Playwriting Festival: Oakton's PlayOn

Playwriting Festival: Oakton's PlayOn Play On is a playwriting festival/competition, now in its 9th year, and it is open to all community Welcome to our Play On page!

Our playwriting festival/competition is now in its 8th year and is open to all community college students in the Midwest states of Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan. Winning submissions will be awarded $200 AND will be produced in July in our studio theater. So, submit your script--one act, any genre, any style, 10 pages or less. Please include a cover page with your full name, phone num

ber, mailing address, email address and the name of your school. One submission per student. Work must be original and never previously produced.

What's on YOUR mind?
02/18/2026

What's on YOUR mind?

One last photo featuring all the directors and playwrights from the Sanday afternoon performance. Here's to another grea...
11/26/2025

One last photo featuring all the directors and playwrights from the Sanday afternoon performance. Here's to another great festival!

One more photo of the directors and some of the playwrights from Saturday evening's performance. Thanks for three sold o...
11/24/2025

One more photo of the directors and some of the playwrights from Saturday evening's performance. Thanks for three sold out shows!

What a great opening! Pictured are plywrights and directors from last night.
11/23/2025

What a great opening! Pictured are plywrights and directors from last night.

11/21/2025

Here's one more interview with one of our current playwrights. This time it's director Patty Kelly talking with playwright Felix Fieldman about his play, "The Pull". Performances are tonight, Friday and Saturday. Get your tickets at Oakton.edu/tickets or 847.635.1900.

11/21/2025

Here's our last interview with one of our current playwrights. This time it's director Sonya Yabloch talking with playwright Sean Taylor about his play, "Booked". Performances are tonight, Friday and Saturday. Get your tickets at Oakton.edu/tickets or 847.635.1900.

11/19/2025

Here's another interview with one of our current playwrights. This time it's director Joseph Schmidt talking with playwright Ben O'Reilly about his play, "Please Don't Change At All For Me". Performances are November 21, 22 & 23. Get your tickets at Oakton.edu/tickets or 847.635.1900.

11/17/2025

Here's another interview with one of our current playwrights. This time it's director Kaitlyn Katzung talking with playwright Alexander Merrill about his play, "Icarus". Performances are November 21, 22 & 23. Get your tickets at Oakton.edu/tickets or 847.635.1900.

11/14/2025

Here's another interview with one of our current playwrights. This time it's director Grantly Scott talking with playwright James Powers about his play, "Faith". Performances are November 21, 22 & 23. Get your tickets at Oakton.edu/tickets or 847.635.1900.

11/13/2025

Did you know we have another festival right around the corner? Here is an interview with playwright Lydia Anne Dyhdalo talking with director Kevin Paramby about her play, "Nanotechnology". Performances are November 21, 22 & 23. Get your tickets at Oakton.edu/tickets or 847.635.1900.

Come out and Play On!
09/10/2025

Come out and Play On!

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