Archive - How To Playwright

The Playwriting Mistake I See Everywhere: Consistency

Building Characters from Contradiction

Jun 16 • Audrey Cefaly

Submit: Nashville Rep, Ingram New Works Project, Deadline June 26th at 5:00 PM, CST

INGRAM NEW WORKS PROJECT

Jun 15 • Audrey Cefaly

Submit: The New Works Program at Coachella Valley Rep - Deadline July 25, 2026

Submissions are being accepted through July 25, 2026 for The Origins New Works Program at CVRep.

Jun 12 • Audrey Cefaly

May 2026

Submit: Local Theatre Company, Local Lab, Deadline June 15, 2026

THE APPLICATION WINDOW FOR LOCAL LAB 16 (April 2027) is open NOW through June 15, 2026, 11:59 pm MT.

May 12 • Audrey Cefaly

April 2026

What Audrey Cefaly's Play "The Gulf" is Actually Doing to Your Chest

Trying to map the math under Cefaly's best trick.

Apr 17

February 2026

Submit: Centre Stage New Play Festival, Deadline Mar 15, 2026

24th Annual New Play Festival

Feb 27 • Audrey Cefaly

January 2026

It’s Not Personal

I’ve been writing for over thirty years, and for most of that time I told myself I could never write about myself or my family, that people would have…

Jan 5 • Audrey Cefaly

December 2025

Submit: The Relentless Award, Deadline: 1/1/26

Submissions are officially open for the 2026 Relentless Award! The author(s) of the winning full-length play will be awarded $50,000.

Dec 5, 2025 • Audrey Cefaly

November 2025

Submit: Florida Rep Play Lab, Deadline: 12/5/25

Each year, Florida Repertory Theatre hosts the PlayLab Festival of New Works, a dynamic celebration of storytelling and theatrical innovation.

Nov 30, 2025 • Audrey Cefaly

October 2025

Art and the Apocalypse (Again)

Moving through Dangerous Times with Heart and Hope

Oct 28, 2025 • Jacqueline Goldfinger

Submit: EST/Sloan New Play Commissions, Deadline: 11/5/25

New Play Commissions will be awarded to individuals, groups and creative teams for full-length plays and musicals.

Oct 23, 2025 • Audrey Cefaly

September 2025

Submit: Ojai Playwrights Conference & New Works Festival, Deadline 9/26/25

OPC’S APPLICATION WINDOW FOR 2026 WILL BE OPEN FROM

Sep 19, 2025 • Audrey Cefaly