The Show & Tale Play, Film & Arts Festival (“The Show & Tale Festival” or “Festival”) is a bi-annual showcase to bring fresh & exciting projects of unique and divergent voices to our community. The Show & Tale Festival provides a creative, diverse, and inclusive space for playwrights, filmmakers, and performance, graphic & fine artists from Los Angeles, the United States, and beyond to be seen and heard.

 

Submissions for The Show & Tale 4 will be collected starting June 23, 2025 until August 11, 2024 at 11:59 pm. for short films, and until July 25, 2024 at 12 noon for short plays.

 

The Show & Tale festival is slated for Fall 2025 from 7-10 PM. 

 

Our Advisory & Selection Committee ("The Committee") will read and review each piece weekly, narrowing down the number of scripts to a nice selection of curated plays and films. The committee collectively decides on what will be presented at our festival and fits our objective of fresh, compelling, new, exciting stories. 

 

Our Artistic Board will curate the programming blocks of the festival blending carefully selected films with plays and other art forms. Due to time restraints and the number of submissions, not all submissions will make the Official Selection list for The Show & Tale 4 festival.

 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 

 

Short Films & Music Videos:

• Short films and music videos should be new works not previously screened at The Show & Tale Festival unless it was a teaser, preview or a trailer. 
• Up to 20 minutes or less.
• Submissions must be in English, and all non-English films must include English subtitles, and/or if a film has a heavy English or strong accent and dialect which may be difficult to understand.
• If your film or music video will be premiering at, or exclusive to The Show & Tale, please let us know.
• Your project must include a warning if triggering content includes references to topics such as violence, addiction, self-harm, mental health, and suicide. 

 

10-Minute Plays:

• Playwrights may only submit one to two plays to the Festival each session or season. Playwrights submitting more than two pieces will not be considered.
• New plays, or works without previous productions are highly encouraged. 
• Plays or theatrical productions must not exceed 5 performances in a 6 month period, or must not have played at 2 or more play festivals in a 6 month period leading up to The Show & Tale.
• Plays must be submitted by the writer and/or director, and are self-produced.
• Plays must be 10 Minutes or less, or 10-11 pages in length or less, written in a standard playwriting format. Plays that exceed 11 pages will not be considered.
• Plays should not use excessive, profane or vulgar language. Submissions will be judged based on suitability for our audience. Plays must include a warning if triggering content includes references to topics such as violence, anger, self-harm, mental health, and suicide.
• Plays should include roles for no more than 4 actors. Doubling, or an actor playing multiple roles is permitted.
• Please include a Title Page with your full contact information, dramatis personae, and a brief synopsis of the play. Your name should not appear elsewhere on the document.
• Please include page numbers on plays, not including title page.
• All play productions accepted to the festival must be ready to be staged and performed by the festival date  in Los Angeles with the cast and director. There will be a tech and dress rehearsal at the venue a few days prior to the event.
• All casts and directors of plays must be presented in advance and pre-approved by our Artistic Board. Please include cast and director names with your submission, or 2 months prior to festival date.

 

Performance (Dance, Music, Spoken Word & Poetry):

• Live Performance submissions must have a content link or video of performance for review,

 

The Fine Print:

 

• By submitting, playwrights, filmmakers, and all artists agree to grant permission for The Show & Tale Festival to include the play or film or artwork into our festival, and to promote, showcase, or include these works on all our social media platforms, advertising, and on our website.  
• All submission fees are non-refundable and go towards the administration and production of The Show & Tale event and platform. 

 

Submission fee is:

$20 for each submission

 

Send submissions to:

theshowandtale@gmail.com

 

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