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 10 Minute Playworks Festival


2025 10 Minute Playworks Festival

As part of the SC Theatre Association Convention, the 10 Minute Playworks Festival is a vital part of cultivating new theatre work.  The request for playwrights to submit their 10-Minute scripts will open again July 1 for the 2024 festival. A Review Panel will choose three to five quality scripts to be staged by a director and auditioned actors during the convention.

Here are the Details:

  • Fee for submission:  FREE for the first two submissions by a SCTA Member,$15 per additional script. $20 per script for non-members

  • Deadline to submit scripts electronically: October 10

  • Winning Playwrights will given

    • Full Access to the convention

    • Free year’s membership to Play Submission Helper www.playsubmissionshelper.com

  • Convention Dates: November 7-10, 2024 at Claflin University and SC State University in Orangeburg, SC

  • Auditions will be held on the Claflin campus, Saturday, November 9th from 8:30-10:00 AM for actors/readers of the winning scripts. Directors for the scripts are to be determined.

  • 10-Minute Plays performed on Sunday afternoon, November 10

CONGRATULATIONS to our 2024 Festival Winners

Enough Once by Wendy Vogel

Midnight at the Pancake Shack by Jane M. Lee

The Perfect Prom Date by Phil Olson

All three playwrights won a free year’s membership to Play Submission Helper www.playsubmissionshelper.com