2023 Winning Play
Each year, Broad Horizons invites playwrights to submit new plays to its annual competition of new plays, called New Voices, New Plays, New York. Out of the many submissions we receive from around the world, we select one or more that demonstrate strong potential for engaging audiences and that embody our commitment to diverse voices, styles, and points of view. The winning play or plays undergo a development process that culminates in a staged reading directed and performed for live audiences in New York City.​
Winner
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For a Brighter Tomorrow by Sophia Naylor
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Finalists
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Blood Will Have Blood by Steve Romagnoli
Judgment of the Eye by Simon Bowler
The Innkeepers by Novid Parsi
Pictured below are the playwright, cast, and director of Broad Horizons' reading of Sophia Naylor's new play, For a Brighter Tomorrow. The reading took place on June 19, 2023 at Pearl Studios in New York City.
Seated from left to right are Christopher Mowod, Sophia Naylor, and Imran Sheikh. Standing are Alex Stene, Lewis Magruder, Jillian Louis, and Andrew Rein.
