Young Playwrights Festival
- Are you between the ages of 12 - 18 and in middle school or high school?
- Have you ever written a play or had an idea for one?
- Would you like to see a play of yours workshopped by professionals and presented at the world-renowned Eugene O’Neill Theater Center?
Click here for the application form.
Click here for Script Guidelines
The Young Playwrights Festival takes place each spring at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. If your play is selected for the Festival, you will work with a creative team composed of a director, dramaturg, designer, and actors to develop and stage your script.
The development process for each script will draw on the techniques used during the O’Neill’s renowned professional summer play development conferences. Through these methods, you will have the opportunity to take your creative writing project to the next step, by moving from the initial isolation of writing to the collaborative process of making your script into a living, breathing play.
You should expect a vibrant discussion of your work, professional and helpful artists with whom to work, full rehearsals with your artistic team, and opportunities to re-write and re-work your play. The Festival culminates in a script-in-hand public reading of your work.
All selected playwrights must be available for the entire duration of the festival.
