Now in its eleventh year, JAW Playwrights Festival is a new play development program originally created in conjunction with New York Theatre Workshop. During JAW, Portland Center Stage hosts ten days of work that draw upon the talents of professional playwrights, directors, actors, dramaturgs and other collaborators. The Festival culminates in a process-oriented weekend of rehearsed readings presented to the theater community and the general public.
JAW 2009: July 13-26
Submission guidelines for 2010:
We will accept scripts for JAW 2010: November 1, 2009 – February 1, 2010.
Notification will begin after May 1, 2010.
• PLEASE NOTE: Unsolicited scripts are accepted only from Oregon residents.
• The submitted script must be full-length.
• The submission may have had a previous reading, but not a full production.
Send contact information and a bound copy of the script to:
JAW: A Playwrights Festival
c/o: Portland Center Stage
Gerding Theater at the Armory
128 NW Eleventh Ave
Portland, OR 97209
For further information, you are welcome to contact Festival Director, Rose Riordan at roser@pcs.org. Please do not email submissions, however.
Thank you for your interest in JAW. We look forward to reading your work.















