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April 20, 2026 · 5:02 pm

Directors Sought for FutureFest 2026 at Dayton Playhouse

NOTICE TO ALL STAGE DIRECTORS
FUTUREFEST 2026 is on the horizon, and we are officially opening our search for visionary leaders to helm this year’s selection of NEW PLAYS.
We are looking for bold, decisive talent to bring original manuscripts to life for our festival weekend this July.
IMPORTANT DATES:
  • SCRIPTS RELEASED: Monday, April 20th
  • FESTIVAL WEEKEND: July 17th – 19th, 2026
If you wish to be considered for a directorial post, please file your intent with Matthew Lindsay via the following channels:

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March 26, 2026 · 5:22 pm

CMT Scholarship Applications Are Open

Cincinnati Music Theatre Scholarship Program

The purpose of the Cincinnati Music Theatre Scholarship Program is to encourage and promote the study of theater arts at the collegiate level, particularly musical theater, in both performance and production. Importantly, the CMT Scholarship Program is intended to give back to the Greater Cincinnati area through the support of academic study in recognition of the years of dedicated public interest and support of CMT productions.

CMT, through its scholarship program, will recognize outstanding Cincinnati-area high school seniors who have excelled in various aspects of theater production and/or performance during their high school career and will pursue a college degree in theater arts or theater-related music performance, production or education.

ELIGIBILITY: High school seniors in the Greater Cincinnati area who will be entering college to study theatre/musical arts.

QUALIFICATIONS: Eligible applicants (as described above) must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher (4.0 scale).

Applicants must submit an application and portfolio (if applicable). Applications may be emailed to Marypat Carletti, Scholarship Chair, at scholarship@cmtmail.org.

AWARDS: The award will be in the form of a check made payable to the institution for the benefit of the winning applicant(s). The recipient may use the award for any expense related to his/her education; i.e. tuition, fees, books, room and board, etc.

Up to two winners may be selected per year, with each award not to exceed the amount of $1,000.

APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN APRIL 10, 2026.
NO EXCEPTIONS.

CLICK HERE FOR SCHOLARSHIP DETAILS
CLICK HERE FOR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

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February 22, 2026 · 6:30 pm

Playwright in Residence Sought by American Legacy Theatre

PLAYWRIGHT IN RESIDENCE
PLAYWRIGHTS FOR CHANGE PROGRAM

MISSION
American Legacy Theatre generates inviting, reimagined theatrical experiences for all people to have a voice in enriching society.

PROJECT
American Legacy Theatre is seeking our next Playwright in Residence for our Playwrights for Change (P4C) program. P4C is American Legacy Theatre’s two-year residency program for playwrights ready to turn bold ideas into fully realized productions. We pair artists with the time, mentorship, and resources to develop their work from first idea to opening night—with the community driving the process every step of the way. From shaping the themes that matter most, to offering feedback through public readings and talkbacks, to championing full productions, the community is not just “along for the journey”; they are at the center of it. Since its launch, P4C has supported multiple artists whose work has gone on to shape both local stages and national conversations.

TIMELINE
Submit application by March 2, 2026 for first consideration. Applications accepted after as well, until Playwright is selected. Note: late submitters may be considered for future Playwright in Residence positions. The Playwright in Residence will start on contract with ALT on July 1, 2026.

EXPECTATIONS
The Playwright in Residence will meet with American Legacy Theatre’s Executive Artistic Director & CEO (virtually) 2-4 times per month to write an original play or musical over the course of ~10 months (July 2026-April/May 2027). The play/musical will have four public-facing workshop performances, scheduled over two weekends – an excerpt will be performed twice in November 2026, and the full piece will be performed twice in April/May 2027. Please note that these performances will take place in Cincinnati; the Playwright in Residence must be present for these performances and participate in post-show talkbacks.

If community feedback from the workshops indicates that the community would like to see the Playwright in Residence’s play/musical developed as a full production, the Playwright in Residence will be invited to continue working with American Legacy Theatre through spring 2028, when the world premiere production would take place in Cincinnati. (It is worth noting that so far, all workshopped pieces have been invited to become fully-staged productions.)

COMPENSATION
$500 per month for the first 12 months.

PLAYWRIGHT IN RESIDENCE APPLICATION

Please complete our online application (https://forms.gle/4vDRvmA1wRC9dmDAA). The questions asked in the application are listed below. Before completing the online application, we encourage you to draft your responses separately, then copy and paste your answers into the form. Please note that all open-ended questions have a maximum of 3500 characters per response.

In addition to completing the online application, please email the requested documents listed below (resume, writing sample, and optional additional attachments) to info@americanlegacytheatre.org with the subject line “Playwright In Residence – (Last Name)”. Please submit by March 2, 2026 for first consideration. In total, your attachments must not exceed 20 pages.

  1. Contact Information
    Legal first name:
    Legal last name:
    Stage/pen name:
    Email:
    Phone:
    Website (optional):
    Social media handles (optional):Can you speak to how your lived experiences inform your artistic approach to playwriting?
  2. Genre
    What type of work would you like to create with American Legacy Theatre?
    Play
    Musical
    Other

    If other, please describe:

  3. Community Themes
    American Legacy Theatre is guided by community input. The community has identified the following themes of interest as focuses for the next Playwright In Residence’s work.

    • Prejudice: racism; sexism; homophobia; antisemitism; transphobia; ableism; classism; anti-foreigner/anti-immigrant
    • Community: creating community; loneliness/isolation; shared humanity; others seeking to destroy community; belonging/inclusion; safe spaces
    • Society: political division; politics and truth; world conflicts; conspiracy theories; bipartisanism; propaganda; censorship/free speech; civics/citizenship
    • Gender: female identity; gender dysphoria; transgender identity; gender equality; reproductive rights
    • Family dynamics: divorce; parent/child disconnect; abuse
    • Mental health: anxiety; personality disorders; suicide; self-harm; eating disorders; body dysmorphia; depression; social anxiety

      Which theme (from the list above) would you like to focus on? Why?

  4. Your Idea
    Please describe your idea connected to the community theme you have selected.
  5. References (x3)
    Reference #1 first name:
    Reference #1 last name:
    Reference #1 email:
    Reference #1 phone:
    Reference #1 title (optional):
    Please describe how reference #1 knows you:

    Reference #2 first name:
    Reference #2 last name:
    Reference #2 email:
    Reference #2 phone:
    Reference #2 title (optional):
    Please describe how reference #2 knows you:

    Reference #3 first name:
    Reference #3 last name:
    Reference #3 email:
    Reference #3 phone:
    Reference #3 title (optional):
    Please describe how reference #3 knows you:

  6. Attachments
    Please send the following to info@americanlegacytheatre.org with the subject line “Playwright In Residence – (Last Name)”. Please submit by March 2, 2026 for first consideration. In total, your attachments must not exceed 20 pages.

    • Resume (required)
    • Writing samples (required) – Please provide an excerpt from 2 scripts to show a sample of your work. If you only have 1 script to share, you may submit a different genre of writing as your 2nd sample. (Please note your writing samples do NOT have to be related to the theme you plan to explore with American Legacy Theatre.)
    • Additional attachments (optional) – You are welcome to share links to YouTube videos of your work and/or music samples

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February 9, 2026 · 5:55 pm

Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati Hosts Eighth Annual PLAY/WRITE: The Jackie Demaline Regional Collegiate Playwriting Competition

SUBMISSION DEADLINE OF MAY 31, 2026

(Cincinnati, OH) Tristate-area playwrights, it’s your time to shine! Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati hosts the eighth annual PLAY/write: The Jackie Demaline Regional Collegiate Playwriting Competition, held in memory of writer,
critic, and arts advocate, Jackie Demaline. Students currently enrolled full- or part-time at a university or college in the Greater Cincinnati region are encouraged to submit their plays to the competition. Dependent upon submissions, up to three winners may be chosen. Winners will receive $2,500 from the Jackie Demaline Fund and a professional reading of their script.

Demaline’s love of the arts started at a young age. Throughout her life, she continued to be a passionate believer in the arts as an entertainment writer and editor for multiple newspapers and publications. After moving to Cincinnati in 1994, she covered theatre and the arts for The Cincinnati Enquirerfor 20 years and worked as an important catalyst for change and growth during a time when new theatres and companies were popping up all over Cincinnati, helping to secure their place in the community.

After a four-year battle with cancer, Demaline passed away on June 17, 2018. As her final gift to the community, she arranged for her estate to fund the PLAY/write competition. Through this, her legacy lives on—providing new voice development, kick-starting arts careers, and caring for the community through thoughtful programming.

Submission guidelines:

WHO:

  • Early-career playwrights under the age of 30 currently enrolled at a university or college within a 75-mile radius of the Greater Cincinnati region. Playwrights cannot have had a professional or Equity production of any of their work.

WHEN:

  • Submission deadline: 11:59 pm EST, May 31, 2026.

WHAT:

  • Original, unpublished full-length plays (minimum of 50 pages) written in English. Translations, musicals, adaptations, and children’s plays not accepted.
  • Plays must be typed and page-numbered in either a PDF or Microsoft Word format. Plays must appear in a professional script format, examples of which can be found on the Dramatists Guild of America website.
  • Subject matter is open; however, the play should address some of the characteristics Jackie considered when critiquing theatre:
    • Does it tell me something I didn’t know about myself or the world in which I live?
    • Does it hold up a mirror at an angle I’ve never tried so that the things I know now suddenly possess new meaning?
    • Does it move me? Excite me? Provoke me?
    • Does it make me laugh or cry? Make me uncomfortable? Make me think?

HOW:

2025–2026 Season Presenting Sponsor is the LKC Foundation.

Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati is supported, in part, by the generosity of community contributions to the ArtsWave Campaign.

The Ohio Arts Council helps fund Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati also receives funding from the Shubert Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati is a professional theatre dedicated to producing world and regional premieres of works that often explore compelling social issues. We fulfill our mission through our stage productions and educational outreach programs that enlighten, enliven, enrich, and inspire our audiences.

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January 25, 2026 · 12:03 pm

Directors Call for 2027 Season at Mason Community Players

Mason Community Players, Inc. is reaching out to directors to ask for submissions for the 2027 Season.

MCP’s Play Reading Committee accepts directorial submissions throughout the year. Also, they will archive all submissions considering them for at least three years when they develop a slate of shows for Board approval each season.

But at this time, they are seeking directors who are specifically interested in being considered for 2027 to submit by February 1, 2026.

You can submit to direct by filling out this form – https://www.masonplayers.org/j30/images/pdf/MCPDirectorSubmission.pdf

Then, please, e-mail the form, and a copy of the play to playreadingchair@masonplayers.org.

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