South Carolina New Play Festival

The South Carolina New Play Festival will take place over four days, starting on Thursday, August 8, and will feature a wide range of musicals, plays, town halls, an outdoor variety stage, and will culminate in a Cabaret featuring Tony-nominee Phillip Boykin (Hadestown) on August 11.

Last year they commissioned Donnetta Lavinia Grays, and this season will present excerpts from her new play in progress on the life of Greenville native, Josh White.

During the festival, come and enjoy three musicals and a play, an outdoor variety stage, an insider package of industry sessions, and a town hall.

The festival will take place in downtown Greenville, South Carolina at venues including The Gunter Theatre at the Peace Center, Centre Stage, The Warehouse Theatre, Greenville Theatre, South Carolina Children’s Theatre, Falls Park on the Reedy, and Greenville One Center.

All readings are free with reserved seating.

The 2024 festival is supported, in part, by grants from the Community Foundation of Greenville, the Daniel-Mickel Foundation, the South Carolina Endowment for the Humanities, the South Carolina Arts Commission, the Peace Center, and by public funds from the City of Greenville tourism tax fund.