The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center is now accepting scripts for its 13th annual Young Playwrights Festival to be held May 11-13. Applications are due by Feb. 13.

A world-renowned developer of new work and new artists for the American theater, the O’Neill is the winner of two Tony Awards and National Medal of Arts. Employing the signature “O’Neill process,” the festival provides professional support to develop original one-act plays written by local middle and high school students.

Selected students can expect a rigorous exploration of their work, assistance from professional artists, full rehearsals with their artistic team, and opportunities to revise their play. The festival concludes with a script-in-hand public reading of the students’ work on May 13.

Young Playwrights spend a weekend at the O’Neill with a dedicated creative team (director, dramaturg, and actors) comprised of National Theater Institute alumni helping them to stage their plays.

Plays will be selected on a competitive basis. Submission requirements:

● Students must be between the ages of 12 and 18.

● Students must submit 10-15 pages of original work.

● An application with a completed checklist and two copies of the script must be received by Feb. 13.

● Only the work of those able to attend the entire festival, May 11-13, will be considered.

Submissions should be sent to: Young Playwrights Festival, 305 Great Neck Road, Waterford, CT, 06385.

To receive an application, or for more information about YPF, visit www.theoneill.org/professional-development-and-education/ypf/ or contact Sophia Chapadjiev, festival director, at sophia@theoneill.org .