“ It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Beaufield Berry and their play In The Upper Room 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 Darrel Alejandro Holnes and their play Starry Night 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. Our readers deeply responded to the intermingling of dance and visual metaphor symbolically exploring the dreamscape of war, alongside realistic dialogue and characters. ”

“ It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Daniel Akiyama and their play Games for Boys as a finalist for our 2016 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one finalist out of hundreds of submissions, the strength of this play’s 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 Ali Skye Bennet and their play Rafetus as a finalist for our 2017 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one finalist out of hundreds of submissions, the strength of this play’s writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. ”