Short+Sweet Hollywood Theatre 2025

Ashley Karp | Festival Director

Soda Persi   | Assistant Festival Director

Andrew Cervantes | Program Director - Latin X

Cinnamon Rivera | Program Director - LGBTQIA+

Inquiries about the festival can be sent to shortandsweethollywood2025@gmail.com

SUBMIT A SCRIPT FOR SHORT+SWEET HOLLYWOOD 2025! 

For the one entry fee of AUD$20 (US$13), your script will be considered for a multitude of Short + Sweet festivals, including Short + Sweet Hollywood, with more being added all the time. PLEASE NOTE: If you entered your play after November 1st, 2024, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO RE-ENTER IT! Your play is automatically considered for all Short+Sweet Festivals in the current cycle, as listed above!

If you would like to join the mailing list for Short+Sweet writers, please email shortsweetliterary@gmail.com with "Writer subscribe" in the subject line.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

For the full Terms and Conditions of submitting a script to Short+Sweet, please see below. Read these carefully before submitting! Any entry which does not comply with the Terms And Conditions will be deemed ineligible and no refund will be offered. 

Of particular note: DO NOT INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE WRITER(S) anywhere on your script(s) and PLEASE TIME YOUR SCRIPT BEFORE ENTERING to make sure the running time is ten minutes or less! 

For a rundown on how we assess our entries, click here. For enquiries regarding script entries, contact Short+Sweet's Literary Management Team on shortsweetliterary@gmail.com

Payment is made using credit card. Note: your entry will not be received unless payment has been processed.

If you want to submit more than one script, please fill in this form, pay, then complete it again for each submission you want to send.

*Note also that due to circumstances out of our control, such as covid, a festival might be cancelled or postponed. No refund will be offered in this circumstance.

DIRECTOR SUBMISSIONS FOR SHORT+SWEET HOLLYWOOD 2025! DEADLINE IS JULY 6TH, 2025!

Directing for Short+Sweet is one of the most critical roles of the festival. Without our writers there would be no festival, but without directors to realize the writer’s vision, scripts would never be able to come to life!

As a Short+Sweet Hollywood director, you not only get to show your unique leadership style and be entrusted to nurture your team of actors, but you will also be guided and mentored through the entire process of theatre making. Short+Sweet Hollywood is a wonderful opportunity for directors to explore their creativity, all the while being in the heart of Los Angeles and the creative communities that surround!

We very much encourage new directors to register and learn a new skill. Our Festival Director Ashley Karp and Assistant Festival Director Soda Persi are very passionate about supporting our new directors and will be there to mentor you throughout the process.

Directors: Submit HERE to join Short+Sweet Hollywood 2025!

ACTOR SUBMISSIONS FOR SHORT+SWEET HOLLYWOOD 2025! DEADLINE IS JULY 6TH, 2025!

Join our casting pool for the Short+Sweet Hollywood Theatre Festival! We have multiple directors currently looking to fill roles for their short plays!

Actors: Submit HERE to join Short+Sweet Hollywood 2025!

ITC/GROUP SUBMISSIONS FOR SHORT+SWEET HOLLYWOOD 2025! DEADLINE IS JULY 6TH, 2025!

Thank you for your interest in submitting as an ITC/Group to the Short+Sweet Hollywood Theatre Festival 2025!

If you are an established theatre company, this is the perfect way of promoting your own theatre group, by submitting your own script, director and even your own actors (if you wish). Your company will be promoted as part of the festival, and your name credited on the weekly program. 

However, you do not need to be an established theatre entity to submit as a group for Short+Sweet, you can assemble a group of creatives specifically to produce your short play for the festival if you wish, you'll just to think of a cool name! 

Your group or ITC Submission is an application to stage either the core of, or a complete short play for staging as part of Short+Sweet Hollywood. 

Your ITC submission must include either a script (or a written proposal of the short play in which you would like to produce), and at least the name of the director who will be in charge of the play. Your submission may include actors if you wish, or you may cast from our Short+Sweet open auditions.

Your submission will be assessed as a complete application. 

There is no application fee for submitting an ITC, but if you would like your script submitted to our international pool for possible production at our festivals around the world, please also remember to submit your script at the shortandsweet.org website in addition to completing your ITC application for the Illawarra festival (there is a submission fee of approx. $20 Australian dollars/$13 USD).

You will need to complete four Sections:

• Section 1: The Script (and the writer)


• Section 2: Director


• Section 3: Actors & Company


• Section 4: Group Info

Please be sure to have contact details and bios for your writer and director (including headshots) and of course your script/proposal ready to submit your form. 

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR ITC / GROUP APPLICATION

Please note, you will need to sign in to a Gmail account to use our form (powered by Google Forms). If you do not have a gmail account, you can create one for free and continue with the form, or contact Festival Director Ashley Karp for the requirements for an Email Submission - please contact shortandsweethollywood2025@gmail.com