The Sarasota Players is proud to continue the tradition of offering local playwrights the chance to have their plays read aloud for our community and patrons to experience. For over two decades, your community theatre has brought together some of the most talented people in the area for a week of never-before-heard plays, performed in readers style-theatre, directed by a local director and performed by local actors.

Playwrights are competing for the chance to have their work showcased in a workshop-style production. This opportunity is invaluable to those artists that spent from months to years on a script with hopes it would someday see an audience. 

Join us in celebrating these incredibly talented individuals, you have so many ways to get involved! 

The Sarasota Players New Play Festival
August 18-22, 2025

The Sarasota Players Studio
1400 Blvd. of the Arts, Suite 200, Sarasota, FL 34236