The SE Texas Festival of New Plays is a one of a kind event in southeast Texas, seeking new and original plays to be performed live at the Betty Greenberg Center for Performing Arts, home of the Beaumont Community Players. Creating some of the most multi-cultural diverse programming in Southeast Texas, the organization is the only nonprofit community based performance organization providing year round programming and educational services in the area.
The positive teaching and mentoring relationship embodied in BCP's organization is exemplified in the group's desire to be, "The biggest tent in Texas". There is a place for everyone at BCP, whether on stage, in our classes, behind the scenes, or in our audience and the Festival of New Plays is no exception.
One play will be selected and receive a week's rehearsal with local actors and a director culminating in an Enhanced Staged Reading performance on August 11th AND each winning playwright receives a $500 cash award!
Past winners have gone on to stage performances across the country, including “Tracy Jones” in The Williamston Theatre in Michigan, which won the 2018 SE Texas New Plays Festival award! You don't want to miss this opportunity to get your work in front of an audience!
We are accepting submissions of full length non-musical plays for our festival from February 15th - May 15th 2023.
One will be selected and receive a week's rehearsal with local actors and a director culminating in an Enhanced Staged Reading performance on August 11th AND the winning playwright receives a $500 cash award!
Enhanced Staged Readings feature minimal blocking, some stage EFX and actors will carry scripts.