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Submission deadline has been extended for the WAM Coaliation Collaboration Awards - STILL OPEN!
Playwrights, Screenwriters, Directors, Actors, Filmmakers, Choreographers, Dancers, among other Disciplines Encouraged to Apply - Deadline extended to January 31, 2025
Women in the Arts & Media Coalition is extending the deadline for submissions for the 2025 Collaboration Awards. Established in 2006, the $1,000 award and other honors are designed to encourage professional women from different arts and media disciplines to work together on the creation of a new artistic work. Artistic disciplines include but are not limited to playwrights, directors, composers, choreographers, filmmakers, actors, singers, and dancers.
Collaborative teams must be led by female members of the various Coalition arts & media full member associations, unions, and guilds, or be individual members. While team participants may be of any gender, the two people submitting for the award must both identify as women and be from two different disciplines.
Eligible teams may suggest any form of creative collaboration on a new work created since 2021 and which has had a public performance. Public performances may include, but are not limited to, a production, a workshop, a staged reading, a gallery show, a concert, etc. Public performances may be in person and/or virtual. Submissions will be judged on the basis of artistic excellence, diversity, and clarity. All topics and subjects will be considered. Special attention shall be given to projects that reflect the goals of the Coalition: to advance the voice and vision of women (women's work and women's issues).
The
winning team and the honorable mentions will be invited to an award
ceremony in New York in Autumn, 2025. Also honored at this event will be
an Acclaimed Collaboration Award winning project.
The Hatchery New Works Development Festival
The Hatchery is a new play development festival celebrating and supporting new works for the stage that center music and movement. Produced by Portland, Oregon theater company Many Hats Collaboration, The Hatchery is a short-term, paid performance residency program with a public-facing workshop performance. Our goal is to serve local and regional artists and ensembles by providing a nontraditional new works development model that provides support in the form of money, space, marketing and audience attendance. The Hatchery promotes the creation of groundbreaking, music and movement-driven new works for the contemporary theater canon, nurtured in the Pacific Northwest. In our second year producing The Hatchery, we will select 1-2 community-sourced projects based on proposals submitted. A selection panel will evaluate proposals using the stated selection criteria using a committee-based process. The deadline to submit a proposal is January 31, 2025.
o When/Where: Portland, OR
o Deadline: January 31
o Application Fee: No Fee
o Eligibility:Projects will be evaluated based on the following:
Strength of team/artists and their collective track record of creating new work
Strength of content and ideas in the project description
Use of music / use of movement
Articulation and achievability of goals within given constraints
Many Hats' ability to create the conditions for a successful experience
o Categories: Plays
o Contact: jessica@manyhatscollaboration.org
NYLonFusion
We are accepting new works for our 2025/ 2026 This Round's On Us festivals, each of which will focus on certain broad eras.(see below). But the plays do not necessarily have to be set in these time periods, but they should at least be informed by the social, cultural and/or political happenings of the time. Whether you find inspiration in the movies, music or theater of a particular era, the major events that formed the historical narrative or which have been ignored by history, or the everyday lives of people in the bygone days of the not-so-long-ago, you can send your 10-minute play to NyLonFusion@gmail.com
o Deadline: The Gilded Age/Cage Deadline: February 15th, 2025. (Festival June 27-28), The New Deal Deadline: June, 1, 2025, The Great Society Deadline November 12, 2025
o Application Fee: No Fee
o Eligibility: Each submission should be no longer than ten pages or approximately 10 minutes in length. Not have been previously produced. To be considered This Round's On Us please submit/email the following: A cover letter, brief synopsis, resume and full script to nylonsubmissions@gmail.com Please be specific as to which project you are submitting to. Write on the SUBJECT LINE For example: This Round's On Us: The Gilded Age/ Cage.
o Categories: Short Plays
o Contact: NyLonFusion@gmail.com
13th Annual Columbus Black Theater Festival
Mine 4 God Productions is accepting monologues and one-act plays that have diversity, inclusion, and equity of Black and Brown characters for our 13th Annual Columbus Black Theatre Festival (CBTF) that will be held July 5th-6th 2025, at The Columbus Performing Arts Center Van Fleet Theatre, located in downtown Columbus, Ohio. The theme for 2025 is Still Standing Strong. Our Founder/Artistic Director, Julie Whitney Scott, was given this theme, as usual, through prayer. It's a theme that inspires hope, resilience, and love for each another. It's about standing strong as an individual, couple or group of people before, during, through and after adversity comes into their lives. It's about how to stay strong during difficult times. It must be a story that is a story and not a lecture to push your views on others. It must be about everyday people and their everyday lives and how they stand strong during adversity. Submissions are accepted December 1, 2024 to February 28, 2025.
o When/Where: Columbus, OH
o Deadline: February 28
o Application Fee: No Fee
o Eligibility: The entries need to meet the following criteria:
No more than 4 to 6 characters (Actors can play double-roles.)
No derogatory, hate based, sexually explicit work will be reviewed or accepted.
Have minimal set/light requirements.
If required, play can be rehearsed/performed effectively by virtual means.
15 to 20 minutes long for one-act plays. 5 to 10 minutes long for monologues.
Written blocking notes of the play can be rearranged by the Director to meet venue space.
Must submit a titled script and a blind script without any identifying information other than the title.
Only one play submission per playwright.
o Categories: Monologues, One Act Plays
o Contact: Due to the number of plays received each year, you will not be notified unless your play is accepted. However, you can email us after February 28, 2025, for feedback on your submission at www.mine4godproductionsllc@aol.com
Sound Balance
SOUND BALANCE is a new musical developmental reading and commissioning initiative, exclusively for women and nonbinary writers and composers. The initiative is a partnership between GLG, the first (and only) U.S.-based organization dedicated to developing and producing musical theater by women and non-binary writers and composers, and leading creative and producing professionals across theater, film and television whose work is related to musical theater. The program is a direct extension of GLG's mission: To close the gender gap in musical theater authorship, and connect early career creators with those successfully developing musical content both in theater and other mediums. Sound Balance is open to women and nonbinary integrated musical theater writers (meaning those individuals who write book, music and lyrics solo) or writing teams (consisting of composer, lyricist, bookwriter, or some combination of the above).
o Deadline: January 15
o Application Fee: No Fee
o Eligibility: To apply, applicants must submit the following work samples from a musical theater piece. Submissions will be open until 11:59 PM ET on January 15, 2025, or when 250 submissions are received:
A 20-25-page script excerpt (PDF format)
5 song demos (.mp3, .mp4, or .wav format)
Lyric sheets for the selected songs (PDF format)
Full script (PDF format)
Work samples from musical podcasts, musical film or TV scripts, musical video games, or any other content forms that the creator(s) would call a "musical," in addition to stage musicals, are entirely welcome. Submissions will reviewed by a panel of industry members. The selected writer or writing team will receive a $3000 commission for the first draft of a piece of their choosing from GLG's slate of projects in development, culminating in an industry reading in late 2025.
Finalists will be selected by early February 2025, and all applicants will be notified of their status.
o Categories: Musical
Greenwood Lake Theater New Works Series
Greenwood Lake Theater is seeking submissions for their upcoming New Works Series, which will be produced in spring of 2025. Each selected play will receive a short workshop and produced staged reading at our home theater in Mountain Lake Park (Warwick, NY). This project is made possible by a grant through Arts Mid-Hudson. Both full-length and one-act length (of at least approx. 40 minutes) plays/musicals will be considered. We are not considering any shorter scripts- such as 10-minute plays- for this particular project. We are specifically seeking plays that have not yet had any kind of public presentation. While all submissions will be considered, we particularly encourage BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ playwrights to submit their work, as well as any playwrights local to the Hudson Valley region. The dates listed represent the full time frame for the project. The time commitment for each project is 2 days, plus 2 virtual production meetings. Selected plays will receive two days of workshop/rehearsal time, followed by a public presentation staged reading. There will be a Q&A/talkback after each staged reading, so that both the playwright and Greenwood Lake Theater may gather thoughts and reactions from the audience. While these will not be full productions, we would like to give them enough staging/basic technical design to suggest what a full production may look like. Each play will have a director and designer, hired by Greenwood Lake Theater. The playwright will have the opportunity to meet with them in the weeks leading up to their workshop so that they may collaborate on a vision for the piece. Each playwright selected will be paid an honorarium for their participation in this series. All directors, designers, and actors will be paid as well. The public presentations of these works will be free for the public to attend, and will take place at our home theater at Mountain Lake Park in Warwick, NY. Selected playwrights will be notified by January 31, 2025. We anticipate presenting these works from March to May 2025 One of the aims of this series is to help foster dialogue between playwrights and theater producers. We have received many script submissions over the years, and are rarely able to produce any of them. Not because they aren't wonderful scripts, but because they are in some way unscalable for a small Equity regional theater. We will provide feedback for every submission received. We are not looking to influence what anyone writes. But for playwrights who are seeking to have their plays produced and seen, we hope to offer greater insight into the logistics of what smaller companies can/can't do, so that their plays are sent to companies that best align with the needs of their work.
o When/Where: Warwick, NY
o Deadline: January 7
o Application Fee: No Fee
o Eligibility: CPlease send script submissions to info@greenwoodlaketheater.org
o Categories: Plays
Loft Ensemble
Loft Ensemble is looking for full length plays with casts of at least four actors; with run times over 80 minutes and less than 2 hours
o Deadline: February 15
o Application Fee: None
o Eligibility: Length: We are looking for stories that need to be told by the voices that need to tell them. We are interested in full length plays that are rich in theatrical imagination and exploration of the human condition. You can see previous productions here.
We are a membership company. We produce work that stretches and grows our artists by giving them a place to explore freely with a strong, supportive community. You can see who we are HERE.
We consider full length plays with run times over 60 minutes and less than 2 hours.
We consider plays with a cast of at least four actors
We are particularly excited about large ensemble plays.
We tend toward dark and strange but we also produce silly hearts and a lot in between.
We like movement and fight plays.
o Contact: submissions@loftensemble.org
o Categories: New Works
Glass Ceiling Breakers
Theatre Revolution is proud to announce submissions are open for Glass Ceiling Breakers: 2024 A Festival of Short Plays and Films by Women Artists! GCB 2024 is scheduled for June 14, 15 and 16, 2024 at the Philipstown Depot Theatre in Garrison NY.
o Deadline: January 17
o Application Fee: No Fee
o Eligibility: Plays must be written by female or female identifying playwrights.
They can be produced or unproduced plays. Feel free to send us plays that were produced years ago that you'd like to revisit! Plays that are currently being workshopped are also welcome.
Plays should be no more than 10 minutes (we mean it!) 12 pages max (excluding the title page) in standard play format. Type size (12) with 1" margins.
If the play is 12 pages but longer than 10 minutes (lots of text) playwright may be asked for revisions if selected.
Save File as follows in PDF only: LAST NAME_TITLE OF PLAY_GCB25
All plays must be received by 11:59pm on January 17, 2025.Monologues are accepted but we prefer plays. Monologues should not be more than 3 pages.
BIPOC playwrights are strongly encouraged to submit.
Theatre and/or Playwrights will be informed in Early March
o Categories: Plays
o Contact: theatrerevolution1@gmail.com
Beyond Woodstock
The Woodstock Music and Arts Festival happened over a half-century ago in beautiful. Sullivan County, NY. The cultural impact of this monumental gathering is like a glorious tree that keeps growing and sharing its fruits as a catalyst and breakthrough moment in music, art, crafts, spirituality, and back-to-nature movements while promoting independence, self-abidance, group collaboration, and peaceful political protest. As the Catskill Public Theater (CPT) approaches our Summer 2025 season, we plan to present a series of skits that expand on the themes and messages that still resonate with the Woodstock phenomena. We envision this production of vignettes being dramatic as well as comedic, presented in a format that will include original content, dynamic multi-media sequences, music of the day, along with visual projections of iconic and previously unseen images taken by the recently discovered photographer, Mark Goff, whose collection is represented by CPT creative director Nick Clemente. To support this production, we are sponsoring a "Call for Submissions" for original ideas that could be part of the short scenes, sketches, and mini-plays, amplifying the Woodstock Festival message. We invite the public to share their direct experience or even their imaginative experiences for inclusion in this play. Any length will work. We encourage expansive, unexpected, and surprising connections to the Woodstock festival. Let your creative flag fly!
o Deadline: January 1
o Application Fee: No Fee
o Eligibility: Submissions will be curated by Jessica López-Barkl and Nick López, Professors of Theater and Speech at SUNY Sullivan. They will chair a jury that will include Nick Clemente and Marshall Shnider, Founding Director of CPT. Selected submissions will be a part of the final production of "Beyond Woodstock" and will be paid an honorarium of $200. All submissions will receive three free reservations for any CPT production during our 2025 season.
o Categories: Plays
o Contact: Please send submissions to catskillpublictheaternewplays@gmail.com
City Theatre Seeks 10 Minute Plays for the Susan J Westfall National Short Playwriting Contest
City Theatre is looking for the best short plays from all over for our upcoming 2024-25 season that furthers our mission to identify, acknowledge, and award excellence in dramatic writing. Having produced hundreds of plays, we want scripts that are lively and timely, hilarious, provocative, poignant, and surprising. We look for plays that span style and genre. We will consider bilingual scripts and ten-minute musicals. We have no restriction on the age range of the characters. In other words, we are seeking compelling plays that rise above the ordinary. City Theatre seeks compelling plays that rise above the ordinary. Playwrights from across the country are invited to submit lively, timely, hilarious, provocative, poignant, and surprising scripts. We look for plays that span style and genre. We will consider bilingual scripts and ten-minute musicals. Contest finalist scripts are contenders for production at various productions and programs City Theatre presents year-round. To submit a play, please visit citytheatre.com on June 1st. We highly encourage the submission of plays from writers who self-identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color), women, and LBGTQ+. We invite writers at all career levels to submit. Contest finalist scripts are contenders for production at various productions and programs City Theatre presents year-round. The contest opens on June 1st and will remain open until the maximum number of submissions are received. Each playwright may only submit one play for consideration. Playwrights are encouraged to submit as soon as possible when the contest opens.
o Deadline: None Given
o Application Fee: Free
o Eligibility: Each script must be no more than ten pages long. We start counting when the actual play begins. City Theatre is opening a limited submission call for NPX playwrights only. This submission call will be limited to the first 200 scripts. We will only accept one play per playwright, and if you tag your play for this submission, you MAY NOT submit to City Theatre's general submissions via our website. Playwrights may only submit ONE play to ONE submission call. Those who submit twice will have their plays deemed ineligible (please don't make us do that!) Previously submitted plays, longer one-acts or full-length plays or musicals won't be accepted or returned. City Theatre will consider previously produced works with a production history included with submission. The volume of scripts submitted prevents us from providing feedback or criticism.
o Categories: Short Plays, Plays
o Contact: Please reach out if you have questions not covered by the information above: info@citytheatre.com
Blackboard Plays - Reading Series Submission
Founded in 2008, Blackboard Plays has been devoted to Black Playwrights throughout the African Diaspora.
o Deadline: None Given
o Application Fee: Free
o Eligibility: Black Playwrights Submit up to 10 pages in consideration for a Feature reading. A Feature and a Community Night are the two main ways to have your work supported by Blackboard. Those not selected for a feature, are encouraged to attend a community night, which is structured like an Open Mic Night for Playwrights, where up to 10 pages is cold-read by Actors in person or on Zoom (During COVID-19 Social Distancing Practices).
o Categories: Short Plays, Plays
Neurodivergent New Play Series
Neurodivergent playwrights in NYC since 2023 - is accepting recurring submissions as we prepare for our 2024-25 Season.All submissions should be for full-length plays between 45 to 180 minutes long and may have received a previous reading or production outside of NYC, as long as they are unpublished. All neurodivergent/disabled writers (autistic, ADHD, dyslexic, OCD, Tourette's, etc.) at all stages of their careers are encouraged to apply - especially BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and female-identifying writers. There is no submission fee or any other fee for being involved in this process.
o Deadline: Rolling Basis
o Application Fee: None
o Eligibility: Plays can be of any genre, although we are especially seeking works that challenge traditional methods of storytelling & have something important to say about the world that isn't being heard enough. We ask that you submit only one play every 30 days during our recurring submissions process.
Contact: neurodivergentplays@gmail.com
o Categories: Full-length Plays
Kingdom Theatre: Writers for Black History and Women's History Month celebrations February and March 2024
Seeking playwrights diverse works regardless of gender, race, culture or orientation for our history celebration events convening February and March of 2024. Seeking full lengths, shorts and 1 act. The plays for Black History month and Women's History month does not have to be about those months. Selected plays will be featured throughout our Special events throughout both months. Selected plays will be showcased with 1 full production.
o Deadline: None Given
o Application Fee: If Selected, there is a $100 fee. No fee to submit. Submit at, actressclassy@gmail.com
o Eligibility: We provide the following,
1.Creative Staff
2. Cast
3.Venue for cold readings, rehearsals and performances.
4. Press and industry professionals to see your work
o Categories: Plays, One-Acts
o Contact: actressclassy@gmail.com
Freshwater Theatre
Freshwater Theatre prides itself on constantly working with new artists, expanding our family. We're always on the lookout for new scripts and new technical artists to work with.
o Deadline: Ongoing
o Application Fee: Free
o Eligibility: While we certainly are interested in world premieres of new plays, we also are very interested in second and third productions of new works, as we believe this to be the key to finding the works that will propel theater into the future.
We will only respond to playwright submissions for plays that come into serious consideration for future production. We cannot give any specific time frame on if/when a response will be given.
o Categories: New Plays
o Contact: info@freshwatertheatre.com
SCRIPT SUBMISSIONS
The New Voices Theatre Festival of The University of Alabama Department of Theatre and Dance
The New Voices Theatre Festival of The University of Alabama Department of Theatre and Dance is seeking stories from underrepresented communities. The New Voices Theatre Festival is accepting submissions of unpublished and unproduced full-length plays to develop during a summer residency that will culminate in a staged reading. One new work from the festival will be chosen to be mounted as a fully-produced production during the upcoming season at The University of Alabama.During the summer residency, plays may be collaboratively developed in the rehearsal space.
o When/Where: Tuscaloosa, AL
o Deadline: January 31
o Application Fee: No Fee
o Eligibility: To submit a play for the 2025 New Voices Theatre Festival, please fill out the play submission form.
Submissions entered after the deadline will not be considered.
Please submit scripts as PDF documents only.
Please submit scripts with no identifying information about the playwright.
With the script, include a brief plot synopsis, cast size, and character list with description.
At this time, all play submissions must be for full-length plays. Submissions may not exceed 90 minutes. Cast size is preferred to be between six to twelve characters.
Musical submissions are allowed. Please submit digital version of score.
***Musical submissions are allowed but must also include a digital version of the completed score for the entire piece.***
Who is Eligible to Submit
Any individual who has a unique story to share/tell that meets the submission requirements is encouraged to apply. Only one submission per individual.
All submissions will be reviewed blindly and chosen by a script selection committee.
o Contact: For any questions, please reach out to Asterilla Monteiro at amonteiro@ua.edu.
o Categories: Plays, Musicals
Terrence McNally New Works Incubator
As a continuation of Terrence McNally's singular legacy of mentorship, and his commitment to fostering bold new voices in the American theater, the Terrence McNally New Works Incubator is designed to support ambitious early-career playwrights by giving them time and space to develop their work, professional mentorship with veteran playwrights, and access to the community of artists and work being developed at Rattlestick and Tom Kirdahy Productions.McNally fellows are selected by a panel of renowned American playwrights. The Playwright Advisory Council for cycle two included Sheila Callaghan, Halley Feiffer, Madeleine George, Stephan Karam, Mike Lew, donja r. love, Rehana Mirza, and Lynn Nottage.
o When/Where: New York, NY
o Deadline: January 9
o Application Fee: No Fee
o Eligibility: Are the sole author of your play (co-created material is not accepted, and will be disqualified).
Will not be a full time student as of May 2025.
Must be committed to actively participating in the New York City playwriting ecosystem. This is a competitive opportunity that is designed to further your networks specifically in the New York City theater industry. To that end, you must live in New York City for the full duration of your fellowship and your cohorts' fellowships (August 2025 - September 2025), and during the full scope of the 2025-2026 Rattlestick Theater season for events and fellowship gatherings. If you are currently located outside of the New York City area, you must be prepared to be a New York City local for the full duration of the fellowship year, and, ideally, strive to put down roots as a New York-based artist after the fellowship has concluded. Housing and transportation are not provided. Why? The Terrence McNally New Works Incubator Fellowship is funded by the Terrence McNally Foundation, with the explicit goal of supporting and generating emerging writers working in the New York City theater ecosystem, as Terrence was himself.
Must be available to commit significant time to develop your play for a 4-week period sometime during August/September of 2025 in NYC. (Specific dates to be determined in consultation with selected fellows.)
Must be actively pursuing a career in theater in NYC, as evidenced by past productions at regional theaters, past productions off-off-Broadway, a history of self-producing, and/or graduate studies.
Must not have had more than one significant off-Broadway premiere.
o Contact: Contact us at tmincubator@rattlestick.org. No phone calls please.
o Categories: Short Plays
Labute New Theater Festival 2025
Successful entries will have no more than four characters and be crafted specifically to exploit our intimate performance space. (18′ x 18′ stage) Changes in scenery or setting should be achievable quickly and with few major set moves. Our focus is on fundamental dramaturgy: plot, character and theme.
o When/Where: St. Louis, MO
o Deadline: January 31
o Application Fee: No Fee
o Eligibility: Professional, new and previously unproduced one-act play submissions should include a letter of inquiry, a synopsis and a 10-page sample from the script. Running time for each performance should not exceed 45 minutes. Up to Eight plays will be chosen. In addition, a new piece from Mr. LaBute will be performed every night for the run of the festival.
o Categories: Short Plays
The Leah
All women, trans, and non-binary playwrights who consider themselves emerging (as distinct from fledgling or mid-career playwrights) are eligible to apply for The Leah. Playwrights from all over the world are encouraged to apply, but the play must be written in English. Eligibility does not require that a submitted work adhere to the traditional three-act structure. One-acts, two-acts (even four-, five-, six- acts), monologues, adaptations, and any other wild (or deceptively tame) format will be considered with equal seriousness. The only absolute requirement is that the submitted text be a completed full-length work for theater. (We are not able to accept musical submissions at this time.)The winner will be chosen by readers selected by the board members of the Leah Ryan Fund. They will receive a cash prize of $5,000 and a public reading and summer workshop as part of the Powerhouse Theater Program at Vassar College Finalists will be contacted in mid-March and will have one week within which to submit their full
o When/Where: Hudson Valley, NY
o Deadline: January 7
o Application Fee: No Fee
o Eligibility: Click on the image below. You will be redirected to the website for the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley.
Scroll down to the information about The Leah.
Click on the APPLY NOW button.
You will be taken to a new page where you will need to click on the CREATE NEW ACCOUNT button.Follow the steps to create and verify your account.
Then you will be able to login and submit your materials.
Your submission is complete when you receive a confirmation email.
o Categories: Musicals, Plays
2025 International Playwriting Prize Carlo Annoni
The Carlo Annoni International Playwriting Prize is now open for submissions with topics concerning the LGBTQ+ community, including love, diversity, and identity in a time of gender fluidity. We accept full-length or short plays even if already represented. Award ceremony in Milan, September 2025.
o Deadline: April 30
o Application Fee: No Fee
o Eligibility: Send your submission to info@premiocarloannoni.eu 1000 € awarded to two best plays (one in English and one in Italian)
o Categories: Plays
Theatre Now Soundbites
Theatre Now defines a 10-minute musical as any piece that can be performed in 10 minutes or less; has a beginning, middle, and end story arc; and includes music. Having produced nearly 100 pieces, we want musicals that are diverse and current, that test the musical form and communicate a well-crafted story. We accept musicals across all styles and genres and are happy to consider foreign language and/or bilingual scripts. We strongly encourage submissions from female writers, BIPOC and LGBTQ+ writers.As Theatre Now is an artist service organization and the producer of SOUND BITES, we cover the majority of your expenses and costs. We're the only short musical theatre festival that offers artists honorariums and rehearsal reimbursements for each piece. That being said, there are some out-of-pocket costs depending on your show's requirements (cast & creative team size, number of rehearsals, size of rehearsal space, etc.) and personal choice. Most of these costs relate to specific set-dressing, props and costumes for your show and additional personnel such as musicians.
o Deadline: January 3
o Application Fee: None
o Eligibility: Please review the following criteria thoroughly before sending your submission:
Ten-minute musicals will be accepted from September 1st, 2024 - January 3rd, 2025 at midnight.
Submissions won't be considered before or after the deadline.
Musical theatre writers can only submit up to two scripts.
The story must have a beginning, middle, and end.
We accept submissions in foreign languages or that are bilingual. Although the application process is in English, the work itself may be submitted and performed in any other language if selected.
Each piece must include music.
All submissions must be submitted via this website. No physical copies.
Each musical must not exceed ten minutes when performed. If accepted, cuts may be required.
Longer one-acts or full-length musicals will not be considered, although the submission may be a 10-minute portion of a longer piece as long as it tells a complete story with a beginning, middle, and end story arc.
A musical may be a previously-produced work with a production history.
We have no formal script formatting guidelines, but all scripts should be easy to read.
The volume of submissions prevents us from providing feedback on all submissions.
If your piece is visual (i.e. choreography-heavy), please include video footage or detailed descriptions.
We expect to contact all writers by mid-February, 2025 on the status of their submission with one of the following emails:
An acceptance email into the festival that will include additional information to confirm their involvement.
A waitlist email. In the event an accepted musical declines their participation, a selected waitlisted musical will be notified to serve as a replacement.
The remaining musicals will receive a "not selected" email and are encouraged to submit again next year.
o Categories: Musicals
Talking It Out: A Virtual Festival in Support of Mental Health Awareness
The Talking It Out Virtual Arts Festival in support of mental health empowerment, is thrilled to be returning this Fall after a year-long hiatus! We are now accepting play submissions to be featured in our new ongoing series of live play readings in NYC and audio drama podcast to be featured worldwide. This year, we will be accepting submissions for short plays, (less than 20 minutes) one-act plays, (20-40 minutes) & full-length plays (60-120 minutes) of all genres, including comedy, drama, sci-fi, horror, experimental, etc. Plays will be accepted on an ongoing basis, with playwrights to be notified at least 3 months in advance of their proposed performance date.
o Deadline: none listed - playwrights are welcome to submit one play every 30 days
o Application Fee: Free
o Eligibility: The one requirement - in terms of subject matter - is that all plays should deal with the topic of mental illness. (i.e. anxiety, depression, PTSD, mental health in the context of neurodivergency, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, dementia/Alzheimer's, etc.) There is no submission fee, and playwrights are welcome to submit one play every 30 days. Plays that have received a previous reading or production outside of NYC are eligible, as long as they are unpublished.
o Categories: One-Act Plays
o Contact: talkingitoutfest@gmail.com
The Autry: 2025 OPEN Submission for Production Consideration
We accept scripts all year long. Do you have a full-length script that has been developed and produced that you would like us to consider for a future Native Voices production in Los Angeles? Please follow the Checklist for All Submissions below and in the Native Voices Script Submission form, check the box for 2025 General Production Consideration.
o When/Where: Open all year
o Deadline: None Given
o Application Fee: None
o Eligibility:Full-length plays (60+ pages) receive will be read and evaluated.
o Categories: Full-length Plays
NY Theatre Festival Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter 2024
This is a unique opportunity to invite people from the industry to see your production! People are more likely to go see a show than to read an unsolicited script - some industry people receive on average thousands of submissions per month. They understand that the journey for a show to be successful often goes through several productions and this is your chance to show that you can start that process! Our dedicated team is here to help you get your work out. We are with you from the moment you begin tech rehearsals, all the way through to your closing performance. You will never be left alone during the process. We will help you choose from the 85 set/furniture pieces we offer to dress your stage for your run, and we will give you a complete crash course on how to use the audio/light/video system in just 3 minutes, which are intentionally designed to be very user friendly.
After we show you how to use the tools we provide and how to best utilize the space, The Festival's team will provide prime responses to every inquiry, as well as a telephone # you can call anytime during relevant hours throughout the run of your show. In 12 years and 22 seasons we have successfully hosted 1,400 plays and 300 musicals, as well as rewarding over 300 participating artists cash prizes.
o Deadline: TBD
o Application Fee: None
o Eligibility: Submissions Accepted from a 30-mile radius outside of Manhattan and only run if the entire cast and crew are from New York City. Plays are considered on a first-come, first-serve basis. The earlier you submit, the better your chances are of having your script invited to the festival. Each applicant is fully responsible for all elements of their production, including directing, casting, stage-managing. We know exactly what you need to make your show a success and we welcome you into our community of playwrights and theater innovators!
o Categories: Plays, Musicals
Nomad Theater
Nomad Theatre seeks new unproduced short plays to be a part of our upcoming season! Our mission is to provide an immersive theatre experience by exposing audience members to eclectic and moving stories, taking theatre outside of a traditional theatre space and into site-specific locations. This year, we have three opportunities for playwrights to submit their original new short plays. Open to US playwrights, selected plays in our mainstage season receive a $15 honorarium ($40 for one-acts selected for By The Fireside) full production and a ticket to attend. Selected plays must be unpublished and unproduced at time of submission. We encourage anyone to submit, even if you've never written a play, especially underrepresented playwrights, including women, LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, disabled, etc. Nomad will not produce theatre that is derogatory Entries will be judged on the following criteria:
How well it meets the theme.
Overall writing quality (Plot - we like different or quirky, weird, out-of-the-box theatre; Character Development; Dialogue)
Suitability for our actors and space - low tech, 1-4 characters, flexible casting
o Deadline: The Polling Place (July 15), The Fireside Plays (September 15), The Garden Plays (January 15)
o Application Fee: None
o Eligibility: One submission per playwright per opportunity (three submissions total)
We suggest formatting similar to the Dramatist Guild Guidelines
A cover page should include the title, the playwright's name, contact information, a brief synopsis, and character descriptions
Pages should be numbered
Minimum of 1, maximum of 4 characters
No musicals
o Categories: One-Act Plays
o Contact: nomadtheatresubmissions@gmail.com
Torch Literary Arts
Torch Literary Arts welcomes submissions of original creative work by Black women writers. We are interested in work that challenges and disrupts preconceived notions of what contemporary writing by Black women should be. Your stories and poems are valuable and necessary. Write freely and submit what you are excited to share with the world. Submissions are accepted for Friday Features only. We accept submissions on a rolling basis. Simultaneous submissions to other journals are welcome as long as they are identified as such and we are notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere.
o Deadline: Rolling Basis
o Application Fee: No Fee
o Eligibility: Include a one (1) page cover letter noting the title(s) of the work(s) submitted.
Upload your text submission as a Word (DOC, DOCX) or portable document format/PDF (PDF).
Typed, double-spaced (poetry may be single-spaced) pages.
Numbered pages.
Margins should be set at no less than 1" and no greater than 1.5".
Poetry: submit up to five (5) poems totaling no more than eight (8) pages.
Fiction, Hybrid genre: 12-point font. No more than ten (10) pages or 2500 words (whichever is achieved first). Excerpts of longer works are welcome if self-contained.
Drama/Screenwriting: submit one act or a collection of short scenes no longer than ten (10) pages. Excerpts of longer works are welcome if self-contained. Indicate if a performance video or dramatic audio reading will be available with the text submission if selected.
Restrictions: We do not reprint previously published work for TORCH Friday Features.
o Categories: Scripts
The Tank Presents
Each season, our The Tank Presents program serves hundreds of emerging artists as they create over 1000 performances of new works in music, theater, film, dance, comedy, and storytelling. As part of our mission to remove the economic barriers from the creation of new work, we never charge our artists to use our space for their performances! In addition, we also provide free rehearsal space, as well as free marketing and promotion of their event. Our The Tank Presents presenting model removes the daunting cost of space rental from the equation of art making, and provides an affordable home for emerging artists to create art that pushes the boundaries of their mediums. Through this program, artists can present readings, works-in-development, short runs of full theatre productions, screenings, concerts, storytelling festivals, comedy shows, and more.
o Deadline: None Given
o Application Fee: None
o Eligibility: To submit work for consideration as part of Tank programming, please email submissions@thetanknyc.org with the following information:
Show title
Discipline (theater, music, comedy, etc.)
Approximate running time
Summary of piece
Brief summary of artistic goals
Brief explanation of how the piece exists in the world (i.e. - art exhibit, soundscape, outdoor experience, digital hybrid)
Sample of work that will give us a sense of what it is you're trying to make and that you know how to make it
Bio of lead artist(s)
The name of the Tank show you viewed
Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis.
o Categories: Plays
o Contact: submissions@thetanknyc.org
Diversionary: Seeking new, full-length LGBTQIA+ works
Diversionary is always seeking new, full-length LGBTQIA+ works for consideration. Please follow the guidelines below if you would like to submit your work. Because of the volume of submissions, those that do not follow the guidelines will not be considered.
o Deadline: None
o Application Fee: None
o Eligibility: Please send all of the above items as a single document in pdf format to frankie@diversionary.org. For music, please send the items in mp3 format or include a link to be accessed. No physical submissions sent to the theatre will be considered.
a one-page synopsis, character breakdown, and playwright bio
a development/production history of the submitted work (including date written and any readings, workshops, and full stagings)
a ten-page sample of the work
three audio recordings of music, twelve minutes total, if it's a musical
o Categories: Full Length Plays, Musicals
o Contact: frankie@diversionary.org
Murmuration Theatre
Murmuration Theatre Company is seeking plays that have a cast size between 2-11 for our 2023 & 2024 seasons Accepting work for consideration in the following categories: New Voices Showcase: Curated selection of 4-10 new plays (scripts 2 - 40 pages); fully staged and directed by our creative team. Mainstage Show: a one act or full length play (scripts 35 - 120 pages); fully staged and directed by our creative team. In development: Actor's Lab Performance Series: a monthly selection of scenes or short plays (any length), performed at workshop or staged reading level.Playwrights selected for our mainstage production will receive $30 per performance of their one-act or full length play; playwrights selected for our New Voices Showcase will receive $10 per performance of their short or one-act.
o When/Where: Brooklyn, New York
o Deadline: None
o Application Fee: None
o Eligibility: Please submit PDF copies of scripts via the google form below, and feel free to reach out to murmurationtheatreco@gmail.com with any questions or concerns. Multiple submissions are allowed. Preference will be given to playwrights who are able to attend at least one performance of their work in the NYC area.
We will be accepting submissions on a rolling basis, and hope to be in touch with responses within 30 days of submission. Please feel free to reach out after that point if you have not received word from our team.
Solo Shows, Theatre for Young Audiences and Musicals will not be considered.
New writers as well as writers with voices that have historically been underrepresented in the theater industry (gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion, ability status, etc.) are encouraged to apply.
o Categories: Full-Length Plays, One-Acts
o Contact: murmurationtheatreco@gmail.com
Manhattan Repertory Theatre Play Production Program
Self-Produce a production of your best play in New York City as live theatre comes back to life in this New Renaissance of Theatre. We will do all the work, from hiring a production team and staff, to casting, directing, building costumes, set design, lighting design, payroll and more. From 3 performances to 20 performances for one simple Production Fee. Pre-Pandemic, 2017 - 2019, we produced 60 plays in Midtown Manhattan for playwrights all over the world. Production time frames available: Late Autumn 2021, Winter/Spring 2022.Currently, as we move back into production in New York City, we are only accepting Full-Length plays and Musicals - 60 to 150 minutes. Production fees range from $12,000 to $50,000 depending on the "size" of your production, scenic elements, and the number of performances.
o Deadline: TBD
o Application Fee: None
o Eligibility: If you are serious about self-producing your play in New York City, please forward us: An email cover letter with information about you and your work. your play attached as a .pdf, an attached Synopsis of your play, with the approximate running time, and your set, lighting and costume requirements.
o Categories: Full Length Plays, New Plays
o Contact: manhattanrep@yahoo.com
Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest
To encourage the development of quality theatrical materials for the educational, community and children's theatre markets, Pioneer Drama Service is proud to sponsor the annual Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest.
This is an ongoing contest, with a winner selected by June 1 each year from all eligible submissions received the previous year. All eligible plays accepted for publication will be considered contest finalists, from which the winner will be selected. The contest winner will receive a $1,000 royalty advance in addition to publication.
o Deadline: Ongoing
o Application Fee: None
o Eligibility: You can start the submission process by contacting us here.
We will only consider manuscripts with a running time between 20 and 90 minutes.
Submissions must be family friendly in both subject and language. NO cursing. NO explicitly adult content.
We prefer casts that are either balanced or favoring females. The more gender neutral roles, the better.
We favor plays and musicals with ensemble casts, where more than just a few have a chance to shine.
Plays with elaborate set, costume or technical requirements are not appealing because of the limited resources of many of our customers. Pictures, sketches or descriptions of your vision are always helpful.
We recommend your submissions have had at least one production or reading, hopefully staged. We feel this fundamental field test is necessary before a play can be considered for publication since plays are created for the purpose of performance.
Manuscripts must be computer-printed in dark ink. We do not require specific formatting. However, your efforts to ensure your script is free of misspellings and typos will help the submissions editor.
We hope that Pioneer Drama is your first choice as a publisher, and we encourage you to submit to us exclusively. However, we do accept simultaneous submissions with the understanding that you will accept the first contract you're offered and not use the situation to seek multiple offers from which to choose. If you receive another offer, please notify us immediately so we may rescind your submission.
The following information must accompany your submission or query:
100-200 word synopsis.
Cast list that indicates the number of female roles, the number of male roles and the number of roles that can be performed by either gender. We do not accept one-person shows.
Running time.
CD and/or score for musicals. We appreciate the opportunity to hear the music, if possible.
Set design(s). Please feel free to provide diagrams and/or pictures.
Proof of production or staged reading (i.e., review, program, etc.) A DVD of your performance is ideal, though not required.
Age of intended audience.
A self-addressed envelope of sufficient size with appropriate postage for the return of your materials. We will NOT return manuscripts or accompanying material if this is not included.
Cover letter and/or resume.
o Categories: family friendly
o Address: Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. Attn: Submissions Editor PO Box 4267
Englewood, CO 80155-4267
o Contact: https://www.pioneerdrama.com/ContactUs.asp?ID=6
Urban Stages Emerging Playwright Award
Our $500 Emerging Playwright Award (coupled with press coverage) is given to playwrights who show excellence and dedication throughout this process – from development to the stage. Out of hundreds of submissions a year, we select 15-20 plays for readings. From these, we select 1-3 plays annually to go on to our workshopping phase. Our workshops are meant to prepare a play for our Off-Broadway stage. From our workshops, we select 1-2 plays for full productions, complete with a playwright's contract and compensation (separate from the award).
o Deadline: Ongoing
o Application Fee: None
o Eligibility: Plays may have been developed or produced elsewhere, but never produced in New York City. Plays from overseas and throughout the US are accepted and considered, but special attention will be given to playwrights who live in or near New York
o Categories: Full Length Plays, New Plays
o Contact: 212.421.1380
ONSTAGE Audition
Come Flower, Come Flame - Emerging Artist's Spark Theatre Festival NYC
"Come Flower, Come Flame" is a radical and moving tale of reclaiming the femme body through grief. J, the elder self, moves back through time to find her younger self, L, frozen in grief over the recent death of her father. While in mourning, L's grief is sexualized and objectified by men, echoing an inner conflict: "Am I meant to be frozen?" As J dances with the memory of a time since the past, she encourages L's journey from the frozen towards the flame: from loss into love, and from what grieving 'ought to look like' into an ownership which transforms the body and the soul.
o Deadline: January 8th
o Pay: Stipend Pay of $100 plus an equal share of the box office
o Details: Rehearsals will start in mid January and be 2-3 times per week up until the show, with most scheduled in the evenings and/or on weekends.
o Show Dates: Performed at Emerging Artists Theatre's Spark Theatre Festival NYC between March 3-23. The exact date is TBD. There will be a single performance date within that time frame.
For more Onstage opportunities, visit Backstage.com; ActorsAccess.com; and Playbill.com.
BACKSTAGE
Director of Production, The Shed
The Shed seeks a Director of Production to oversee and work closely with the producers, curators, and creative team to design and oversee all aspects of the technical production process for both artistic productions and external events. The Director of Production should demonstrate an aptitude and willingness to brainstorm creative strategies for and solutions to productions and events still in their concept and development phase; to research new technologies and equipment; to think outside the box with the artists, Artistic Director, Chief Executive Producer, artistic staff, and producers to realize these programs. Reporting to the Chief Executive Producer, the Director of Production will have strong budgetary and personnel management skills, work well under short time constraints, and be able to pivot easily from one task or idea to another, working on all events from concept to load out. They should be experienced with all aspects of technical production and comfortable making managerial decisions where required. Experience in all performing arts genres, as well as event production experience, is essential, as is an open, creative approach to the production process. Sensitivity to varying artists' and clients' needs and patience amidst changing priorities will help immeasurably in this position. A flexible schedule is a requirement and patience and a good-natured attitude will be essential. International experience is a plus.
Roles & Responsibilities
Manage all production personnel including full-time staff, stage labor, and freelance production personnel
Advance work on future productions (technical specs, budgeting, logistics, and feasibility) and ensuring creative teams are aware of possible constraints
Work with artists, designers, producers, curators, and technical teams on design and construction details
Supervise Production staff around load-in, set-up, technical rehearsals, performances, strike, and restore of all Shed productions including seating and staging, lighting, rigging, and sound installations, hiring, and scheduling of all labor crews and creation of detailed logistics plans
Creation and execution of top-level production schedules and calendars
Prepare all production budgets including but not limited to labor estimating, material costs; research items and rental equipment and manage the reconciliation following close of production
Work with designers and technical teams to meet budgets and schedules
Create and manage project overview drawings (plans, sections, etc.).
Review design drawings for translation into technically useful drawings for shops and for load-in purposes.
Create timeline of technical and design deliverables for shops and contractors; ensure that deadlines are met
Research and propose materials to meet needs of design teams
Obtain quotes from shops/vendors for all production elements
Coordinate meetings with shops to discuss bids and work through technical details
Advise the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer and Chief Executive Producer in union contract matters and participate in the negotiation of all theatrical union collective bargaining agreements
Negotiate and contract vendors and subcontractors
Check in with shops and designers regularly to ensure progress on meeting deadlines
Identify technical, budgetary, and time-related issues and propose solutions
Manage creation of project documentation and tech riders to collect all relevant technical information about each project for internal reference and potential transfers
Manage the technical production department budget (departmental operations and purchasing, IT, other administrative costs, etc.)
Manage maintenance, storage and inventories of all Shed-owned, production-related equipment
Develop long-term capital equipment purchase recommendations and costs
o Compensation: $135,000.00 – $145,000.00
General Manager, Sundog Theater
Sundog Theatre seeks a highly organized and experienced General Manager (GM) to join its leadership team. Following the strategic direction set by the Executive Director, The GM is responsible for leading and executing smooth day-to-day operations of programmatic, administrative, and financial procedures across the organization. As the company is in a significant period of exciting growth, this position will play an integral role in Sundog's continued success and progression. We are a collaborative group with the mission to create positive change through the power of live performance and the arts. We seek qualified, hard-working candidates who can join our dedicated, growing team. The General Manager will report to and work closely with the Executive Director, work in partnership with our Programs Manager, and supervise the Business Manager, Bookkeeper, and Admin Coordinator.
Roles & Responsibilities
Oversee day-to-day operations for arts education, productions, and classes; assign and ensure staff job completion and goal attainment
Review organizational effectiveness and implement needed changes
Supervise office staff and provide guidance/feedback to help them strengthen skills, gain knowledge, and collaborate
Help explore funding opportunities, supervise grant writer & assist in drafting grants/reports
Assist the Executive Director in developing and managing an annual operating budget; provide input in the annual budgeting process: planning, forecasting, reporting
With Executive Director and Program Manager, develop and manage education, production, and tour budgets to ensure fiscally responsible shows
Negotiate/review fees and contract terms for artists
Recruit, onboard, and train staff when necessary and fulfill basic human resource functions
Update/maintain company information on government portals
Oversee the organization of our annual benefit with Board/staff
Attend meetings for funding and business/arts education opportunities
Coordinate marketing and PR functions
Maintain and build upon Sundog's reputation in the Staten Island communit
o Compensation: The salary for this position is $70,000, commensurate with experience. Sundog offers a benefits package, including:
Paid time off and paid sick leave; comp and flex days
Medical insurance
Opportunities for professional development support
Access to all Sundog performances
Access to events and performances of partner organizations (when availabl
Company Management Fellow, Wicked
WICKED is seeking a Company Management Fellow who identifies as part of an under-represented group* in commercial theatre. The Fellow will work with the company managers of the Broadway production of WICKED, specifically focusing on exposure to union contracts and regulations, financial planning and tracking, and supervision of the company at the theater during performances.
Roles & Responsibilities
Job responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Processing union benefit reports to eight different unions;
Processing weekly royalty remittances to percentage royalty holders;
Covering select performances each week at the theater – representing the producers and general managers during those performances;
Filing workers compensation claims for actors and other company members as necessary;
Compiling and tracking ticket needs from the production for submission to the box office;
Attending advertising and marketing meetings with company management;
Attending company management seminars for interns & fellows over the year;
Performing additional company management projects and tasks as they arise.
o Compensation: $1,237.50 per week RELOCATION STIPEND: $7500 for relocation if applicable BENEFITS: monthly $50 cell phone reimbursement, monthly Metrocard provided; health care reimbursement to be negotiated if applicable
Production Manager, Geva Theater Center
Geva Theatre, a LORT B regional theatre in the heart of Rochester, NY with an annual operating budget of $8.5 million, seeks an experienced and collaborative Production Manager to join their team.
Reporting to the General Manager and a member of senior staff, this position will oversee and work in tandem with our production departments managing the production needs and resources for the company's Wilson (LORT B) and Fielding (LORT D) stages. This is an exempt, full-time position.
With the General Manager, the Production Manager will be responsible for planning, implementing, and managing all aspects of the company's programs, including but not limited to mainstage productions, co-produced productions, scenic builds for other companies, and a variety of other Geva events. They maintain ownership of the advance planning, staffing and execution of all productions and events. They will serve as the primary point of contact for production personnel, production crew, stage management, and all production department heads. With department heads, they are responsible for overseeing the off-site scenic/paints shop, storage warehouses, inventory, and rentals.
o Responsibilities: Ensure all production departments have the resources they require to execute the season within scope and lead feasibility analysis of design plans of potential productions.
Develop and execute staffing plans for production/project execution.
With department heads, research and coordinate equipment and services related to physical production materials and labor, including not but limited to construction, acquisition, trucking and logistics purchase, rental and transportation of all sets, costumes, wig/makeup, props, lighting, sound and video equipment, and production and technical equipment for all programs.
With General Manager, develop and maintain production and technical schedules.
Attend design meetings, production meetings, and staff meetings, coordinate and lead meetings as needed.
Coordinate with stage management in advance of the production period and throughout the rehearsal and performances.
With Artistic Director and General Manager, develop season schedule and annual production budgets.
Work closely across the Artistic and Production departments to prepare and execute all technical and production needs related to artistic personnel and orchestra.
In collaboration with General Manager, negotiate, manage, prepare, and administer all co-production materials, documentation and agreements.
Oversee production permitting and certification needs for all programs.
TEAM MANAGEMENT: Manage and supervise a series of direct and indirect reports, including production department heads (6) and their staff, show crews, stage management (2 resident, multiple visiting), etc.
Execute and approve employment forms and payroll as necessary.
BUDGET MANAGEMENT & ANALYSIS: In collaboration with Artistic Director, Executive Director and General Manager, develop season schedule and annual production budgets.
Manage individual production budgets, expenses, and timelines.
With department heads, develop and maintain labor projections.
Obtain competitive pricing for all production elements of expenditure.
Regularly communicate any and all budget forecast related information to Artistic Director and General Manager.
Participate in reconciliation and settlement of credit card logs, invoices, and production related payments.
OPERATION MANAGEMENT: Lead production teams in solving unforeseen circumstances during the production process.
Provide on-site visibility along with General Manager at rehearsals, meetings, tech, previews, and performances as necessary.
Recommend technology upgrades based on necessity and feedback from production departments.
Provide management and oversight of production health and safety requirements; identify and recommend modifications to facilities and processes as necessary.
o Compensation: Salary and benefits commensurate with experience ranging from $70,000-$80,000 per year.
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre
o Seeking: Various Roles
o Location: Milwaukee, WI
o Website: https://www.milwaukeerep.com
For more information: https://www.milwaukeerep.com/about/work-us/jobs/?fbclid=IwAR2lXyj99fIOhY8MmQ5n4XRveG1wEqPl2mL_9w7A1-WVpLoZhqwUDc-2Crc
Milwaukee Repertory Theater is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values and encourages a diverse workforce. We invite you to review jobs that are currently available.
Full-time employee benefits include health, dental and voluntary vision and disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plan; parking programs and complimentary tickets.
Application Instructions
Send your letter, resume and salary history (PDF or Word attachments only) to the email address listed in the job listing.
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
o Seeking: Various Roles
o Location: Ashland, Oregon
o Website: https://www.osfashland.org
For more information: https://www.osfashland.org/work-with-us?fbclid=IwAR2cqx7fSs1YYwa2I86SMVxJjZ8ns4ba2RqsEr51mMKIVWdiIL7ByQ4Lv8U
Located in the beautiful Rogue Valley of southern Oregon, the Tony Award-Winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival presents a season of eleven plays in rotating repertory across three theaters between the months of February and October. Additionally, OSF offers extensive educational opportunities to students, teachers, and theatergoers of all ages during our performance season.
We offer employment and career opportunities in a wide range of positions (acting, other performing opportunities, scenery, costumes, lighting, marketing, finance, etc.). We encourage you to check our website regularly for openings.
Two River Theater
Two River Theater annually produces a theatrical season that includes American and world classics, new plays and musicals, programs for young people, and festivals of new work. Each year, we also offer 40+ events that reflect our diverse community of Red Bank, New Jersey. Two River celebrates and honors our core values of Artistic Excellence; Education and Community Engagement; Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; and Operational Excellence. Anyone who joins our team quickly becomes part of putting all of our initiatives into action day in and day out. Two River Theater is led by Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst.Two River Theater is dedicated to the goal of building an equitable and culturally diverse work environment and strongly encourages applications from members of underrepresented groups.
o Seeking: Various Roles
o Location: Red Bank, NJ
o Website: https://tworivertheater.org/jobs/
The Kate Spade New York Foundation
o To honor Kate Spade's legacy of empowering and inspiring women and girls, the National Council for Behavioral Health is excited to provide complimentary Mental Health First Aid training to communities throughout the five boroughs of New York City and New Jersey and in partnership with organizations that specifically support these populations.
What is Mental Health First Aid?
Just as CPR helps you assist an individual having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid helps you assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use-related crisis. In the Mental Health First Aid course, you learn risk factors and warning signs for mental health and addiction concerns, strategies for how to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis situations, and where to turn for help.
The National Council for Behavioral Health shares Kate Spade New York Foundation's belief in "the power of women to transform their communities" through empowerment. In support of this mission, we are offering through a competitive application process, select Mental Health First Aid and Youth Mental Health First Aid training, fully funded!
o Location: New York, NY
o Website
For more Offstage opportunities, visit OffStageJobs.com and Playbill.com.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
2025 Anderson Center Residency
The Anderson Residency Program is open to early career, mid-career, and established visual artists, writers, composers, choreographers, multidisciplinary artists, musicians, performance artists, scholars, and translators from across the globe. The program is interdisciplinary and the organization welcomes applications from a wide range of creative and intellectual genres, including those that don't fit neatly into the above list. To be considered, artists must submit an application through the Anderson Center's online form via Submittable. Complete program details are below. Please contact the organization at 651-388-2009 or info@andersoncenter.org for any questions.
o Deadline: January 14
o Application Fee: $30
o Eligibility: A completed application form includes a brief artist statement, a work plan, work samples, and a resume or CV. Incomplete or late applications will not be reviewed by the panel. You may begin your application, leave and return as many times as necessary to complete the form PRIOR to clicking the submit button at the bottom of the completed form. Important: do not submit your application form until you are completely finished editing as your application will be finalized at that time. If you are a prior resident of the Anderson Center, you must wait one year from the time of your residency to apply again.
The Artist Statement, provides an opportunity for you to share, in 100 words or less, a brief statement or summary about your past and current work.
The Resume, CV, or Biographical Statement is a Word or PDF document that shows education, work experience, publications, awards, and previous residency experience. 3 pages maximum.
The Work Plan is a one-page Word or PDF document that clearly and concisely describes what you are working on and what you'd like to accomplish at the Anderson Center. Successful applicants address how the timing, location, and cohort-based model of the residency would benefit their practice. Artists may also mention how specific amenities or resources at the Anderson Center (such as the surrounding natural environment, specific studio spaces or equipment) would advance their work. The statement can be single-spaced.
2025 Early Career Artist Residency Program
Anderson Center at Tower View provides residencies of two to four weeks' duration from May through October each year to enable artists, writers, musicians, and performers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment to create, advance, or complete work. There are typically 5 residents at the Anderson Center at a time, and the organization hosts approximately 35-40 residents each year. The program is one of the largest of its kind in the Upper Midwest. Since the Center opened in 1995, over 900 artists from 45 states and 40 countries have participated in the program. Residents have come from countries including Argentina, Australia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Norway, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Spain, and Uganda. Residencies generally begin on the 1st of each month and end on the second to last day of each month. If a residency is for two weeks, it will begin on the 1st or 16-17th of each month, and end on the 14-15th or second to last day of the month. There is no charge for the residency, and all food is provided. Outside of the Early Career Artist, Deaf Artists, & Public Artist programs, additional funding is not available at this time. Residents must arrange for their own transportation to the center, or to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport, or to the train station in Red Wing. Anderson Center at Tower View's Residency Program was established by a working poet to support other artists and continues to be led by administrative staff with hands-on experience in the creative process. Anderson Center trusts artists to best use their time to benefit their own work and reach their own goals. The expectation is that the program's cohort model and distinctive setting, along with the gift of time and space, generates significant advancements in residents' work. As an interdisciplinary arts organization, Anderson Center embraces artists who are diverse in every way. Since its inception, the organization has intentionally worked with artists representing a wide range of disciplines, with the belief that the exchange of ideas is generative. The residency program supports artists from around the world, representing a wide range of cultures, races, sexual orientations and genders. Anderson intentionally works to make space for people and ideas to comfortably come together and operates with a spirit of welcome for all. For participating artists, the Residency Program creates connections within artist cohorts, as well as with other creatives and community members in Red Wing. The goal is that these relationships outlast the duration of the residency visit. The organization believes that the environment and resources of Tower View, along with fellowship and an exchange of ideas across disciplines, generates inspiration and new directions for the work artists create while in residence.
o Deadline: January 14
o Application Fee: Free
o Eligibility: The four primary eligibility guidelines for Anderson Center's Early Career Artist Residency are:
Legal residency in the State of Minnesota or one of the five boroughs of New York City.
Not enrolled in any degree-granting program from time of application through residency period.
Self-identification as an "early career artist" with 2-10 years of generative experience in the field
An artistic practice centered in generating and creating entirely new work.
NYSCA Encore Grants support returning Staten Island based 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations.
This grant category is for returning Staten Island based 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that present programming of artistic and cultural significance in all art and artistic cultural disciplines including, but not limited to music, dance, digital/new media, film/video/animation, folk arts, humanities and cultural studies, interdisciplinary events/festivals, literature, public art, theatre, and performing and visual arts. Applying organizations must have 501(c)3 status. These grants are not for fellowships, subsidies, or entitlements. Projects must be open to the public and take place on Staten Island during the calendar year they are awarded. Each grant cycle, under-resourced disciplines are identified and then prioritized in the panel process.
Under-resourced disciplines for 2025 are: Folk Arts, Film, Literature The Encore grant is funded by the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency Statewide Community Regrant Program with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
o Deadline: January 31
o Application Fee: Free
o Eligibility: Proposals must focus on artistic or creative expression and cultural significance.
Clearly stated objectives.
Clear and realistic plan for implementation.
Appropriate request level and realistic budget for stated proposal.
Need and impact on the artistic discipline, geographic area, or local population: projects that address under-resourced communities or artistic disciplines will receive foremost attention. Under-resourced communities have low or limited access to the means of cultural production as well as art programming/activities. Under-resourced disciplines are disciplines that have received low or limited funding from the arts council in the past.
Demonstrated community interest or support of project.
Applicant's artistic experience, skill, and exhibition/performance history.
The project should be accessible to any member of the community who wishes to partake in the experience. Venues should comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act standards. Virtual programs should provide captioning, subtitles, or ASL interpretation.
The Democracy Cycle
Over a five-year period, The Democracy Cycle will commission and develop 25 new performing arts works across the fields of theater, dance, music, opera, and multi-disciplinary performance. The commissioned works, to be selected over the course of three annual Rounds of Open Calls (2024, 2025, and 2026) will explore themes relating to the nature, practice, and experience of democracy. Our hope is that projects commissioned as part of The Democracy Cycle will enrich and expand the discussion around and participation in democracy – be it in the national, state, regional, or hyperlocal community realm – as it is practiced both within the United States and worldwide. The Cycle will provide $60,000 in support to each awarded project, consisting of a $30,000 commission as well as an additional $30,000 towards each commissioned project's development process (research, readings, workshops etc.). The commissions will be awarded across three annual Open Calls, beginning in January 2024. In each Open Call, The Democracy Cycle will commission at least eight projects.
o Deadline: N/A
o Application Fee: Free
o Eligibility: Please look at the Eligibility section of both the RFP / Request for Proposals and the Submission Guidelines, and do the Eligibility Screen in Submittable. If you still have questions, make an appointment with the director of The Democracy Cycle via Calendly.
Audible Emerging Playwrights Fund
In 2017, Audible launched a theater initiative, intended to radically increase access to exceptional plays and performances. A core pillar of the initiative is the Emerging Playwrights Fund, a program that invests in and nurtures self-identifying emerging playwrights, some of our most inventive, delightful, and provocative storytellers. Through the Fund, Audible aims to connect extraordinary performers with remarkable original work, amplifying new voices and harnessing the power and potential of audio to reach millions of listeners. The Fund specifically supports the creation of original dramatic work, written with audio in mind, but theatrical in spirit. Audible is dedicated to commissioning, developing, and producing work that reflects the diversity of our members and our world. To accomplish this, Audible is committed to granting at least 50% of emerging playwright commissions to artists of color and women.
o Deadline: None
o Application Fee: Free
o Eligibility: please submit all of the following to AudibleTheater@audible.com:
One full-length script for an original or adapted play (in English language only) that represents your voice ("Script"). The Script can be in any genre and may include one-acts and solo pieces;
A short biography; and
A brief statement about why audio plays appeal to you.
If you have an idea for an original audio play, you are welcome to include a pitch or summary along with your statement (this is encouraged, but not required)
o Contact: AudibleTheater@audible.com
Steven Schwartzberg Grants for Mental Health & Wellness
Writers are the beating heart of theater, whom we rely upon to take us on journeys and inspire us to think. During these unprecedented times, DGF has created the Steven Schwartzberg Grants to provide financial support for mental health and wellness services for writers. To help connect writers to therapists, DGF has partnered with Advekit, an online therapist matching service, to expand access to mental health support that might be out of your reach.
Please complete the form to receive $1,000 toward therapy through Advekit, courtesy of DGF.
If you already have a therapist or are seeking mental wellness support other than Western talk therapy, DGF is working on ways to support you in your wellness.
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA)
The NYC DCLA is dedicated to supporting and strengthening New York City's vibrant cultural life. Among our primary missions is to ensure adequate public funding for non-profit cultural organizations, both large and small, throughout the five boroughs.
They have many grants tailored to the needs of artists living and working in the city throughout the year.
o Deadline: Ongoing
o Application Fee: Freeexceptional plays and performances. A core pillar of the initiative is the Emerging Playwrights Fund, a program that invests in and nurtures self-identifying emerging playwrights, some of our most inventive, delightful, and provocative storytellers. Through the Fund, Audible aims to connect extraordinary performers with remarkable original work, amplifying new voices and harnessing the power and potential of audio to reach millions of listeners. The Fund specifically supports the creation of original dramatic work, written with audio in mind, but theatrical in spirit. Audible is dedicated to commissioning, developing, and producing work that reflects the diversity of our members and our world. To accomplish this, Audible is committed to granting at least 50% of emerging playwright commissions to artists of color and women.
o Deadline: None
o Application Fee: Free
o Eligibility: please submit all of the following to AudibleTheater@audible.com:
One full-length script for an original or adapted play (in English language only) that represents your voice ("Script"). The Script can be in any genre and may include one-acts and solo pieces;
A short biography; and
A brief statement about why audio plays appeal to you.
If you have an idea for an original audio play, you are welcome to include a pitch or summary along with your statement (this is encouraged, but not required)
o Contact: Audible
o Eligibility: Independent Artists and Groups
o Address: New York City Department of Cultural Affairs 31 Chambers Street New York, New York 10007
o Contact: 212.513.9300
SubletSeries@HERE Program
This creative curated rental program has allowed many upstart companies and emerging artists to realize their full artistic vision on a small budget. The program provides subsidized performance and rehearsal space, technical assistance, and administrative support, including a fully staffed box office. SubletSeries@HERE artists can also access equipment that is not typically available in venues our size such as video projectors, wireless microphones, color scrollers—all for free or at subsidized rates. We accept applications from artists all over the world for the opportunity to show work.
o Deadline: Ongoing
o Application Fee: Free
o Eligibility: Independent Artists and Groups
o Address: HERE Program 145 Sixth Ave New York, NY 10013
o Contact: 212.647.0202
Annenberg Foundation
The Annenberg Foundation does most of their funding in the arts, culture, and humanities to organizations in the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura. The Annenberg Foundation's arts and humanities grants are available to agencies that serve the greater Los Angeles region, typically with budgets over $5 million.
o Deadline: Ongoing
o Application Fee: Free
o Eligibility: Arts, culture, and humanities in greater Los Angeles region
RESIDENCIES
Artcroft Center for Arts and Humanities
Residencies of an average of 2-8 weeks for visual artists, writers, actors, and performance artists. Residency provides housing, studio, and meals; artist responsible residency fee ($40/day), deposit (10% of residency fee), travel, materials, and local transportation.
o Deadline: Ongoing
o Application Fee: $25
o When: 2-8 weeks
o Eligibility: Residencies are available to established and emerging visual and literary artists 18 years of age and older without regard for race, gender, sexual orientation, or religion.
o Address: Artcroft Center for Arts and Humanities 2075 Johnson Rd. Carlisle, KY 40311
o Contact: artcroft@msn.com
Other Resources NOTE: For more resources, visit our pages of Resources - Funding, Submissions, and more.
NYFA SOURCE - The New York Foundation for the Arts maintains the most comprehensive national directory of awards, services and publications for artists in the NYFA Source section of their website.
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