director of Theatre Diva Productions and Creator of "Growing Into Me" Journal. Desirée is committed to providing professional development opportunities for performers in the Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) community so that all performers will be seen and heard!

River & South Review seeks short plays

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Deadline: March 15, 2025 by 11:59 PM

SUBMIT VIA SUBMITTABLE

River & South Review seeks to be a home for work that evokes a visceral reaction, encourages continued conversation, captures the adventures of life, and spurs our readers to go find their own adventures to write about.

As writers, we want writing that makes us wish we had written it. We want writing that makes us think and wonder; laugh and cry; sigh and scream; nod our heads yes and no. We want work that stays with us long after we’ve left the page. And, of course, we want all of this in well-crafted pieces that demonstrate skill with form and language.

The editorial staff of River & South values inclusivity and diversity. To that end, we especially welcome the opportunity to read and consider work by under-represented and marginalized voices including but not limited to Black, Indigenous, Latine, Asian, and South Asian writers, members of the LBGTQA+ community, writers with disabilities, and older adults.

River & South Review publishes twice each year – a Summer issue in June and a Winter issue in January.

Submissions open February 15 for summer issues. Submissions open August 30 for winter issues.

For those who have previously submitted, please wait one entire submission period before presenting additional creative work.

River & South Review only publishes previously unpublished work. We consider content appearing in print and online journals, anthologies, books, and personal blogs as published.

Currently, we do not publish AI-generated work. Please do not submit poems, essays, or short stories you’ve created using AI.

We do not publish work by anyone with an affiliation to Wilkes University, the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, or the writing workshops that Wilkes University offers.Fiction – submit one (1) original, previously unpublished story up to 2,500 words in a .doc, .docx, or pdf file and title each as follows: YourLastname_Title.

Stage and Screen Scripts – submit one (1) original, previously unpublished script up to 12 pages in a .doc, .docx, or pdf file and title as follows: YourLastname_Title. Script submissions may be one acts, or a complete scene from a longer work. Send us your dialogue-driven works whose characters will make us wish they were real people we could meet in person.

Formatting for stage scripts: Center and capitalize all titles. Place your name underneath the title. Left justify character names and descriptions. Dialogue is also justified left with the character’s name, followed by a colon and then the dialogue. If there is a stage direction it should come after the colon and be enclosed in parentheses and italicized. Dialogue then follows in normal type. Please do not send plays in Standard American Format.

Once you submit in any genre, you may not re-submit a revised version during the same submission period.

You may send one submission per genre per reading period.

We welcome simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if a piece you submitted is accepted elsewhere.

We are unable to offer payment to contributors at this time.

River & South Review requests First North American Serial Rights and the right to archive our contributors’ work. All other rights revert back to the author upon publication. Please acknowledge River & South Review as the journal of first publication when placing your work elsewhere.

We only accept submissions via Submittable. Please do not email your submissions.

If we reach our capacity, we will close submissions before the deadline. So, submit early!

Edward F. Albee Foundation residency

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Deadline: March 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM

SUBMIT VIA SUBMITTABLE

The Edward F. Albee Foundation maintains the William Flanagan Memorial Creative Persons Center (better known as "The Barn") in Montauk, Long Island, New York, as a residence for writers and visual artists of all media. We are proud to be ADA-accessible and open our doors to all creative people.

The Center is open year-round (with the exception of December, when it is closed for general maintenance and holidays), and can accommodate four creative persons at a time. Residencies are for calendar months only. The standards for admission are, simply, talent and need.

Located approximately two miles from the center of Montauk and the Atlantic Ocean, "The Barn" rests in a secluded knoll which offers privacy and a peaceful atmosphere. The Foundation expects all those accepted for residence to work seriously and to conduct themselves in such a manner as to aid fellow residents in their endeavors. Writers and visual artists are offered individual en-suite bedrooms and separate working studios. Residents are responsible for their food, travel, and other expenses. The environment is simple and communal. Residents are expected to do their share in maintaining the condition of "The Barn" as well as its peaceful environment.

Third Annual Fern Street Play Festival

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Deadline: April 1, 2025

Only the first 250 submissions

September 19, 20, and 21, 2025

Known locally as the church on Fern Street, The Universalist Church of West Hartford, Connecticut has a history of using theatre to build connections across our own progressive congregation and the local community. We continue to widen the circle of this tradition by inviting voices from far and wide to be part of our third annual play festival. Our mission is to uplift and examine the human condition through theatre. To that end, we invite playwrights to submit short plays, new or old, published or unpublished, to our no-fee juried play festival.

Our first two festivals were a great success, attracting in the second year more than 250 submissions from around the United States and several other countries. Out of this pool, nine plays were chosen for seated readings and were performed by outstanding actors from the community. The Festival attracted an enthusiastic audience over two nights. In 2025, we plan to have three performances.

This year, selected plays will receive a $100 honorarium. One grand prize will be awarded in the amount of $250. 

Each selected play will be produced as a seated reading for a live audience. We plan to make a video recording of each individual play reading and make those available to the playwrights, to be used at their discretion, excluding commercial purposes.

INSTRUCTIONS – PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW CAREFULLY

Submit a properly formatted playscript for the stage. For formatting guidance, go here.

Make the script itself “blind” by removing any reference to the playwright’s name, address, bio, past performances, or awards. Please do put your full identifying information in the body of the cover email.
The play may be from any genre – drama, comedy, etc. It should be a complete, short play – no longer than 25 pages. We will consider only one play from each playwright submitting.

Email your script as a PDF document to
FernStreetPlayFestival@gmail.com by 11:59 p.m. on April 1, 2025.

No late submissions will be accepted. 

NOTE: We will stop accepting submissions when we receive 250 scripts.

SELECTION CRITERIA
Plays will be chosen for performance based on the following criteria:

1. Dramatic literary skill.
We will especially appreciate submissions that use drama as the main literary device. Plays that rely too heavily on exposition or are written in a didactic style will not meet the criteria for dramatic literary skill.

2. A performance time of no more than 20 minutes.

3. Illustrative of at least one of the Unitarian Universalist Seven Principles or Shared Values.
• 1st Principle: The inherent worth and dignity of every person;
• 2nd Principle: Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;
• 3rd Principle: Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;
• 4th Principle: A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;
• 5th Principle: The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;
• 6th Principle: The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all;
• 7th Principle: Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.
• The Shared Values are: Love, Interdependence, Equity, Transformation, Pluralism, Generosity, and Justice.

We will select plays that we believe resonate with one or more of those principles.

REVIEW AND NOTIFICATION
A group of qualified readers will begin a blind review of scripts immediately. We plan to notify all writers of the outcome of the selection process no later than July 1, 2025.

PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED PLAYS
If selected, your play will be produced as a seated or minimally staged reading for a one, two, or three-performance run, depending on the number of plays selected. Performances will be held in the sanctuary of the historic Universalist Church of West Hartford and videorecorded. Performance dates are slated for September 19 and 20, in the evening, along with a matinee on September 21.
Productions will use a mix of qualified professional and amateur actors. The director(s) will have extensive theatre backgrounds.

The Festival will be marketed and advertised throughout the greater Hartford area.
Playwrights are welcome and encouraged to attend a performance if at all possible. If traveling from afar, writers will need to cover their own travel and lodging expenses.

QUESTIONS? Contact: FernStreetPlayFestival@gmail.com

CCAE Theatricals 2025 Staged Reading Series Festival

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Deadline: March 21, 2025

SUBMIT VIA GOOGLE DOCS FORM

We encourage submissions that inspire open and meaningful conversations from playwrights of any and all experience levels. We seek storytelling that challenges expectations, expands perspectives, and celebrates bravery, complexity, and inclusivity. Above all, we value work that excites and engages our community in new and powerful ways.

The festival is tentatively scheduled for August 9th or 10th, with official dates to be announced soon.

For any questions, please email scripts@theatricals.org

We are accepting works at all stages of development

Plays and musicals with fewer than 8 actors needed for the reading are most likely to be chosen

Work written explicitly for the virtual platform will not be considered.

Please submit only one project. 

 
To be considered, please include the following:

Brief personal biography that speaks to how you have come to create theatre.

One paragraph synopsis of the piece you are submitting.

Complete script/score for reading and adjudication (If the work is unfinished, it may still qualify for submission).

Brief statement (no more than 200 words) detailing why you see CCAE Theatricals as the right home for your project.

Fresh Binder Productions submissions Spring 2025 Writer’s Cohort

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Deadline: March 23, 2025 a 11:59pm

Submit here: https://tinyurl.com/fb-spring-cohort-2025

Fresh Binder Productions has opened submissions for their Spring 2025 Writer’s Cohort!

During the Spring Writer's Cohort, we hope to provide a safe space for transgender and gender nonconforming playwrights in NYC to workshop new full-length works. Whether you're workshopping a previously produced work or starting from square one, we want to support and help you build your story.

Every Monday night from 6pm - 9pm, lasting from April 15th to June 17th, selected writers will meet in person in Manhattan or Brooklyn and will be given the opportunity to workshop their pieces and support their fellow cohort members' works.

This can mean your new pages being read allowed by fellow writers, brainstorming sessions from previous pages, or any other way we would best assist you in the writing process.

There is no fee to apply.

We are only looking for playwrights who identify as transgender/non-binary/gender non-conforming and are based in NYC/are able to commute to NYC on a weekly basis for meetings.

Writers will be selected and notified in early April. More information can be found on freshbinderproductions.com. Please email freshbinderproductions@gmail.com for any questions or concerns.

To apply, please fill out this google form: https://tinyurl.com/fb-spring-cohort-2025

Fresh Binder Productions is a theatrical home for emerging transgender/non-binary/gender non-conforming (TGNC) playwrights. Founded by Bailey Jordan Garcia and Roni Ragone in January 2024, Fresh Binder aims to support marginalized artists within the theatrical community while producing new, thought provoking work. In addition to our goal of uplifting more TGNC artists and work into the theatrical pantheon, building and creating community for these early career TGNC artists has become a high priority. Fresh Binder offers two writers’ cohorts every year in which playwrights are able to workshop and create pieces fully amongst other TGNC artists. Outside of cohorts, Fresh Binder produces workshops and staged readings of works in development—fostering growth among the community. Ultimately, Fresh Binder wants to spotlight TGNC playwrights rather than specifically TGNC storylines, changing the narrative on what TGNC writers are “supposed” to write about.  

Imagine Performing Arts looking for short plays about Hope and Happiness

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Deadline: July 1, 2025

Only the first 100 scripts submitted 

Questions and submissions can be emailed to Imagineperformingarts@yahoo.com. 

Imagine Performing Arts is located in Connersville, Indiana. You can follow us on Facebook, Instagram or at our website. 

Scripts should fit into the theme of “Hope and Happiness” and should be no more than 15 minutes in length. 

The play reading committee will be taking into account our audience demographic that is both midwestern and rural. They don’t like vulgar language and are generally conservative. Playwrights can submit up to 3 plays. 

Imagine Performing Arts is looking for 6 great short plays filled with hope and happiness. The night of short plays to be presented February 13 - 22, 2026.

“This will be our third biennial short play festival. Since they will run back to back, they should have minimal set requirements” stated Cindy Perez, president of IPA. Only the first 100 scripts submitted before July 1, 2025 will be considered.

The theme for the shows is “Hope and Happiness”. “We are looking forward to the collaboration between the playwrights, directors, casts and crew” said Carla Beard of IPA, “With the number of plays produced, this is a great opportunity for directors and actors to explore something new.”

If you are interested in making a submission the play should be written in the format recommended by the Dramatists Guild: https://www.dramatistsguild.com/sites/default/files/2020-01/General-SFI-Formatting-Guidelines-Complete.pdf.

If you would be interested in directing, acting or working as part of the design team or production crew, email IPA at the email address above or through their website at www.imagineperformingarts.com. The short play fest will be produced February 13-22, 2026 on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. 

Live & In Color Musical Theatre Development Program

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Deadline: March 15, 2025 by 11:59 PM EDT

Submit at liveandincolor.org

For any questions email musicalsubmissions@liveandincolor.org

Live & In Color is looking for playwrights, composers, and lyricists of color and/or other underrepresented communities interested in developing their new musical. The selected musical submission will have a one-week workshop in the fall at The Bingham Camp in Salem, Connecticut culminating in a staged presentation to an invited audience.

Writers receive a $1,000 stipend plus housing, meals, and travel. We provide support including a several-month development period based on needs of the composer/writers leading up to the retreat. Live & In Color staff will continue the support the development of your piece beyond the retreat including a reading for industry and Broadway Alums.

MUSICAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 

The musical must be performed with 4 actors (or less)

All submissions should include:

• Resumes + CVs (a one-page PDF document for each team member's resume and CV)
• Artistic Statement (can be authored by individual team members, or as a joint statement)
• Single page synopsis*
• Single page character breakdown*
• Demo of score (2-3 songs)*
• Sample of dialogue (~15 pages)*
• Brief production/development history (properties with prior full productions not accepted)*
• Optional: a PDF of the full script (please note, if you move forward to the Semi-Finalist round, a full script and score will be required) *Submission Materials must be in a single PDF document of all

THE CLUBBED THUMB BIENNIAL COMMISSION 2025

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Deadline:  March 20, 2025 11:59PM EDT

Every other year Clubbed Thumb invites playwrights to propose plays inspired by a particular prompt. The application is open to all, and the anonymous proposals are read by a panel of theater artists. The winning proposal(s) receive (or split) a $15,000 award and development support. We are pleased to announce our next Biennial Commission.

This year we lost one of our great comic dramatists: Christopher Durang. We’ve been reflecting on how powerful and much-needed savage humor like his is in a world like ours today.

So, for the 10th Biennial Commission, please consider his work, especially from the 1980’s. We read Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You, Beyond Therapy, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, and Baby with the Bathwater, but feel free to engage with any of his work. We highly suggest reading out loud.

Your play should include:

• A dysfunctional family or relationship (but this is a Clubbed Thumb show so anything but a biological family or romantic relationship)
• A mangled version of a song in the public domain
• A kilt
• A series of nicknames (which may or may not be explained)
• A spiritual middle manager

You can have three stage directions total for the whole play, with one exception…

“She/he/they/it throws a __________.”

You can include this one as many times as you want.

You can have three props of your choosing, plus any of the following: a Snoopy doll, a snake-in-the-can, a reward cookie, or a dead baby.

Think about the funniest actresses you’ve encountered. Write hysterical, vicious, and virtuosic parts for them.

As always, please consider the Clubbed Thumb parameters and aesthetic.

TO APPLY: SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING THROUGH THE FORM BELOW

(this is a ANONYMOUS submission, see notes below)

1) A one-page letter of intent describing your proposed project;

2) 10 exploratory pages from the proposed project (either contiguous or from different sections of the proposed play);

3) One of your finished plays, for reference;

4) Your resume

IMPORTANT NOTES

No names please — on the letter, the 10 page sample or the finished play for reference, or in any file names. The panel reads all submissions anonymously — the only place your name should appear is on the info form and on your resume.

The letter of intent should briefly map out the proposed piece and, if need be, orient the reader to the excerpt’s relationship to the whole. You needn’t explain or repeat anything that your 10 page sample makes clear. Then give us an idea of where the piece is coming from and where you think you want to go with it.

We ask you to include one of your finished plays for reference. Note (where prompted in the form) any relationship or similarities the complete play has to the proposed project, and recommend 10 pages for us to start with.

One last thing: this is a commission for Clubbed Thumb. So look around our website at our guidelines and production history for reference, if they are not familiar to you. Many of our plays have been published individually or in our anthologies and are widely available to read.

DEADLINE: THURSDAY, MARCH 20th, 2025 11:59PM EDT

The proposals will be read and adjudicated over the course of the spring/summer, and the commission(s) awarded by the fall. The $15,000 commission — which might be split between writers if the panel so elects — will be paid out in installments, with the first installment following the signing of a contract. Send questions to info[at]clubbedthumb[dot]org

I AM CHARLOTTE by Richard Lyons Conlon ~ video excerpt

I AM CHARLOTTE by Richard Lyons Conlon  was chosen as one of the finalists for the RESISTING FASCISM project. You can see more of Richard's work at the New Play Exchange.

This is an excerpt from the play, with Rhiannon Frazier as Char, Atlie Gilbert as Liz and Christopher Prentice as Mark.

Rhiannon Frazier is an Albuquerque-based creator whose major focus is on new works created for and with her community. You can find her on Instagram at @alittleshiver.

Atlie Gilbert is a multidisciplinary artist, passionate about developing new work across theater, film, and beyond. She recently performed in the Artistic Congress, presented by Long Wharf Theatre & Yale and the Social Change Festival, presented by Still Point Theatre Collective & 6th Fest. Other regional credits include American Blues Theater, Great Lakes Theater, and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare, among others. On screen, she has appeared in Famous Canadian Actors, Perdido, and Searching for Yoo, with additional projects in development. As a featured guest artist and speaker, she has collaborated with organizations such as the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Joliet Junior College, Chicago Dramatists, and Literacy Chicago, as well as other institutions. Atlie is represented by Grossman & Jack Talent, Shushu Entertainment, and Metropolis Artists Agency. @atliegilbert

Christopher Prentice is pleased to appear for NYCPlaywrights for the first time. A Chicago-based actor, he has appeared in classics and new works for many theater companies including Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Milwaukee Rep. As a company member of the Stratford Festival for five seasons, he appeared in over a dozen productions. He was a co-founder of Chicago’s Signal Ensemble Theatre, where favorite roles included Benedick, Estragon, Marlow (She Stoops to Conquer), Jerry (The Zoo Story), Hamlet and Chris in the world-premiere of Landslide. He has participated in the development of new works by Coleman, Amy Crider, Joshua Fardon, John S. Green, Richard Gustin, Hope Hommersand, David Alan Moore, Joshua Fardon, Tasmin Jahan, Paul Pasulka and Richard Lyons Conlon. christopherprentice.com

SPRING 2025 Online Class in Writing the Ten-Minute Play

Spring online classes in Writing the Ten-Minute Play are now open for enrollment.

Award-winning playwright and musical theatre writer Arianna Rose is offering two online sections in Writing The Ten-Minute Play.

Arianna has taught this course for the Dramatists Guild Institute, Delray Beach Playhouse, and other playwriting and creative writing courses both online and in-person in NY and FL.

"Writing for the Stage: The Ten-Minute Play"

Six Sessions, 3 hours each session: choose one section

1. Mondays, 1 – 4 pm EST (April 7 – May 12)

2. Thursdays, 6:30 - 9:30 pm EST, (April 3 – May 15) (no class May 1) 

Tuition: $ 299 early bird till March 27; $329 after 

Discount: $20 discount for members of The Dramatists Guild, Playwright Binge, or South Florida Theatre League.

Minimum of 3 participants per section; maximum of 8.

Course Description:
Ten-minute play festivals continue to grow in popularity around the world, with readings, productions, and publications at every level of theatre. While short-form plays share some similarities with full-length storytelling, the dramatists who excel in this form have learned how to write into the differences. I can help you join their ranks and give you the tools to write to the highest level of craft.

This eight-session course is a combination of lecture, reading, discussion, and most importantly, in-class sharing of your work for feedback. Whether you’re a new or seasoned dramatist, Writing The Ten-Minute Play will assist you in your craft. Topics include the elements of a successful 10-minute play, dramatic structure, generating ideas, character development, giving and receiving constructive feedback, effective rewrites, formatting your play, submissions, and log-keeping.Please contact Arianna Rose at rockawayrose@gmail.com, or via her website where there is more course information: https://ariannarose.net/playwriting-classes-and-other-workshops

 

Arianna Rose is the Dramatists Guild Ambassador for South Florida, a Dramatists Guild Institute Instructor and Pip Mentor, professional dramaturg, Theatre Professor, and an award-winning playwright and musical theatre writer. Recipient of the MAC Song of the Year Award, the York Theatre NEO, and numerous best short play awards. Her work has been produced in 37 states and ten countries. Published: Smith & Kraus, Applause Books, Theatre Odyssey Publications & Gemco Publications Australia. 2019-2021 Miami-Dade County Playwright Development Program, moderated by Kia Corthron. She created and moderates the weekly Plays on Purpose/Miami New Musicals stage writers group, in its sixth year. M.F.A., NYU Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Writing; B.A. Theatre, Bucknell University; BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Writing Workshop. Memberships: ASCAP, LMDA, MAESTRA, Musicians Union, New Play Exchange, South Florida Theatre League, Dramatists Guild of America http://www.ariannarose.net

Interested but not available?
If you are interested but don't have availability for that day and times, please email me at rockawayrose@gmail.com and I'll compile a list for another section or future course.

One-on-One Private Dramaturgy
If you prefer one-on-one coaching, I am a member of the Dramaturg and Literary Managers Association of the Americas (LMDA) and the Dramatists Guild Plays-in-Progress Mentor Program. More information here:

http://ariannarose.net/dramaturg-for-hire

Seoul Players seeks 10-minute plays

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Deadline: March 15, 2025

English-language theatre in Seoul, South Korea

We’re looking for scripts for the upcoming 2025 Ten-Minute Play Festival. Submissions will open March 1st, 2025. From the first to the fifteenth (Beware the Ides of March!!), playwrights can submit up to three scripts for free. 

Any further submissions will require a $5/5,000 won submission fee, as explained below.

In order to submit scripts for the upcoming festival, we will require you to submit scripts in PDF format: one blind (no names or identification) and one in full. This is so that our readers can assess the scripts for performance in our festival with as few personal biases as possible.

For (our) convenience, please title the scripts “Title” and “Title – blind”. Doing it this way makes thing so much smoother!

Please send an email to this email link. The email address is seoulplayers2010@gmail.com and the subject line should be “10MPF Script Submission”. Please include your full name and any other pertinent information in the email.

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The Weekly Workshop ~ join our nationwide community

                         The Weekly Workshop

Join our nationwide community of playwrights on Zoom. 

It’s a great way to stay connected and motivated.

 

Participating in a weekly workshop can give you the kick you need to see your script through from beginning to end.  You can bring in anything you’re working on — a full length script, a musical, a TV pilot, whatever. And when your script is ready — we’ll present it in a Public Reading. We also bring in Guest Speakers, like Pulitzer Prize winner Margaret Edson (Wit). 

 

Sit in on a session and see for yourself!

Tuesdays or Thursdays 7 - 9:30pm EST

Check out our website for more details and rates. 

Script Consultations

If you don’t have time for the workshop but have a script you’d like some feedback on — just send a PDF of your script and you’ll get a critique via email and/or video conference. See website for rates.

 

Richard Caliban has worked with  individuals on their scripts from all over the world — Indonesia, China, Greece, Australia, Serbia, as well as right here in New York. A script consultation will provide you with feedback on the structural soundness of your story, the dramatic arc of your protagonist, thematic unity and much more.

 

Online One-on-One Courses

 

If you’re looking for more, check out our One on One Online Playwriting Courses:

 

•       The Art of Playwriting

•       Write a Play in 10 Weeks

•       3 Hour Short Course

 

All are with instructor Richard Caliban, and since it’s One on One, the courses can be adjusted to fit your level of experience. 

 

Please visit our website for further Info and Rates: 

 

www.theplaywrightsgroup.com

 

Contact us at 

scripts@theplaywrightsgroup.com

Ghostlight Ensemble is seeking short scripts

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Deadline: March 2, 2025

Ghostlight Ensemble in Chicago is seeking short scripts (under 30 minutes) for a staged reading series at Black Eagle Club. The only requirement is that the scripts are set at a bar.

This is open to playwrights in any geographic area. There is no payment for selection, but there is also no fee to submit.

Selected plays will be presented in a series of staged readings during the spring of 2025 as part of our revamped series of live events at Black Eagle.

Pieces can be previously produced and playwrights may submit more than one play.

Electronic submissions only, please. Please submit a brief synopsis of script in the body of your email, along with contact information, and attach a copy of the full script to Maria Burnham at scripts@ghostlightensemble.com. 

Please use the following format in the email’s subject line: Bar Project Script Submission: [play name] - [playwright name]

Sarah Congress ~ private writing coaching and script mentoring

Award-winning comedic playwright and screenwriter Sarah Congress is offering private writing coaching and script mentoring 💞

"Writing a play was always a dream but as a fiction writer and journalist, I couldn’t figure out how to make it work. In just a few sessions, I’ve experienced several “a-ha” moments with Sarah. I always leave my time with her excited by my project and its potential. The skills I've learned have made me a better writer all around. I don’t think I would have ever written a play without her input."

~ Leah Eichler, award-winning short story writer and publisher of Esoterica magazine

"My biggest takeaway from last night is that anything can be made funny. That really dovetails beautifully with my deep gratitude for a healthy sense of humor, even in the darkest moments…."

~ Gay Norton Edelman, Author/Editor 

Sarah Congress is a comedic playwright/screenwriter represented by Samadani/Tall. This January her satire "Big Yikes!" was read by the UP Theatre, and her ten-minute play "Fresh Kills" was read at the NYPL Lincoln Center. Her ten-minute play "Melting" was produced at Siena College for their Climate Symposium (October 2024), by the Tank Theatre for the IHRF Festival (December 2024) and will be published in issue #12 of Feels Blind Literary this spring. Sarah co-wrote the screenplay "I Can't Hear You" which won BEST COMEDY in the 2024 Jersey Shore Film Festival. Her ten-minute play "Overdose" won 2nd place for BEST SHORT in the 2023 Downtown Urban Arts Festival. 

Sarah teaches playwriting/screenwriting, works as a script doctor, and is delighted to be a joke writer for the 2025 Broadway Cares celebrity roast. 

Visit Sarah's website here: https://sarahcongress.com/
Or shoot her an email at sarah.congress@gmail.com to learn more.

AS LONG AS I KNOW HOW TO LOVE by Tom Misuraca ~ video excerpt

AS LONG AS I KNOW HOW TO LOVE by Tom Misuraca was chosen as one of the finalists for the RESISTING FASCISM project. You can learn more about Tom at http://www.tommiz.com/

This is an excerpt from the play, with Steven Lee as Alan and Cameron Rankin as William.

STEVEN LEE is an actor, playwright, and singer/songwriter. His play "Chariot" was produced and performed at the Stella Adler theatre; and he was awarded a showcase of his play "Husband Material: a play of no manners" with the Celebration theatre, both in Hollywood. Currently, he is on the board of the longest running writing group in Los Angeles, First Stage, where many of his plays have received readings. Steven has also acted in many plays from other talented playwrights. He is a Spanish teacher and the department chair of the World Language department at a middle school in Los Angeles. Samplings of his music can be viewed on Instagram at Steven Lee 323.   

CAMERON "TOMMY" RANKIN is an actor out of Los Angeles with a real passion for pursuing his dream of on-screen acting. Trained in New York City in theater and continued, and still continues, his screen acting with Gregory "Kenzo" Kenyon. 

Cameron says:

Always looking for the next project, I often write, produce and act in my personal projects. My latest major project was a 6 minute film based on the Cyberpunk world by Mike Pondsmith. It was critically acclaimed by major studios, but what really mattered to me is that the author who wrote Cyberpunk back in the 1980's found my email and wrote praises to me! Currently I'm writing and acting in sketches in the hot new (rolls eyes) vertical format and I'm having a lot of fun with it!

If you ever want to connect send me a DM or email me at actor.cameron.rankin@gmail.com :D

Black Men Talk Play Festival 2025 seeks 10-minute plays

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Deadline: March 15, 2025 at 11PM CT

SUBMISSION FORM

The 10-minute play festival will be a celebration of the voices, stories, and perspectives of Black male playwrights and showcase the works of new and emerging Black male playwrights telling authentic stories of the Black experience.

The Black Men Talk Play Festival, the first of its kind, aims to honor the contributions of Black male playwrights - initiated by a Chicago-based Black playwright. The event will host three performances in Chicago in August 2025. 

A panel of readers in the industry will carefully select the plays to be part of the festival. All submissions will receive a confirmation email. 

Notifications will be made on or before April 15th. The official list of selected plays and playwrights will be posted on: https://blackmentalkplayfestival.com on April 30, 2025.
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SUBMISSION RULES:​

• Submissions are due by March 15th at 11:59 pm CT.
• Script submitted must be the final version in proper play format.
• Playwrights must submit plays that run from 8-10 minutes or 8-10 pages. Your cover page should have: title of play, your name, email address, and phone number.
• Plays should feature up to two to four actors.
• Scripts should be written with minimal set and costume requirements.
• One entry per person.
• Plays must be unpublished and must not have had a professional production.
• Plays must be submitted electronically in PDF format.
• No musicals, screenplays, or monologues will be selected for this festival.
• Your submission should be your own work. 
• All submissions must be submitted online.