submissions for theatre roulette 2026 are now open!

Theatre Roulette, Ohio’s longest running shorts festival, will celebrate its 27th year.  What began as an “invitation-only” festival expanded to taking local submissions, then to taking submission from across the United States, and now receives over 1,000 scripts annually from every corner of the world.  

MadLab Theatre is seeking short play submissions for the 27th annual Theatre Roulette festival.
Theatre Roulette has 3 separate nights of plays.  One night will be reserved for Ohio based playwrights.  One night will be reserved for Columbus based college playwrights.  And the third night will be reserved for anyone and everyone else.

• Submission deadline is November 1, 2025 or until we meet our 500 submission cap.

• Scripts should be 5-20 minutes in length.

• Email all submissions to andyb@madlab.net.
• If you are an Ohio playwright, please put "Theatre Roulette Submission - Ohio" in the subject line.
• If you are a Columbus college student playwright, please put "Theatre Roulette Submission - College" in your subject line.

• All other playwrights, please put "Theatre Roulette Submission" in the subject line.

• Scripts must be in .pdf or .docx format.
• There is a limit of 3 submissions per playwright.

• Include a short synopsis and production history in the body of the email.

• The production will take place from March 19-April 4 of 2026.
• All playwrights will be notified of our decisions no later than December 1st, 2025.