The Sarasota Players is proud to announce the acceptance of new plays for its Sarasota Players New Play Festival through May 1, 2025. A committee of judges will select five plays to be presented in a “Reader’s Theater” style format during the month of August. One of the winning plays will be selected as “Best of Series” and will be workshopped and produced depending on the availability of space in the summer season of 2026.  Winning entries will have a director assigned (if there is someone,you’d like to use we will take that into consideration). There can be only two rehearsals, not including the rehearsal prior to the performance of the piece.  Playwrights are responsible for supplying updated and corrected copies of their script to their director and cast. Plays not following the guidelines listed above will be disqualified. All questions or concerns should be directed toward Amanda Heisey at amandah@theplayers.org.