GRAND PRIZE SHORT SCREENPLAY WINNER WILL BE PRODUCED IN HOLLYWOOD!

GRAND PRIZE FEATURE WINNER WINS CASH PRIZE!

The New American Screenplay Contest is sponsored by Circus Theatricals, one of Los Angeles' premiere theatre companies.

Circus Theatricals boasts an active company of name actors, directors and writers, such as Alfred Molina (Doc Ock, "Spiderman"), Jack Stehlin (Roy Till on Showtime's "Weeds"), Shem Bitterman (Pen USA Award for "Harm's Way), and more. For more about our artists, click here.

In Support of the Writer
Circus Theatricals produces many full-length and one act plays including their annual Festival of New One Act Plays.

Notable world-premiere productions include:

• Harm's Way , Man.gov, The Circle and The Job by Shem Bitterman
• Safe by Chuck Rose
• Complexity and Gravity Shoes by John Bunzel
• Sister Cities by Colette Freedman
• Festivals of New One Act plays, with plays written by: Natalie Bates, Murray Scott Changar, S. L. Daniels, Jo-el Henning Doty, Mark Harvey Levine, Sharyn Rothstein, Joe Bays, Sean David Bennett, Dawson Moore, Jen Silverman, Justin Warner, Paula J. Caplan, Jennifer Castello, Chuck Rose, Matt Tucker, Jerry Lambert, Chuck Rose, and more. 
  

For a complete list of Circus Theatricals plays and awards, visit their website:http://www.circustheatricals.com/pastproductions.html

"Our local equivalent (to London's Old Globe Theatre) is Jack Stehlin and his Circus Theatricals.The man has scooped up almost every local theater award in the offing." Steven Leigh Morris, LA Weeklyal theater award in the offing." Steven Leigh Morris, LA Weekly

Circus Theatricals Foundation is a non profit company with the proceeds all going towards creating opportunities in the art of live action on stage or on film.

The New American Screenplay Contest is designed for writers, actors and all with a passion for filmmaking. The festival seeks to find the best stories and give them the opportunity to come alive.

For more on Circus theatricals go to www.Circustheaticals.com