15th Annual New Voices Young Playwrights Festival


Inspired by the New Voices Playwriting Residency, the New Voices Young Playwrights Festival is fully produced by the Learning & Creative Engagement department and the Professional Training Company. By harnessing wildly creative resources, Actors Theatre provides an opportunity where young people of all backgrounds are invited to see plays and make plays. The selected plays will be presented as virtual staged readings on Facebook Live as a part of Give for Good.
performed by the actors of the 2020–2021 Professional Training Company

Want to watch the 15th Annual New Voices Young Playwrights Festival: Virtual Reading? Check out the Actors Theatre of Louisville Memberships, starting at no cost, to get access to the performance.
15th Annual New Voices Young Playwrights Festival
Inspired by the New Voices Playwriting Residency, the New Voices Young Playwrights Festival is fully produced by the Learning & Creative Engagement department and the Professional Training Company. By harnessing wildly creative resources, Actors Theatre provides an opportunity where young people of all backgrounds are invited to see plays and make plays. The selected plays will be presented as virtual staged readings on Facebook Live as a part of Give for Good.
performed by the actors of the 2020–2021 Professional Training Company

Want to watch the 15th Annual New Voices Young Playwrights Festival: Virtual Reading? Check out the Actors Theatre of Louisville Memberships, starting at no cost, to get access to the performance.
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