. Drew Fornarola is a composer, lyricist and playwright living in New York City. Writing credits include COLLEGE The Musical (NYMF Award for Excellence in Writing, Richard Rodgers Award finalist); Uncle Pirate (Vital Theatre Company); The Adventures of Claudio and Luís … Continue reading →

The final tallies are now in and we have another record-breaking year for the Samuel French Festival. Since the March 12th deadline, we received almost 900 submissions from over 550 different playwrights and 450 different theatre companies, playwriting programs and producing entities … Continue reading →

    CHRISTINA GORMAN’S play American Myth was developed at The Public Theater, where she is a member of The Public’s inaugural Emerging Writers Group and where it was recently presented as part of The Public Theater’s Spotlight Series. The play … Continue reading →

      MATT HOVERMAN has written three collections of ten-minute comedies: In Transit (2006 FringeNYC Outstanding Playwriting Award), Christmas Shorts (which includes The Student – 2009 Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival Winner) and Searching for God in Suburbia (which was … Continue reading →

As of 5:00pm on Friday, March 12th, the submissions period for the 2010 Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival has closed.  We are no longer accepting submissions. Thank you to all who submitted this year! The Festival participants, … Continue reading →