The WordPlayers is opening up submissions for its 2021 Staged Reading Series at The Square Room in downtown Knoxville. This popular series has been an ongoing event since the 2013-14 season. The readings in April, May, and June of 2021 will be the first time that the series has featured all new plays.

Deadline for submission: September 1, 2020

Three plays will be chosen for a single public staged reading. There is a $150 royalty for playwrights whose plays are selected for one of the public staged readings.

The WordPlayers is particularly interested in considering new plays from Tennessee-based playwrights, but submissions from across the USA are welcome.

The WordPlayers asks that submitted plays meet the following criteria:

• Challenge to avoid profane language
• Think of George Carlin’s “Seven Words You Can’t Say on TV”
• Taking the Lord’s name in vain
• Full-length, approximately 90 minutes, not to exceed 2 hours in length
• Less than 10 characters
• Theme(s) of redemption/hope
• Never previously produced

To submit a play, please email a pdf of the full script to terry@wordplayers.org.

If a play is under serious consideration, the playwright might be asked to also mail a paper hard copy.

For questions, contact Terry Weber at terry@wordplayers.org or 865-539-2490.

The WordPlayers is a 501(c) 3 theatre company based in Knoxville, TN. Our mission is to produce excellent theatre, telling culturally-relevant stories from a faith-based perspective. For more information about The WordPlayers, please visit www.wordplayers.org.