Silence
Stories that invite you to lean in.
Intimate plays exploring grief, memory, loneliness, regret, longing, and the things we struggle to say. Silence makes room for the unspoken and the emotions that live beneath everyday conversations.
Festival
Safe Harbor Play Festival
Original voices. Two weekends.
May 14–16 & 21–23, 2027
Tickets coming soon
THE STORY
About the show
The Safe Harbor Play Festival brings original short plays to the stage across two weekends. Four programming blocks—Silence, Impact, Belonging, and After Dark—offer audiences a range of stories, perspectives, and theatrical experiences.
Each selected play receives two performances. The festival lineup and individual play synopses will be announced after selection.
FOUR BLOCKS. FOUR WAYS INTO A STORY.
Explore the blocks
Each block brings together plays with a shared emotional or thematic focus. These are curatorial groupings rather than rigid genres; a play may touch on more than one theme.
Impact
Stories that challenge and provoke.
Bold, urgent plays about conflict, injustice, power, morality, social issues, and cultural tension. These stories confront difficult questions and give audiences something to talk about long after the performance.
Belonging
Stories about finding your place.
Plays exploring connection—with other people, with community, and with ourselves. Family, friendship, identity, acceptance, love, healing, chosen family, and resilience come together in stories about being seen and finding a place to belong.
After Dark
Stories that venture into the unexpected.
Horror, suspense, psychological drama, dark comedy, surrealism, science fiction, fantasy, and experimental theatre share this block. After Dark welcomes the strange, the unsettling, the macabre, and the wonderfully unexpected.
ON STAGE WITH HARBOR
Audition information
Audition information to be announced
Casting opportunities and individual play role breakdowns will be posted after the festival lineup is confirmed.
Playwright submissions
Submissions for the 2027 festival are closed. Our readers are reviewing 141 scripts.
Contact Harbor about auditionsCASTING UPDATE
Casting notice
Coming Soon
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE STORY
Meet the cast
Cast information will be announced here.