
Playscript
Playscript is a stage-play writing editor for playwrights, drama educators, and student playwrights in high school and higher education.
What Playscript is
Playscript is a stage-play writing editor for playwrights, drama educators, and student playwrights in high school and higher education. It is in active development and approaching early access; users can book a demo. The editor runs in desktop browsers, Chromebooks, and Android tablets without installation. Writers can choose among 10 stage formats, including DG Modern, UK, Samuel French, Musical, Monologue, and Fountain, or use authoring profiles such as One-Act and Readers Theatre. Multiple authors can edit at once, with per-author undo and no limit on co-authors per script. Playscript imports and exports FDX and Fountain, supports FTX, and exports PDF. Rehearsal tools include actor sides, line-learning drills, a blocking board, browser table reads, a director promptbook, and private actor notes. Musical mode adds Song Cue and Lyric elements and a libretto view. The maker says the writing surface has no behavioral tracking or third-party analytics; grammar checking uses an in-network LanguageTool instance. Public pricing has not been set, and the maker says there is currently nothing to pay for.
Good
- Ten stage-format variants and five authoring profiles.
- Simultaneous editing with per-author undo.
- Imports and exports FDX and Fountain; exports PDF.
- Includes rehearsal tools and a musical libretto view.
- No behavioral tracking or third-party analytics on the writing surface.
Watch out
- Active development; early access is approaching.
- Public pricing has not been set.
- Submission, licensing, ticketing, and payouts are not publicly enabled.
- Large-print and braille exports remain in development.
Who it suits
It suits stage playwrights, drama educators, and student playwrights who want writing, collaboration, and rehearsal tools. Schools and writers considering it should note that it remains in development and several submission and production features are not publicly enabled.
Verdict
Playscript brings stage-specific writing, collaboration, and rehearsal features together, with formats and profiles for different kinds of scripts. It may suit educators and playwrights exploring an upcoming editor, but its development status and unavailable production pipeline matter for anyone seeking a fully enabled service now.
The facts
Each one read from Playscript's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accessibility
- The editor’s element surface is keyboard-accessible; large-print and braille exports remain in active development.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Accessibility limits
- Keyboard-accessible editing is described as built, while large-print and braille exports are in active development.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Audience
- It is for stage playwrights, drama educators, and student playwrights in high school and higher education programs.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Availability
- The editor is in active development and approaching early access; users can book a demo.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Availability limits
- The editor is in active development; submission, licensing, ticketing, and author payouts are not yet publicly enabled.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Collaboration
- Multiple authors can edit simultaneously through Yjs collaboration, with per-author undo and unlimited co-authors per script.checked 9 Oct 2001
- File formats
- It imports and exports FDX and Fountain and supports FTX, an open Fountain superset for stage-play structure.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Integrations
- The maker describes in-network LanguageTool grammar checking and browser built-in speech for table reads; it does not list third-party integrations on the page.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Minor consent
- Guardian-consent gates for minor authorship are described as fail-closed and enforced in code, while the submission flow they guard is still in development.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Minors
- Sharing and submission paths are designed to require guardian consent and fail closed, but those paths are still in development and not publicly enabled.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Musicals
- Musical mode includes Song Cue and Lyric elements, with a libretto view that shows song cues and lyrics without dialogue.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Notable limits
- Version browsing is built, but the durable server-side version store is still in development and not publicly enabled.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Pricing
- Public pricing has not been set; the maker says there is currently nothing to pay for and pricing will be shared during early access.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Privacy
- The site says there is no behavioral tracking or third-party analytics on the writing surface, and grammar checking uses an in-network LanguageTool instance.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Product
- Playscript is a stage-play writing editor in active development and approaching early access.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Production pipeline
- Submission to Free School Plays, author payouts, and School Box Office ticketing are in development and not publicly enabled.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Purpose
- Playscript is a stage-play editor for playwrights, drama educators, and student playwrights.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Rehearsal tools
- Rehearsal features include actor sides, line-learning drills, a blocking board, browser table reads, a director promptbook, and private actor notes.checked 9 Oct 2001
- School forms
- It provides five authoring profiles: One-Act, Ten-Minute Play, Readers Theatre, Monologue, and Ensemble.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Security and student privacy
- The maker says there is no behavioral tracking or third-party analytics on the writing surface, and grammar checking uses an in-network LanguageTool instance.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Stage formats
- It offers 10 format variants, including DG Modern, UK, Samuel French, Musical, Monologue, and Fountain.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Support and access
- The editor runs in desktop browsers, Chromebooks, and Android tablets without installation, and users can book a demo for early-access priority.checked 9 Oct 2001
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