2026 LA Playwrights Open Submission Window

Submitted plays will be considered for development at Boston Court Pasadena including in Boston Court's New Play Reading Series, and Boston Court's Playwrights Group. The Playwrights Group is a year-long program for three playwrights that includes monthly virtual meetings, in-depth dramaturgy with the Boston Court team, and private in-process readings. If you would be interested in participating in the Playwrights Group, please indicate that in your cover letter. 

While we do not wish to limit submissions, we will be reading toward a prioritization of under-represented and historically marginalized groups.  

Guidelines

• Playwrights must be current residents of the Greater Los Angeles area.
• Full-length scripts only (70 min. or longer).
• Plays must need no more than five actors (more roles are fine as long as they can be doubled).
• We will only accept scripts that have not previously been submitted.
• One submission per playwright. 
• Accepting scripts only through Submittable. No snail mail or email.
• Any submissions that do not adhere to these guidelines will not be read. 

What is a Boston Court Play?

We’re passionate about the heightened, the lyrical, the never-seen-before, the boundary-breaking. We’re drawn to art that excavates the depth of human existence or dances in and out of ineffable wonder. We fall for the imaginative, the impossible, the incandescent. We love the absurd. We swoon for the cerebral. We bow down to heartbreak and humor, especially when we don’t see them coming. Show us the magic of what’s real and the tangibility of what’s ethereal.

If you're thinking about submitting a "kitchen sink" play, ask yourself: can the sink be personified? Should your unit set explode into an ocean of dreams? Will the audience come away wondering at the mysteries of humanity? If the answers are "yes," we can't wait to read your script.