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The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced HUGO SAVES CHRISTMAS...in MAY! as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We appreciate this story that that aims to center joy instead of trauma and we were fortunate to find that rare comedy that can lift audiences up without evading the the tougher moments of life. We appreciate the intentions of this story and the way the characters are rendered. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46

The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced RESET as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were appreciated that the characters are carefully crafted, the dialogue is intellectually engaging, and the release of information about them is artful. We leaned into this philosophically provocative piece as the writer uses the scientific experiments as the form to explore core theme of the play. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46

The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced LUCIA FUENTES as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were intrigued by the premise and the interaction and intersection of characters. We appreciated the journey of the play and the promise of learning something new. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46

The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced SOURED MILK as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were drawn in by this poetic Midwestern experience that feels immediately recognizable. We appreciated the rendering of the emotional world of the play and the question of how can one find nourishment in environments that don't allow it. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46

The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced DEMOLITIAN EXTREME as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were compelled by the clear world building with a strong point of view of the corrupt and brutal system the characters are stuck in. This story has a ton of potential with highly theatrically innovative moments that are visceral and deeply felt. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46

The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced SEE YOU IN A MINUTE as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We appreciated the play's dramaturgical focus on tender and realistic details within the family dynamic, such as inside jokes and information felt touching and true. We found the writing makes clear and intentional theatrical gestures, which are used in interesting and creative ways. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46

The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced DESERT OCEANS as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were compelled by this story that explores the emotional landscape of forgiveness, grief, religious belief, spirituality, love, and the sacramentality of queer relationships. We appreciated that the writer intertwines the relational connection and juxtaposing values between characters well, as each scene build constructively upon one another to reveal layers of depth and complexity. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46

The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced THE PERFECTION OF THE DONUT as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We highly enjoyed that this play is about finding yourself and seeing people as they are, not as they "should" be, and and finding those real moments that make us who we are in this crazy world. We felt this play demonstrated a strong, unique voice in style and tone. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46

The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were compelled by the writer's strong command of character development, pacing, and genre. We highly enjoyed that the world of the play and atmosphere are richly constructed; this is a playwright that pays attention to detail. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46

The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced EXCEPTIONAL as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We found this to be powerful piece that doesn't shy away from the heightened constrast of joy and pain, performance and heartbreak. We feel the writer's voice was confident, with intimate knowledge of the world these characters live in, and the pacing, tone and themes are all there. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46