Competitions

Professional or Nonprofessional Rights
For professional or nonprofessional performance rights, there are three easy steps:

  1. Review the Restrictions page to ensure that your intended production will not conflict with a restriction.
  2. Review the Payments page to familiarize yourself with a) the Advance Payment and b) the summary Box Office Statement submission requirement.
  3. Apply for the rights on the Performance Rights page.
Following payment of the Advance, your licensed production will appear within one business day on the Upcoming Productions page. Note that the links above may be found in this order under the Performance Rights item on the main menu.

Competition Rights
For competition performance rights, proceed directly to the Performance Rights page to complete and submit your application. Note that competitions with a duration of five minutes or under do not require a performance license. For competitions with a duration of greater than five minutes, a performance license is required.

Touring Rights
For touring rights for three venues or more, proceed directly to the special Tour Application.

Provided there are no restrictions on the title in your area, and the venue is not located in New York City or Los Angeles, or a country other than the United States or Canada, you can expect to receive a professional or nonprofessional performance license and invoice by email immediately following your application.

If the venue is located in New York City or Los Angeles, or outside of North America, special permissions may need to be secured, which can take additional time. In most cases, you can expect to receive notice on whether your intended production is approved within two weeks. 

All competition applicants receive performance licenses immediately following application.

For competitions, it's allowable to perform just one scene from a play. Submit a standard competition application through the Performance Rights form. To perform a single scene under other circumstances, Contact Us for more information.
Our invoices/licenses include a W-9 form. If you need one in advance of placing an order, it may be downloaded here: W-9 Form - Broadway Play Publishing Inc.
Yes. If your organization or educational institution requires a purchase order, you may choose purchase order as the payment method on the checkout page. In addition, you may choose purchase order as the payment method when you submit your summary Box Office Statement and Final Payment (if any is due).

In both cases, you will be sent invoices referencing your purchase order numbers for you to submit to your accounting department for payment.

If your accounting department requires that you submit an invoice to them before they will generate a purchase order number for you, simply follow the instructions above and enter the text "Number to follow" in the purchase order number field on the checkout page and complete your checkout. When your organization provides you with the purchase order number, submit it to us via the Contact Us page, along with your order number for our reference, and we will add the purchase order number to your invoice. Note that shipment of books and other items will not occur until the purchase order number has been submitted.

Lastly, be aware that purchase of ePlays or other downloadable items must be done by credit card or PayPal. If your order also contains books or performance-rights applications for which you would prefer to use a purchase order number, then you should split the items up into two orders. Only one payment method may be used per order.
Book purchases and performance-rights applications must be submitted through the website. We do not take telephone, faxed, or emailed orders. If this presents any difficulties for you, by all means Contact Us, and we'll find a solution for you.
Visit the Contact Us page and submit your new dates. Be sure to include your order number where indicated. Provided there is no restriction conflict with your new dates, you will be emailed a revised license and invoice within two to three business days.
Visit the Contact Us page and submit the requested number and dates of additional performances. Be sure to include your order number where indicated. We will review your request and, provided there are no restrictions conflicts or other problems, will issue you a revised license and invoice within two to three business days. Please note that in most cases an additional Advance Payment will be required, and we will contact you to confirm credit card authorization or other payment method.
Visit the Contact Us page and submit the number and dates of performances to be dropped. Be sure to include your order number where indicated. We will review your request and issue you a revised license and invoice within two to three business days. Please note that this request must be submitted prior to your production opening date in order to be eligible for a partial Advance Payment refund.
Visit the Contact Us page and submit your reason for cancellation. Be sure to include your order number where indicated. Please note that cancellation requests must be submitted prior to the production opening date for Advance Payments to be refundable unless special circumstances apply. As regards special circumstances, please see the question: Are Advance Payments refundable?