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 MEET THE FINALISTS & SEMI-FINALISTS

We received more than 650 open submissions for the 2024 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 2024 Finalists and Semi-finalists. 

2024 FINALISTS

Alex Lin - LAOWANG
Alexis Roblan - JAVELINA
Barbara Hammond - DRIVE
Conor Hanney - Coconut
Eliana Theologides Rodriguez - Indian Princesses
Emily Saunders - Let Their Hearts Beat
Gloria Majule - Fifteen Hundred
Jake Brasch - How to Draw a Triangle
Julia Fraser - Cosmic Microwave Background
Julia Izumi - A Re-Enactment of the Imagined Trial of Daisy the Cow🐄, Who Allegedly Caused the Great Chicago Fire
Keiko Green - You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World!
Lee Cataluna - Thursdays Come at Morning
M.J. Kang - James and Eddie
Marisa D Hebert - High Yellow
Mathilde Dratwa - Esther Perel Ruined My Life
R. Eric Thomas - Merland
Shayan Lotfi - Kingdom of Wonder
Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters - Esther Choi and the Fish that Drowned

2024 SEMI-FINALISTS

Amanda Andrei - Helicopter Typhoon Carabao! Or, To Survive an Apocalypse Now
Benjamin Benne - Fantasma
Dani Nelson - The Wine Vignettes
Elise Wien - OTP
Garry Michael Kluger - Death & Cold Cuts
Gina Femia - SAVINGS!
Heidi Kraay - Ark
Katherine Gwynn - Mother Of
Lee Blessing - THE MURDERS
Lisa Sanaye Dring - The Sea
Madeline Easley - Feast for the Dead
Mak Shealy - Victorian Psychedelic Sleepover Play
Matthew Paul Olmos - sing it to the air, sing it to the ground, spill the wine, take that pearl
Maximillian Gill - Machines Eat People
Nicholas Pilapil - God Will Do The Rest
Phanésia Pharel - The Waterfall
Robert Kerr - Friends Romans Countrymen
Sam Walsh - Walter and Sons
Shara Feit - little lives
Susan Yassky and Jacob Brandt - A Variation
Vinecia Coleman - Being Black Outside
Zach Barr - The Pilon
Nick Malakhow - Straw Poll