12th Annual Short Play Festival

Playwrights can submit one 1-minute script and one up-to-10-minute script for judging. The submission deadline is Wednesday, March 1 at 4 pm. EST.  Submissions are open to all Indiana residents. 

Scripts must be attached as a PDF file in a message to playfest@lafayettecivic.org. The subject line should be the playwright’s last name, the play title, and the submission category – either 1- minute or up-to-10-minutes, for example: Smith, “This Is a Good Play Title,” 1-minute play. The name of the play, its category and the playwright’s contact information – name, physical address, e-mail address and phone number – must be included in the body of the message, too.

Other submission rules:

• Playwrights must be 16 years and older to submit.

• Submissions must be plays only. Musicals will not be accepted.

• Please submit only one script per message.

• Plays must not have been produced or published prior to submission.

• Plays that are longer than 1 minute or longer than 10 minutes, depending on the category, will not be accepted.

• The cast size is limited to five people; casts will include actors ages 18 and older, only.

• Scripts should have simple set, costume and other technical requirements.

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Civic Theatre will contact all playwrights by email prior to a public announcement of the winning scripts on April 20, 2024 at The Civic Theatre Season Reveal and via external communications. The 12th Annual Play Festival will be produced June 28-30, 2024. 

Playwrights whose plays are produced in the festival will receive a PDF of the program, the poster, and production photos.