The Theater Project Now Accepting Submissions for Short Play Festival

The Theater Project, an award-winning, professional theater in Maplewood, NJ, is now soliciting short plays for THINK FAST!, its third annual short play competition which performs for the public in February, 2016. The contest is open to adult playwrights in the New Jersey-New York area.

The Theater Project, which also offers a competition for high school playwrights and presentations of original plays by New Jersey authors, sees this as a logical extension of its mission to share new and lesser known works with the community.

The deadline for submitting plays is November 20, 2015. Interested playwrights may submit their scripts as per the guidelines on the web site, TheTheaterProject.org. Plays can be either dramas or comedies but must be no more than 15 minutes running time. Plays and actors compete for audience favorite awards; one playwright is chosen to receive the $500 Critics Choice grand prize. These performances will be open to the public and take place at The Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts in Maplewood, NJ.

THINK FAST! Is the brainchild of the members of The Theater Project's Playwrights' Workshop, who act as judges for the competition. "We were looking for ways to support other writers and Theater Project," says alumnus Mike McGoldrick, who is now pursuing a master's degree in playwriting at Arizona State University. "We designed the event to raise awareness about our workshop and the company, while giving writers what all us are looking for - the opportunity for our work to be seen."

"Our audience loves hearing new voices and seeing a range of characters, topics and plots. Nothing is more exciting than seeing new work take shape, and we're happy to be able to bring this festival to our community." says Mark Spina, artistic director of The Theater Project.

The Theater Project, a professional theater company based in Maplewood, NJ, began in 1994 with the goal of bringing the best contemporary plays to our community. The company is known for presenting outrageous comedy as well as drama with social commentary.