Newmarket Voice Festival

Syllabus 2025

27th Annual Newmarket Voice Festival Syllabus

Monologue Other Than Shakespeare - Solo
Entry Fee $30
There are three types of monologues: monologues that address an audience directly; soliloquies spoken as if the character is alone (revealing inner thoughts); and speeches delivered to another character.
Selection must be a scene depicting one character from a published play or published anthology of monologues. Scene may be abridged so the selection includes only the words of one character. A text must be provided for the adjudicator. Memorization is required.
5 minute time limit.

Class	Description
MO01	Open
MO02	21 and under
MO03	18 and under
MO04	16 and under
MO05	14 and under
MO06	12 and under
MO07	10 and under

Shakespeare Monologue - Solo
Entry Fee $30
Own choice of a scene or speech from any play by William Shakespeare. Scene may be abridged so monologue includes only the words of one character. Memorization is required. A text must be provided for the adjudicator. 5 minute time limit.

Class	Description
WS01	Open
WS02	21 and under
WS03	18 and under
WS04	16 and under
WS05	14 and under
WS06	12 and under

Prose Solo
Entry Fee $30
Selections must be an excerpt (in paragraph form), but not limited to, a published essay, novel or short story (fiction or non-fiction). The passage may be abridged to form a unified whole. Prose is non-metrical writing and thus, stories written in verse are not permitted. Selection should include narration, description and dialogue. It should be spoken in a storytelling style and not as a dramatic scene. No acting and limited movement around the stage. Participant may stand or be seated. A text must be provided for the adjudicator. Memorization is required. 5 minute time limit.

Class	Description
PS01	Open
PS02	21 and under
PS03	18 and under
PS04	16 and under
PS05	14 and under
PS06	12 and under

Story Telling - Solo
Entry Fee $30
Participants may write their own story, or retell, in their own words, a published folk, fairy tale, myth or legend. A text must be provided for the adjudicator. 5 minute time limit.

Class	Description
ST01	Open
ST02	21 and under
ST03	18 and under
ST04	16 and under
ST05	14 and under
ST06	12 and under

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