One Act Play Festival Submissions
Accepting Submissions until December 25, 2026
One Act Play Festival: Call for Original Plays
Have a story that deserves the spotlight? DreamWrights is seeking original, never-before-produced one-act plays for our One Act Play Festival. Whether your play makes us laugh, challenges our thinking, or surprises us, we want to read it.
Deadline: December 25, 2026
6 PERFORMANCES
April 2, 3, 9 & 10 at 7:00 pm
April 4 & 11 at 3:00 pm
What we’re looking for
- Original scripts only
- Running time: 30 to 45 minutes maximum (can be shorter)
- Setting: one indoor location throughout the play
- Cast size: 2 to 8 characters
All genres are welcome. Think creatively, take risks, and tell a story that will resonate with a live audience.
How the festival works
1. Submit your script by December 25, 2026.
2. Semi-finalist readings. A panel of local theatre artists will select the semi-finalists. Their plays will be read for the public:
- Friday, March 19 at 7:00 PM
- Saturday, March 20 at 7:00 PM
- Sunday, March 21 at 3:00 PM
3. The audience chooses. After the readings, audience members vote for their favorite plays, in person and online, to determine the finalists.
4. Festival premiere. The winning play or plays premiere at DreamWrights April 2 to 12, 2027:
- April 2, 3, 9 and 10 at 7:00 PM
- April 4 and 11 at 3:00 PM
Every play in this festival is new. The public submits the scripts, our community votes on them at the spring readings, and DreamWrights artists stage the winners. The festival continues DreamWrights’ commitment to new work and to adding to the canon of American theatre.
Don’t keep that story in your desk drawer. Give it a chance to come alive on stage.