LA Playwrights: submission window will open in January 2025
Before sending your play we strongly suggest that you visit our website and research the work we do to determine if your script is appropriate for our theater: http://bostoncourtpasadena.org/
While we do not wish to limit submissions, we will be reading toward a prioritization of under-represented and historically marginalized groups.
GENERAL GUIDELINES
We are dedicated to producing new theatrical works that are stylistically daring. Our productions often utilize non-linear narratives, direct address and other non-naturalistic theatrical conventions. Beyond our stylistic and structural preferences, a Boston Court play is one that explores deep human themes. In the end, we prefer to be talking about the ideas brought up in a play, rather than its plot.
We do not consider one-acts (unless full-length) or children's/youth plays.
Submission makes you eligible for consideration to be included in Boston Court's Annual New Play Reading Festival, other development opportunities, and Boston Court's 2026 Playwrights Group, which is made up of a small cohort of Los Angeles-based playwrights. The Playwrights Group includes monthly meetings, private readings, and is a yearlong commitment. 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 or that have been significantly rewritten since the last submission.
- 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.