Scripteasers accepts submissions year round FROM SAN DIEGO-AREA WRITERS. Email a pdf version of your stage play or screenplay to info@scripteasers.org.
If your script is chosen to be read at a reading, we will request your author’s bio, your photo, and a synopsis of the script to publish to social media and our mailing list.
FAQ
Do you stage a reading of every script submitted?
We wish we could, but it’s our job to adhere to certain literary and industry standards. Rest assured that every play submitted is indeed read by our long-standing intake crew and at least considered for a public reading.
When will my script be read if it is selected?
Depending on a multitude of factors, your script can be read within a couple of weeks, or as much as a year after submission. In order for your script to be read, you MUST attend that reading and we also request that you attend the reading just prior to the date scheduled.
How do you pick scripts to read?
We want scripts that are mainly dialogue, as it’s the interaction between characters that makes or breaks a good story. We do encourage and present readings of screenplays so they must be far more dialog heavy over screen directions in order for us to present it. Although action may make the resultant movie good, having narrators read lots of action aloud doesn’t lend itself to our purposes via staged readings.
Most of our readings are in the ten to twenty minute range. We do read shorter and longer scripts, including full length plays, and portions of works in progress.
Because we are a writers development group, we ask that you submit works that you are currently working on rather than submitting writing from your archives.
We don’t read musicals or children’s plays. Beyond that, it’s pretty open. We want the same things that industry readers will want – proper format, good characters, good dialogue, conflict, and story. We do readings from well-established writers and from new writers. We may decline a script which is gratuitously gory or vulgar.
Do I have to come up with readers?
Not necessarily, although it has become the trend on Zoom for authors to (mostly) cast their own plays. We will always work with you on casting, and we do have a stable of experienced actors available to read. One of the great things about Zoom is that readers can come from any location.
What can I expect if my script is chosen for a reading?
Readings are scheduled (over Zoom) on the second and fourth Fridays of the month. After your script is read aloud, a Moderator will lead a structured discussion. After that discussion is finished, you, the author, are given the opportunity to speak last. People often stay on Zoom after the formal presentation to chat and ask you questions, and it’s become so popular we have named that the PDD! (Post-Discusssion Discussion). Come hang out with us!