Play Submissions

2025 LA Playwrights Open Submission Window – The submission window opens 2/1/25 through 3/1/25 (or until maximum submission capacity is reached).

Submission makes you eligible for consideration to be included in Boston Court’s Annual New Play Reading Festival, Boston Court’s 2026 Playwrights Group, and other development opportunities. The submission window will open on February 1st, 2025.

Before submitting your play, we strongly suggest that you visit our website and research the work we do to determine if your script is an appropriate fit for our theater.  CLICK HERE to find more information about our production history.

Submission Guidelines

• Playwrights must be current residents of the Greater Los Angeles area.
• Full-length scripts only (70 min. or longer).
• Plays must need no more than five actors (more roles are fine as long as they can be doubled).
• We will only accept scripts that have not previously been submitted or that have been significantly rewritten since the last submission.
• One submission per playwright. 
• Accepting scripts only through Submittable. No snail mail or email.
• Any submissions that do not adhere to these guidelines will not be read. 

What is a Boston Court Play?

We’re passionate about the heightened, the lyrical, the never-seen-before, the boundary-breaking. We’re drawn to art that excavates the depth of human existence or dances in and out of ineffable wonder. We fall for the imaginative, the impossible, the incandescent. We love the absurd. We swoon for the cerebral. We bow down to heartbreak and humor, especially when we don’t see them coming. Show us the magic of what’s real and the tangibility of what’s ethereal.

If you’re thinking about submitting a “kitchen sink” play, ask yourself: can the sink be personified? Should your unit set explode into an ocean of dreams? Will the audience come away wondering at the mysteries of humanity? If the answers are “yes,” we can’t wait to read your script.

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THEATRE VISION
Boston Court Pasadena houses and produces passionate, artist-driven theatre that challenges both artist and audience. Boston Court urges its artists to fearlessly and passionately pursue their unique voice and vision. Play selection encompasses a wide variety of genres (classics, musicals and world premieres, with a special emphasis on nurturing playwrights and new play development) which are inherently theatrical, textually rich, and visually arresting.

QUESTIONS
For any questions, please email us at literary@bostoncourtpasadena.org call_made