Open call for short plays.

Wexford Arts Centre in association with Paul Walsh Productions is delighted to present the sixth 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 beyond nationally and internationally 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 6^th August to Saturday 8^th August 7.30pm nightly.

We have opportunity for selecting five 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 and beyond nationally and internationally.

This year’s theme is inspired by the exhibition that will be in situ in our galleries during the One Voice festival. Memory of a Free Festival is a touring exhibition conceived by Ormston House which draws on and rejoins the Anti-Nuclear festivals that took place annually in Carnsore Point in Wexford between 1978 and 1981.Artworks by Orla Barry, Brian Duggan, and Alanna O’Kelly are at the heart of the exhibition.The short plays could be themed around memories of participation in these festivals or other lifetime memories that could be inspirational, funny or moving.

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 2023.   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 Monday 8^th June, 2026