New Works Series

 

Playwrights on Park's mission is to develop and produce original plays, to foster emerging and established playwrights, and to become a leader in new play development. This event includes a reading of a new play by professional actors, a talk back following the reading with the playwright, cast, and director, and an opportunity for audience members to complete a response card for each play/musical.

SUBMISSIONS OPEN: April 2nd, 20255
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: DEADLINE Extended - submit by April 30, 2025
No late submissions will be accepted.

Submit through this Google Form.

IMPORTANT INFO: Playwrights MUST be able to come to West Hartford to attend the staged reading and the audience discussion that follows. There will be a rehearsal on the day of the reading in which attendance by the playwright is optional but strongly encouraged. Transportation may be provided from NYC or New England locations by the Playhouse. Readings will be on select Sunday nights throughout the season at 7:00 pm.

Submission Guidelines

• BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, womxn, Latinx, and differently-abled artists are strongly encouraged to submit
• We are seeking FULL LENGTH plays. No musicals or One-Acts at this time
• We are only seeking plays with small casts (4 or less actors), particularly 2 or 3 character casts
• Include any production or workshop history, as well as biographies of the playwright, and any collaborators
• Playwrights may self-submit or go through a literary agent.
• Connecticut-based and NYC playwrights are strongly encouraged to submit
• Please do not submit any plays that have already been submitted to Playwrights on Park in the past.
• Any submission that goes against the above guidelines will be automatically disqualified.

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MEET OUR NEW WORKS SERIES TEAM

Liv Fassanella is a playwright and dramaturg based in Connecticut. Her plays explore diverse experiences of womanhood through horror, comedy, and drama. Her play Adam and the Witches was selected for a workshop with Foul Contending Rebels Theatre Cooperative in Burlington, Vermont that took place in March-June 2023. In June of 2023, her short play Serious Play was produced as part of the Manchester Playwrights Festival at the Little Theatre of Manchester in Manchester, Connecticut. She received her Bachelor’s degree in playwriting from Bennington College in 2021, and since has served as the resident Dramaturg and New Works Coordinator at Playhouse on Park in West Hartford Connecticut. Email: LFassanella@PlayhouseTheatreGroup.org