Theatre Three presents The Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
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25th  Annual  Festival  of  One-Act  Plays

The 25th Annual Festival of One-Act Plays (2024)

Since its inception in 1998, The Festival has received over 10,000 submissions from across the world and produced 132 world premieres by 102 different playwrights. The Festival presents between five and seven plays each season.

Please read carefully as the submission guidelines have changed.

Guidelines:

Playwrights may only submit one play per Festival.
Only unproduced works will be accepted.
Plays that have had staged readings or on-line productions are eligible.
No adaptations, children’s plays, or musicals.
Cast size maximum: 12
Length maximum: 30 minutes (no minimum)
Settings: Simple or suggested.
All submissions should be emailed as PDFs with the title in caps followed by the playwright’s name. Example: THE BASKET WEAVERS Jamie Martin
Play’s cover sheet should include author’s information (name, address, telephone, email). It may also contain a short synopsis.
Any stage play format is acceptable.
Due to last year’s high volume of submissions, we are allowing plays to be resubmitted for consideration.
Submissions should be sent to Jeffrey@theatrethree.com
Scripts must be received by September 1, 2023.

Selected plays will be presented for ten performances (dates to be determined in winter-spring 2024), at the Ronald F. Peierls Theatre, on THEATRE THREE’s Second Stage.

Playwrights will receive a $150 stipend. Playwrights will receive a standard Dramatists Guild-approved contract and will receive four complimentary tickets to be used at any performances. Playwrights are welcome to attend any rehearsals or performances. Playwrights will receive copies of playbills, postcards, articles, and reviews, as well as a link to all publicity and production photos. THEATRE THREE is responsible for all elements of production; playwrights incur no expenses. THEATRE THREE retains no future production rights.

Final selection of plays will be announced by December 15, 2023.

 
2024 Schedule
Fri Sat Sun
  2/25
3pm
2/26
7pm
  3/4
3pm
3/5
7pm
  3/11
3pm
 
  3/18
3pm
3/19
3 & 7 pm
3/24
8pm
3/25
8pm
 
Past One Act Festivals

The 2022 Twenty-third Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
Bad China by Joshua Young
The Beat Goes On by Arianna Rose
Benign Departures by Tony Pasqualini
Confessions of a Successful Playwright by Phil Darg
Play Date by Frank Tangredi
The Turn-Around by Cary Pepper

The 2019 Twenty-second Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
FAMILY BY NUMBERS by Arianna Rose
FOR A MOMENT IN THE DARKNESS, WE WAIT by Libby Leonard
THE MAKING OF MEDEA'S MEDEA by Chas Belov
PERFECTLY NORMAL by J. Joseph Cox
PLAYLIST TO HAVE A CRISIS TO by Tom Slot
THE UNFORGIVABLE SIN OF FORGIVENESS by Rich Orloff

The 2018 Twenty-first Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
AFTER CLASS by Andrea Fleck Clardy
AT THE CIRCUS by Chip Bolcik
Bird Feed by Melanie Acampora
DARK by Jack McCleland
HOME VERSUS THE HOLIDAYS by Charles West
INTERVIEW WITH THE FIRST FAMILY by Tom Slot
PLUMB DESIRE by Patrick Gabridge

The 2017 Twentieth Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
Counting Sheep by Jae Kramisen
How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? by Patrick Gabridge
The Kitchen Fairy by Scott Gibson
Lower Education by Lewis Shilane
A New Lease by Tony Foster
Upset Over Nothing by Robin Doupé
When Driven by Melanie Acampora

The 2016 Nineteenth Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
Ben and Rachel Go to the Movies  by John Kane
Bro by Robb Willoughby
A Clean Dislike by Alex Dremann
Flying Low by Jules Tasca
OK Computer by Tom Moran
Why This Monologue Isn't Memorized by Kurt Sass

The 2015 Eighteenth Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
 Accident by George J. Bryjak
Bird by Sarah Pitard
Civilized Affairs by Carl Williams
Clean Routine by John C. Davenport and Jaryl Draper
The Present Illusion by David Vazdauskas
Quack by Patrick Gabridge

The 2014 Seventeenth Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
Face Time by Donna Hoke
The Great Escape by l.E. Grabowski-Cotton
The Making of Bambi by Stephanie Keys
Peck by Frank Tangredi
March Madness - Shhh! by Jules Tasca
Unspeakable by George j. Bryjak
Waiting for Seven by Phillip Hall

The 2013 Sixteenth Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
Collateral Damage by George J. Bryjak
Man's Best Friend by Rod McFadden
One Life by Mark Cornell
The Shrine by Michael Edan
Ripple Effect by Jon Spano
Theater in the Red by Joan Broadman

The 2012 Fifteenth Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
10-18-02 by Rosemary Frisino Toohey
The Bargain by Joel Fishbane
Four and Twenty Wretched Dates by Chris Morse
The Imaginary Orange by Hal Corley
Letting Go by Tom Moran Schaden
Friday by Tom Baum

 The 2011 Fourteenth Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
THE BODY POLITIC by David Hall
COCKTAILS, ANYONE? by Robert White
FAIR ENOUGH by Sandor McKellan
FINDING LOVE @.COM by Cary Pepper
SOLITARY by Frank Tangredi
SYMPHONY FOR TWO, IN L MINOR by Jeremy Grimmer

The 2010 Thirteenth Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
AGNES'S LITTLE WAR by Rosemary Frisino Toohey
ANYTHING ELSE? by Jeff Stolzer
FOOLING AROUND by Jean Reynolds
GPS by Thomas J. Misuraca
USELESS INFORMATION by Frank Tangredi
VIEWERS LIKE YOU by Tommy Trull

The 2009 Twelfth Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
BACK TO NORMAL by Tom Moran
BEEP by Joe Godfrey
BLEND by Guillermo Reyes
JUST BUSINESS by Jeff Carter
THE VICAR OR "HESITANCY" by Shannon Reed
THE WORM by Tom Deiker

The 2008 Eleventh Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
CAST OF CHARACTERS by Philip Dawkins
THE INSURED by Sandra Hosking
A MATTER OF DAYS by Dennis Jones
THE PLAY ABOUT THE MENU AT SIMON'S COFFEE SHOP by D.T. Arcieri
RATS by Shaun Raviv

The 2007 Tenth Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
THE AGE OF UGLY SHOES by Jeff Carter
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH by Jill Mountain
NO ONE'S THE WISER by Teri Freeman
SECRET SUNSHINE by Keith Sanders
WELCOME TO YOUR LIFE by Shannon Reed
WHERE THE SOUL LIVES by David L. Williams

The 2006 Ninth Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
ALONG THE FAULTLINE by Frank Tangredi
BOUND FOR GLORY by Shannon Reed
BREAK OF DAY by Jeff Carter
DEATH AND MOTOR VEHICLES by Isaac Rathbone
DEVIL DEAD DAY by Jules Tasca P
INTER, POOH AND ME by Norman Kline

The 2005 Eighth Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
ATTENTION, PLEASE by Louis Felder
THE DUTY OF SAINTS by Jules Tasca
PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE by S.W. Senek
THE WORLD OF FLESH AND FLOOD by Philip Cioffari
WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS by Stefanie DeLeo

The 2004 Seventh Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
THE AGONY AND THE EXPERTS by Charles Lupia
DEAD ON by David Fleisher
MAKING ROOM by S.W. Senek
MARKINGS by Mark Cofta
NAPKIN by Robert Simonson
THE SOUND OF ONE HAND TYPING by Maurice Martin

The 2003 Sixth Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
CLAZION CATCHES LIGHT by Broken Gopher, Inc.
THE KISSING PLAY by Lauren Feldman
NURTURING QUALITIES by Doug Stone
ODE TO TENNESSEE by Terri Wilson
OVERHEARD by Lenore Blumenfeld

The 2002 Fifth Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
 EMOTIONAL CORRECTNESS by Robert Simonson
THE MAN WITH HIS MOTHER ON HIS ARM by Jules Tasca
SOCCER MOMS by Enrique Carrasco
SONS AND MOTHERS by David Fleisher
SWAN SONG by Joe Godfrey

The 2001 Fourth Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
ABSENT FRIENDS by Tony Sportiello
THE ANNIVERSARY by Edna Chamberlin Morris
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS by David Fleisher
A LITTLE PIECE by James P. Flores
THE UNITED WAY by Robert Shaffron

The 2000 Third Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
BOUND WORDS by Kassie Bracken
BURIED TOGETHER by Joseph Coyne
 LIVER FOR BREAKFAST by Lindsay Price
OF DOGS AND DOLPHINS by Frank Tangredi
ORDER by David Fleisher

The 1999 Second Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
THE FIFTY-YARD LION by James P. Flores
THE GOLDEN CORD by Steven Packard
THE TIE THAT BINDS by Emily Ecton
TOUCH by William Gadea
WHICH ONE’S YOURS? by Robert Simonson

The 1998 First Annual Festival of One-Act Plays
LAST RIDE ON THE CAROUSEL by Zanne Hall
NORMAN! by D.T. Arcieri
SOME FRIEND by Robert Simonson
THE STRAIGHT MEN’S MUSICAL THEATRE PROJECT by Lawrence Thelen