San Antonio playwrights with unproduced scripts now have a brand new alternative to see their work come to life. The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Heart (GCAC) is accepting submissions for its third Teatro Salón Desk Studying Collection, an annual program designed to assist each new and rising writers develop staged works by means of public workshops.
From the submissions, GCAC will choose two to a few scripts for desk readings scheduled for August or September 2026. The readings will give playwrights a uncommon likelihood to listen to their work carried out by actors and obtain suggestions from audiences and fellow theater artists.
The Teatro Salón is open to playwrights throughout Texas, no matter expertise degree. In response to GCAC Theater Arts Director Jorge Piña, this system is very targeted on supporting voices which have traditionally been underrepresented on stage.
“We encourage anybody to submit, even in the event you’ve by no means written a play,” Piña stated in a launch. “We wish to assist underrepresented playwrights, together with ladies, LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, disabled, neurodiverse, and so on., and encourage you to submit.”
Scripts should replicate the Latinx, Chicana/o, or Tejano expertise, although GCAC welcomes a variety of genres, together with drama, comedy, satire, and even youngsters’s performs. Works that incorporate themes associated to Día de los Muertos or the Christmas vacation season are additionally inspired.
This system has already served as a pipeline to the stage. Earlier Teatro Salón readings have led to full productions of La Niña Girasol by J. Cesar Duenas in June 2022 and Las Comadres de Morales Avenue by Irene Chavez in March 2025.
Aspiring dramatists ought to examine the submission pointers rigorously. Scripts should be unproduced, run between 60 and 90 minutes, and be written in English, Spanish, or bilingually. One submission per playwright is allowed. One-acts, screenplays, and brief tales won’t be thought of.
Playwrights should additionally submit the script together with a canopy letter that features the title, a brief bio, contact info, a short synopsis, and character descriptions. Submissions may be mailed to Jorge Piña at 723 S. Brazos St, San Antonio, TX. 78207 or emailed to jorgep@guadalupeculturalarts.org. Telephone calls won’t be accepted. The submission deadline is March 31, 2026, at 4 pm.
