Calling all Maine playwrights!

Belfast Maskers is proud to celebrate the talented writers of Maine by hosting a Maine Playwrights One Act Festival, to be produced June 20-29, 2025 with a preview night on June 19. The first weekend's performances will be cabaret-style seating with wine, cheese, soft drinks, and more. The following weekend will be presented with normal theater seating. A total of 4 One Acts will be produced.

The writers of the four chosen plays will receive $150 in royalties and a comp ticket to a performance with normal theater seating. If the cabaret-style seating weekend is preferred, the value of a normal theater seating ticket will be comped and only the difference will be due.

For questions, please reach out to info@belfastmaskers.com. We look forward to reading your submissions!

Submission Instructions:

To submit a one act play for consideration, please send a blind (i.e. without your name) PDF version of your script to info@belfastmaskers.com. Title your email “2025 Maine Playwrights One Act Festival Submission.” Only one script submission will be considered per playwright. In the body of your email, please include the following:

• Your name and pronouns. A reminder that your name should not appear anywhere on the submitted PDF to ensure unbiased reading.
• Your town of residence.
• The production, staged reading, and/or workshop history of the play, if applicable; if not, an acknowledgement that it is a new and original play. This will not affect your likelihood of being chosen.
• The estimated running time of the play *.
• The cast breakdown and flexibility if applicable (i.e. 2 M, 2 F, 1 M/F).

The deadline for submissions is February 28, 2025.

* There is no restriction on running time for individual plays, but the production (with the 4 selected plays and short breaks in between) should have a total runtime of about 2-2.5 hours. This means the average runtime will be approximately 30 minutes, but there is room for variation individually.