Open call for short plays.

Wexford Arts Centre in association with Paul Walsh Productions is delighted to present the fifth 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 3^rd July  to Saturday 5^th July and from Thursday 10^th July to Saturday 12^th July, 8pm nightly.

This year we have opportunity for selecting eight of the short plays from open call submissions from local, national and international writers  and especially interested to hear from Wexford Diaspora abroad and from new voices. We wish to include diverse voices from all communities.

The theme of: Voices from near and far allows for submissions from beyond Wexford with reference to Wexford in the short play.  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 2025.   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 9^th May,  2025, 5pm.