Web Directory

» Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights
   Support and service organization dedicated to addressing the professional needs of the Los Angeles playwriting community.
   http://www.laplaywrights.org/

» Ashland New Plays Festival
   An international playwright competition; with submission guidelines, application form and news.
   http://www.ashlandnewplays.org

» Australian Script Centre
   Collects, catalogues, promotes and distributes unpublished Australian plays and now holds hundreds of scripts.
   http://www.ozscript.org

» AustralianPlays.org
   Large collection of Australian scripts available for purchase. Read extracts, rate the scripts, and search by cast size, age, audience age and categories.
   http://australianplays.org

» Boston Playwrights' Theatre
   Award-winning professional theatre, founded in 1981 to promote new plays. Home to the Boston University Graduate Playwriting Program, and producers of the Boston Theater Marathon.
   http://www.bu.edu/bpt/

» Dramatic Exchange
   Web resource for playwrights, producers, and anybody interested in plays.
   http://www.dramex.org/

» E-script
   Meeting place on the web for scriptwriters of all kinds.
   http://www.singlelane.com/escript

» Greensboro Playwrights' Forum
   A gathering of North Carolina playwrights, meeting once a month to discuss works-in-progress and aid one another in getting produced or published.
   http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/Departments/Parks/programs/cityarts/drama/GPF.htm

» Hidden River Arts
   A non-profit literary arts organization in Philadelphia, PA offering playwrighting and fiction competitions yearly, as well as residencies, workshops, and educational outreach programs.
   http://www.hiddenriverarts.org

» International Centre for Women Playwrights
   To support women playwrights around the world.
   http://www.womenplaywrights.org

» Lazy Bee Scripts
   Online publisher of pantomimes and plays. Guidelines for authors and playwrights.
   http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/

» Limelight Scripts
   Online publishers of mainly English pantomimes, but also plays and musicals. Includes submission guidelines and a tutorial on how to write pantomimes.
   http://www.limelightscripts.co.uk

» Linda Eisenstein: Practical Playwriting
   Excerpts from advice book for playwrights, including "17 Surefire Ways to Get Your Scripts Rejected."
   http://my.en.com/~herone/Practical_Playwriting.html

» Moondance International Film Festival
   To promote and encourage women screenwriters, playwrights, short-story writers, and women who make independent films.
   http://www.moondancefilmfestival.com/

» NYCPlaywrights
   NYCPlaywrights is a nonprofit organization for writers. Meets Wednesdays in NYC for play readings as an aid to development. New writers welcome.
   http://www.nycplaywrights.org

» New Theatre Publications
   Over 500 stage plays. Free catalogues, free evaluation copies. New members & submissions welcome.
   http://www.plays4theatre.com

» New Writing South
   Creative writing organisation in the South East of UK for writers, and agencies. Includes playwrights network, directory of writers and competitions, workshop and education programmes, and members area.
   http://www.newwritingsouth.com/

» Notechtheatre.com
   Offers plays online for production. Specializes in plays that require little or no technical support. Annual playwrighting Contest. Free perusal copies available via email upon request.
   http://notechtheatre.com

» Ohio University MFA Playwriting
   Information about the Master of Fine Arts Degree Program in Playwriting at Ohio University.
   http://ohioplaywriting.org

» PDC: The Philadelphia Dramatists Center
   PDC is a community of playwrights, collaborating artists, and audience members dedicated to the creation and nurture of new works for live performance.
   http://www.pdc1.org

» Performing and Writing Musical Theatre
   A resource for professional and aspiring performers/ composers/ writers. Tips and tricks on the craft of writing and composing.
   http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/musical_theatre

» Philadelphia Young Playwrights
   Philadelphia Young Playwrights is an intensive arts- education program that pairs a professional teaching artist with a classroom teacher. The two work together as an artistic team, guiding and supporting students in the process of writing a play.
   http://www.phillyyoungplaywrights.org/

» Pittsburgh New Works Festival
   Annual competition for one-act plays that have never been produced. 12 plays are selected for main stage production and 6 for staged readings. Submission fee.
   http://www.pittsburghnewworks.org

» Playground
   New play development program serving the San Francisco Bay Area. Focus is on the collaborative process between emerging local playwrights and professional actors.
   http://www.playground-sf.org/

» Playwrighting Resources
   Directory of links, from Artslynx International Theatre Resources.
   http://www.artslynx.org/theatre/playwright.htm

» Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre
   Membership organization offering support services for Canadian Atlantic playwrights. PARC services include development, showcasing and promotion of work by regional playwrights. Membership is open to playwrights, theater companies, students and theatre lo
   http://www.playwrightsatlantic.ca/

» Playwrights Foundation
   West Coast Center for new play development - resources for playwrights and annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival.
   http://www.playwrightsfoundation.org

» Playwrights Guild of Canada
   Service organization for Canadian playwrights (formerly the Playwrights Union of Canada). Searchable online catalogue.
   http://www.playwrightsguild.ca/

» Playwrights' Center
   Minneapolis-based, The Playwrights' Center fuels the theater by providing services to support playwrights and playwriting.
   http://www.pwcenter.org/

» Playwriting 101
   A playwriting tutorial written by playwright and screenwriter Jon Dorf.
   http://www.playwriting101.com/

» Playwriting Opportunities for the E-Merging Writer
   Free listing of playwriting opportunities: retreats, workshops, contests, ongoing submissions, links and resources.
   http://www.playwritingopportunities.com

» Playwriting at Suite101.com
   Articles (archived) to assist playwrights.
   http://www.suite101.com/articles.cfm/playwriting

» ProPlay
   Online publisher of professionally-produced stage plays. Full or partial scripts may be read free-of-charge at the site.
   http://www.singlelane.com/proplay

» Project Writers Unite
   Bay Area writers club. Welcomes writers from all creative writing mediums, including playwrights.
   http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/projectwritersunite/

» Resources for Teaching Playwriting Compiled by Adam Russell
   Annotated bibliography of recommended texts.
   http://kcac.kennesaw.edu/honorsclass/pdf_files/deer_bib.pdf

» Six Women Playwriting Festival
   Held each April in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Six plays are chosen; playwrights receive monetary compensation, accommodations, and travel stipend to Colorado.
   http://www.sixwomenplayfestival.com

» Stage Plays by Ian Hornby
   Plays available for production. Free evaluation copy on request.
   http://www.ianhornby.co.uk

» Swan Playwrights
   The theatre writers' group at Worcester Swan Theatre, UK.
   http://www.swanplaywrights.co.uk/

» The Brick Playhouse
   Dedicated exclusively to the creation, development, and production of new theatre works.
   http://thebrickplayhouse.org/mission.htm

» The Original Workshops
   Hands on programs in Los Angeles for beginning and advanced stage and screen writers
   http://www.originalworksonline.com/workshops/

» The Playwright's Noticeboard
   Notices of playwriting opportunities, updated regularly.
   http://www.stageplays.com/markets.htm

» The Playwrights Forum
   The Playwrights Forum is a non-profit organization dedicated to the artistic development of talented playwrights from the Washington D.C. area.
   http://users.erols.com/pforum/welcome.htm

» The Playwrights' Center of San Francisco
   A service for playwrights, showing the schedule of staged readings of new plays.
   http://playwrightscentersf.org/

» Toscan's Online Playwriting Seminar
   An overview of the craft of playwriting, from Virginia Commonwealth University.
   http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/artweb/playwriting/

» Will Dunne Dramatic Writing Workshops
   Offers support for playwrights and screenwriters, including private consultations for dramatic writers anywhere in the world and an ongoing quarterly workshop program for dramatic writers in the San Francisco Bay Area.
   http://www.willdunne.com

» Working Man’s Clothes Productions
   Multiple award winning NYC theatre company focuses on developing and staging new works and plays. Accepting submissions year-round.
   http://www.workingmansclothes.com

» Write Angle Productions
   Devoted to supporting work of member playwrights and developing new scripts for production. Includes ongoing Ten Minute Play contest.
   http://www.writeangle.org/

» Young Playwrights 101
   A free resource site for young playwrights and those who teach them. Also, information about Young Playwrights 101, a complete playwriting curriculum in an e-book.
   http://youngplaywrights101.com