The SacTown Play Festival has been created to support aspiring playwrights.

The competition has been designed with the goal to inspire, educate and nurture artists and our community towards a thoughtful and humane world view through the art of story-telling.

We desire to help theatre artists find their voices, cultivate social consciousness and prepare for a lasting career. We support new AND established playwrights and incubate new plays.

We seek to make a lasting, life-long impression on our community – inspiring the audience to continue provocative conversations long after the curtain closes.

Festival participants (Playwrights) will be chosen based on script creativity, characterization, and staging potential. The festival will feature six 1-Act plays (must be 10 to 15 minutes long) written by aspiring playwrights.

While the Festival takes place in Sacramento, California, Playwrights DO NOT have to be local to submit their scripts. However, these must be brand new works that have not been performed before.

Finalists

Each of the 6 playwright finalists (i.e. those whose scripts are chosen to perform at the Festival on Saturday, September 26, 2026) will have their scripts staged by a local director for performance at the festival.