Playwrights Foundation

Recommended by Playwrights Foundation

  • The community of national & local readers for the 44th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival enthusiastically recommends WHO'S GONNA LOVE YOU! as a Semi-Finalist this season out of 755 plays. We were deeply moved by the artistic merits of the writing with this play's sense of place, tone, and detail of the Tenderloin community of sex workers and were compelled by the play's promise as it explores Who's chosen family. 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 WHO'S GONNA LOVE YOU! as a Semi-Finalist this season out of 755 plays. We were deeply moved by the artistic merits of the writing with this play's sense of place, tone, and detail of the Tenderloin community of sex workers and were compelled by the play's promise as it explores Who's chosen family. 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 SEE IN THE DARK as a Semi-Finalist this season at Playwrights Foundation out of 755 plays. We were deeply moved by the artistic merits of poetic storytelling and mythos, and compelled by the play's promise as it explores a community trying to heal while being on the front lines of climate change destruction. 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 SEE IN THE DARK as a Semi-Finalist this season at Playwrights Foundation out of 755 plays. We were deeply moved by the artistic merits of poetic storytelling and mythos, and compelled by the play's promise as it explores a community trying to heal while being on the front lines of climate change destruction. 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 DEFECTORS as a Semi-Finalist this season at Playwrights Foundation out of 755 plays. We were deeply moved by the artistic merits & skill of the writing moving fluidly back and forth between the online world and IRL. We were compelled by this play's promise as it explores characters in the Beehive support group in an honest, vulnerable way, representing characters we don't often see on stage. We hope this play is widely read, finds dedicated collaborators, and moves...

    The community of national & local readers for the 44th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival enthusiastically recommends THE DEFECTORS as a Semi-Finalist this season at Playwrights Foundation out of 755 plays. We were deeply moved by the artistic merits & skill of the writing moving fluidly back and forth between the online world and IRL. We were compelled by this play's promise as it explores characters in the Beehive support group in an honest, vulnerable way, representing characters we don't often see on stage. We hope this play is widely read, finds dedicated collaborators, and moves swiftly towards production. #BAPF2021

  • Piper

    by Briandaniel Oglesby

    Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, PIPER, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production.

    Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, PIPER, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production.

  • Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, WOMEN OF ZALONGO, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production.

    Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, WOMEN OF ZALONGO, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production.

  • Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, TACITURN BEINGS, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production.

    Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, TACITURN BEINGS, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production.

  • Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, THE SILVER THREAD, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production.

    Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, THE SILVER THREAD, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production.

  • Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, BROWN FACE, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production.

    Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, BROWN FACE, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production.

  • Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, DEIRDRE THE QUEER QUEEN, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production.

    Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, DEIRDRE THE QUEER QUEEN, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production.

  • Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, WATERMARKED, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production

    Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, WATERMARKED, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production