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28 July 16 · Opportunities
E.U. (an NYC based theatre company) has published a call for original work for a charity performance coming on 20 October2016 in NYC. What to submit: Monologues – 2-4 min. Short Plays – 10 min. up to 4 characters How to apply: Email written work in either PDF or Word doc format t
Read with a free account →05 July 16 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Writing for Radio Drama Workshop for the under 25s: MONOLOGUES: Podium.me the online platform for the under 25s, is branching out from journalism to launch a drama initiative. Podium.me has a reputation for working successfully with young talent. Itis a platform that is recognise
Read with a free account →04 May 16 · Opportunities / Pick of the Week
Each week we look through our pile of writing opportunities to pick out one we think is particularly worth your time. It could be an innovative brief, great prize money, a high-profile company, or just plain fun. This week’s pick: Goblin Baby seeking monologues for performance at
Read with a free account →30 April 16 · Opportunities
A newly forming theatre company is seeking monologues and one person plays for production at a London fringe venue. What to submit: Genre: Drama, comedy, horror. Social commentary. Duration: 45-60 mins How to apply: Please submit your scripts by email to: savage_productions@yahoo
Read with a free account →14 April 16 · Opportunities
Have you got a boxed up tale about our messed up world? Goblin Baby are open for new writing submissions! Please make sure your monologue fulfills all of the following criteria: Theme ‘Alone Inside the Box’ (which can be interpreted as literally or abstractly as you wish) One act
Read with a free account →21 March 16 · Opportunities
THE 8 Minute USA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS PLAYWRITING CONTEST. Can you write an 8 minute play about the USA Presidential Elections before 14th May 2016? Worldwide Submissions Wanted. 8 minute plays and 3 minute monologues Prize: Top ten plays will be performed in the Hollywood Frin
Read with a free account →13 March 16 · Opportunities
Are you confused, enraged, or amused by the spectacle of the USA Presidential elections? This is your chance to have your say. Los Angeles’s Scribbler Theatre is seeking 8 minute plays and 3 minute monologues. The top ten plays will be performed in the Hollywood Fringe Theatre Fe
Read with a free account →16 February 16 · Opportunities
Podium.me the online platform for the under 25s, is branching out from journalism to launch a drama initiative. They are piloting Podium.me writers’ groups to uncover the art of online drama. We are also working with BBC Radio 4 drama towards a potential commission. Here is your
Read with a free account →10 February 16 · Opportunities / Pick of the Week
Each week we look through our pile of writing opportunities to pick out one we think is particularly worth your time. It could be an innovative brief, great prize money, a high-profile company, or just plain fun. This week’s pick: Octagon Prize for Dramatic Monologues Description
Read with a free account →29 December 15 · Opportunities
“As part of our commitment to supporting the charity Unseen UK throughout the run of IN/OUT (A FEELING) at The Hope Theatre from January 12th to the 30th we are welcoming submissions of ten to fifteen minute monologues inspired by the brief ‘Voice of the Voiceless’.” Two of these
Read with a free account →17 December 15 · Opportunities
The Octagon Theatre has launched its first national writing prize: a competition celebrating new and original writing for the stage. Entrants over 16 with any level of experience are invited to submit 40-minute dramatic monologues of any theme or genre, from children’s interactiv
Read with a free account →19 November 15 · Opportunities
Theatre N16 still has one slot left for a piece in their run of MONOLOGUES FROM MOS EISLEY, running for a week at Theatre N16 in Balham this December. What to submit: In their own words: “Our brief is very simple. We want a monologue or duologue from a character or characters lin
Read with a free account →18 September 15 · Opportunities
Submissions are open for WriterSlam, supported by CreativeSkillset, Tiger Aspect, ITV & ITV Studios, BBC and Hat Trick. Building on the success of the MonologueSlam UK initiative for actors, WriterSlam UK is an initiative to help TV production companies and broadcasters access ne
Read with a free account →04 August 15 · Opportunities
After last year’s tales of a family with a streak of cannibalism, the uncharitable charity and a butterfly with a very dark streak along with some wonderful monologues from their Brief Glimpse young writers and directors – less is MORE is ecstatic to be once again facilitating ne
Read with a free account →27 July 15 · Opportunities
CastleKeep Productions is accepting submissions for their short play competition. What to submit: Scripts must be 10 minutes in length. Plays should have minimal set and props. Plays must be written for the stage and have no more than 3 characters in total. Monologues are exclude
Read with a free account →21 July 15 · Opportunities
Are you a Muslim woman who loves writing? Consider participating in the Hijabi Monologues Story Contest 2015 for the chance to have your story performed for an international audience by an experienced actress. In partnership with the British Council, the Hijabi Monologues Story C
Read with a free account →05 May 15 · Opportunities
Building on the success of the MonologueSlam UK initiative for actors, WriterSlam UK is a new initiative to help TV production companies and broadcasters access new and established writers from diverse backgrounds, and support them in their career development, providing tangible
Read with a free account →14 April 15 · Opportunities
Monsters on Stage provide a unique dramatic perspective on what it means to be human in the 21st century, either through relationship, revelation, contrast or cataclysm. The thematic possibilities are endless: transformation, identity, in- or exclusion, survival, love, terror and
Read with a free account →01 April 15 · Opportunities
24:7 Theatre Festival is now looking for a selection of short monologues to be performed during their Big Festival Weekend (24 – 26 July), in and around The Martin Harris for Music and Drama at the University of Manchester. Each monologue will have a maximum performance length of
Read with a free account →19 March 15 · Opportunities
Act 2, in association with Fowl Humour, are looking for 10 minute monologues, set in a public space like a pub, a bench or a café, to be performed in Nottingham in late May. They are inviting writers to send scripts which explore the theme of honesty and have a Nottingham voice a
Read with a free account →18 February 15 · Opportunities
A call out to emerging London-based writers who are invited to submit a monologue (60 mins max). Six chosen writers will receive staged readings of extracts of their monologues performed by professional actors, as part of WORD FAIR in S.E. London in March. These writers will also
Read with a free account →25 September 14 · Opportunities
Sing London have commissioned some of the UK’s most celebrated writers and actors to create monologues for iconic statues across London and Manchester. Now it’s the public’s turn to put words into the mouths of statues! Four statues are still awaiting the gift of speech! Sing Lon
Read with a free account →28 July 14 · Opportunities
Z-arts are commissioning five writer-performers to create a monologue about family life. Z-arts is Manchester’s venue for children and families. The prompt: In their own words: We’re asking ourselves, what does a contemporary family look like now and how do we create theatre that
Read with a free account →23 July 14 · Uncategorized
Medair is looking for a writer to turn stories about Syrian Refugees into 4 theatrical monologues each of 2-3mins. WeTheyalready have a writer (but not a playwright) who has done a first draft but we are looking for a playwright to take them further and re-write them for a perfor
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