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OPC APPLICATION WINDOW ANNOUNCED!
The 2025 Ojai Playwrights Conference & New Works Festival application window will be open from November 11-18, 2024. 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 will again be 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.
Details, submission guidelines, and the application can be found here.
Cast of Mfoniso Udofia’s The Ceremony, 2024 New Works Festival
NEW WORKS FESTIVAL, AUGUST 1 - 4
Thank you for an amazing New Works Festival—an inspiring, powerful weekend of creativity and community in beautiful Ojai, California!
Learn more about the Festival.
Cast of Mathilde Dratwa’s Dirty Laundry, 2023 New Works Festival
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 this year’s playwrights here.
OPC’S SUMMER YOUTH WORKSHOP PROGRAM
For high school students interested in spending two weeks writing and developing their own work with an incredible group of theater mentors and artists in Ojai.
Learn about OPC’s Youth Workshop Program.
Youth Workshop, Ojai Playwrights Conference 2023