Eden Prairie Players is accepting submissions of unpublished one act plays for its 2026 Collection of One Acts to be produced in September of 2026. To find out more about Eden Prairie Players, please visit our website.

Submission Guidelines

1. We are seeking short one-act plays that the playwrights(s) are free to license to us directly, rather than through a publisher. Having had previous productions is OK.
2. Plays must be in the English language.
3. If selected, plays will be licensed for production under our license agreement for unpublished works. You can preview this agreement here. If you submit your work, we will assume this agreement is acceptable to you.
4. Eden Prairie Players is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. These values are considered when we are choosing plays to produce.
5. Submit through the online submission form:
   1. Playwright contact information - name, email, address, phone.
   2. Name of play.
   3. Approximate duration.
   4. List of characters / descriptions: age, gender, race if specified, etc. (please list allowable variations) 
   5. Short synopsis of the play.
   6. Has it been performed before? Where?
6. After the form is submitted, you will receive a confirmation email. 

Compensation 

• Selected plays will be paid a royalty of from $20 to $30 per performance. We plan to have 7 performances, although this is not guaranteed.
• No compensation for selection process: By submitting your play(s) for consideration, you give Eden Prairie Players permission to make copies as needed for the selection process. You also give permission for your play to be read aloud at an unrehearsed table readings as part of the selection process.

Details

Plays must be submitted as a PDF file. Plays may be submitted by the playwright only. Each playwright is allowed to submit 1 play. If a play was written by more than one person, be sure this is reflected in the Credited playwrights field.

Submitted plays must be at least 8 minutes and at most 25 minutes in length.

Submissions must be received by the end of the day on Dec. 7, 2025 in the US/Central timezone. If the number of submissions exceeds the number we can review, the submissions to be reviewed will be selected by lottery.

In the selection process, the play will be made available through TheaterForms to reviewers authorized by Eden Prairie Players. By submitting the play, the playwright gives permission for this usage. The playwright must be free to give this permission and to accept licensing terms offered by Eden Prairie Players if the play is selected. (If a play is published after being submitted, and it is selected for Collection of One Acts 2026, Eden Prairie Players will have the choice of accepting the publisher's licensing terms or choosing an alternate submission.)

FAQ

Q: Are works by international playwrights accepted?
A: Yes! We are now able to accept English language plays from playwrights worldwide.

Q: How are plays selected?
A: We provide access to each play for one or more authorized reviewers to read and rate as part of the selection process. Plays are narrowed down to a smaller subset of candidate plays. From this subset, plays are read at a public table reading and selected by our advisory committee.

Q: What should I know about your theater?
A: Riley-Jacques Barn is a renovated barn in Eden Prairie. It is a fairly small stage. The main portion of it is 15’ wide by 16’ deep, but part of the downstage half extends the width to 23’ wide plus a few feet of extra wings on each side that are used for entrances and exits. There are also two entrances on either side of the upstage half. Because of the number of plays we do in a performance, we like to keep our set changes quick which means we prefer plays that can be done with simpler sets.

Q. What about language in my play?
A: While we bill these productions as intended for mature audiences due to subject matter and language, we strongly consider what our audience's reaction to each piece will be.

Q: How long has Eden Prairie Players produced unpublished one-acts? 
A: 2010 was the first year that EPP produced unpublished works as part of our Collection of One Acts, and it was immediately successful. The response from our audience was overwhelmingly positive. We hope to carry that enthusiasm forward each year by continuing to introduce our audience to fresh new works written by exciting playwrights. Thank you for your hard work, we are honored that you are considering EPP for your submission!