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The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced THE MADONNA OF LOGAN SQUARE as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were highly engaged by the spiritual world of the Three Aspects, as well as the warm moments between characters. We were compelled by the pressure to be a spokeswoman for the trans community and feeling alone in the future, as well as enjoyed the dialogue that expresses moments of queer joy. 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 1 LETTER SHY OF COINCIDENCE as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were highly engaged by the fluid interweaving of characters who experience injustice in both life and afterlife. This play has strong themes as we witness promising lives cut short. We are compelled by the strong point of view as it points at issues of privileges, incarceration, police brutality in theatrical 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 THE CENSORSHIP OF DREAMS as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We highly enjoyed the world-building in this narrative where the world has been "Restarted". This play raises great questions about the desire to be a unique individual in a highly controlled society. We were engaged by the way language is used to communicate what memories of the prior world the characters have lost. 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 BACKSTROKE BOYS as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were highly engaged by this story of exploring one's identity in the boys' safe space of a high school pool, coming into conflict with faith traditions and Americanization. The dialogue which was natural, compelling and tender and the moments of silence and movement built great tension and there are exciting possibilities for staging. 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 YOU KNOW I'D NEVER (Even If I Did) as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We highly enjoyed the deep questions this play is asking about mental health, secrets and lies, honesty and vulnerability, faith and self-determination with complex characters who have high stakes. We were engaged by how this non-linear story about foster parenting is told in a highly theatrical and moving way. 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 SUNCATCHERS OF SAHEL: AN ANCESTRAL TALE TOLD TO TODAY'S GRIOT as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were compelled by this high stakes story of warring cousins wrestling with their personal loves & traumas while their civilization is tangled in the web of European slave trade. We were engaged by the heightened language, bringing African history to daylight, and the complicated relationships 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 STANDING IN THE RIVER WHILE THE WORLD FALLS DOWN as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were engaged by the play's promise as a story of community loss told in a highly imaginative way with a chorus of ancestors in recliners. We highly enjoyed the stylistic storytelling choices, which flowed like a river, as Sweetheart's maternal ancestors tried to protect her. 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 LENA PASSES BY as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were deeply moved by the journey of a strong female protagonist as she goes on an ancestral journey in order to heal and grow to confront her father's family's past. We were engaged by the play's promise as a fairytale with compelling symbolism, lyricism, magic, tricksters, devils, and elemental powers. 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 45th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced SHAKE THE DISEASE as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We highly enjoyed the world of the play which uses the lens of ghost story in the writers exploration of complex themes rooted in the AIDS crisis. We were compelled by the time shifting structure and tension created to contribute to a murder mystery feel. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF45

The community of national & local readers for the 45th Bay Area Playwrights Festival in 2022 enthusiastically recommends QUIT YOUR JOB AND BECOME A WOMAN as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were deeply moved by the characters that felt recognizable, relatable, and flawed with different points of view that were balanced, each character having their own clear arc & journey. We were compelled by this play's promise in its use of symbolism and style. We hope this play is widely read, finds dedicated collaborators, and moves swiftly towards production. #BAPF2022