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It’s time again for the Miami Writes Program for New Plays.

What have you been writing? Got something you’re eager to share? Don’t know what your play is trying to do and need a reading to figure it out? Submit your play and we’ll host a reading for the winning plays.

Send play submissions to

• Bekka Eaton at eatonrl@miamioh.edu
• Electronic submissions only.
• Submit short plays or portions of longer ones. Maximum length presented at the reading—10-15 minutes. Usually, one page equals roughly one minute of playing time.
• Each playwright must submit one play only
• If you are submitting a longer one-act or full-length play, please be clear about what 5 to 15-minute section you would like to have read. Submit the entire play. You must include a clear and cogent recap of the action preceding and following the section of the play you are submitting. This will be for the audience’s information should your play be selected.
• Scripts must follow the Standard American Template —City Theatre SA Help.
• It is highly recommended that you use either Times or Courier fonts. These are standard for play submission. If you do use another font, make sure it is a standard font available to all computers. A good guideline is to use only HTML fonts.
• Scripts must be paginated.
• Clearly underline or highlight any stage directions you will need to be read aloud. A guide for what stage directions to include is to imagine what the audience will need to know that is happening visually. The less stage directions, the better your play will read.
• FRONT MATTER:
  • Include a brief synopsis
  • Include the setting
  • Include brief character breakdowns for each character
  • On a cover page include:
    • Contact phone number
    • Email
    • Playwright’s brief bio
  • All playwrights must be able to attend the reading in person.
  • Deadline for entries: March 10, 2024, by 11:59 PM
  • If you have any questions, feel free to contact Bekka Eaton at eatonrl@miamioh.edu or at 513.330.1503 (c).

The reading is April 5, 2024
7:30 PM
Studio 307

MIAMI WRITES PROGRAM FOR NEW PLAYS 2023
Readings take place on March 3

Miami Writes is a MUR Theatre new plays development program dedicated to the fostering and production of new plays by student and local playwrights. It began in 2004. Past productions have included works by Brandon Berning, a student playwright, whose play A Painted Life won second place in the 36th annual Great Lakes Region Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Since then playwrights who have received Miami Writes readings include Cincinnati/Dayton notable writers Ruth Britt, Roger Collins, Doug Decatur, Susan Decatur, Alan Jozwiak, Karen Right, and many more. Bridget Ossmann’s original musical Teachers Left Behind received two full  MURT workshop productions. Another Miami Writes play, first workshop as a MW play, Purple Paint received a Cincinnati Playwrights’ Initiative reading at The Aronoff Theatre in Cincinnati. Alyson West’s MW winner, The Texan, became a national award-winning film. 

Play Submission Deadline: February 18, 2023 11:59 PM

Submit plays to Bekka Eaton
eatonrl@miamioh.edu