PlayGround does not accept unsolicited scripts, except as specifically listed below.
2008-09 Submission Guidelines
Applications for the 2008-09 PlayGround Writers Pool are being accepted, now through September 1, 2008. Only members of the Writers Pool may submit scripts as part of the monthly staged reading series, Monday Night PlayGround, and from which are selected the seven plays and playwrights for each year's Best of PlayGround Festival. For specific eligibility requirements and responsibilities, see below.
To apply for a place in the 2008-09 writers pool, playwrights must submit a maximum ten-page double-spaced script (previously produced and unproduced scripts eligible) via email to scripts@playground-sf.org as an MS Word (.doc), Rich Text Format (.rtf) or Portable Document Format (.pdf) attachment. Applications must be received by Monday, September 1, 2008. The script must have the playwright's name, address, email and phone number at the top of the first page of the script. Excerpts from longer works are not accepted but short plays that meet the above requirements and are derived from a longer work are accepted. Writers featured in a Best of PlayGround Festival since 2004 need not submit a script but must send an email confirming interest in being in the pool by the deadline.
To view sample script formats, click the link(s) below.
Submission Format #1
Submission Format #2
To be eligible, writers must reside within the nine counties of the San Francisco Bay Area and cannot have had a full production at any LORT or comparable regional theatre.
The 2008-09 PlayGround Writers Pool of thirty-six emerging professional playwrights will be announced on October 1, 2008. Selected writers must commit to submitting for at least three of the six Monday Night PlayGrounds in any season and cannot skip more than two consecutive months. For more information on how to apply to be in the Monday Night writers pool, send us an email.