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)