Any advice for beginning playwright? Where to submit?

[macnyc]

Posted: 1/5/18 at 3:46pm

I was hoping to get some suggestions of where a fledgling playwright could submit a short one-act play. So many contests seem to require fees for entering. Not that that's always bad, though, I guess.

The two plays are both short one-acts and have not been produced anywhere.

Does anyone here have a favorite resource for information or any other advice?

So far we've submitted one play to the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival. And Manhattan Repertory seems to be actively soliciting new plays: https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/article/Manhattan-Rep-Seeks-Submissions-for-Play-Production-Program-20171214

Also, there's a festival in Houston called Theatre Southwest Festival of Originals that's looking for submissions. Both these plays have a New York flavor. Would out-of-town regional theaters be interested?

Thanks for any advice!

 

 

[TheSassySam]

Posted: 1/5/18 at 3:56pm

Don't submit to Ken Davenport. 

[DonnaHoke]

Posted: 1/6/18 at 11:10am

Check out my blog at blog.donnahoke.com and there are TONS of posts about this very topic. The #RIPP (Real Inspiration for Playwrights Project) is a 52-entry primer on how to get your plays in front of producers. There is a ton of information and education.

 

[macnyc]

Posted: 1/6/18 at 6:18pm

Thank you! That's exactly the type of resource I was looking for. 

[sabrelady]

Posted: 1/6/18 at 7:28pm

Try to find a Fringe Festival near to your locale. It's a lottery but if you win you can get a production.

Oh and don't pooh pooh this- that is where The Drowsey Chaperone and Urinetown the Musical were developed.