Old Opera House Theatre Company New Voice Play Festival Contest Name: Deadline: (for ongoing submissions, enter 1/1/3000) Contact Website: Accept Musicals?: Unknown Yes No Accept Plays?: Unknown Yes No Accept Young Audiences?: Unknown Yes No Accept Edgy Material?: Unknown Yes No Accept Radio/Film/TV Scripts?: Unknown Yes No Categories Award Cash Conference Fellowship Festival Production Reading Residency Song Contest Workshop Length Full-length Full-length One-act One-act Short -- Parent -- Contest Tags Description: Visual Text Each June this one-act play festival attracts some of the country's most gifted new playwrights. See the works of four of the best plays submitted each year and get the unique opportunity to serve as a theatre critic and vote for your favorite entry. • Only unpublished, non-musical works are acceptable. Plays enjoying a previous public "reading" or that have not been staged in more than one other theatre are acceptable. • There are no thematic restrictions. However, some preference will be given toward works without gratuitous "adult" material. Also, because it is the "new" voice play festival, we encourage works that are not based on other sources, either in the written or verbal tradition (i.e. translations, modernizations, re-workings, etc.). • Limit two submissions per playwright. We do not encourage re-submitting works from previous Festival years. • The length should be at least 10 minutes (10 pages) and not exceed 40 minutes. The history of the Festival is one of works in the 20-30 minute range. • No minimum characters, but the suggested maximum is 8 actors (multiple roles allowed if doubling is feasible and consistent with the overall flow of the show). • Set should be minimal or easily suggested. The number of scenes also should be limited. Plays will be presented consecutively on one stage. • Deadline for submission: Postmarked or received by Email by March 1 Contact Name - FIRST: LAST: Contact Title: Contact Email: Contact Phone: Contact Address1: Contact Address2: Contact City: Contact State: Contact Zip: Contact Country: Comments from NMI Staff: Visual Text 2024 closed, no updates for 2025.
