7th Annual Playhouse Playwrights Festival of New Plays

The Playhouse Playwrights Project proudly on its seventh year of staged readings of new plays! Local playwrights are asked to submit an unpublished one-act play for consideration in the festival. Our goal is to identify those one act plays that may be developed into full-length plays to be produced by the Playhouse in the future. Playwrights in Palm Beach County are invited to submit their new works for consideration by the Playhouses reading committee.

Announcing the winners! 

The Playwrights Committee is proud to announce this year’s selections. Thank you to all the Playwrights who submitted and Congratulations to this year’s Line-up!

AN ASSASSIAN NAMED LE POUGH by Jonathon White

A ROYAL FRIEND by Mary Kate Leming

STRONG COFFEE, STRONGER PIE by Carol White

FIVE FOR FUN by Jim Bisco

FOREIGN AFFAIRS START AT HOME by Joseph Tralongo

MADDY by Steve d’Oliveira

NEWS THAT BREAKS by Bob Lind

THE ROMEOS by Jeff Perlman

THERE’S SOMEBODY OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY by Al Giordano

WHAT’S IN A HANDLE by Ani Luna

IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline for submissions: April 30th, 2026.
Finalists will be announced: May 11th, 2026 via email.
Auditions: May 16th & 17th, 2026
Rehearsals: June 1st – 25th (evenings)
Performances: June 27th – 28th, 2026
 

PLAYWRIGHTS POSTER COMPETITION!

We are seeking South Florida Visual Artists to create original Poster Artwork to promote this year’s Festival and to provide the cover of the Playwrights’ Festival Playbill!

POSTER ART SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

  • Eligibility: Any resident of South Florida
  • Submission Deadline: June 15th, 2026
  • Registration and Entry Fee: $25.00 donation fee per entry
  • Objective: To create an original Art Poster that promotes the Annual Delray Beach Playhouse Festival of New Plays
  • Submission Requirements: PDF Image of Artwork
  • Size Requirements: Image 24″ x 36″
  • Artwork must include verbiage: Delray Beach Playhouse Playwrights’ Festival of New Plays 2026
  • Medium: Any two dimensional original artwork in pencil, oil, acrylic, crayon, collage, watercolor, print, or photography. Must be suitable for Poster reproduction.
  • Judgement Criteria: Relevance of Theme, Originality, Artistic Competition, Creativity, Accordance with Given Instructions
  • Artwork will be mounted on poster board suitable for reproduction
  • Email submission to delraybeachplayhouse@gmail.com AND Mail the $25 donation fee (per submission) to: Delray Beach Playhouse , ATTN: Poster Art Project (950 NW 9th St Delray Beach FL 33444) 

The Board of Governors is continually working on developing new Arts Programs for the Playhouse. We look forward to meeting Artists and getting them involved in our exciting and innovative new programs.