Script Submissions to Yale Rep

Yale Repertory Theatre accepts submissions of full-length plays, musicals, translations, and adaptations. All submissions are considered for productions at Yale Rep and for development opportunities with the Yale Center for New Theatre. 

Playwrights must submit their work either through established agents or by first sending a letter of inquiry, accompanied by a brief synopsis, cast breakdown, a ten-page dialogue sample, and a résumé. The Literary Office will review these materials and contact playwrights regarding Yale Rep's interest in reading a full manuscript. Yale Rep will not read unsolicited manuscripts.

Submissions are accepted year-round. Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope if materials are to be returned. Unsolicited manuscripts will not be reviewed.

Materials may be sent to:

Literary Office
Yale Repertory Theatre
P.O. Box 208244
New Haven, CT 06520

Yale Rep also accepts electronic submissions. You may send files (as either .doc, .docx, or .pdf) to literary.office@yale.edu.

 

The Yale Drama Series

Since 2007, Yale University Press and Yale Repertory Theatre have been partners in a venture to support emerging playwrights. They jointly sponsor The Yale Drama Series, a major new playwriting competition. The winner of the annual competition will be awarded the David C. Horn Prize of $10,000, publication of his/her manuscript by Yale University Press, and a reading at Yale Rep. The Yale Drama Series and David C. Horn Prize are funded by generous support from the David Charles Horn Foundation.

Please note that scripts and synopses submitted to Yale Rep are not considered for The Yale Drama Series Prize for Emerging Playwrights. Interested playwrights should submit their work directly to Yale University Press, following the guidelines posted at http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/drama.asp. All questions about The Yale Drama Series should be directed to yaledramaseries@yale.edu.

 

Yale Institute for Music Theatre

In 2009, Yale School of Drama (Dean, James Bundy) and Yale School of Music (Dean, Robert Blocker) established the Yale Institute for Music Theatre (YIMT) to identify distinctive and original music theatre works by emerging composers and writers, and match them with collaborators who can help them further develop their work in an unpressured workshop setting. Under the leadership of Mark Brokaw (Artistic Director) and Beth Morrison (Producer), the Institute seeks to provide the human resources to support writers in their own processes, including professional directors and music directors, and a company of actors and singers that includes professionals from NYC and current Yale students.

Please note that the Yale Institute for Music Theatre has its own independent evaluation process; scripts submitted to Yale Rep’s Literary Office are not considered for YIMT. The YIMT submission guidelines are posted at http://drama.yale.edu/YIMT.