2022 Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival Winners Announced

Concord Theatricals has announced the winners of the 2022 Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, the nation's premier short play competition. The six plays will be published and available for licensing by Samuel French in the 47th edition of its Off Off Broadway collection:

TOO MUCH LESBIAN DRAMA: ONE STAR by Jessie Field

CHEMISTRY by Ben Holbrook

GEORGIA ROSE by Onyekachi Iwu

BUGS by Alex Moon

SHARK WEEK by Erika Phoebus

IF ALL YOU TAKE FROM THIS IS COURAGE, I'VE NO REGRETS by Nicholas Pilapil

The Final 30 Playwrights competed for the six prize spots chosen from over 750 submissions worldwide. The distinguished lineup of judges included playwrights Dennis A. Allen II, Eboni Booth, Karen Hartman, and Bryna Turner, along with National New Play Network Executive Director Nan Barnett, dramaturg Ken Cerniglia, Dramatists Guild Executive Director of Creative Affairs and Membership Emmanuel Wilson, New Dramatists Artistic Director Emily Morse, City Theatre Miami Artistic Director Margaret M. Ledford, Classic Stage Company Artistic Director Jill Rafson, Playwrights' Realm Associate Artistic Director Alexis Williams, and Playwrights Horizons Associate Artistic Director Natasha Sinha.

"This year was our first in-person Festival in three years, and we were excited and nervous to be back at it. We started out a bit timid, unsure if it was too soon to be back in-person. However, it was just like riding a bike - and when we heard the audience cheer and applaud for the first performance, we knew we were in the right place at the right time," said Casey McLain, OOB Festival Artistic Director. "It was truly an honor to spend this week with these 30 amazing plays and playwrights."

Originating in 1975, the OOB Festival is one of Samuel French/Concord Theatricals' primary initiatives to introduce the next wave of emerging playwrights. These include Audrey Cefaly, whose full-length version of her 40th OOB Festival-winning play The Gulf won 2018's Lambda Literary Award in the category of LGBTQ Drama, and Martyna Majok, whose play The Cost of Living (originally produced as part of 39th OOB Festival as John, Who's Here from Cambridge) won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Other notable past participants include Bekah Brunstetter, Gloria Calderón Kellett, Sheila Callaghan, khat knotahaiku, Gracie Gardner, Jeremy O. Harris, Shirley Lauro, Theresa Rebeck, Jen Silverman and Steve Yockey. 

To stay up to date with all Festival information, follow @OOBFestival on Twitter, facebook.com/oobfestival, and #OOBFestival on all social platforms.

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