Hosted by the Notre Dame College of Performing Arts, the New Play Festival showcases unproduced plays and musicals for young adults and children. The weekend-long festival will consist of 4-5 staged readings of previously unseen theatrical works, and will take place in the Regina Auditorium on the Notre Dame College campus. A winner will be chosen through committee/audience voting and will receive a $500 prize, as well as the opportunity to present fully-staged production during the subsequent NDC Spring Semester.

The performing arts are a vital part of the Notre Dame College experience. Performing Arts Scholarships are available thanks to the generosity of generous donors. Bachelor of Arts in: Music Entrepreneurship and Theatre Entrepreneurship. Concentrations: vocal, instrumental, composition, acting & directing.

Playwrights Local seeks original, unproduced plays for our season's programs and events. Approximately fifteen works will be selected for multiple opportunities.

BorderLight’s vision is to present visionary international theatre and build cross-cultural understanding.

Playwrights Local is dedicated to supporting the dramatists of Northeast Ohio. As a playwrights’ development and production center, we foster diverse talents and present locally written works.

Cleveland Play House develops and presents a variety of new work from nationally recognized artists, and each year produces a centerpiece production. Our reading series is for unoptioned/unproduced new plays.

Biennial four-week festival of staged readings. Assistance: room/board, travel, per diem.

Foundation courses in literature, history, performance, technical and collaborative studies help you develop analytical skills and insights into professional theatre. Small class sizes, individual attention and faculty mentoring are at the core of the program. You’ll be encouraged to participate in professional apprenticeship opportunities nationally and abroad. BW faculty are practicing professionals with contacts at Cleveland’s Great Lakes Theater, Cleveland Public Theatre, Beck Center for the Arts and Dobama Theatre, as well as Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare...

Call for Entries: Now through May 3, 2019 Performances: July 18 to 21, 2019 The 8x10 TheatreFestThe 2019 8x10 TheatreFest Weathervane's Annual Contest and Festival of 10-Minute Plays July 18 to 21, 2019 Weathervane Playhouse celebrates the art of the short-format play with the eighth annual 8x10 TheatreFest. Eight plays, 10 minutes each! Are you an aspiring playwright? Entries for the 2019 8x10 TheatreFest will be accepted up until May 3, 2019 at midnight EDT. Click the "INFO FOR PLAYWRIGHTS" tab for more information. The "final eight" plays for the 2019 8x10 TheatreFest will be performed...

Weathervane Community Playhouse produces high-quality live theater with volunteer artists, designers, and technicians under professional direction, provides education and training in theater arts and appreciation, and engages and entertains its audience and constituents to enrich the quality of life in Northeast Ohio.

The Ohio Shakespeare Festival regards the actors, the script and the audience as the quintessential elements of the theatre. As a professional theatre company, we are dedicated to articulating the inherently theatrical components of Shakespeare and his fellow playwrights throughout the ages in a manner that enables the collected imaginations of the artists to meet the collective imagination of the audience in a public celebration that transforms the world in which we live.