Women in Theatre New Play Festival - Call For Submissions

The Women in Theatre - New Play Festival will feature a collection of short plays and monologues written by playwrights who have experienced womanhood in all its intersectionality, including cisgender, transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming individuals. The festival aims to amplify the voices of those historically marginalized, celebrating the richness and diversity of women’s stories and experiences. 

Submit your work any time between now and December 31, 2024. There is no fee to submit.

Additionally, as this is a New Play Festival presenting multiple plays on the same stage, the technical elements will be kept simple. For plays with complex requirements, stage directions will be read as part of the performance. Our focus will be on exploring the words and story and less so on creating a full production.

Plays will be selected based on the following:

• Relevance to the spirit of the festival – Celebrating women's voices
• Excellence of work
• Priority may be given to playwrights with regional ties

The Details:

• A playwright may only submit one (1) piece.
• Plays should require no more than 5 actors.
• Works should have been written within the last 5 years.
• Works should be no longer than 20 minutes in length.
• Submissions must be no more than 20 pages with a font no smaller than 12 pt. 
• Submissions must include a title page with the following information: some text
  • Playwright Name
  • Playwright city of origin 
  • Playwright's current contact information
• The submitted piece must be unpublished but may have been previously workshopped or produced. 

To Submit:

• The script must be submitted electronically in PDF format to womenintheatre@duluthplayhouse.org 
• Submission Deadline: December 31 at 11:59 pm.
• You will receive confirmation that submissions have been received. No other contact will be made unless the script is selected for production.

Selected Plays:

• Will receive one Invited Preview on June 5th and one Public Performance on June 6th
• Playwrights will be awarded a $100 prize
• Playwrights will be allotted 2 complimentary tickets to the public performance

Correspondence:

• All submissions and correspondence should be through womenintheatre@duluthplayhouse.org 
• Please allow up to two weeks for follow-ups to any questions.
• When submitting, make sure you’ve attached your play.