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Playwrights Foundation

Recommended by Playwrights Foundation

  • Sapience by Diana Burbano
    24 Apr. 2020
    “ Playwrights Foundation congratulates SAPIENCE as a Finalist for BAPF 2020. This play rose to the top 35 out of 735 plays submitted, and was discussed at length by our Bay Area Literary Council for consideration in our season. We loved how this play uses the language of theater to illuminate challenging perspectives and compelling intersectional questions. This play ultimately moved & inspired us and spoke to the core mission of PF. We hope that once we’re allowed to return to our theaters again, it will be considered for production to reach new audiences. ”
  • Cross Roads: An Igbo Folktale by J. Corey Buckner
    24 Apr. 2020
    “ Playwrights Foundation congratulates CROSS ROADS: AN IGBO FOLKTALE as a Finalist for BAPF 2020. This play rose to the top 35 out of 735 plays submitted, and was discussed at length by our Bay Area Literary Council for consideration in our season. We loved how this play uses the language of theater to illuminate challenging perspectives and compelling intersectional questions. This play ultimately moved & inspired us and spoke to the core mission of PF. We hope that once we’re allowed to return to our theaters again, it will be considered for production to reach new audiences. ”
  • TIGRESS OF SAN DOMINGUE by France-Luce Benson
    24 Apr. 2020
    “ Playwrights Foundation congratulates TIGRESS OF SAN DOMINGUE as a Finalist for BAPF 2020. This play rose to the top 35 out of 735 plays submitted, and was discussed at length by our Bay Area Literary Council for consideration in our season. We loved how this play uses the language of theater to illuminate challenging perspectives and compelling intersectional questions. This play ultimately moved & inspired us and spoke to the core mission of PF. We hope that once we’re allowed to return to our theaters again, it will be considered for production to reach new audiences. ”
  • In His Hands by Benjamin Benne
    24 Apr. 2020
    “ Playwrights Foundation congratulates IN HIS HANDS as a Finalist for BAPF 2020. This play rose to the top 35 out of 735 plays submitted, and was discussed at length by our Bay Area Literary Council for consideration in our season. We loved how this play uses the language of theater to illuminate challenging perspectives and compelling intersectional questions. This play ultimately moved & inspired us and spoke to the core mission of PF. We hope that once we’re allowed to return to our theaters again, it will be considered for production to reach new audiences. ”
  • Stonewallin' by Kari Barclay
    24 Apr. 2020
    “ Playwrights Foundation congratulates STONEWALLIN' as a Finalist for BAPF 2020. This play rose to the top 35 out of 735 plays submitted, and was discussed at length by our Bay Area Literary Council for consideration in our season. We loved how this play uses the language of theater to illuminate challenging perspectives and compelling intersectional questions. This play ultimately moved & inspired us and spoke to the core mission of PF. We hope that once we’re allowed to return to our theaters again, it will be considered for production to reach new audiences. ”
  • Exiled Kings Of Persia by Brent Askari
    24 Apr. 2020
    “ Playwrights Foundation congratulates EXILED KINGS OF PERSIA as a Finalist for BAPF 2020. This play rose to the top 35 out of 735 plays submitted, and was discussed at length by our Bay Area Literary Council for consideration in our season. We loved how this play uses the language of theater to illuminate challenging perspectives and compelling intersectional questions. This play ultimately moved & inspired us and spoke to the core mission of PF. We hope that once we’re allowed to return to our theaters again, it will be considered for production to reach new audiences. ”
  • Hot Little Slice by Jennifer Barclay
    24 Apr. 2020
    “ Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, HOT LITTLE SLICE, 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. ”
  • The Silver Bangle by Sholeh Wolpé
    11 Apr. 2020
    “ Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, THE SILVER BANGLE, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival when it was submitted in both 2020 and 2022 at Playwrights Foundation. We were deeply moved by this play's investigation of cultural traditions and individual happiness and integrity. We were compelled by this play's promise in its complex characters, strong dialogue, and use of flashbacks. We hope this play is widely read, finds dedicated collaborators, and moves swiftly towards production. #BAPF2022, #BAPF2020 ”
  • Tell Me What I Want by Gina Stevensen
    8 Apr. 2020
    “ Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, TELL ME WHAT I WANT, 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. ”
  • Take My Hand And Wave Goodbye by Tammy Ryan
    7 Apr. 2020
    “ Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, TAKE MY HAND AND WAVE GOODBYE, 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. ”

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