THANK YOU!

 

Each season the Baltimore Playwrights Festival accepts new play submissions between March 1st and April 30th, OR until the maximum number of submissions is reached.  This year, we reached that number on April 12th, 2026, thereby ending the play submission period.

Thank you to all the playwrights who sent us their works this season! If you have an original play to share, please check out our website to submit during Season 47 next year.

Upcoming Production

Distensione by Kimberli Rowley
Directed by Miriam Bazenski

Saturday, June 6 – 11:30 am

The Direnzo family has gathered after their mother’s death to divide up their parents’ extensive wine collection. Throughout the evening, family dramas play out, tempers flare, skeletons emerge and, ultimately, the family bonds like never before.

 

Cast:

  • Dominic – Dan Collins
  • Frankie – Rob Hitchco
  • Lucinda – Charmaine Chester
  • Sophia – Jenn Mulkulski
  • Tony – Anthony Case
  • Victoria – Moira Todd

 

Presented at the Eubie Blake Cultural Center, 847 N Howard St, Baltimore, MD 21201

Supported by Mayor Brandon Scott and the City of Baltimore, Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Creative Baltimore Fund

Season 45 - 2026 Reading Series

Presented at Club Car Baltimore – 12 W. North Ave, Baltimore, MD  21201
*  The Thursday, May 14 performance will be held at the Eubie Blake Cultural Center – 847 N Howard St, Baltimore, MD 21201.

Meet Our Playwrights!

Throughout the next several months, we will be producing staged readings from our Season 45.

 

Learn more about the playwrights of these works in our
"Five Minutes with the Playwrights"
series.

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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