A hybrid, in-person and virtual festival of new works-in-progress from Canada’s most exciting female playwrights and emerging voices, as well as candid Community Conversations with industry leaders. Her Words puts women front and centre, discussing the future of playwrighting from the female lens.

The Toronto Fringe is a platform for everyone to access, discover, and experiment with the arts. By valuing creative experiences, we contribute to a healthy arts economy and, ultimately, a thriving society. The Next Stage Theatre Festival (NSTF) is a 12-day celebration of indie theatre that takes place every January at Factory Theatre. While our summer Fringe shows are selected by lottery, our 10 NSTF shows are programmed by a jury of industry professionals.

Toronto Fringe offers a variety of opportunities to connect your art with an audience including a New Play Contest and the Paul O'Sullivan Prize for Musical Theatre.

The Navigators’ mission is to incubate and produce Science Fiction Theater with a clear feminist perspective. NYC-based company accepts submissions for 10-minute, 20-30 minute (one act), and full-length plays. The 10-minute plays will be staged. One-acts and full-lengths will be given readings.

We are committed to developing and producing new Canadian work that complements and enhances our focus on what is traditionally defined as the classical repertoire. While we’re open to all forms – drama, comedy, adaptations, musicals and family-friendly fare – we’re especially interested in ambitious, large-cast plays that articulate the great themes of classical theatre. We also favour plays that feature a female point of view and offer sizeable opportunities for female actors, and that reflect the cultural diversity of life in Canada today.

From our captivating East End Spiegeltent, venues and acts radiate out into the city in every direction. And the special way the Fringe lineup gets built each year is becoming the envy of other festivals, with its unique, bifurcated style. “Bifurcated”? Wait, before you Google that: It’s simply how we describe the dual nature of Rochester’s Fringe. Organizers present a handful of special events, but the vast majority are curated by the venues themselves from artists’ applications. That’s why the lineup is so astoundingly diverse and creative. Why you’ll see surprising new performances here...

The Friends of Bristol Valley Playhouse Foundation, Inc. (doing business as Bristol Valley Theater) is a not-for-profit corporation. It is a professional theatre in the heart of the FInger Lakes.

The Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival presents classic and contemporary works, new musicals, and in-school arts education for a diverse audience, to spur social awareness and cultural development in the Finger Lakes region. Home to the PiTCH–For Writers.

Walking on Water Productions (WoW) is a Tompkins County musical theatre company that empowers local theatre artists by training, collaborating with, and showcasing them through production opportunities, internships, and educational workshops that provide individual development and community connection; together, we present both new and existing works that appeal to multi-generational audiences.

Redhouse is pleased to announce its New Works Festival! This is an extraordinary opportunity to have your play receive a 2-week developmental workshop at the acclaimed Redhouse Arts Center in downtown Syracuse; one of the premier theatre facilities in Central New York. Led by Artistic Director, Hunter Foster, the creative team at Redhouse will choose 1 play for their developmental series; due to Covid-19, we are only accepting plays at this time. Here is your chance for your work to be cultivated in a creative setting so it can reach its ultimate potential.

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.

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.