Don’t miss your chance to be considered for our 5th Annual Playwrights Festival! 

 

Playwrights of all ethnicities, gender identities, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color), and people with disabilities from Connecticut and Rhode Island are invited to submit.

Submission guidelines/requirements are as follows:
* All scripts must be submitted March 1st until April 15th. 
* Submissions will be accepted from Connecticut and Rhode Island residents ONLY. 
* Unpublished one acts, children’s plays, and full-length plays (60-100 pages) will be accepted. Pages must be numbered. Submissions must be in standard playwriting format. In addition: each submission must include a BLIND copy of your play for our reading committee. 
* Include a character description page, including pertinent information for casting.
* Please include a brief synopsis of your play.
* All scripts must have the author’s name, address and contact information on the title page of the script including email address and cell number. (Please scrub this information from the blind copy.) 
* A short personal Bio should be submitted with the script.
* ONLY ONE submission per category (one act, children’s play, full length) per writer will be accepted.

➡️Submit your scripts to: submissions@chestnutstreetplayhouse.org

All submissions will be acknowledged.
If your play is chosen to present in the Festival:
* Experienced directors will be provided for each playwright for the plays chosen. Directors and playwrights will have the opportunity to collaborate. Playwrights are encouraged to participate in the rehearsal process.
* The plays will be presented as staged readings.
* There will be a brief talkback session after each play with the writer, actors, and director.
* One of the plays chosen will be produced as part of CSP’s 2026 Season.
All proceeds from the Festival to benefit Chestnut Street Playhouse.
Auditions for actors will be scheduled once the committee has selected the plays for the Festival.