
Bring your fears to Life

Short Play Festival APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED
Six plays will be chosen for a LIVE production in San Francisco, CA in
April 2026!
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Deadline is FRIDAY, February 27th, MIDNIGHT PST.
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Plays should be no longer than 10 minutes running time
(btwn 8-10 pgs.) -
Only .pdf format will be accepted.
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Play themes should center around nightmarish situations.
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Plays should have a maximum of four (4) characters. Please be flexible with gender and age, if necessary, for casting purposes.
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Minimal props, sets, and lighting—this festival will be produced and shown live in a 99-seat black box theater in downtown San Francisco.
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Plays should not have had a previous production or have been published for commercial distribution. Staged readings of submitted piece(s) are okay.
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Scripts should be in English with a title page containing the title of the play, author’s name, and email.
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Please put page numbers and title of play on each page of the submitted script.
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Scripts should be properly formatted in play format.
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Due to budgetary constraints we can no longer accept plays about bestiality, child porn, or snuff-tinged content.