16th Annual One-Act Festival
16th Annual One-Act Festival: April 1st through April 4th, 2027
Philadelphia Street Playhouse
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The Annual One-Act Festival is great opportunity for ALL creatives to get involved and show off their talents!
Are you a budding or experienced writer? Write and submit a one-act play! Do you want to try your hand at directing and potential direct a mainstage production in the future? Apply to direct a one-act of your own creation, volunteer to work with a writer to bring their original work to life, or propose a published one-act you would like to to direct (royalty-free preferred)!
Have you always wanted to try acting but feel overwhelmed by a full production? Audition for the one-act festival to perform in a short production with a smaller time-commitment. Want to get behind-the-scenes technical theatre experience in lighting, sound, stage management or crew? The Annual One-Act Festival is a great place to learn!
Playwrights
Play Submissions
Please submit original one-act play submissions (between 5 and 25 minutes in length) to Artistic Director, Bill Herring, at artisticdirector@indianaplayers.org by Monday, December 14th, 2026.
Directors
Directorial Candidate Submissions
Please submit your interest in directing a submitted one-act play or a one-act play (preferrably royalty-free) that you would like to direct to Artistic Director, Bill Herring, at artisticdirector@indianaplayers.org by Monday, December 14th, 2026, with any and all past theatre experience.
Actors
Auditions
Open auditions for the 16th Annual One-Act Festival are Monday, February 22nd, and Tuesday, February 23rd, at the Philadelphia Street Playhouse.
Times TBA.