The 2022 New Voice Play Festival finalists:
Don’t miss the 22nd Annual New Voice Play Festival on June 17, 18, 19. All four finalists will be presented each evening and we will ask the audience to vote for their favorite play of the festival, helping us determine this year’s winner. Tickets are now on sale.
A Safe Place by Mike Byham (Southlake, TX)
Dan awakens to a new reality where he has been chosen to restart the human race - by an entity wishing to learn how to love.
Directed by Deidre Johnson
It’s Only Fitting by Jennifer Hart (Fredericksburg, VA)
What hilarious things can happen when two strangers squeeze into a small fitting room in a clothing boutique? Caroline is desperately hiding from an ex-boyfriend. Zeke is lusting over the boutique's owner, Schvinga, a Swedish "goddess." Caroline, Zeke and Schvinga must handle insults, laughter, and heartbreak -- while avoiding clothing malfunctions!
Directed by Katie O’Neill
Snip, Snip by Charlie Perkins (Charles Town, WV)
Dan, thinking that he and his wife, Lisa, were never going to have children had a vasectomy three years ago without telling her. He wrestles with disclosing the truth due to Lisa’s newfound interest in having a baby. Dan seeks out the advice of his friend and neighbor, Pete. Should Dan continue to hold on to his secret, or finally come clean and tell Lisa that he had the “ol’ snip, snip?”
Directed by Val Phillips
Friday Afternoon Bridge Club by Lloyd “L.D.” Potter (Rapid City, SD)
Catherine’s ride to her weekly Friday afternoon bridge club takes an unexpected turn when her good friend, Milly, offers to take a couple of folks that she just met at her macramé class on a few errands around town.
Directed by Ed Conn
2022 Honorable Mentions:
The Tea Test by Seth Freeman (Pacific Palisades, CA)
Climbing Kilimanjaro by Marc Littman (Granada Hills, CA)
Peter Perfect Picked a Peck of Pickled Perfection by Jay Huling (Jacksonville, FL)
Bud and Lou by Gavin Kayner (Tucson, AZ)
Dangerous Affection by Carl Williams (Houston, TX)
Special Thanks to the 2022 NVPF Judges: Ed Conn, Michael George, David Lusk, Katie O’Neill, John-Michael Rolnick, Linda Romero, Lorin Smith, and Kevin Tester