Posted: 9/1/26 at 6:50am
Your Scripts Wanted
Shows Application Deadline March 8th, 2027
The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF) is looking for shows for its 20th season in New York City, summer 2027.
• The festival provides key amenities that a show’s producer would normally have to pay for:
- Several performances in a shared theater
- Lighting and sound equipment
- Box office and house staff
- Insurance
- Some publicity
• All shows must be full productions (produced by you).
Download APPLICATION FORM and Manual: https://pixeldrain.com/l/pcCkCkPV
What are we looking for? We’ll consider a vast array of scripts.
• Long Shows: 90-120-minute musicals. We do not prefer (non-musical) plays of this length (yawn!), but we do accept applications. A maximum of 12 actors.
• Medium Shows: 30-90-minute plays or musicals. Again, a maximum of 12 actors.
• Brief Shows: 10-30-minute plays or musicals (“Brief Subjects”). The festival packages brief subjects in 1 to 4 programs, with tickets priced according to the total length of all the shows in a program.
• Short Shows: up to 10-minute short plays (The Short Play Lab). The Lab comprises 2 programs of about 10 shows each, each program running about 2 hrs. Each show must run no more than 10 min., with short setup and strike times. Each program gets 2 performances. There are cash prizes for the most popular shows in each program; free, no application is needed, simply email mitfxq@gmail.com your script.
• Cabaret Shows: 60-minute Vickie Phillips Cabaret shows.
• Standup Shows: usually 30-60 minutes.
• Staged Readings: up to 120-minutes, no application is needed
See Manual for fees.
Download APPLICATION FORM and Manual: https://pixeldrain.com/l/pcCkCkPV
Submit all applications and scripts to mitfxq@gmail.com
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