Submit a Play
id Theater accepts open submissions for the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference only. All other id projects are drawn from artists we have met and/or worked with through the Conference.
Please read all instructions & notes before submitting your play
Deadline for Submission
The upcoming deadline for submission is November 15, 2011. All materials must be postmarked no later than this date.
Want to submit your play digitally? Click here
What we need from you is:
- A copy of the play that you are interested in working on
- A biography or resume
- Your full name, address, phone number and e-mail address*
- A payment of $5 (Please note: this fee is paid entirely to the reader for your play, we do not use reading fees to subsidize the conference. We get a lot of plays, and our readers read them all cover-to-cover).
*Please note responses to all submissions will be sent via e-mail.
You must also include a check for $5 made out to id Theater. Your
check must be made out to id Theater! Our bank will not
allow us to accept checks made out to Seven Devils Playwrights Conference.
Sorry folks!
Return check fees will be charged for insufficient funds.
PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to return scripts to you. It is our policy to recycle them.
Policies at the US Post Office make the return of scripts time consuming for our small staff
(we must take them to the Post Office & stand in line). Our policy is to NOT return scripts.
Please also know that your response time could be delayed if you do not also include your e-mail address.
Submit all materials to:
Jeni Mahoney, co-Artistic Director
id Theater
343 East 30th Street, #19J
New York, NY 10016
ATTN: Seven Devils Playwrights Conference
What are we looking for?
We are open to full-length plays of any genre or style. Really. That being said, we are particularly inclined toward plays that embrace, explore and challenge the diverse geographical, philosophical, cultural, aesthetic and political landscape of the American experience - rural and urban, east and west, coastal and inland.
What can I expect if I'm invited?
Final decisions will be made by mid-April. The Conference takes place in June (usually the middle two weeks) in McCall, Idaho.
Four playwrights will be invited to participate in our series of Staged Readings. Between two and four playwrights will be invited to participate in the Playwrights Intensive Program of Sit Down Readings.
Plays in the Staged Reading Program are presented as a fully staged reading with minimal props, sets & lights. The playwrights are provided with transportation, housing, access to a car and a modest stipend.
The Playwrights Intensive Program presents sit-down readings and is not currently able to provide a stipend or travel costs, but can provide housing and access to a car during the Conference.
All playwrights are assigned a director, dramaturg and cast of actors. During the rehearsal process playwrights are welcome to re-write the play as much or as little as they like.
Please note: Invited playwrights are expected to be in residence for the entire two weeks of the Conference.
Please remember this is a DEVELOPMENT event. The Conference does not "produce" the plays that are the selected. Plays are presented with a focus on the continuing growth of the play, and the playwright.


