TTC is excited to announce an open submission window for our 2025 new play development programs, which is now open and runs through January 17th, 2025. Read on for information about the Festival and submission guidelines.
About Trinity Theatre Company
Founded in 2012, under the leadership of Executive Artistic Director Sean Boyd, TTC was established to unify friends, family, and community, by offering opportunities to all artists with a passion to inspire and be inspired.
The New Works Festival, overseen by Associate Artistic Director Connor Boyd, is designed to bring living playwrights and their words to the center of conversation. All plays are presented as Staged Readings, as to keep the words first.
Held in sunny San Diego, our annual New Works Festival solicits global submissions for new works, but uses the talents of local actors and directors, which allows for local and international discourse.
In preparation for the weekend of readings, participating playwrights, directors, dramaturgs, actors, and TTC artistic staff gather to read and discuss the plays, supporting the playwrights development of their work. The New Works Festival culminates in a 3-day event of readings, discussions, and social events.
The 2025 New Works Festival will be presented for a public audience April 25-27, 2024.
Learn more about TTC’s mission and history online at www.trinityttc.org.
2025 Open Submission Guidelines
TTC’s submission process is open to all playwrights, though priority may be given to those residing in San Diego, CA. Please review carefully:
- Plays must not have yet had a full professional production, nor be currently contracted for a full professional production.
- TTC will only accept one play by each playwright for consideration
- TTC will only accept plays submitted directly by playwrights. Agents, theatres, and fellow artists are encouraged to share the word with playwrights, but no third party submissions will be accepted.
- TTC will not accept musicals for the 2025 New Works Festival
To Submit Your Play:
- Send your play as an attachment in an email to [email protected] with “NWF PLAY SUBMISSION” in the subject line.
- Scripts must be sent as a PDF and named in this manner:
[YourLastName], [YourFirstName], [TitleofPlay], TTC2025
(Example: Boyd, Sean, The Play, TTC2025)
- Please include the play’s title and your name, email, and phone number on the cover page of the script and in the body of the email. Please also list your city and state of residence.
- If there’s any information you’d like to share with us about your play, please include it in the body of the email.
We will accept the first 250 plays we receive that meet our guidelines. We are now accepting submissions. The application process will remain open until 11:59pm PST, Friday, January 17, 2024.
Each applicant will be notified by the end of January 2025 whether or not their play has been accepted into the evaluation process. By February 15, each playwright whose play has been accepted for consideration will be informed of our final decision.
We very much appreciate your interest. Please address any questions to [email protected] and we will get back to you as soon as we’re able.