ABOUT OUR SCRIPTS

The Porch Room’s collection of award-winning scripts and screenplays are now available online. Theater groups, film production companies, students and educational programs are welcome to peruse scripts online, print them, and perform them or contact the Porch Room for rights and availability.

STAGE PLAYS

You can read any of our non-published stage plays for free. Look through our list of titles to find a play of the right length, cast, and genre. If after reading a script, you are interested in performing it, you can print out as many copies of the script as you want. In order to print copies, you must agree to only three conditions:

  1. You fill out our ONLINE APPLICATION FORM with information about the performance.
  2. You agree to credit the Porch Room and the play’s authors in your program.  Full licensing agreement and official logos available here.
  3. You agree to the following payment terms, payable in advance:
    1.  ONE ACT PLAYS: $35 per performance
    2. TWO OR MORE ONE ACT PLAYS PERFORMED TOGETHER: $50 per performance.
    3. FULL LENGTH PLAYS: $75 per performance
  4. Upon receipt of a signed licensing agreement, the producing party will receive a printable digital copy of the play.  Printed copies are available upon request at $9 per copy.

So why not? Perusing the scripts is free and easy.

ENTER THE STAGE PLAY LIBRARY

SCREENPLAYS

If you are a film or video production company, the Porch Room writers have a large collection of short and full-length screenplays you are free to read. Just sign in, peruse our list of scripts, and read anything you like. If you are interested in producing a screenplay by a Porch Room writer, please contact the Porch Room and we will put you in contact with the writer.

Please be aware that all rights to the screenplays rest solely with the writers, so please contact us to determine terms before proceeding with any production.

ENTER THE SCREENPLAY LIBRARY