GUIDELINES
As a theater whose mission is the discovery and development of new and distinctive American writers, we feel it is important to accept unsolicited full-length manuscripts. Please submit the entire script with a cover letter, author's bio, and a SASE (self-addressed, stamped envelope) if you want the script back.

We do not accept one-acts, one-person shows, non-musical adaptations, translations, children's shows, screenplays, or works by non-US writers. Playwrights Horizons does not produce plays that have already received New York City productions.

We discourage synopses but will consider them if submitted.

Play submissions should be sent to Adam Greenfield, Literary Manager. Musical submissions (script and CD) should be sent to the attention of Christie Evangelisto, Director of Musical Theater. Due to our small staff and the large number of scripts we receive, the response time for plays is typically 6 months; response time for musicals is typically 9 months.

Our mailing address is:
Playwrights Horizons
416 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036

COMMISSIONS
We award 4-6 commissions a year. We choose the recipients from a group of writers whose work we already know and wish to encourage. The best way to become a candidate for a commission is to start submitting your work.

Download a podcast (6:00) of Playwrights Horizons' Literary Manager Adam Greenfield discussing the play submission and selection process HERE. (Windows users, right-click on the link and SAVE TARGET AS to your desired location. Mac users, CTRL-click on the link to begin download.)