13th Columbus Black Theatre Festival (CBTF)

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It's time to start thinking about what play you are going to submit to the 13th Annual Columbus Black Theatre Festival! It will be held at the Columbus Performing Arts Center Van Fleet Theatre on the weekend of July 5th & 6th, 2025.

The theme for 2025 is Still Standing Strong. Our Founder/Artistic Director, Julie Whitney Scott, was given this theme, as usual, through prayer. It’s a theme that inspires hope, resilience, and love for each another. It’s about standing strong as an individual, couple or group of people before, during, through and after adversity comes into their lives. How to stay strong during difficult times.

We are looking to produce original short plays that meet our Still Standing Strong theme and guidelines. It must be a story that is a story and not a lecture to push your views on others. It must be about everyday people and their everyday lives and how they stand strong during adversity.

Complete the submission entry form. Submissions are free so don’t miss the deadline.

The entries need to meet the following criteria:

1) No more than 4 to 6 characters (Actors can play double-roles.) 

2) No derogatory, hate based, sexually explicit work will be reviewed or accepted.

3) Have minimal set/light requirements.

4) If required, play can be rehearsed/performed effectively by virtual means.

5) 15 to 20 minutes long for one-act plays. 5 to 10 minutes long for monologues.

6) Written blocking notes of the play can be rearranged by the Director to meet venue space.

7) Must submit a titled script and a blind script without any identifying information other than the title.

8) Only one play submission per playwright.

Submissions are free so don’t miss the deadline. Write that Play! Submissions are accepted December 1 to February 28, 2025.