Submissions begin March 1 and end on April 30, 2025. 

Finalists will be announced on May 5th, 2025 via email. 

Auditions will be held May 7 & 8 from 6pm- 10pm, at the playhouse.

Rehearsals will be in June 2025. 

Performances: June 21 & 22, 2025

PROJECT GUIDELINES:

Seeking:

• 10-minute to (not more than) 20-minute one-act plays, not previously produced or published, from LOCAL* Playwrights. 
• One page of dialogue equals one minute of run-time.
• There is a non-refundable $25 donation fee.
• The Playhouse is a 501(3)(c) non-profit, and all fees collected will go towards the audition expenses, production and several mixers for Playwrights, cast and crew.
• Scripts will be judged on concept, dramatic action, characterization and cast size.

Submissions:

• Please complete the Application form linked below, and include a brief synopsis.
• Submissions should be Microsoft Word .doc/.docx not PDF.
• Each page of your script must include your name, title of play and page number in the footer.
• Stage plays only. No TV or film scripts will be considered.
• 2-6 actors in total.
• Please no musicals or choreography
• No sexually explicit, gratuitously violent, obscene scripts or excessive foul language.
• Playwrights must attend rehearsals at the Delray Beach Playhouse.
• *Playwrights must be LOCAL residents and must attend auditions/casting, rehearsals and performances for their plays at the Delray Beach Playhouse. Playwrights must provide a full-time LOCAL home address

Submissions are due by April 30, 2025. 

WAYS TO SUBMIT:

• Please fill out the application form, linked below.
• Email play submission to delraybeachplayhouse@gmail.com.
• Option 1:  Mail the $25 non-refundable donation fee (per submission) to: Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 NW 9th St., Delray Beach FL 33444, ATTN: Playhouse Playwrights’ Project.
  OR
• Option 2: Mail play submission, along with the $25 non-refundable donation fee (per submission) to: Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 NW 9th St., Delray Beach FL 33444, ATTN: Playhouse Playwrights’ Project.
• Paper copies will not be returned.

DISCLAIMER: The Delray Beach Playhouse reserves the right to choose those submissions that best reflect the intent and goal of the Playhouse Playwrights’ Project and reserves the right to amend its submission criteria to best suit those intentions and goals. 

APPLICATION FORM (SUBMIT HERE)