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AUGUST 7-10, 2025
The South Carolina New Play Festival (SCNPF) is excited to present its 2025 multi-day event featuring performances by viral magic sensation Piff the Magic Dragon and Broadway star Mary Kate Morrissey. Discover groundbreaking new plays and musicals from an extraordinary lineup of artists including Rachel Bonds, Michael Kooman and Chris Dimond, Lyra Nalan, John van der Put (Piff the Magic Dragon) and Matt Schatz, and Aurin Squire.
The 2025 festival will also host the final competition of South Carolina’s Next Broadway Star, showcasing talented teenagers vying for scholarships judged by Broadway luminaries such as Tony Award winner Celia Keenan-Bolger, Tony nominee John Ellison Conlee, and casting director Merri Sugarman.
SO MUCH MORE TO EXPLORE
SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST
Witness the incredible talent of local young thespians on August 9 at South Carolina's Next Broadway Star!
BROADWAY CABARET
Experience the magic of Broadway with Wicked’s Elphaba, Mary Kate Morrissey on August 10 , 2025 in an intimate cabaret setting.
PLAYS AND MUSICALS
Free tickets to this year’s developmental music stand presentations will open the general public on July 5!
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