Judges Announced for SAMUEL FRENCH INC. OFF OFF BROADWAY SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL, 7/19-7/24

Eighteen of the theatre industry's highly regarded playwrights, theatrical agents and artistic directors will jury the 40 short plays featured in the 36th Annual SAMUEL FRENCH INC. OFF OFF BROADWAY SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL beginning July 19th at the Lion Theatre on Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street). Six winners will be chosen to have their plays licensed and published by Samuel French, Inc.

The judges include playwrights Adam Bock (A Small Fire, The Drunken City), Cusi Cram (A Lifetime Burning, Fuente), Bekah Brunstetter (Oohrah!), Matthew Burnett (Theophilus North), Lloyd Suh (American Hwangap), and Kia Corthron (A Cool Dip in the Barren Saharan Crick); theatrical agents Jonathan Lomma (William Morris Endeavor Entertainment), Thomas Pearson (International Creative Management), Beth Blickers (Abrams Artists Agency), Jonathan Mills (Paradigm), Alexis Williams (Bret Adams, Ltd.), and Barbara Hogenson (Barbara Hogenson Agency); and artistic directors Paige Evans (LCT3), Mark Hoebee (Paper Mill Playhouse), Susan Bernfield (New Georges), Jeff Zinn (Wellfleet Harbor Theatre), Kevin Cochran (Grove Theatre Center) and Katherine Kovner (The Playwrights Realm). (All judges are subject to change.)

The 40 plays presented in SAMUEL FRENCH INC. OFF OFF BROADWAY SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL have been chosen from over 1,000 submissions by playwriting workshops, university theatre programs, and professional companies from across the country. Plays in the festival will be presented in daily multi-sessions as per the following schedule:
- Tues. July 19 (6:30) Cabfare for the Common Man, Screen, Hanksylvania (8:00) Chun Li, Queen Elizabeth of Factory Fifteen, Bubble & Squeak
- Wed. July 20 (6:30) The Body Washer, The Burglar, Mr. Crossover, Girls Play (8:00) Create Me Pegasus, Mountain Song, Flight Risk
- Thrs. July 21 (6:30) Assisted Living, Blood Grass, Pluck & Tenacity (8:00) Honey Mushroom, The Painter, Grapple
- Fri. July 22 (6:30) Run. Run. Stop., Bedfellows, The Truth About Christmas, H.M.S. Headwind (8:00) The Sun Turns Black,With a Shrug, The Perfect Cup of Coffee
- Sat. July 23 (3:00) We Happy Animals, The Story of Oh (Revised and Abridged), The Empirical Eskimo, Hiding From Adults (4:30) The Golden Ticket, The Muse, My Name is Yin, Taking the Plunge (6:30) Beautiful Hands, First Breath After Total Devastation, Spat (8:00) Why Pluto is a Planet, Tower of Toys, Dead-Nosed

The Off Off Broadway Festival started in 1975 and is Manhattan's most established short play festival. Hundreds of theatre companies and schools have participated in the Festival's first thirty-five years, including companies from coast to coast and abroad. This Festival has served as a doorway to future success for many aspiring writers. Since its inception, 187 plays from the Festival have been published, and many of the participants have become established, award-winning playwrights including Theresa Rebeck, Shirley Lauro, Bekah Brunstetter, Steve Yockey, David Johnston and Sheila Callaghan.

Samuel French Inc. was founded in 1830 with offices in New York City, Los Angeles and London, and retail bookstores in Hollywood and Studio City making it the oldest and largest publisher and licensor of plays in the world.

SAMUEL FRENCH INC. OFF OFF BROADWAY SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL runs July 19 - 24. The Lion Theater at Theatre Row is located at 410 West 42nd Street (between 9th/10th Aves -- accessible from the A,C,E,N,R,V,F,1,2,3 trains at 42nd Street). Tickets are $18 each at 212-279-4200 or www.TicketCentral.com. For more info visit www.samuelfrench.com/oobfestival.com.

 

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