“ It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Blake Hackler and their play What We Were as a finalist for our 2018 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 53 finalists out of more than 1,4200 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. ”

“ It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Donnetta Lavinia Grays and their play Laid to Rest as a finalist for our 2018 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 53 finalists out of more than 1,4200 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. ”

“ It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Jiggs Burgess and their play The Girl In the White Pinafore as a finalist for our 2018 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 53 finalists out of more than 1,4200 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. ”

“ It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Elizabeth Wong and their play Code of Conduct as a finalist for our 2018 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 53 finalists out of more than 1,420 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. ”