#StageOpps
PROJECT SUBMISSIONS
Jaemi Theatre Company
Jaemi Theatre Company, an Asian-led nonprofit theatre company in the Washington, DMV area (DC, Maryland, Virginia) Open to Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) playwrights across the U.S. Playwrights with ties to the DC area are preferred, but everyone is welcome to apply. Staged readings at partner theatres across the DC area in May 2027, as part of our inaugural AAPI Theater Festival. The festival will feature four new plays by AAPI playwrights and one Korean play in English translation. Theme: "Invisible." We are looking for something provoking: stories never told, never seen, never heard, even never tasted.
o Deadline: November 29
o Application Fee: No Fee
o Eligibility: Plays up to two hours in running time. One-acts and full-length plays are both welcome.
Playwrights may submit more than one play. If more than one is shortlisted, the playwright will choose one.
Previously produced plays are eligible.
We will build a shortlist in December and January, and festival directors will select their plays in February 2027. All submitters will be notified. Travel and housing are not provided this year. (We really hope to do so in the future!)
o Categories: Plays
o Contact: jaemitheatre@gmail.com.
The Judith Royer Excellence in Playwriting Award
The Judith Royer Excellence in Playwriting Award honors an outstanding new play marked by sophisticated and nuanced storytelling with the potential to make a significant artistic impact in production by a current professional in higher education (faculty, regardless of rank, and staff). This year’s winner will be invited to the annual meeting of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education for a reading and/or showcase of the award-winning play. Plays must be entered by December 15, 2026. Only the first 200 scripts will be accepted.
o Deadline: December 15
o Application Fee: No Fee
o Eligibility: Please submit an excerpt or scene(s) between 10 to 20 pages that is exemplary of your full-length play. (A full-length play is no less than 1 hour in length/typically 60 plus pages. Please do not submit one-acts or 10-Minute Plays)
A short (no more than 2 page) resume or CV, which should include current professional affiliation (as a contingent, tenured or tenure track faculty member, or staff member);
A brief (no more than 200 word) Statement of Fit as to why this play should be considered for this award and what the playwright hopes to gain from the opportunity to be showcased at ATHE.
o Categories: Plays
Glass Ceiling Breakers: GCB
Theatre Revolution's Glass Ceiling Breakers Film Festival is the very FIRST film festival in the Hudson Valley to present the work of women filmmakers from all over the world. The film fest joined the well established women's short play festival and will take place at the Philipstown Depot Theatre in Garrison NY located alongside the beautiful Hudson River steps away from MetroNorth. The festival will include a workshop with artists and will offer networking opportunities with filmmakers, writers and actors. Dates of the festival will be June 11-13 with the possibility of another screening by the end of the year.
o Deadline: January 23
o Application Fee: No Fee
o Eligibility: Plays must be written by female or female identifying playwrights.
Plays should be no more than 12 pages (excluding the title page) in standard play format. Type size (12) with 1” margins. (longer plays will not be read)
Save File as follows in PDF only: LAST NAME_TITLE OF PLAY_GCB27
Please only submit plays that have not been produced in Westchester or Putnam Counties NY from June 2026 to June 2027. Readings are ok.
All plays must be received by 11:59pm on January 23, 2027.
Playwrights may submit up to 2 plays.
Monologues are accepted but we prefer plays. Monologues should not be more than 3 pages.
BIPOC playwrights are strongly encouraged to submit.
Playwrights will be informed in mid-March
o Categories: Short Plays, Monologues
o Contact: theatrerevolution1@gmail.com
Raise the Page, Uplift the Word: A BIPOC Festival of Short Plays Playwright Submissions
Seeking BIPOC playwrights for Abingdon Theatre Company's seventh annual Raise the Page, Uplift the Word: A BIPOC Festival of Short Plays in collaboration with AMT Theater. Abingdon Theatre Company continues to be committed to creating opportunities for all voices to be heard. With this in mind, ATC is thrilled to open submissions for our seventh annual festival of short plays; a festival shedding light on stories by people of color.
o When/Where: The festival will take place February 2-3, 2027 at AMT Theater (345 West 45th Street).
o Deadline: Submissions open on October 1, 2026 and close on November 3, 2026 at 11:59PM.
o Application Fee: No Fee
o Eligibility: Short play submissions should be unpublished and no longer than 40 pages, written by BIPOC individuals.
Plays should not have been previously presented to New York audiences.
Please limit your submission to one play per playwright. If you have submitted to Raise the Page, Uplift the Word in the past, please do not re-submit work unless there have been significant changes to the script.
We are accepting applications from artists from all experience levels, locations, and ages.
o Categories: Plays
o Contact: Should you have any questions, please email info@abingdontheatre.org.
The Caribbean Writer
The Caribbean Writer (TCW), a publication of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of the Virgin Islands, has issued its call for submissions for Volume 41 under the 2027 theme: “Routes, Roots and Returns: The Tides We Carry.” Routes, Roots and Returns: The Tides We Carry explores the journey of discovering where we belong, tracing the paths we travel and the connections that anchor us even from a distance. This theme invites creative reflection on movement—both physical and emotional—and how memories, heritage, and the places we call home ebb and flow like tides in our lives. Explore the ways in which departures and arrivals shape identity, and how returning can bring both comfort and transformation. We invite you to explore this theme in all its permutations.
o Deadline: Submissions are accepted through December 19, 2026, and will be considered for the journal that will be published the following year (2027). (In other words, volume 40 will be published in 2026 and entries sent between today and December 19, 2026, will be considered for volume 41 (2027).
o Application Fee: No Fee
o Eligibility: Contributors may submit works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essays or one act plays which explore the ideas resonating within the region and its diaspora. The Caribbean should be central to the work, or the work should reflect a Caribbean heritage, experience or perspective. Prospective authors should submit in Word format only, applying the Modern language Association style guide, through the online portal www.thecaribbeanwriter.org/online-submission. Note that TCW does not accept hardcopy submissions.
Individuals may submit poems (3 maximum), short stories (2 maximum) and personal essays (2 maximum) on general topics as well as on the theme. The maximum length (for short stories and personal essays) is 3500 words. Only previously unpublished work will be considered. The term “previously published” covers print and electronic publication —including on social media platforms, and self-published items. The Caribbean Writer does not accept simultaneous submissions (items being considered for publication elsewhere). The prospective author should provide contact information including mailing address, phone number, any professional affiliations, brief biographical information (no more than 50 words and such as appears under the “Contributors” section of the journal). In the event that the author’s contact information changes, all updates should be made by the author by logging into the online account.
o Categories: One-Acts
o Contact: submissionsofvenus@gmail.com
Playing Ace: A New Asexualities Play Festival
The “Playing Ace” play festival is an opportunity for folks who are interested in showcasing and exploring asexual worldmaking to connect and share their work! We aim to provide opportunities for playwrights to produce and then publish their work, to expand the reach of these important stories. Over the next year, we will be collecting and carefully reviewing play submissions to be showcased in a staged reading held in Madison, Wisconsin in spring 2027. Playwrights will have the support of a dramaturg during the play rehearsal process and will see how live audiences react to their play. After the play festival, playwrights will have an opportunity to join a proposal to publish their play in the first anthology of asexual plays! Overall, we recognize that there is a growing need to share stories about asexual lives, experiences, and perspectives. As asexuality becomes more of a topic for discussion in the world, it is important that we create spaces where stories and perspectives can be shared. We believe that theatre is a fantastic place to come together and create new communities, and with the proposal for an anthology, we want to ensure that these stories are shared with as many people as possible.
o Deadline: November 1
o Application Fee: Free
o Eligibility: Given the festival’s mission, all submitted plays must feature a story that relates to asexualities
All plays must be submitted via the submission form. No physical copies.
Playwrights may only submit one script.
Script must be original, unpublished, and unproduced (previous readings or workshops are acceptable).
Formatting:
Standard format, such as Dramatists Guild Modern Stage Play, Final Draft, etc.
12-point, standard font such as Times New Roman or Courier
Double-spaced
Numbered pages from the first page of the action/dialogue, excluding the title page, author information, setting, character descriptions, notes, etc.
For guidance on formatting, visit the Dramatist Guild’s guide here.
There are two submission options:
Full length plays (80 to 120 minutes)
Short plays (10 to 30 minutes)
o Categories: Short Plays, Full-Length Plays
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 Plays
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
SCRIPT SUBMISSIONS
HerStories
Nomad Theatre, located in Normal, Illinois, seeks 8 monologues to be a part of our upcoming HerStories Detour in March 2027. This series of monologues is performed in a real library, within the book stacks. Submissions will close on November 15th, 2026, at midnight or until we reach 250 submissions. Semi-finalists will be announced in January 2027. Auditions will be held in mid February 2027, and based on auditions, eight finalists will be chosen for production. If your play is selected for production, writers will receive a $25 honorarium for their work. Nomad Theatre Company proudly presents their fourth installment of Pop-Up HerStory, an immersive theatrical experience that brings the stories of remarkable women and nonbinary people from history to life. As part of Nomad Theatre’s Detour projects, this unique production spotlights real women who have left an indelible mark on history, sharing their stories through original monologues and scenes.
o Deadline: November 15
o Application Fee: No Fee
o Eligibility: Selected monologues or scenes must feature one or two historical woman or non-binary person, living or not, with a runtime of five to six minutes. Monologues and scenes must be rooted in historical accuracy. We encourage you to use the space creatively. The monologue or scene must be unpublished at the time of submission. Please review the list titled "HERstory 2027 Ideas" for suggested historical figures. While you are not limited to these suggestions, Nomad Theatre has a particular interest in featuring these women in upcoming years. Please avoid someone who has already been performed. You will find them in the linked document titled: Previously featured women. Please confirm the originality of your script, and your ability and willingness to give permission to use it for auditions, promotions, and live and privately-recorded performances by Nomad Theatre.
o Categories: Monologues
o Contact: If you have questions or need any accommodations for submission, please email nomadtheatresubmissions@gmail.com
She NYC Arts Script Submissions
We accept full-length plays and musicals during our open submissions period for our Summer Theater Festivals. In order to apply, you must be a playwright or composer of a gender marginalized group (including cis women, trans people, and non-binary people), or a writing team that is made up of at least 50% people from a gender-marginalized group.
Deadline: November 5
o Application Fee: No Fee
o Eligibility: The full script to your show, in PDF form. It must be at least 75% finished. If the rest is not finished, you need to provide a “treatment” (a detailed outline of the scenes that remain to be written, in order) along with the script. Bear in mind that you will have to send us a completed script if you’re selected as a finalist.
A completed application form with some basic information (see below for FAQs).
If your show is a musical, recordings of at least 3 full songs from the show, in mp3 or m4a form. The more you have, the better! A simple recording with just you and your piano is fine, though obviously you want to make your music sound the best it can. Please do not submit Finale or Sibelius files (or any other automated vocals).
If your show is a solo show, a video of at least 5 minutes of your solo performer performing a cut from the show. This can be a video from a prior production or staged reading, or it can be a self-tape of your actor recording themselves at home.
AI Information: Our mission is to support human writers. Therefore, while using AI for background research is okay, we won’t produce anything that was written by AI. On the application, we’ll ask you to describe if and how you used AI. Examples include:
Used AI to find and organize research about the subject matter (✅ this is okay!)
Used AI to fact-check or spelling & grammar check my writing (❎ we don’t love this, but it won’t necessarily disqualify your show. Give us more details about how you used it.)
Used AI to write scenes or music (❌ this is not okay)
Used an AI program to automate vocals in the demo recordings included in this application (❌ this is not okay)
Used an AI program to automate instruments in the demo recordings included in this application (❌ this is not okay)
o Categories: Plays
o Contact: info@shenycarts.org
2027 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 2027.
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
Eric H. Weinberger Award for Emerging Librettists
The Eric H. Weinberger Award for Emerging Librettists is a juried cash and production grant given annually to support the early work and career of a deserving musical theatre librettist. It commemorates the life and work of playwright/librettist Eric H. Weinberger (1950-2017), who was a Drama Desk Award nominee for Outstanding Book of a Musical (Wanda’s World), and the playwright/librettist of Class Mothers ’68, which earned Priscilla a Drama Desk Award. The winner will receive $2,000 to help with cost-of-living expenses. The winning musical will receive development assistance in the 2027 New Works Development Program of Amas Musical Theatre, culminating in an Amas Lab production with New York theatre professionals. Amas was the development home for several of Mr. Weinberger’s musicals, including the World Premiere of Wanda’s World and the New York Premiere of Tea for Three. We are grateful to be afforded this opportunity to continue supporting theatre artists and making an impact in our community. We are excited to welcome a new wave of inspiring voices to our musical theatre family.
o Deadline: November 30
o Application Fee: Free
o Eligibility: Be a full-length show (at least 80 minutes)
• Have no more than eight actors (actors may play multiple roles; if so, please include a suggested breakdown of role distribution)
• Be complete and ready for readings, workshops and/or productions
• Have a demo that is an accurate representation of the music and style of the show (at least five songs)
• Have full underlying rights clearance of any pre-existing material used in the script (music, source material, etc.)
• Not have had a full production or be published in any way, even if with a different name.
o Categories: Musicals
Theatre Now Soundbites Festival
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 over 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, BIPOC and LGBTQ+ writers as well as writers with disabilities.
o Deadline: December 1
o Application Fee: Free
o Eligibility: Please review the following criteria thoroughly before sending your submission:
Ten-minute musicals will be accepted from September 1st 2026- December 1st, 2026 at midnight.
Submissions will not be considered before September 1st or after the deadline.
Musical theatre writers can submit no more than two scripts during the current submission period.
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 the submission form. 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.
o Categories: Short Musical
The Black List x TRW Collection
The Black List and Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW) have partnered to publish and license a minimum of six plays annually from writers discovered on blcklst.com. The six plays will be published and licensed under The Black List x TRW Collection, which will make the work accessible to a wide range of customers, including schools, colleges and universities, community and regional theaters, and more. The Black List and TRW hope to add at least six plays each year to The Collection. All writers are welcome to submit their plays for consideration. Writers will be invited to contribute to The Collection semi-annually, with semi-annual review cycles deadlines on the first of May and November each year. The next cycle deadline will be November 1, 2026.
o Deadline: November 1
o Application Fee: None
o Eligibility:You must post an original stage play on www.blcklst.com and opt-in to the Program during the Submission Period.
You must agree to (1) these Submission Requirements, (2) all terms relating to the Program posted on Black List’s website, which you should review and read in full, and (3) theSubmission Agreement, which governs the submission of your script to Company and BlackList.
The Submission Agreement includes important, legally binding terms and conditions,
including arbitration of any disputes, which you must read in full before accepting.
If requested, you must submit by a date determined by Company the following materials, which area lso governed by the Submission Agreement: A professional resume and personal statement; Contact and other personal information; and Executed originals of the Submission Agreement.
If selected by Company for the Program, as a condition of your participation, you must agree to Company’s terms of participation, including without limitation a publishing deal and/or licensing deal, which shall be negotiated in good faith.
You must be at least 18 years of age and not a minor in the state or country of your residence at time of submission.
If the submitted materials written by a team consisting of one or more writers, (i) each member of that writing team must comply with these Submission Requirements, including agreeing to the Submission Agreement described below and (ii) all members of the writing team must opt-out of the Program if any other member becomes ineligible (including as a result of failing to timely agree to the Submission Agreement or failing to timely provide the materials listed above).
The submitted materials must be wholly original to you and you must be the sole owner of all rights. The submitted materials must not in any way infringe upon the copyright of any person or entity or, to the best of your knowledge in the exercise of reasonable prudence, constitute libel, defamation or invasion of privacy or any other rights of any third party. You understand and agree that Black List will share any information that you provide in connection with the Program with Company.
o Categories: Plays
Gather by the Ghostlight Standalone Stories
Throughout the year, we produce one-off episodes featuring stand alone stories as part of our ongoing anthology. If you would like to submit a script for consideration, please read the guidelines below.
o Deadline: Ongoing
o Application Fee: None
o Eligibility: Script Length - 20 to 60 pages (please make sure pages are numbered)
Genre - Any
Cast Size - 2 or more characters. No one-person shows.
Please send your script as PDF documents only.
Format - Any format as long as it's dialogue based and we can tell what's going on in the story. We don't produce audiobooks. Please don't submit a prose story and expect us to adapt your work to a dialogue format for voice actors to perform.
Include all of your contact info in the body of the email and on the script.
Writers will be paid $50-100 depending on the length of their script if selected.
We recommend that you listen to previous productions on our podcast so that you get a feel for the type of works we produce.
o Categories: Plays
o Contact: Submit your script to submissions@gatherbytheghostlight.com with the subject line "STAND ALONE STORY SUBMISSION"
Southern Soul Theatre Ensemble Presents the Inaugural 10x10 Play Festival
The Southern Soul Theatre Ensemble proudly announces the Inaugural 10x10 Play Festival, celebrating creativity, culture, and community! In honor of Juneteenth, this festival amplifies Black and Latinx voices through a dynamic showcase of 10-minute plays.
o Deadline: None Given
o Application Fee: None
o Eligibility: Eligibility: Open to Black and Latinx playwrights (one submission per playwright).
Play Length: 10-minute plays (8-10 pages).
Cast Size: 2-6 characters.
Themes: Works should reflect the diversity of Black and Latinx cultures; all genres welcome.
Original Work: Must be unproduced or have had limited exposure (readings/workshops accepted).
Format: PDF submissions only, including a title page with name, contact info, and a brief synopsis.
Deadline: Selected playwrights will be notified by April 15th.Southern Soul Theatre
o Categories: Plays
The Autry: 2026 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 2026 General Production Consideration.
o When/Where: Open all year
o Deadline: None Given
o Application Fee: None
o Eligibility:Full-length plays (60+ pages) received will be read and evaluated.
o Categories: Full-length Plays
NY Theatre Festival Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter
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
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
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
A New Boricua Play
A New Boricua Play: Inspired by author Jon Marcantoni's transition to civilian life after 4 years in the Army, as well as works like Do the Right Thing and The Fire Next Time, Pitiyanki tackles internalized racism, classism, and the effects of colonization through the prism of Diaspora Puerto Ricans searching for meaning, love, and justice in a country that was never made for them. The team at Amani’s Café in Ybor City are a tight-knit community of artists and activists whose lives are altered when Uxbal, a recently-separated Army veteran, enters their lives. Uxbal brings new perspectives and energy to the community, even as he is haunted by his mistakes. When a violent event threatens the community, past and present wounds will be exposed, friendships tested, and Uxbal will be forced to face his demons.
o Deadline: November 15, 2026 at 2:00PM – From 2:00 PM-5:00 PM
o Details: Please bring your headshot and resume and prepare a one minute and a half, or less, dramatic monologue that showcases your range. For any questions leading to the audition, please email the director, Anadina Saladino at anadinasaladino@gmail.com. Please also follow Flamboyan Theatre (@flamboyan_theater) and Anadina Saladino (@theatredirector.playwright) on Instagram for audition updates including the room number where auditions will be held at AMDA.
o Location: AMDA Studios - 250 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019-Room # TBD
o Seeking: NORA: Afro-Puerto Rican. 22. (Actor does not have to be this age but must pass as 22.) College student and barista. Raised by a single mom and pursuing a career as a photographer. Witty, perceptive, yet carries the burden of her life’s struggles in her body.
AMANI: Puerto Rican. 50. (Actor does not have to be this age but must pass as 50.) Owner of Amani’s Cafe. An Army veteran and mother to her community. Gentle but takes no shit, with the best of hearts.
o Contract: Production (League) / Touring Agreement $2799 weekly minimum - Broadway; $2599 weekly minimum - Tour - (Level 1)
For more Onstage opportunities, visit Backstage.com; ActorsAccess.com; and Playbill.com.
BACKSTAGE
Marketing Content Manager, Ballet Hispanico
The Ballet Hispánico New York Marketing Content Manager is a creative, hands-on marketing professional responsible for developing, capturing, producing, and distributing engaging content across digital, social, print, and promotional channels. With a strong focus on creative production and audience development, the Manager creates visual and written content that builds awareness, engagement, and participation across the Company, School, Community Arts Partnerships, and Development. This includes photography, video, social media, advertising, website and email content, and promotional collateral supporting institutional marketing, ticket sales, school enrollment, community engagement, and fundraising. Reporting to the Director of Marketing and Communications, the Marketing Content Manager works closely with colleagues across the organization to deliver integrated marketing initiatives that strengthen Ballet Hispánico’s position as a leading voice for Latino arts, culture, and heritage.
o Responsibilities: Content Creation & Creative Production
Proactively identify, plan, and capture content across rehearsals, performances, classes, community programs, events, and behind-the-scenes activities.
Capture, edit, and produce photography and video, particularly short-form content for social media, digital advertising, email and the website.
Design and produce digital and print assets, including advertisements, posters, flyers, brochures, email graphics, signage, and promotional collateral.
Develop, adapt and repurpose content and creative assets for multiple audiences, campaigns, and platforms.
Maintain an organized library of photography, video, design files, templates, and branded assets, ensuring consistency with Ballet Hispánico’s visual identity and voice.
Social Media & Digital Marketing: Develop and implement social media strategy and content plans with the Director of Marketing and Communications, including goals, KPIs, and benchmarks.
Manage day-to-day social channels, including content planning, creative development, approvals, scheduling, publishing, and community engagement.
Create platform-appropriate content, including reels, stories and short-form video, and identify emerging formats and opportunities.
Grow social audiences and engagement for Ballet Hispánico and artistic leadership.
Create and manage paid social campaigns, including campaign setup, audience targeting, creative development, budget management, and optimization, working with external digital marketing support as required.
Monitor organic and paid performance and use audience insights to refine content, targeting and creative approaches.
Create and update website content, including copy, imagery, video and campaign pages.
Audience Development & Campaign Delivery: Work across the Company, School, Community Arts Partnerships, and Development to identify promotional priorities, stories and content opportunities.
Create content and campaign assets that grow and engage audiences and support ticket sales, enrollment, community participation, fundraising, and institutional awareness.
Manage the content and creative production elements of the marketing and communications calendar.
Provide copy, imagery and creative assets for email campaigns, collaborating with colleagues responsible for CRM, segmentation, scheduling, distribution, and reporting.
Collaborate on coordinated campaigns across social, website, email, on-premise, paid media, and print.
Planning & Collaboration: Translate marketing priorities into clear creative deliverables, deadlines, and content plans.
Coordinate with external photographers, videographers, designers, digital marketing specialists and other creative suppliers as required, while maintaining day-to-day ownership of campaign and content delivery.
Manage multiple projects and ensure high-quality assets are delivered on time.
Identify relevant creator and influencer collaborations to extend audience reach.
Support other marketing and communications activities as required, contributing to broader departmental priorities and campaigns.
o Salary: 70K–80K per annum, based on experience. Competitive benefits package, including a 403(b) plan and insurance benefits.
Managing Director, North Carolina Black Repertory Theater
Administration: The Managing Director supervises production staff, recruits and trains interns,exercises responsible stewardship of all resources within the organization, and collaborates with the Producing Artistic Director to ensure the optimum balance of artistic quality, financial strength,and institutional integrity. The Managing Director reports to the NC Black Repertory CompanyBoard of Directors. Financial Management: The Managing Director oversees the theater’s ticketing and donation systems. They work with the Producing Artistic Director to develop an annual budget to support the organization’s programmatic and institutional priorities. The Managing Director works on monthly financial reporting, budget performance, forecasting, cash flow projections and maintenance of the accounting systems, reporting monthly to the Board of Directors. Audience Development/Earned Income: The Managing Director works with staff to plan and implement audience development activities including marketing strategies, public relations and promotional events for season and single ticket sales campaigns, as well as seasonal, production and program sponsorships. Fundraising: The Managing Director works with the Board and staff to strategize fundraising activities of the theater, including individual gifts, Board gifts, special events, corporate giving,government support and foundation grants.n Planning: The Managing Director works with the Producing Artistic Director, Board and staff to create and execute long-term marketing and fundraising strategies that will sustain the fiscal and operational health of the Theatre.Advocate: The Managing Director helps to advance the relationship between the Theatre and various local and regional organizations, including government agencies and advocacy groups,community and local business groups and arts organizations. The Managing Director may becalled upon to speak to private and public organizations and to the press.
o The Ideal Candidate will have: Have a bachelor’s degree and/or a minimum of five years experience with a nonprofit or for-profit organization in a management/leadership role. Experience in fundraising, Board relations,marketing and prior experience with a theatre company is highly desirable.
Have strong business skills and experience in budgeting, creating long-term budgets and goals,and financial management.
Demonstrate experience and capacity to lead, manage, motivate, inspire, train and collaborate with staff, artists, Board, and volunteers.
Have the ability to successfully develop and implement long-term strategic and annual tacticalplans.
- Be a highly motivated self-starter with strong computer skills and experience with Quickbooks,MS Office Suite, and Google Docs.
Exhibit stamina and a strong work ethic, as well as the flexibility to deal with unpredictable pressures and a variable flow of work activity with a small administrative staff.
Be able to speak and write persuasively and serve as a spokesperson for the Theatre in public and to the media.
Demonstrate experience and interest in supervising/managing fundraising campaigns and identifying new sources and increased levels of contributed income.
Have a working knowledge of artistic production including intellectual property rights and contracts.
Have experience and knowledge of marketing, advertising, and public relations activities,particularly as they relate to growing ticket and other earned income revenue.
Demonstrate a passion for theatre and the connection between a professional company and its community.
Ability to interact with others respectfully and develop productive working relationships to minimize conflict and maximize rapport.
Ability to build sincerity and trust; moderate behaviors (less impulsive) and enhance agreeableness.
o Salary: Salary is $75,000+. Position includes medical and dental benefits, flexible work schedule including remote workdays. Please be prepared to provide references if contacted for an interview.The North Carolina Black Repertory Company considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic underlaw; essentially, hiring decisions are based solely on merit and qualifications, not personal attributes
Director of Production, Apollo Theatre Foundation
The Director of Production (DoP) is the Senior-level organizational advocate and strategy leader for all Production activities associated with The Apollo. The DOP oversees the planning and execution of a diverse range of live performances, including music, dance, theater, multimedia, and interdisciplinary events, across the six performance spaces at The Apollo as well as for Apollo branded activities in non-Apollo locations. The DoP is a strong leader with comprehensive experience in live performance and event production. As the front-line point of contact for production inquiries, the DoP collaborates as the primary Production liaison for artists, renters, professional technical personnel, and various departments within The Apollo. The DoP ensures seamless coordination of technical and stage labor requirements for all events, maintains high safety standards, upholds production quality, and delivers exceptional artist and audience experiences. The DoP oversees both internal and external programs and events, managing two distinct business units. DoP supports internal events (Programming, Community, Education, Development, Growth, and Special Events) by providing comprehensive Production planning and execution of technical, staging, staffing and budget elements. DoP additionally supports external events (Renters, Producers, Co-Pro partners) by acting as frontline contact on all production elements associated with work in all Apollo performance spaces. The DoP is responsive, proactive, and deeply adept at managing large-scale production activities and client relationships, while ensuring budget and schedule are safely delivered. The DoP has extensive labor management and planning experience, having worked extensively with IATSE, Equity, USA, and AFofM partners in delivering presented and produced experiences.
Production Planning and Management
Determine event technical requirements based on an understanding of artist technical specs and contracts
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to determine production budget on a per-event and annualized basis
Develop and implement short/mid/long-term production calendars and schedules, integrate same into contract documents as required
Collaborate on Apollo organizational planning on a seasonal basis, balancing optimal use of Apollo stages with departmental maintenance and training requirementsOversee preparation and execution of lighting, AV, rigging, and staging configurations for all Apollo stage activities.
Hire and oversee Overhire designers as required
Partner with the Director of Facilities to originate and support production-adjacent capital projects and develop capital equipment and facility investment programs, encompassing long-range capital planning, project execution, asset maintenance, and lifecycle management.
Implementation and Labor
Supervise and manage daily operations of the Apollo Production Department, to include all budgeting, scheduling, and management of departmental direct reports, IATSE Local 1 Stagehands, Overhire designers and stage managers, and non-union operational staff
Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for labor practices, equipment use, safety standards and protocols, performance routines, and program support
Working with department heads to create, maintain, and improve SOPs for technical equipment and continued safety training.
Fiscal Responsibility
Develop and administer production department budgets, both on a per-show and annualized basis.
Forecast and contribute to organizational cash-flow and resource allocation processes
Develop and maintain all production finance SOPs, including the daily/event close-out documentation and budget templating
Ensure regular contact with Finance concerning insurance requirements, and equipment depreciation schedules
Collaborate with the Development department to create scope and budget on Production-related capital projects
o Compensation: $150,000 - $170,000
Obsidian Theater Festival
There exists an enduring legacy of storytelling within the Black community. Actors, writers, musicians, and dancers, capture the richness of Black stories, moving beyond stereotypes and tropes. The Obsidian Theatre Festival exists to uplift both stories as well as storytellers, and firmly believes in the power of art to change lives. Obsidian will provide the community with the powerful platform it deserves by way of a fresh new stage upon which these stories will be meaningfully exist, an enduring legacy of storytelling within the Black community. Actors, writers, musicians, and dancers, capture the richness of Black stories, moving beyond stereotypes and tropes. The Obsidian Theatre Festival exists to uplift both stories as well as storytellers, and firmly believes in the power of art to change lives. Obsidian will provide the community with the powerful platform it deserves by way of a fresh new stage upon which these stories will be meaningfully celebrate
o Seeking: Various Roles
o Location: Detroit, MI
o Website: https://www.obsidianfest.org/available-positions
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
Audible Emerging Playwrights Fund
The Emerging Playwrights Fund (the “Fund”) is calling theatrical visionaries who are ready to push boundaries and captivate audiences through the intimate, limitless world of audio drama. This is storytelling without walls. Your words, world-class performers, and millions of listeners waiting to be transported. Audible will select up to five applicants to receive a fee of $25,000 each to write and develop an original audio play. In addition to the fee, Audible may provide the selected applicants with creative and logistical resources to assist each artist and project, including but not limited to: development and production fees, casting expertise and talent budget, access to Audible’s state-of-the-art studio and production equipment. Audible is dedicated to commissioning, developing, and producing work that reflects the diversity of our listeners and our world. We actively encourage submissions from emerging playwrights of all races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities, and backgrounds. Your voice, amplified.
o Deadline: November 19
o Application Fee: Free
o Eligibility: We're seeking early-career theatrical writers who craft immersive fictional experiences that engage, entertain, and inspire. We value diverse perspectives, innovative approaches to form, and stories that harness the unique intimacy and immediacy of audio storytelling. Whether your work explores internal worlds through sound, creates vivid landscapes through language, or experiments with narrative structure—if it pushes boundaries and demands to be heard, we want it.
One full-length script for an original play (in English language only) that represents your voice ("Script”). Submitted as a pdf or word doc
A professional biography (up to 300 words)
A pitch or summary for an original audio play (Action & Adventure OR Core Fiction preferred)
Please note, by submitting an application you will be directed to a third-party website (hosted by Accubate) and you agree to the applicable Audible and Accubate privacy notice(s).
LMCC Manhattan Arts Grants: UMEZ Arts Engagement
UMEZ Arts Engagement is administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in partnership with the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation. UMEZ Arts Engagement is a grant program designed to support Upper Manhattan artists, arts groups, and arts nonprofit organizations in accessing Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone (UMEZ) funds for presentations that enhance the diversity and frequency of cultural presentations in Upper Manhattan. Upper Manhattan is home to a remarkable concentration of artists and arts organizations, including one of the largest concentrations of culturally-specific groups in the country, and is defined here as north of 98th Street on the east side of Fifth Avenue; and north of 110th Street on the west side. Through UMEZ Arts Engagement, UMEZ invests in artists and cultural organizations as part of its long-term strategy to strengthen Upper Manhattan neighborhoods, expand access to arts and culture, and support the vitality of the community's creative economy UMEZ Arts Engagement invites proposals from artists and arts organizations of diverse disciplines, practices, cultural backgrounds, and career stages that are 1) based in Upper Manhattan and 2) presenting arts projects or programming in Upper Manhattan, making their work more widely available to the public. LMCC will provide funding to projects in the performing, literary, media, and visual arts, ranging from folk/traditional forms to contemporary and socially-engaged artistic practices. Supported activities include concerts, performances, public art installations, exhibitions, screenings, festivals, readings, and more. The program encourages artistic presentations that respond to the current needs of Upper Manhattan’s local communities and amplify the cultural expressions of its diverse population. LMCC encourages projects that are generated within and serve communities that may have limited access to art programs, services, or resources due to location, race, language, economic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion and disability to apply. LMCC also highly encourages individuals and organizations whose work is rooted in the lived experience of Upper Manhattan’s Black, Indigenous, and immigrant communities to apply for funding.
o Deadline: November 12
o Application Fee: Free
o Eligibility: ELIGIBLE PROJECTS MUST:
be finished or complete works that will be promoted and presented to the public in Manhattan take place between January 1 and December 31, 2027 guarantee a fee for participating professional artists, indicated in the project budget have at least one artist confirmed as a creative leader or significant contributor to the project
PREVIOUS UMEZ ARTS ENGAGEMENT GRANTEES (ANY YEAR): must submit any outstanding final reports by January 31, 2027 to be considered eligible
may be funded a maximum of three consecutive years, and then must skip one funding cycle
If you received UMEZ Arts Engagement funding in 2024, 2025, and 2026, you may only apply to Creative Engagement, Creative Learning, or Creative Unrestricted in the 2027 funding cycle.
LMCC Manhattan Arts Grants: Creative Engagement
Creative Engagement is a Manhattan Arts Grants program that provides funding to artists and nonprofit organizations for public events that will take place in Manhattan between January-December 2027. Each year, the program supports hundreds of arts projects, including concerts, performances, public art, exhibitions, screenings, festivals, workshops, readings, and more. LMCC will fund projects that connect with Manhattan’s communities from Inwood to the Battery and amplify the cultural expressions of the borough’s diverse population. LMCC encourages projects that are generated within and serve communities that may have limited access to art programs, services, or resources due to location, race, language, economic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, and disability to apply. LMCC also highly encourages individuals and organizations whose work is rooted in the lived experience of Manhattan’s Black, Indigenous, and immigrant communities to apply for funding.
o Deadline: November 12
o Application Fee: Free
o Eligibility: ELIGIBLE PROJECTS MUST:
be finished or complete works that will be promoted and presented to the public in Manhattan take place between January 1 and December 31, 2027 guarantee a fee for participating professional artists, indicated in the project budget have at least one artist confirmed as a creative leader or significant contributor to the project
PREVIOUS CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT GRANTEES (ANY YEAR): must submit any outstanding final reports by January 31, 2027 to be considered eligible may be funded a maximum of three consecutive years, and then must skip one funding cycle
If you received Creative Engagement funding in 2024, 2025, and 2026, you may only apply to UMEZ Arts Engagement, Creative Learning, or Creative Unrestricted in the 2027 funding cycle.
LMCC Manhattan Arts Grants: Su-Casa
SU-CASA is a community arts engagement program that places artists and organizations for collaborative residencies at senior centers across the five boroughs of New York City. Individual artists may apply to SU-CASA for placements at participating senior centers through their local arts council; organizations must apply for a SU-CASA designation directly through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
The program is designed to positively impact the well-being of older adults through arts-based, process-oriented activities, culminating in a public program component open to the center’s surrounding community that showcases the participants’ progress and creative expression.
o Deadline: November 12
o Application Fee: Free
o Eligibility: Applicants may apply as an individual artist or a small collective of no more than two (2) people, and meet the following requirements:
Applicants must have proof of residency or address in Manhattan. This may include proof of residence or permanent workspace.
Applicants may not apply or receive a SU-CASA placement on behalf of a non-profit organization or a for-profit entity.
Applicants must be 18 years of age or older at the time of submission and may not be enrolled full-time in a degree-granting institution.
Applicants may not be directly applying for SU-CASA in another borough for the same fiscal year.
Collectives must designate a lead artist who meets all eligibility requirements for individual artists to apply as an individual on its behalf. The lead artist must be one of the teaching personnel and serve as the main contact person for the application.
Past SU-CASA artists must have complied with final report requirements for previous placement(s).
LMCC Manhattan Arts Grants: Creative Unrestricted
Creative Unrestricted is a Manhattan Arts Grants program that provides unrestricted funding to Manhattan-based individual artists, artist collectives, and small- to mid-sized arts organizations with annual operating budgets under $250,000. The program is designed to strengthen long-term sustainability for artists and cultural organizations that play vital roles in local creative ecosystems. The program welcomes applications from organizations and artists working within the performing arts field, including all cultural traditions and creative practices in dance, music, theater, and multidisciplinary performance. Funding is intended for artists and small arts organizations with sustained bodies of work who often fall between early stage project grants and the relatively small number of large scale institutional funding opportunities available in the field. Funds may be applied towards building organizational capacity, administrative infrastructure, or the broader conditions required to develop high-quality artistic work. Creative Unrestricted funding is provided in part by the Howard Gilman Foundation and an anonymous foundation.
o Deadline: November 12
o Application Fee: Free
o Eligibility: NONPROFIT GRANT RECIPIENTS MUST:
be legally registered and have proof of address in Manhattan
have proof of registration with the NYS Charities Bureau, in the form of a Bureau filing receipt dated within the last 24 months
provide a copy of their 501(c)(3) IRS Determination Letter
have a core artistic mission and/or history of performing arts programming
provide a financial statement for the most recently completed fiscal year
have an annual operating budget under $250,000
provide a projected FY2027 organizational budget
INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND COLLECTIVES MUST:
have proof of address in Manhattan
be 18 years of age at the time of submission
not be enrolled in a full-time degree program
complete a budget worksheet template spanning calendar year 2027 provided by LMCC
Individuals submitting on behalf of a collective may upload the group’s budget for calendar year 2027.
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: Free
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
dation'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
Cry Havoc Playwriting Residencies
CRY HAVOC is centering our programming around a keystone of Playwriting Residencies. Through a series of moderated workshop sessions utilizing the CRY HAVOC approach to play development, we provide a community rich in artists devoted to and practiced in the development of new work to support the playwright in bringing their script closer to their goals. The residencies culminate in a public presentation of the work. Do you have a play you’d like to workshop through a residency with us?
o Deadline: Ongoing
o Application Fee: N/A
o Eligibility: The CRY HAVOC Approach helps the playwright write the play they are trying to write.
The CRY HAVOC Approach provides targeted feedback to bring the playwright closer to their goals. This requires that they communicate those goals clearly— feedback can only be helpful if the writer knows what they are looking for (even if they discover something else).
The CRY HAVOC Approach demands focused feedback— responding to the writer’s goals— backed up with evidence from the text. This results in a community rich in artists devoted to and practiced in the development of new work.
To anchor our approach, CRY HAVOC opens each feedback session by asking the playwright our fundamental question: “What are you working on?”
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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