GOING TO THE RIVER was founded by the late Curt Dempster and Elizabeth Van Dyke in 1999 at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, for the purpose of developing, producing and providing a New York City 'home base' for a community of female playwrights of color.

What originally started as a one-day tribute to one of the most culturally rich neighborhoods in the world has now become a month-long celebration enjoying its 46th year. Recognizing this year, 2020 is unlike any we have ever seen HARLEM WEEK this year will take place from August 16 - 23 and it will take place virtually. For many years people have planned their vacations around the dates HARLEM WEEK to travel to Harlem to participate in our festival. This year HARLEM WEEK goes to the world as a virtual event sharing the culture, history, resilience and strength of Harlem.

The New Theater Festival competition is for plays and musicals. Productions includes; full length plays, one act plays, shorts, solos and musical theater. The Festival has more than 10 years of continuous production which offered opportunities to more than 1,250 playwrights. Submissions accepted year-round.

The Criminal Queerness Festival (CQF) will take place at NYC Pride. CQF strives to uplift and amplify LGBTQ playwrights and artists from countries that censor or criminalize queer communities through the creation of exciting theatrical productions. Up to four plays will be selected and given performances in New York City. The plays will be performed in a festival format with directors and actors from National Queer Theater. The winning playwrights will also be awarded a stipend of $1,000 USD each.

Every March, during Women’s History Month, Goddard Riverside’s Community Arts program hosts an exciting month-long arts festival celebrating female artists and perspectives. Join us this year for W.H.A.M. 2022! Now in its seventh year, the Women’s History Artist Month festival — W.H.A.M. — showcases a wide range of local independent artists and helps raise vital funding for the Performing Arts Conservatory. This year’s W.H.A.M. festival will be taking place at Goddard Riverside’s Bernie Wohl Center unless otherwise noted in the Calendar below. The 7th Annual W.H.A.M. Opening Reception was...

Established in 1999, the Boomerang Theatre Company is dedicated to producing new, classic and neglected plays that add to the vibrancy of the national theatre canon. One of the premiere new play development festivals in Indie Theatre. Each play selected to participate in the festival received 6 hours of rehearsal time over the course of one week, culminating in a public reading of the play for a supportive audience.

Submissions are now being accepted for the Fifth Avenue Theatre of New York Virtual Fall 2020 Play Festival, to take place in November 2020. Seeking short plays (no more than 10 pp/minutes), from playwrights from across New York City and surrounding areas.

Concord Theatricals presents the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival (OOB) is the nation’s leading short play festival. Beyond playwrights, the Festival has given voice to many emerging directors, performers, and production companies. As part of our unique model that requires playwrights to partner with sponsoring producers, we’ve hosted prestigious theatre companies on our Festival stage such as The Royal Court, Circle-in-the-Square, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and The Yale School of Drama. It is an honor to provide a home for so many exceptional artists, and we’re humbled when...

The Ensemble Studio Theatre develops and produces original, provocative and authentic new plays. We engage and challenge our audiences in New York City and audiences across the country. A dynamic community of artists committed to the collaborative process, EST discovers and nurtures new voices and supports artists throughout their creative lives. We believe this extraordinary support yields extraordinary work.

Amy's Horse is accepting submissions for its podcast series that plays around the world and releases new episodes twice monthly each featuring a couple new works. The podcast brings together writers and actors to read new works and chat and maybe have a drink. The twist is that all the participants are working remotely from the comfort of their own homes.

BROADWAY THEATRE STUDIO, creators of the long-running IMBIBLE series of Off-Broadway musicals, will produce its first VIRTUAL THEATRE FESTIVAL for live-online productions. BTS has partnered with theatre media icon PLAYBILL to host the festival, which will run exclusively on Playbill.com. BETERRIFIC, industry leaders in live-streaming productions, to provide the cutting-edge technology and experience necessary to successfully translate the live theatre experience to live-online. BTS is assembling a distinguished panel of judges to choose a winning production, and there will also be an...