Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival Announces 2023 One-Act Play Contest Finalists
Top row L-R: Agyeiwaa Asante, Courtney Bailey, Brianna Barrett. Second row L-R: Colin Brezicki, Andrea Fleck Clardy, Xiaoyan Kang. Third row L-R: Joe Lauinger, Owen Levy, Liza Powel O’Brien. Bottom row L-R: Brenda Shoshanna, Declan Walsh, Jonathon Ward
Top row L-R: Agyeiwaa Asante, Courtney Bailey, Brianna Barrett. Second row L-R: Colin Brezicki, Andrea Fleck Clardy, Xiaoyan Kang. Third row L-R: Joe Lauinger, Owen Levy, Liza Powel O’Brien. Bottom row L-R: Brenda Shoshanna, Declan Walsh, Jonathon Ward

New Orleans, LA – Twelve plays have been selected as finalists for this year’s Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival One-Act Play Contest. Now in its 37th year, the festival is a five-day event held each spring in New Orleans’ historic French Quarter, attracting participants from around the world. The 2023 Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival will run from Sunday, March 19 to Sunday, March 26. 

2023 One-Act Play Contest Finalists 

Promithes, Promithes by Agyeiwaa Asante
The Pavement Kingdom: A Clinic Escort Play by Courtney Bailey
Relationship Tests by Brianna Barrett
Rite of Passage by Colin Brezicki
How She Laughed by Andrea Fleck Clardy
Bon Voyage by Xiaoyan Kang
Woo at the Zoo by Joe Lauinger
All Night Long by Owen Levy
Ruthless by Liza Powel O’Brien
Searching For The Ox by Brenda Shoshanna
Lovers, Murders, and Completely and Totally Identical Twin Sisters by Declan Walsh
Diamonds by Jonathon Ward