B.o.a.T.S. Play Submission Information
- There is no fee to submit your play.
- If selected, you will receive two complimentary tickets and a flat $50 royalty fee after the play is produced.
- Playwrights may only submit one play.
- Your submission can be no longer than ten minutes.
- Plays should be unproduced, new works, or works not recently produced (past five years).
- Your submission is ten pages or less (not including the title and character breakdown page), with pages numbered, and standard formatting.
- We will not accept musicals.
- Your submission must fit the theme of loosely “Based on a True Story.”
- Your submission supports diversity and inclusion.
- The setting of your play should be simple or suggested.
- The maximum cast size is 4. Your submission reflects overall quality and is a fully developed and well-written play.
- We hope you will actively promote the production to boost ticket sales and share pertinent marketing information about the festival.
- All plays should be BLIND submissions as a PDF with the title in caps, without the playwright’s name. A short synopsis is encouraged.
- Any stage play format is acceptable.
- Our graphic designer can design a logo, if needed.
- We trust that your play will be exclusively presented with Porthole Players and will not be produced directly before or after the festival (May 16 to 25, 2025).
- Scripts must be received by 11:59 PT on December 29, 2024. Each 10-minute entry will be numbered and time-stamped.
- We will stop accepting plays after the 100th submission with the first 50 submissions given priority.
- Last day to submit is December 29, 2024.
- Send questions to porthole10minuteplayfest@gmail.com
- Participants are responsible for accommodations, travel and daily expenses to attend the live readings.