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Submit For 2026 Play Reading Series at The Actors Theatre Workshop

We’re offering playwrights the opportunity to host their own play readings in our professional theater space. This is your chance to test your work with a live audience and gain invaluable feedback!

The Actors Theatre Workshop is accepting submissions of original plays for our curated Spring 2026 Play Reading and Discussion Series this April – June. The theme is Finding Hope Through Darkness. We are looking for contemporary works that examine the pressing issues individuals and families face in America today. This series will highlight works that challenge and inspire audiences.

The Actors Theatre Workshop will co-produce selected plays. We will offer the playwright our physical theater space to host their own play reading with a live, publicly invited audience. Playwrights will be responsible for providing the non-Equity cast, crew, and production. ATW, along with the playwright, will support marketing efforts to bring in the audience.

After filling out this form, please be sure to email your script and a synopsis of your play to outreach@actorstheatreworkshop.com

Submissions are open until April 30th. Decisions will be made as soon as possible, but no later than mid-May.

*Due to the high volume of submissions, plays received after April 8th will be saved for consideration in next season’s Play Reading and Discussion Series.*

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Playwright Name: *
Where is the playwright based? *
Please provide the playwright's biography: *
Name of the play: *
For Returning Participants Only: Select one of the following options. If you are resubmitting a play and have not made any changes to it since, you do not need to resend it to Outreach
How many characters are in the play? *
How many acts and scenes are in the play? *
What is the runtime of the play? *
Please provide a brief synopsis of the play: *
What social issue does the play discuss / analyze? *
Our theme this year is Finding Hope Through Darkness. Please describe how your play engages with and interprets this theme: *
You understand it is the responsibility of the playwright to provide the cast, crew, and production. The Actors Theatre Workshop will provide its theatre space for selected playwrights to present their material to a live audience and support with marketing the play. *

Please indicate the union status of all performers and crew members involved in this production.

Disclaimer: The applicant is solely responsible for understanding, following, and enforcing all applicable union guidelines, rules, and requirements under an Equity-issued contract (NYC Showcase Code). The theatre assumes no responsibility for union compliance. If your production includes any Actors’ Equity Association members, an approved Equity contract must be submitted to ATW before the first day of rehearsals. 

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Please provide a 1 - 2 paragraph explanation of the following: 

Who is in your cast and crew?
Whether you have done this play anywhere before.
How would you go about preparing for this reading?
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Tell us what questions you have
How did you hear about us? *
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