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Playwrights Foundation highly recommends MAIDEN VOYAGE, which excelled to the Finalist round (top 35) for the 44th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival out of 755 plays. Our community of readers felt this play best represented the mission of our festival. This work engaged us, inspired us, moved us, and was an outstanding example of transformative storytelling. Our local Bay Area Literary Council commends MAIDEN VOYAGE as a compelling, relevant, cathartic new work which should be produced now. Congratulations! #BAPF2021

Playwrights Foundation highly recommends THE GREAT JHERI CURL DEBATE, which excelled to the Finalist round (top 35) for the 44th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival out of 755 plays. Our community of readers felt this play best represented the mission of our festival. This work engaged us, inspired us, moved us, and was an outstanding example of transformative storytelling. Our local Bay Area Literary Council commends THE GREAT JHERI CURL DEBATE as a compelling, relevant, cathartic new work which should be produced now. Congratulations! #BAPF2021

Playwrights Foundation highly recommends SEVEN WORDS, An Exercise in Friendship, which excelled to the Finalist round (top 35) for the 44th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival out of 755 plays. Our community of readers felt this play best represented the mission of our festival. This work engaged us, inspired us, moved us, and was an outstanding example of transformative storytelling. Our local Bay Area Literary Council commends SEVEN WORDS as a compelling, relevant, cathartic new work which should be produced now. Congratulations! #BAPF2021

Playwrights Foundation highly recommends INK'DWELL, which excelled to the Finalist round (top 35) for the 44th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival out of 755 plays. Our community of readers felt this play best represented the mission of our festival. This work engaged us, inspired us, moved us, and was an outstanding example of transformative storytelling. Our local Bay Area Literary Council commends INK'DWELL as a compelling, relevant, cathartic new work which should be produced now. Congratulations! #BAPF2021

The community of national & local readers for the 44th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival enthusiastically recommends THE KINGDOM OF GHOSTS as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation out of 755 plays. We were deeply moved by the artistic merits in this blending of dramatic poetic styles of lyricism, mirage, allegories, quests, and masks. We were deeply moved by the play's promise as it explores military service, addiction, identity, culture, grief, and parenthood, questioning what it means to love while the world is in crisis. We hope this play is widely read, finds dedicated collaborators, and moves swiftly towards production. #BAPF2021

The community of national & local readers for the 44th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival enthusiastically recommends SUMO as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation out of 755 plays. We were deeply moved by the artistic merits of the distinctive physicality, poetic resonance, and beautifully sparse dialogue as the characters have a strong relationship to each other. We were compelled by the play's promise as it deals with demanding masculinity in this sport with characters and male relationships not often represented on stage. We hope this play is widely read, finds dedicated collaborators, and moves swiftly towards production. #BAPF2021

The community of national & local readers for the 44th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival enthusiastically recommends CARDBOARD CASTLES HUNG ON WALLS as a Semi-Finalist this season at Playwrights Foundation out of 755 plays. We were deeply moved by the artistic merits of this story about the collision of arts, politics, and social responsibility while experimenting with structure & form. We were deeply moved by the representational realities of homelessness, surrounded by politicians and artists who do nothing to help, or create more harm. We hope this play is widely read, finds dedicated collaborators, and moves swiftly towards production. #BAPF2021

The community of national & local readers for the 44th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival enthusiastically recommends ALAMAR as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation out of 755 plays. We were deeply moved by the artistic merits of these intertwining stories of different generations of Cubans. We were compelled by the play's promise as it explores mental health, identity, death & grief in a big, comprehensive fresco whirlwind. Our readers felt connected to these characters and enjoyed the use of "Ceci Slays" as a through-line. We hope this play is widely read, finds dedicated collaborators, and moves swiftly towards production. #BAPF2021

The community of national & local readers for the 44th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival enthusiastically recommends PEELING ORANGES as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation out of 755 plays. We were deeply moved by the artistic merits of the shifting dynamics between the characters as we moved fluidly through time & reality and gripped by beautiful language with subtextual tension bubbling underneath. We were compelled by the vulnerable relationships between these women who were grounded & believable in their struggle with mental illness. We hope this play is widely read, finds dedicated collaborators, and moves swiftly towards production. #BAPF2021

The community of national & local readers for the 44th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival enthusiastically recommends THE FORGOTTEN LANGUAGE OF THE HANDSHAKE OR THE TORSO PLAY as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation out of 755 plays. We were deeply moved by the artistic merits and skill with the world-building of a futuristic dystopia with surprising twists & turns. We were compelled by the play's promise detailing the extremes of capitalism with strong, complex roles for women. We hope this play is widely read, finds dedicated collaborators, and moves swiftly towards production. #BAPF2021