Dear Participants –

I want to extend my thanks and appreciation to all of the playwrights and producing companies involved in this year’s Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival.  Your enthusiasm and passion for theatre was felt by all members of our staff.  Because of your talent and involvement, we continue our reputation as one of the world’s premiere short play Festivals.

Special mention must go out to the directors, actors and producing companies for their unflinching commitment to bringing these bold new works to our stage.  The commitment to your playwright combined with your high level of professionalism, created an inspiring week of theatre, and one that we hope you are as proud to present as we were.

This year the task was especially difficult to come to our final selections for the publication.  From the preliminary rounds with our industry judges to the Sunday Finals, each step of narrowing down the diverse list of plays was a challenging mission.  We congratulate all of the Final Forty playwrights and look forward to their future projects.  Ultimately, the following plays were chosen for publication and licensing agreements:

• Bedfellows by Adam Peltzman
• The Truth About Christmas by Daniel Pearle
• Mountain Song by Josh Beerman
• Pluck & Tenacity by Daniella Shoshan
• My Name Is Yin by Tom Swift
• Hanksylvania by Travis Helwig

Finally, we are always looking for feedback, suggestions or ideas for the Festival.  It is vitally important to provide playwrights and producing companies the best environment possible, allowing both much deserved exposure and much desired exploration.

Thank you again for your involvement.

Sincerely,

Kenneth Dingledine

Festival Coordinator

Samuel French, Inc.