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OPC APPLICATION WINDOW FOR 2026 IS NOW CLOSED.
The 2026 Ojai Playwrights Summer Conference & New Works Festival application window was open from September 19 - 26, 2025, and will continue to be an open submission process to uphold our commitment to making new play development programs accessible. The Summer Conference & New Works Festival will take place July 19-August 2, 2026.
Details for the 2026 Conference can be found here.
Thank you for an AMAZING
2025 Summer Conference & New Works Festival!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our 2025 Summer Conference & New Works Festival - where playwrights received a two-week workshop to develop their new plays, culminating with a public performance of their work at OPC’s New Works Festival, July 31 - Aug 3, 2025 in gorgeous Ojai, CA!
Cast of Regan Moro’s burn for You, 2025 New Works Festival
Rob Hoffman Photography
OPC Youth Workshop, Ojai Playwrights Conference 2024
OPC’S TACO TUESDAY WRITE NIGHTS
We’re inviting high school students to come eat tacos and write with us in 2026! 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 coming soon!
Learn more.