It’s 2012, and as we head into a new year, and a new OOB Festival, the Samuel French staff has decided to make some fresh, exciting adjustments for this year’s competition: The 2012 Off Off Broadway Festival will take place … Continue reading →

  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 … Continue reading →

Ladies and Gentlemen, After an incredible day of theatre, our Festival Staff has finally come to pick our six plays, to be published and licensed by Samuel French, Inc.: Bedfellows by Adam Peltzman The Truth About Christmas by Daniel Pearle … Continue reading →

Our marathon day, today featured 14 short plays!  The first half, our matinee sessions, contained companies and writers as far away as Michigan, L.A. San Francisco, and even Alaska!  The afternoons judges-Alexis Williams of Bret Adams, Playwright Lloyd Suh, and … Continue reading →

Tonight’s judges–playwright Kia Corthron, agent Thomas Pearson of ICM, and Kevin Cochran of the Grove Theatre Center near L.A.–saw everything from a western to a musical!   Seven plays took the stage, but ultimately two will be moving on to … Continue reading →