Call for submissions – 2026 Summer Staged Reading Series

The window for submitting plays for the 2026 Staged Reading Series has closed. Please check back in the fall of 2026 for the 2027 Series!

We ask for a small submission fee to help cover some of the costs associated with reading and evaluating each play and then bringing the chosen plays to the stage. In exchange, we offer every playwright, regardless of selection status, comprehensive feedback from our selection committee as a token of our appreciation for your submission. View a sample of this feedback here.

A few of the responses from playwrights whose work was not chosen for the 2025 Series

This is really good, intelligent, useful feedback. This is a great service to playwrights – thanks so much. —Dave C.

This is the first feedback I have received from a festival that is insightful and useful! I appreciate your candor and will use these tools in my writing going forward. Thank you, again. —Lisa M.

Thank you for this feedback. It is immensely helpful. I will definitely refer to it as I work on my next draft. —Tina E.

Thank you for your time and careful attention to my work and I hope your reading series is wonderful this year!  It’s so important for new work to be shared and heard! —Erica M.

I could not have asked for a more thoughtful, thorough and poignant evaluation of my play. The depth of critical evaluation you’ve shared was very insightful and makes me eager to revisit the many areas you and your group have sincerely considered. I truly thank you and all the readers for their welcome input, it is greatly appreciated!! —Daryl M.

Thank you very much for this detailed assessment. This was very helpful and much more than I expected. Thank you for taking the time to write this. I appreciate your feedback. —Glenn T.

Thank you for this valuable feedback. In my experience, feedback can be overwhelming and unclear. However, your feedback offered clear actions that could be taken to make the play stronger. Thank you for that! —Courtney N.

It is rare for theatres to offer feedback. It is even rarer to receive a detailed and thoughtful analysis of a play I’ve written. All of the comments were constructive, supportive, and professional. Please extend my appreciation to your team. —Les A.