Announcing ANPF's Fall Festival Lineup
New Plays Competition Winners to be Featured in the 2024 Fall Festival
Congratulation to the winners of our 2024 International New Plays Competition!
Shanna Allman - Sync
Minita Gandhi - Nerve
Keiko Green - You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World
Novid Parsi - The Life You Gave Me
These four plays will make up the lineup for our 2024 Fall Festival. They will be presented as dramatic readings with a chance for the audience to engage in a talk-back with the artists after each presentation.
The 2024 Fall Festival, will take place from October 16-20, at SOU’s Main Stage Theater, 491 S. Mountain Ave. Ashland, OR 97520.
Tickets will be available online and at the door.
ANPF would also like to congratulate this year's finalists.
Safronia's Daughter by India Nicole Burton
Lobster Man by Jonathan Cook
The Frisco Flash by Julius Galacki
Water Pipes - A Love Story by Amy Hanson
The Docent by Donna Kaz
The Re-education of Fernando Morales by Justin P. Lopez
Mildred Whiskey by David MacGregor
I is for Invisible by DeLanna Studi
Listen, a Black Woman is Speaking by Marlow Wyatt
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Fall Festival
A celebratory week-long festival featuring public readings, talkbacks, a playwriting workshop, and more.
New Play Workshops
New play development intensives culminating in public readings and talkbacks
New Voices
An annual retreat for emerging playwrights, with a focus on craft and community building.
Inside ANPF
Inspiring conversations with theatre artists about the process and productions that make up ANPF.
Become a Reader
We are currently accepting reader applications for the 2024 Fall Festival. Our deadline for applications has been extended to 11/19/23. Visit our Work with Us page to learn more and to apply!
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Submit a Script
Playwrights, we look forward to reading your new works. We accept new plays starting September 1 until we reach 350 submissions. Read our guidelines here and see if the submit button is live!
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Ashland New Plays Festival began in 1992, when a group of theatre enthusiasts came together and launched a unique collaboration among local theatres and playwrights. The objective was to present new works, giving audiences, actors, and playwrights a role in the evolution of a new play. The objective remains the same today. ANPF works with new and past Festival winners as well as invited playwrights, to come to Ashland and enjoy a fertile week of workshopping their play with world-class directors, actors, and artistic team members. Our enthusiastic audiences and dedicated volunteer readers make ANPF what it is: a unique community-based theatre organization. Our readings, talkbacks, playwriting workshops, podcast play recordings and conversations provide a rich theatrical experience for audiences and theatre artists alike.
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I love new theatre and this is a tremendously vibrant festival.
What an inspiring experience to see a play in its developing form. Hearing the ideas and intentions expressed directly by the playwright adds another layer of insight and appreciation for the audience.
I didn't know what to expect walking into the play, but I was pleasantly surprised. The performances were incredible and I really connected to the story despite never having seen a play so early in development. I really enjoyed it!
Strong performances bring rich life to already exciting and well-crafted new plays.
Great theater is good words plus good actors. The rest is detail. You have it all.
Hearing artists speak on their art is fascinating. It's pleasurable to be part of artistic development.
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