Open Call for Short Plays
Wexford Arts Centre in association with Paul Walsh Productions is delighted to present the fourth year of running the One Voice Festival – a festival of short ten-minute plays for one voice to be written and performed by local Wexford County resident writers and performers. The festival is supported by the Wexford County Council Small Festival Grant scheme and Arts Council. The One Voice Festival has supported local writing and performing talent in Wexford and provided new entertaining stories set in Wexford for local community and visitors enjoyment. The One Voice Festival performances will run at Wexford Arts Centre Thursday 29th August to Sunday 31st August and from Thursday 5th September to Saturday 7th September 8pm nightly.
Dermot Asple and John Crosbie in “Dermot’s story” Photo Credit: Michael Duggan
This year we have opportunity for selecting four of the short plays from open call submissions in addition to invited submissions from Wexford based writers and are interested to hear from new voices. We wish to include diverse voices from all communities in Wexford.
The short plays should be themed around Wexford Reflections 1974-2024. This theme is chosen to relate to Wexford Arts Centre celebrating its 50th anniversary as the oldest regional arts centre in Ireland. The plays should be no longer than 10 minutes in duration and be written for one voice/actor to perform. We welcome all genres in drama and comedy. A separate sheet with contact details should accompany the play for open call consideration. Please don’t note name or contact details on the play script. A small fee of €150 will be paid for each short play chosen for the festival programme in 2024. We encourage and welcome submissions from people of all genders, nationalities, races, cultural backgrounds, ages, religions, languages, abilities, sexual orientations and socio-economic statuses.
Submissions can be emailed to elizabeth@wexfordartscentre.ie. Deadline for receipt of submissions is Friday 12th July, 2024 5pm.
