The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced THE CHILDREN'S FARM as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We highly enjoyed this childhood and adolescent memory play as Sam takes refuge in colorful puppets, as it thematic addresses the struggles of coming out and reconciling different versions of yourself. We were highly engaged by the play's joy, humor, creativity, and buoyant rhythms, as well as brutal honesty as Sam's cousins play detective. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46

I was instantly obsessed with "The Children's Farm" when I read it as a reader for BAPF, and it has taken incredible restraint to keep myself from raving about it sooner! I found the three central characters, Sam, Lauren, and Joey, compelling and endearing, and was especially impressed with how Sean Dunnington uses time jumps to show us their collective and individual journeys as they find themselves and grow up. I left this play with deep and thought-provoking questions topping off the exciting story and powerful heart at its core, and I would so love to see it produced! #BAPF46