2025 SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN!

The Writers Playground Festival is committed to giving the talented writers, performers, directors, and technicians in the Northwest Corner of Connecticut as well as the neighboring communities in New York and Massachusetts a platform to showcase their talents in their own backyard and see their visions realized.  We also hope to empower people of all ages to use their voice and creativity as vehicles for self-expression. 

The 2025 Writers Playground Festival will take place September 18 and 19, 2025.

Submissions are now closed, as of May 17, 2025. Authors of the selected titles will be notified in July, 2025.

THE SELECTION PROCESS

All submissions will be reviewed by a selection panel comprised of local artists, theater advocates and staff members of the Sharon Playhouse.  This panel will choose 6-8 play finalists that will then be produced and presented to the public as part of a festival in September 2025.

Again, be aware that submission materials will NOT be returned. Any submissions not chosen for the festival will be destroyed to protect your copyright.  Chosen new works are requested to include the following credit on all future productions: “Originally developed at The Sharon Playhouse.”

If you have any further questions, please email writersplayground@sharonplayhouse.org