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We support playwrights whose stories move us and move the world forward. We provide unique resources and a nurturing, productive environment for theater artists to develop new work and realize new stories for the American theater.
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SUBMITTED YOUR WORK!
The 2025 Ojai Playwrights Conference & New Works Festival application window is now closed. As part of our commitment to making OPC’s new play development programs more accessible, we are thrilled to share that the 2025 Conference and Festival again had an open submission process. The Conference & New Works Festival will take place July 20-August 3, 2025. OPC continues to strengthen our commitment to helping more new plays move from page to stage.
Learn more about this year’s open application process here.
Cast of Mfoniso Udofia’s The Ceremony, 2024 New Works Festival
INTERNSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN
Ojai Playwrights Conference (OPC) offers internships to undergraduate students and recent graduates with an interest in the new play development process and theatre-making. Applications are now open!
MEET THE PLAYWRIGHTS OF THE
2024 CONFERENCE AND NEW WORKS FESTIVAL!
This incredible cohort of writers from across the country participated in a two-week workshop to develop their new plays in the beautiful surroundings of Ojai, culminating in public performances at the 2024 New Works Festival, August 1 - 4.
Learn more about last year’s playwrights here.
OPC’S TACO TUESDAY WRITE NIGHTS
We’re inviting high school students to come eat tacos and write with us this spring! Taco Tuesday Write Nights are OPC's monthly hangout for high school students in Ojai that includes workshops and Q+A’s with OPC professional artists. Sign-ups open now!
Learn more.
OPC Youth Workshop, Ojai Playwrights Conference 2024