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Last night was Ladies’ Night: our female playwright’s rose to the occasion! A panel of all-female judges reviewed six fantastic shorts, with topics ranging from aging, to ghosts, to the hip hop industry, to the love lives of 2 gigantic souls (literary, the honey mushroom fungus, the world’s largest rocket, and a Sequoia Tree!)  After a long discussion, Our judges, Cusi Cram, Paige Evans, and Barbara Hogenson selected two plays to advance to the finals. They are:

• Pluck and Tenacity by Daniella Shoshan
• The Painter by Stacy Osei-Kuffour

If you’ve not seen them yet we’ve been posting some amazing festival photos on our Facebook page!  Check out photos from the Meet and Greet and Day One!

We have two great plays moving on to the Finals tomorrow!  While last night all our winners were comedies, tonight our judges decided to move forward two dramas!

• Mountain Song by Josh Beerman
• Create Me Pegasus by Amy E. Witting

These two finalist had to compete with 5 outstanding, diverse, selections.  Our judges for the evening– Jonathan Lomma, an agent at WMEE; Mark Hoebee, Producing Artistic Director at Papermill Playhouse; and  Matthew Burnett, Samuel French playwright–had a very tough challenge in front of them!

Mountain Song and Create Me Pegasus will be back on Sunday!  Check our schedule for their run times.

Day One of the Festival showcased some truly phenomenal talent: it was the first time in OOB history three of our plays from day one moved onto the finals!  Our judges, Adam Bock, Jonathan Mills, and Susan Bernfield, were left with some very hard decisions, and in the end, the evening’s comedies moved on. The finalists are:

• Chun Li by Camilla Maxwell
• Hanksylvania by Travis Helwig
• Bubble & Squeak by Evan Twohy

Again a warm congrats to all our exciting day one playwrights; we’ve felt honored to have you on our stage!

Yes, today is day zero of our 2011 OOB Festival!  Tonight we’ll host a playwrights/ producers-only meet-and-greet, giving Festival participants the opportunity to see our theatre, talk to Festival staff they’ve been trading emails with, and–most excitingly–engage in our Keynote discussion.  This year’s speakers are Jason Grote, Playwright and Television Writer, and John M. Baker, the Literary Manager of the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, well-known for their support of new American Plays.  We are honored to have them with us!

Keep reading for more information on the week’s events–we’ll be posting photos, videos and news from the Festival.