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The Theater Center Incubator openly accepts submissions. Our staff reviews these submissions twice a year in April and September. To submit your project, see below.
If you have any questions, email thetheatercenter@gmail.com.
The Theater Center Incubator accepts submissions of new plays or musicals (only one submission per playwright/creator). Each of show will be presented for 4 performances in the Jerry Orbach Theater at 50th and Broadway.
For a fee of $1,000, TCI will provide 20 hours of rehearsal space and four performance slots. The creators of each show will be responsible for all other expenses involved in the presentation of the show (including but not limited to costuming, props, light board operation, sound board operation, etc.).
The incubator team will also provide guidance and resources to each show's creator(s) so that a basic production of the show can be presented.
Please include a link to a single folder that includes your script and any other materials you wish to share with us.
Previous Productions:
Just Beyond Balboa is a simple show about two young people, Elizabeth and Will, quickly falling in love, choosing to elope and quickly dealing with the regrets about what they gave up. Set in 1985/86, the characters' journey into adulthood from innocence to reality mirrors the country's journey at the time from post-war optimism towards a harsher, more ambiguous set of values.
Book by John Keating
Music & Lyrics by Nick Stamatakis
Toothy's Treasure is an interactive musical comedy about modern day pirates. It follows a misfit crew on the journey to find a hidden fortune left behind by Captain Toothy, a pirate famous for pirating DVDs in the early 2000s and shutting down Blockbuster worldwide. Being the first to Toothy’s Island sounds like an easy task, until the crew’s beloved protagonist is abruptly murdered by navy sailors in the first scene. With no protagonist to hold the crew together, the pirates decide to choose an audience volunteer with “main-character energy” to guide their way to the treasure.
Book and Lyrics by Brayden Martino
Music by John-William Gambrell
Call Me From the Grave explores the life and myth of the legendary Blues guitar player, Robert Johnson. In Greenwood, Mississippi, a young sharecropper, Robert, dreams of becoming a Bluesman. Following the death of his girlfriend and their child, Robert is approached by the Devil and exchanges his soul in exchange for the music career he has always wanted. Promising to never return home, Robert must make a difficult choice when he learns his loved ones are in need.
Book by Harold Hodge Jr.
Music and Lyrics by Charles Romano
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