• Playwrights & Plays
• Schedule of Events
• Meet the Company
• Finalists & Semi-finalists

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All events presented free of charge. 
All seating is general admission  *  Masks are encouraged but not required

We received more than 600 open submissions for the 2023 Conference, and we read each and every one cover-to-cover! We were thrilled to read so many wonderful plays written by talented playwrights from across the country. We invite you to learn more about our amazing 2023 Finalists and Semi-finalists. 

2023 FINALISTS
Ada A - Peking Apples
Bonnie Antosh - Lemuria
Darcy Bruce - The Place That Made You
Kathleen Cahill - Monsterheart
Stacey Campbell - The Controller (or a play about a marriage)
Laura Campbell - Buried Phoenix
Andrew Creech - Golden
Alexa Derman - The Creature
Katie Do - love you long time (already)
Valerie Dunn - O, Possum!
Emma Gibson - LUMIN
Marisa Hebert - Pieces of Him
Gloria Majule - My Father Was Shot In The Back of The Head
Eric Marlin - and come apart
Allison Merkel - BOGEYMAN
Matthew Olmos - a home what howls (or the house what was ravine)
Anya Pearson - Without A Formal Declaration of War
Brendan Pelsue - Alumni Relations
Erika Phoebus - witch play
Alexis Roblan - OURS
Lia Romeo - Still
Jennifer Rumberger - We Go When We're Ready to Go
Scott Sickles - Seaside Tragedies
Lane Stanley (w/composer/lyricist Tova Katz) - Jack & Aiden

2023 SEMI-FINALISTS
Jennifer Dobby - THE BAKERY
Patrick Gabridge - Scipio's Balcony
Weston Gaylord - The Palm of Her Hand
Jacqueline Goldfinger - Queen of the Goths
Shannon TL Kearns - The Resistance of My Skin
Adam Kraar - WHEREVER YOU GO...
Josh LeBlanc - All the World Was Made For You
Dano Madden - APE
Nicholas Malakhow - Optional Boss Battle
Jessica Moss - Funnie
Lyra Nalan - Paper Dreams
Anya Richkind - O is for Otink
Greg Romero (w/Mikee Vernusky) - Radio Ghosts
Elaine Romero - When Reason Sleeps
Kim Ruyle - A Crooked French Affair
Louise Schwarz - Control of the Dirt (Piles of Dirt)
Gage Tarlton - PRETTY PERFECT LIVES
Mallory Weiss - LIGHTS OUT AND AWAY WE GO
LaDarrion Williams - Bridging the Gap
Chris Woodworth - Petrichor
TJ Young - WASH