“ It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Liza Birkenmeier and their play radio island 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 of 55 finalists out of more than 1,300 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. Our readers were struck by the taut, rhythmic tone, as well as the revelatory juxtaposition of epic political themes with domestic drama. ”