THOSE SUBMITTING SCRIPTS, PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY. Failure to follow the guidelines could lead to script disqualification.
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THE GREENBERG SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL will accept submissions from INDIANA RESIDENTS, for the 2025 PLAYWRIGHT COMPETITION, beginning April 13, 2025. The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2026.
Winning scripts will be performed in the month of
April 2027, after being cast, workshopped, edited, and rehearsed during the 2026-2027 ALLEY THEATRE SEASON.
AGE-GROUP CATEGORIES
1) Middle School/6th – 8th Grade,
2) High School/9th-12th Grade,
3) College Age & Post-College Adult /18 +
AWARDS & PERFORMANCES
Each of the 3 winners will receive a cash prize of $500.
THE ALLEY THEATRE will cast the shows, work-shop and rehearse them and present each play on a single performance night.
SUBMISSIONS
1. Playwrights must reside in the state of Indiana.
2. Submitted plays, in all categories, must have
a run-time of NO MORE THAN 15-minutes
3. Submitted scripts must contain no more than 7 characters
4. Submitted scripts should be performance-ready, and only the need for simple furniture and set appropriate for in-the-round performances.
Playwrights may submit more than one play.
Playwrights may submit scripts which have also
been submitted to other contests.
Playwrights who have won a GREENBERG AWARD before
are welcome to submit again, any year.
“Blind Scripts” (numbered and without identification of playwright)
will be perused and ranked by a jury of theatre professionals.
Scripts must be submitted by MARCH 15, 2026 DIGITAL FILES ONLY (WORD or PDF attachments, please) – a SEPARATE digital cover sheet must accompany “blind” scripts (Name, Address, Email Address, Phone Number, Age, Grade in School if Applicable),
PLEASE remove all identification from the script itself – and submit to: thealleytheatremail@gmail.com
Rights to the scripts are retained by the playwrights.
INQUIRIES: Any questions about this competition may be answered by inquiring at the above-mentioned email address.
2025
Elmore Hammes – “PORCH SWINGS”
Alannah Johnson – “CHRISTMAS RUNAWAY”
Mark Harvey Levine – “ORDAINED”
Sarah Espinoza Repp – “DEAD AIR”
2024
Aly Atkinson & T. Rooks – “AS THEY MET ONCE AGAIN”
Novalee Simms – “ECHO”
Jamie Forrester – “A NIGHT IN THE PARK”
Tyler Marx – “WAITING FOR GARY”
2023
Jameris Wells, Whitlee Leslie, & Chesney Gibbs – “THE ELEVATOR”
Lydia Williams – “DEATH BE WITH YOU”
Sarah Espinoza Repp – “SCRAPS”
Ron Burch – “GARYTHE BOLD”
2022
Lydia Williams – “THE WORK OF HATRE, DISLOYLA, AND DESPAIDRO”
Emma Walls – “YOU ARE THE BEAST”
Jackson Janowicz – “HEAVEN”
Matthew Foster – “LET’S GO OUT FOR DINNER”
HONORABLE MENTION – Jeff Barranco • Larry Adams
2020
Ian Willoughby – “WELCOME TO HELL”
Robby James – “THE PAST OF OUR FUTURE”
Bailey Hunt – “OBSERVATIONS”
Larry Adams – “THE DOUGHNUT AT THE END OF THE WORLD”
2019
Elaine Bowman – “THE FAIRY TALE”
Vance, Jaimie Gause – “THE 5 STAGES OF GAY”
Lauren Schaffter – “GASLIT”
Sean Smith – “TO MEET BENEATH THE WILLOW’S LEAVES”
2018
Aubrey Jeffries – “MEAN TO GOOD”
Lauren Schaffter – “SCARS”
Juli Lee – “DON’T DO IT”
Larry Adams – “THE DEALER SMILES”
2017
Angela Eden – “STANDBY”
Dr. Jay Wile – “AMAZING GRACE”
Halle Evans – “THE OUIJA BOARD”
Erynn Erwin – “RUN”