Theatre Submission Guidelines

2026 Arts Alive Theatre Submission Guidelines

Theatre performances for the 2026 Arts Alive festival will be selected from online submissions through the West Virginia Department of Education. Both traditional and non-traditional theatre submissions will be considered.

Traditional theatre submissions include monologues, scenes, and musical theatre solos, duets, or production numbers. Non-traditional submissions may include, but are not limited to, puppetry, stage combat, improv, reader’s theatre, masques, and other fringe theatre performances.

If you would like to be considered for Arts Alive, please follow these submission guidelines for consideration:

• Prepare a video of your theatrical performance. This video does not have to be from an actual performance, but it should be near-performance ready. For traditional theatre submissions, students should be off book.
• Musical theatre submissions can include dialogue and dance. Opening production numbers are encouraged.
• If there are no specific costumes, actors should dress in all black for the video.
• Content must not contain material or language that may be considered inappropriate for a family-centered audience.
• Length must be less than 5 minutes.
• Include all relevant program information (e.g. title, piece, performers) and costume and design ideas if applicable.
• Digital submissions can be submitted using the application.

Application

Submit your 2026 theatre application

Deadline: February 20, 2026

Questions?

If you have questions about Theatre submissions, please contact Timothy James (trjames@k12.wv.us) or Tabitha Moore (TAMoore@mail.kana.k12.wv.us).