| Opportunity | Deadline | Type **see guide |
Address | Phone | Notes/Email/Website NOTE: PPOK=previous productions okay; NoPP=No previous productions or publications, workshops usually OK |
| Stone Theatre – The Arthur W. Stone Playwriting Award | School of the Performing Arts, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71272 | Bi-ANNUAL … 2009 … NO FEE. The winning playwright will be invited to Ruston to serve as Artist-in-Residence the week of the show. Louisiana Tech University will provide up to $500 to the winning playwright to assist with travel, accommodations, and per diem. | |||
| 2009 Clauder Competition for New England Playwrights | Portland Stage Company Attn: 2009 Clauder Competition P.O. Box 1458 Portland, ME 04104 |
Portland Stage Company is proud to announce the opening of the 2008-2009 Clauder Competition for New England Playwrights! Every submission will be read by at least two readers, and every playwright will receive an individualized letter of response, including readers’ comments. Portland Stage will adjudicate the competition and provide a creative home for the winning playwright with a full production of their work. Scripts received prior to December 31, 2008 will be considered for staged readings in the 2009 “Little Festival of the Unexpected” next May. | |||
| Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts | Denise Brady Executive Director 801 3rd Corso Nebraska City, NE 68410 |
FEE $25. Artists are awarded a residency which includes living and working space and a $100/week stipend. We do not help with travel expenses. Residencies are from 2 - 8 weeks. Submit script w/ blind cover, application form and fee, synopsis, bio & resume, writing sample of 30 pp. If a portion of a work is submitted, a one-page synopsis may be provided if desired. Previously published materials are eligible. Submit writing sample(s) in one Microsoft Word file. Only writing submitted in English will be considered. You may submit resume, statements, and support materials on one CD. | |||
| Centenary Stage Company of New Jersey, Women Playwrights Series, Harvard Mastodon Challenge | Send Attn: Catherine Rust, Prog. Dir Centenary Stage Co. WPS 400 Jefferson St. Hackettstown, NJ 07840 |
NO FEE. One-act or 'short' play inspired by historical subject. The Centenary Stage Company, an Equity theatre in residence on the campus of Centenary College in Hackettstown, NJ is accepting submissions for the Women's Playwrights Series. This season the WPS Festival will also feature a short-play "challenge" contest, based on The Harvard Mastodon. In the 1844, a family of mastodons were discovered and excavated from the great swamplands just north of Hackettstown, and in the shadow of the Delaware Water Gap. The Terminal Moraine of the last ice age ends just a few miles from the site near Stephens State Park in Hackettstown. The skeletal remains of one mastodon now reside in the Harvard Museum. Three submissions from the Harvard Mastodon "Challenge" will be read during the WPS festival week, April 21 - 26, and one will be selected for further development. The winner of the short play contest will receive an honorarium of $150, plus further development by the Centenary Stage Company. http://www.centenarystageco.org/12Opportunities/Call_For_Plays_WPS.asp | |||
| Tympanic | Tympanic Theatre Company ATTN: Literary Committee P.O. Box 25881 Chicago, IL 60625-0881 |
Tympanic needs your writing for our third production of the season, slated to go up in Summer of 2009. It might be a full length, it might be a night of short plays, it might be both, so we're looking for scripts of all lengths, genres, shapes, colors, and sizes. Whether it's a full length or a 10 minute we want to see whatever you've got. Our literary committee will be reading submissions between now and March 1st, so send them in! Our only requirement is that your script must never have been produced in Chicago (unless it was as a reading or in an educational setting). We prefer electronic submissions in either PDF, Word, or RTF format. We will be announcing the selected script(s) in April of next year. Multiple submissions are acceptable. Good luck! | |||
| Jane Chambers Award STUDENT CONTEST | Jane Chambers Award c/o Jen-Scott Mobley 230 West 56th Street, Suite 65A New York, NY 10019 |
FEE $10 (reduced available). STUDENT CONTEST SUBMISSIONS go separately!! Jane Chambers Playwriting Award recognizes plays & performance texts created by women that present a feminist perspective & contain significant opportunities for female performers. Experimentations in form and subject matter are welcome. Send three copies of an unpublished typed script, completed application form from WTP Website, resume, brief description of the piece, and a processing fee of $10 for underemployed and student contest. Please, only one submission per applicant, and no email submissions http://www.athe.org/wtp/ | |||
| Boca Raton Theatre Guild | Carol White, Artistic Director P.O. Box 273595 Boca Raton, FL 33427 |
FL residents only. Any genre except "X" rated. Nothing that needs complicated sets, lighting, or props. Please Submit: No contact info on script; Brief synopsis of play; Character breakdown and set requirements; Don't include SASE, scripts will NOT be returned; No binders. No paper clips. Please include a blind cover sheet with the name of your play, but NO CONTACT INFORMATION. You MUST have an email address to be eligible. Pages must be numbered, and the name of the play (not your name) should be on each page of the play. | |||
| Twenty-first Century Productions | Scot Walker, Producer 2805 Bolling Road Falls Church, VA 22042 |
Production in 2010-2011 season. A small honorarium will be paid to the playwright at the end of the run. Plays are only accepted via email. Twenty-first Century Productions is a gay owned theatre company. We seek plays by gay/lesbian/transgendered playwrights (and gay friendly playwrights) who write at the cutting edge of the movement. Plays with egregious social solutions to our current problems of inequality are given the highest priority. Check our website for information about the Lesbian and the Flying Pig if you would like to know more about our philosophy, and check our website and click BIO for information about what we've produced in the past. Submit character breakdown and set requirements, bio, scripts will NOT be returned. 10-30 minute, three character or less. The gay movement for civil rights and equality is currently at a standstill. Indeed, America seems to be moving back to the "stone them or export them" mentality -- or at best, "we accept them if they accept Jesus Christ as their Savior and stop practicing their sinful ways". Our theatre company, although serving Washington, DC, is located in Virginia -- a state that has enacted two laws and an amendment to our Bill of Rights to ensure that homosexuals will never have equality with heterosexuals. We aim to overturn this inequality. Our major goal, as a theatre company, is to fight for equality -- and open those doors that seem to be slamming in our faces. If you are a non-gay/lesbian/transgendered person, but believe in equality and would like to submit your works to us, we will gladly read them. | |||
| Subversive Shorts | Buffalo, NY | Subversive Theatre Collective. Attention All Politically-Conscious Playwrights! The Subversive Theatre Collective of Buffalo, New York is currently accepting submissions for our upcoming 2009 "sUBVERsIVE sHORTs" Showcase. This Showcase is open to new plays by American playwrights that run up to one hour in length (shorter entries welcome too!) and address topics of a political and/or socially-conscious nature. Works of all genres, styles, and perspectives are eligible. | |||
| Platte Clove Artists in Residence | The Catskill Center for Conservation and Development POB 504 Route 28 Arkville, NY 12406 |
NO FEE. The Platte Clove Artists-in-Residence program in upstate New York offers visual artists, writers, composers, performing artists, and environmental researchers a location to appreciate the natural environment and focus on their art. Residencies last for up to two weeks. During the residency, artists reside in a cabin surrounded by trails, waterfalls, and the forest. Residencies culminate in an exhibition at the Catskill Center's Erpf Gallery in Arkville, NY. Residents must provide their own bedding and food. Application: http://www.catskillcenter.org/programs/arts/residency_application.pdf | |||
| Ucross Residency | 30 Big Red Ln. Clearmont, WY 82835 |
2 wk to 3 mo residencies FEES: $20 http://www.ucrossfoundation.org | |||
| Manhattan Theatre Source's Estrogenius 2009, NYC | Estrogenius 2009, NYC Manhattan Theatre Source 177 MacDougal St NY NY 10011 |
This fall, the Estrogenius Festival will celebrate its 10th season. We take open submissions from around the world and are committed to providing opportunities to female artists (and male artists who create complex roles for women) in a variety of disciplines. Manhattan Theatre Source's Estrogenius Festival, an annual celebration of female voices, is one of New York City's largest women's arts festivals. Founded in 2000, the festival debuted with a program of 10 short plays and music. Since then, it has grown into a five-week extravaganza including short plays, solo shows, music, visual art, dance, teen performances and a benefit for African girls' education. The New York Times raves that Estrogenius 'lives up to its billing as a celebration of women's work." | |||
| Faith Broome Playwright in Residence, Oklahoma | Karen Craig University of Oklahoma, School of Drama 729 Elm Ave. Hester Hall 165 Norman, OK 73019 |
NO FEE. University of Oklahoma. Full-length Plays (min. 45pgs). The Faith Broome Playwright-in-Residence is dedicated to the creation of new plays and to the development of emerging and established playwrights. The residency, created in 2008, for the School of Drama at the University of Oklahoma offers a unique opportunity for a playwright to devote time to his or her writing and to make a significant contribution to new play development within the university and professional theatre communities. The residency will act as a resource for professional, community-based and emerging playwrights. http://www.ou.edu/finearts/drama/facultystaff/playwright.htm | |||
| New York Musical Theatre Festival – NYMF, 2008 Next Link Project | NYC | FEE$$. Next Link Project, NYMF's writer service program for the world's emerging musical theatre talent. The authors of musicals accepted into this program are nurtured throughout the year by a variety of resources, including one-on-one professional dramaturgical support, a weekend-long seminar of panels and producer networking events and a subsidized production slot in The 2008 New York Musical Theatre Festival. | |||
| William Flanagan Memorial Creative Persons Center | Edward F. Albee Foundation 14 Harrison St. NY, NY 10013 |
http://www.albeefoundation.org/Welcome.html Email: info@albeeFoundation.org | |||
| Byrdcliffe Art Colony | The Woodstock Guild 34 Tinker St. Woodstock, NY 12498 |
Four-week residency in the Catskills | |||
| Manhattan Theatre Club/ Dentyne announce REALationships, a new playwriting contest | Dentyne REALationships Playwriting Contest P.O. Box 5747 Blair, NE 68009-5747
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Plays must be on the theme of "maintaining relationships in the age of technology", have no more than 2 characters, and be no more than 10 pages long. Playwrights whose work has received a previous production and received compensation for that work are ineligible. Must be 18 or older to enter contest. Please visit website for an entry form as well as the complete list of rules and guidelines. Winner will have his/her play professionally staged in NYC in May 2009 and will receive a $7,500 prize. | |||
| Amy & Eric Burger Essays On Theatre Competition, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Wyoming | National Amy & Eric Burger Essay Competition, University of Wyoming c/o Dr. Jim Volz, President, Consultants for the Arts Theatre & Dance, PO Box 6850 Fullerton, California 92834-6850 |
$2,500 PRIZE for the best essay written in English on any aspect of drama or the theatre. A tremendous opportunity exists for a theatre writer to submit an essay on drama or theatre and collect a $2,500 prize as a reward for their literary talents. Kind donors affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Wyoming have endowed the Amy and Eric Burger Competition. Essay must be written in English on any aspect of drama or theatre. Only one submission per writer. Essays must be unpublished and between 1,800 and 7,500 words in length. Topics in film and television are excluded. Send two copies of the essay; do not identify the author on the essay; attach a cover letter with the title of the essay and the author's name, address, phone number, and e-mail address; mail first class with sufficient postage | |||
| Eclectic Company Theatre | Rebecca Bonebrake, Producer 5312 Laurel Canyon Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91607 |
FEES $15. Scripts must not have been previously produced in California. The running time of the play should be 15-35 minutes. No solo shows. Plays should be able to fit into a black-box theatre using minimal set pieces, props, and costumes. | |||
| Stage Coach Players | Stage Coach Players P.O. Box 511, 126 South 5th Street, DeKalb, Illinois 60115 |
NO FEE. IL residents only. Stage Coach announces its first-ever playwriting contest. Stage Coach Players of DeKalb is accepting submissions for its first-ever original playwriting contest. The contest is intended to showcase the writing talents of Illinois residents with the winning scripts to be considered for future production. A not-for-profit organization, Stage Coach Players has been in operation since 1947 producing community theater presentations, original plays and radio plays for northern Illinois residents The playwriting contest is offered in five categories: Full-Length; Short Subjects; Scenes; Radio Plays; Adaptations. All genres are welcome. Script entries must be unpublished, unproduced, and must be original scripts. Copyright permission will be required for all adaptations of work not in the public domain. Stage Coach Players will retain all production rights to produce winning plays through April, 2011. | |||
| Lee Street Theatre First Annual Ten-Minute-Play Contest—Six and the City | Jennifer Hubbard 2301 East 5th St Charlotte, NC 28204 |
NC, SC, VA, GA, TN writers ONLY. NO FEE. The play must take place in a city and must be easy to stage. Two stapled copies of each script, in proper format, must arrive on or before the deadline. No email entries. Limit entry to 4 scripts. NoPP. Enclose one blind cover sheet per playwright with contact information and the title(s) of the submitted script(s), along with a one-sentence synopsis. Script(s) will not be returned. Only the winning playwrights will be notified (by email) on April 1. Directed by Missy Barnes, Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts at Catawba College, Six and the City will be performed June 3-6, 2009. Questions ONLY: leestreettheatre@live.com | |||
| Juneteenth Legacy Theatre | SEE GUIDELINES (2 addresses to mail to) |
FEE $15. African-American experience and its legacy: (1) 19th Century experience, (2) Harlem Renaissance Era, (3) Caribbean/Native-American influences on African Americans, (4) contemporary issues and African-American youth, and (5) images of women. Submit 3 cc’s of bound script, synopsis, bio to 332 W. Broadway, #613, Louisville KY 40202; AND, SEND 1 copy and script submission fee mailed to New York City office, 605 Water St., #21B, NYC, NY 10002. The annual Juneteenth Jamboree of New Plays, produced by Juneteenth Legacy Theatre, Kentucky's only professional African American theatre company at Actors Theatre of Louisville, is a festival of staged readings presented over the first three weekends in June. | |||
| Dylan Days | Dylan Days One Act Playwright Contest, C/O Mike Ricci Hibbing Community College 1515 E. 25th St. Hibbing, MN 55746 |
All submissions should be plays that have not been produced in any other theatres. They can be of any genre except musicals, or puppet theatre. Scripts should be between 30 and 60 minutes in length, and contain 3-6 characters. Settings should be fairly modest, staying away from extravagant set pieces and special effects. Content and subject matter are completely open, but should reflect what Bob Dylan came to be known for - an original voice who embraced a new direction, a unique vision with the power to move people. All submissions will be reviewed by a panel of judges, and the winning entry will be given a fully mounted production on the Hibbing Community College Theatre stage. Entrants in the playwright contest only should submit via mail only. For more information on the one-act competition, contact Mike Ricci. | |||
| East Valley Children's Theatre | Karen Rolston, Artistic Director PO Box 20514 Mesa, AZ 85277-0514 |
In addition, the first play or musical is performed as a part of the East Valley Children's Theatre season, the following year. Please, must be suitable for kids to perform for kids and their families. Kids in our productions are ages 8-18. Plays should have 15 or more actors. NoPP. Must be suitable for kids to perform for kids, ages 8-18. Plays should have 15 or more actors. | |||
| The Inkwell | Jessica Burgess Artistic Director The Inkwell www.inkwelltheatre.org |
NoPP. The Inkwell in Washington, DC seeks new full-length plays by emerging playwrights for collaborative incubation process! The Inkwell serves Washington, DC as a comprehensive resource for new theatrical works. The Inkwell’s 2009 developmental collaboration includes dramaturgical partnership, educational opportunities, mentorship connections, staged readings, & in-depth workshops with the goal of a fully-staged Inkubator production. | |||
| Theatre Southwest 12th Annual Festival of Originals. | Theatre Southwest 8944-A Clarkcrest Houston, TX 77063 Attn: TSW-FOO. |
FEE $5. Submit one script, no published, preference for comedies. DO NOT submit your entry via email, snail mail ONLY. | |||
| 11:11 Theatre Company: An Evening of Almost Short Play Festival | Boston, MA | 11:11 Theatre Company is now accepting submissions between 10-30 minutes in length and have minimal production requirements. It is recommended that submissions fit the criteria of being an interpretation of the word almost, but it is not required. Accepted scripts will receive a full production in May of 2009. Please email scripts to Louise by the deadline. | |||
| SketchFest NYC | SketchFest NYC 136 East 13th Street NY, NY |
FEES $30 and $40, for performance-ready groups … SketchFest NYC announces applications for New York City’s fourth annual international sketch comedy festival are now available online. The application, for the first time, will allow filmed submissions, recognizing the enormous growth in filmed sketch comedy over the past year. The Fourth Annual SketchFest NYC is currently scheduled for June 12th-14th, 2008. The early application deadline is March 15th. The deadline for late applications is March 27th. | |||
| Arts & Letters Prize | Arts & Letters Prizes Campus Box 89 Georgia College & State University Milledgeville, GA 31061 |
FEES $15. The Arts & Letters Prizes competition offers publication and a $1000 (U.S.) Prize for winners in: Fiction (Short Story), Poetry, Drama (One-Act Play), and Creative Nonfiction (Essay). Please make checks or money orders payable to "GCSU" (note "Arts & Letters" in the memo section). All submissions will be considered for publication. (International authors: Please see instructions at link for our new policy concerning international submissions.) | |||
| Cordell Green New Plays Festival in Lubbock, Texas | Cordell Green New Plays Festival Mr. Whitney Ryan Garrity C.A.T.S. Playhouse, Lubbock, Texas 2405 34TH Street |
TX playwrights ONLY. Cast<10, strong roles for women encourages. C.A.T.S. (Children & Adults Theatrical Studios) Playhouse in Lubbock, Texas will be holding its first annual Cordell Green New Plays Festival this spring. 6 plays will be selected for 45-minute readings, in front of an audience. One of the 6 will be chosen to be produced by CATS, for its 2010 season. The attendance of the playwrights is encouraged, but not required. | |||
| Eileen Heckart Senior Drama Competition | Alan Woods, 2007 Eileen Heckart Senior Drama Competition Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute The Ohio State University, 1430 Lincoln Tower 1800 Cannon Drive, Columbus, OH 43210-1230 |
NO FEE. The 2009 Eileen Heckart Senior Drama Competition has begun. Intended to increase plays available for the rapidly growing field of Senior Theatre, the third Heckart Competition accepts plays in three categories: full length, one act (45 minutes or less in playing time), and ten-minute. Plays should include major senior characters and/or deal with issues pertaining to seniors (people over 55). | |||
| One Act Play Depot | One Act Play Depot Box 335 Spiritwood, Saskatchewan CANADA S0J 2M0 |
http://oneactplays.net/submissions.html e-mail: plays@oneactplays.net | |||
| NativeAliens Theatre Collective | NYC | NativeAliens Theatre Collective of New York City is soliciting plays for its 10th Annual Short Stories playwrights’ festival. A celebration of the playwright, Short Stories 10, will be a collection of short plays from the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender perspective that will be produced together for a week’s run in late June 2009. Playwrights interested in having their plays produced as part of this festival should e-mail their plays, as attachments, and include their name, address, phone number and e-mail. Plays should be a maximum performance time of 10 minutes, typed double-spaced in 10 pt. or larger font. Include a brief synopsis, no more than 2 sentences long. Playwrights’ names should appear ONLY on cover page. For more information about NativeAliens Theatre Collective, visit website. | |||
| Three Lions Stage – Hispanic Heritage | Three Lions Stage, Inc. 730 Columbus Avenue, Suite 2L New York, NY 10025 |
FEE $15. Submit 2 bound cc’s of script. Scripts WILL NOT be returned, unless playwright indicates such and provides a self-addressed pre-paid postage envelope. Download and complete the Playwrights Submission Form. | |||
| Fire Rose, New Visions Program LAST MINUTE |
10-Minute Play Competition Fire Rose Productions 11246 Magnolia Blvd. NoHo Theatre & Arts District, CA 91601 |
FEE $5. The 6th 10-Minute International Play Competition. We will announce the semi-finalists in July. | |||
| Colonial Playhouse LAST MINUTE |
Colonial Playhouse (Delaware County) Aldan, PA |
NO FEE. Colonial Playhouse is seeking new short plays for "Colonial Quickies! IX", our annual summer short play festival. Plays should be approximately 10 minutes in length, minimal production values, and small cast. All genres welcome. Festival runs June 12 through June 20 at Colonial Playhouse in Aldan (Delaware County), PA. Please send submissions via email in word or pdf format. Please limit submissions to three per playwright. Please include complete contact information including phone number with submission. | |||
| Rising Sun LAST MINUTE |
Rising Sun Performance Company C/O Horse Trade Theater Group, Attn: Akia Squitieri 85 East 4th Street New York, NY 10003 |
NO FEE. Rising Sun Performance Company Open Call for One Act Play Submissions. Seeking Original Unpublished One Act plays -- Contemporary, Ensemble driven works; all genres and subjects considered. Cast Age range should be Mid-Twenties to early 40s. Running time should be 10 to 20 Minutes. Unit/Basic Set with uncomplicated production values. Production Dates: July 8th thru 25th 2009 at UNDER St Marks Theater. Provide a cover letter, Script(s) should be in word or PDF format, Play Synopsis, Cast breakdown, and any other pertinent information. (note if the play has previously been produced or published). No financial payment is available at this time. | |||
| Cheyenne Little Theatre Players | Amy Gorbey, New Play Project Committee CLTP New Play Project P.O. Box 20087 Cheyenne, WY, 82003 |
FEE $20. The CLTP New Play Project for WY, CO, ID, NE, UT residents only. $500 award for the finalist and the travel and room & board costs for the winning playwright to attend auditions, rehearsals and the performance of their script in a staged reading. Each playwright is limited to one script submission per project year. Submit 3 copies. formatting guidelines: http://www.vcu.edu/arts/playwriting/format.html | |||
| BBC World Service Int’l Playwriting Competition | Selina Ream, Production Co-ordinator BBC World Service Drama, Room 118, East Wing, Bush House London, WC2B 4PH |
Applicants need to live outside of the UK. NoPP. application: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/radioplay_form.shtml | |||
| Multiarts, Plays for Young Actors | Catalina Arrubla P.O. Box 108 Hadley, MA 01035 |
NO FEE. Plays will be performed by children 6-13 and teens. Multi-Arts is seeking script submissions for 2009 summer workshop program! There are two categories: Children category: for writers 18 years and younger and Adult category: for writers 18 and up. Multiple submissions are welcome. Submissions must include the play or plays and a short author's bio. | |||
| First Run Theatre Spectrum Festival | Spectrum Festival 5215 Winona Ave St. Louis, MO 63109 |
NO FEE. St. Louis-area playwrights ONLY. First Run is accepting short play submissions for the Spectrum 2009 Festival. | |||
| Hunger Artists Theatre Company: Beyond Convention 3 | Beyond Convention Hunger Artists Theatre Company 699-A S. State College Blvd Fullerton, CA 92831 |
Please note that we're looking for unconventional material. To give you some examples, past plays included improving clowns, Seussian dialogue, characters becoming their television, lines from fortune cookie sayings, words as characters, dialogue determined by playing Twister, and water particles as characters. Please include your script, a cast list, title page including your contact information, and bio. If you prefer to send by mail, please include all of the following information, as well as an extra copy of your script (2 total). Scripts will not be returned. | |||
| James D. Phelan Literary Award | Intersection for the Arts 446 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94103 |
For CA born or current resident playwrights only. Must be between the ages of 20 and 35 | |||
| Barter Theatre (State Theatre of Virginia) - Appalachian Festival of Plays & Playwrights | (rec’d by) |
Nick Piper Director, Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights P.O. Box 867 Abingdon, VA 24212 |
NoPP, NO FEE, Appalachian themes, locations and/or setting. If playwright is from area, it can be on any theme. http://www.bartertheatre.com/festival/ Email: | ||
| Princess Grace Foundation | Grants Coordinator 150 East 58th Street, 25th Floor New York, NY 10155 |
NoPP |
** "TYPE" Guide
1=One act play
T=Ten-minute play
F=Full-length play
M=Musical
S=solo shows
ch=Children’s
cab=cabaret
rad=radio plays
ñ=translation
A=adaptations
sc=Screenplay
tv=teleplay
March 2009
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