Join us for our new season

The Baltimore Playwrights Festival is looking for readers for the 2025 play submissions period. From March 1st to April 30th we will be accepting works from local playwrights but we also need you! Interested in reading some of the finest plays by local playwrights? Send an email to librarian@baltplayfest.org for more details. Happy reading!

Upcoming Production

Retirement holds no allure for Robert, a senior science professor at the center of Jack L.B. Gohn’s new play Quitting Time: his career still gives his life meaning. When Kim, his younger department chair, tries to force Robert out by reducing his pay and confiscating his equipment, he refuses to go quietly. In the ensuing battle, there are no prisoners taken. What are the prospects and the choices for those nearing the endings of their careers and their lives? This incisive and witty play lets no one off easily as it raises these questions.

February 21 & 22 @ 8pm
February 23 @ 4pm
(Talk back with the artists following the performance)

February 28 & March 1 @ 8pm
March 2 @ 4pm

How it Works

Every year, the BPF receives a number of original, never-produced plays by people who live in Maryland or Washington, DC.  Those plays are reviewed by our members and some are selected to eventual be put into production by BPF and member theaters.

Outline of the process

  1. Submission
  2. Review
  3. Public Readings
  4. Selection for Production
  5. Production

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