Plays Submission for Gallery Players' 30th Annual Black Box New Play Festival (Deadline: Nov. 1, 2026)

Submissions are open for the Gallery Players' 30th Annual Black Box New Play Festival, inviting playwrights to submit original, unproduced plays for its 2027 edition.

The festival runs June 10 to June 20, 2027, in Brooklyn, New York.

Submitted plays must be between 10 and 50 minutes long, feature at least four characters and qualify as world premieres. Period costumes are not permitted, and each playwright may submit only two plays.

Selected works will be staged with non-equity actors and assigned directors (Playwrights cannot direct their own productions).

Submission Details

⏰ Deadline: November 1, 2026

📅 Festival Dates: June 10–20, 2027

📍 Venue: The Gallery Players, Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York

Email submissions to info@galleryplayers.com.

See full guidelines on the Gallery Players website.