AUSTIN, Texas – Teatro Vivo is pleased to announce the call for entries for the 2026 Austin Latinx New Play Festival (ALNPF), to take place in April/May of 2026. Teatro Vivo welcomes scripts from playwrights based in Austin/Central Texas. Playwrights are invited to submit original scripts that speak to the diverse Latinx experience. Plays can be in English, Spanish, Nahuatl, Coahuiltecan, bilingual, or multilingual.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, January 09, 2026, by 11:59 PM. Three scripts will be selected for presentation at the festival, including one play for young audiences. Selected plays will be announced in late January/early February.

Eligible plays must be original, full-length works with a minimum 50-minute run time and a max of 10 roles. Additionally, plays must align with the Teatro Vivo mission statement, be focused on Latinx lives, and must not have been produced before the ALNPF or already scheduled for production during 2025-2026. Preference will be given to plays that utilize more than one language.

Now in its sixteenth year, the ALNPF provides an opportunity for playwrights to hear, see, and receive feedback on their original work. The festival brings each playwright together with a dramaturg, director, and actors to bring their play to life as a staged reading in front of an audience. Additionally, the selected playwrights will be expected to attend the 2026 Playwrights Workshop with Teatro Vivo to develop their script before the ALNPF.

Playwrights of the selected pieces will collaborate with a dramaturg and director hired by Teatro Vivo. Playwrights must be available to attend the Playwrights Workshop in February/March, the public reading in April/May, and rehearsals as scheduled with the director and dramaturg. Playwrights must be based in Austin or the surrounding Central Texas area. Scripts can be submitted through this form. All questions should be emailed to teatrovivoaustin@gmail.com with the subject line: 2026 ALNPF Question.