If you previously submitted to WRP’s 1st Annual Short Cuts Play Festival, please forward your application to the CORRECTED email address: August@thewrp.org
WRP is looking for submissions of 10-MINUTE PLAY to be performed in conjunction with the first mainstage play of our 2025/2026 season.
If you would like to submit a piece, here are some parameters and important information:
- Selected pieces should be ideally 10 minutes in length.
- The cast maximum is FOUR; however, more than four characters can be included as long as all characters are intended to be played by four actors.
- We are not seeking specific subject matter, but ideas of the sea, and the existing set for the performance will be centered around a boat. Do with that as you will.
- Finalists agree to grant performance rights, without additional royalty, to Western Reserve Playhouse for the performance run of the Short Cuts Play Festival.
- Plays remain the sole property of the playwright.
- Some sound effects & lighting can be provided as needed.
- All rehearsal & production formatting questions will be discussed on an individual basis between the playwright and WRP.
- 6 Finalist pieces will be selected, directed, and performed once during the run of our first play of the season, April 4-13, 2025.
- The specific performance date and time of each piece will be finalized at a later date.
Deadlines and Submission Details:
- Deadline: Saturday January 4, 2025 at 12:00PM
- Email submissions to August Scarpelli at august@thewrp.org
- Subject line: WRP 2025 Play Festival Submission
- Submissions must be attached in PDF or WORD format
- Include a brief bio about yourself as artist/playwright and a short essay discussing the genesis of your play.
Submissions will be chosen by January 12, 2025.