Submission Guidelines

Submissions for the 2026 New Works Festival will be open until December 31, 2025 at 11:59pm

• A Staged Reading submission is an original, unpublished, fully realized script of at least 30 minutes, and no more than 90 minutes, in length.
• A Fully Staged Workshop Production is an original, unpublished, fully realized script of at least 45 minutes, and no longer that 90 minutes, in length that has previously had at least one verifiable staged reading.
• Only plays allowing for six (6) or fewer actors will be considered. (character doubling okay)
• Plays previously produced as play readings by Cincinnati LAB Theatre will be given special consideration for fully staged workshop productions.
• Once scripts are chosen, playwrights will be paired with a director and cast to fulfill the rehearsal/workshop process. Directors and cast will be chosen by Cincinnati LAB Theatre.
• Playwrights must be available in person and/or by video conference for the entirety of the rehearsal/workshop process and be present for at least one performance. Only those playwrights willing to engage in the workshop process should submit.
• Erotica and pornography will not be considered.

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