Recommended by Anne G. Morgan

This captivating play confidently guides both the audience and the play's title character through a variety of worlds. Imaginative in scope, yet ultimately intimate and heart wrenching, this play is a compelling theatrical experiences.  

Never before has grave digging seemed so sexy. The unique world of this play is created with such confidence that it immediately invites you in and keeps you engaged throughout. 

This funny play keeps you on its toes as the audience - and Harry, the main character - tries to make sense of their realities. Full of fantastical elements, at its heart, the play is a moving story of friendship and aging.

I love this play. This alternate world is intimately and imaginatively rendered and leads to both humor and intrigue.  

This is a gorgeously urgent play, with a clear focus on its characters, a deep theatricality, and a lyric poeticism. 

This play needs to be produced! Not only is it extremely timely, its structure is thoughtful and well-crafted and its characters and story are deeply affecting.

It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Gabriel Jason Dean and their play In Bloom as a finalist for our 2012 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 Thomas W. Stephens and his play Countdown to the Happy Day as a finalist for our 2012 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 Dan Caffrey and his play Matawan as a finalist for our 2013 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 Sam Lahne and his play #julys as a finalist for our 2015 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.