25th Annual New Voice Opportunity

Submit an entry form for the 25th Annual New Voice Play Festival for a chance to have your play featured and potentially win a cash award. The deadline for submissions is March 5, 2025. Judges will select the top four plays, which will be performed in front of a live audience who will vote for the best show.

You may submit up to two plays. The first entry is FREE, while a $10 fee applies to the second entry.

AWARDS

Gold Curtain: (Best of Festival) $250.00 Cash Award

Silver Stage: (Second Place) $150.00 Cash Award

Spotlight Award: (up to 2 winners): $100.00 Cash Award

Honorable Mention: (up to 5 winners)

For more information and instructions, click the button below. Good luck!

The 24th Annual New Voice Play Festival Winners

Golden Curtain Winner

We are Doing Some Work in Your Neighborhood

Written by Jennifer Hart (Fredericksburg, VA)
Directed by Sarah Ann Celec
and featuring Gabrielle Moseley as Helen
John Glymph as Smith

Silver Stage Award Winner

 Afterlife

Written by John Nicholas Schweitzer (Madison, WI)
 Directed by Rory Dunn
and featuring
Glenn Frail as Eddie 1
Julie Philabaum as Astral
Jonathan Quigley as Eddie 2

Spotlight Award

Temporary Affection Order

Written by L.D. Potter (Rapid City, SD)
Directed by Zac Gilbert
and featuring
Jeanine Evans as Judge Keller
Dustin McQuaid as Cavan Klapperich
Taylor Mason as Karissa Twohy
 

Spotlight Award

Mean to Me

Written by Carl Williams (Houston, TX)
Directed by Elizabeth Egan
Assistant Director – Shawn Smialek
and featuring
Caitlyn Shrom as Carla Franklin
Linda Romero as Harriet Simms
Daniel Rossbach as Tom Jennings
Juan Hernandez as Sherman Carlyle

Honorable Mentions

 Climbing Kilimanjaro by Marc Littman (Granada Hills, CA)
Ghost Light by Peter Sands (Wilton, CT)
The Greenroom by Rene Zabel (Ranson, WV)
One Little Hormone by Rosemary Frisino Toohey (Baltimore, MD)
Whatever Happened to Arlo Minchik? by Vicki Koestler (Alexandria, VA)