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The community of National Committee readers for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced Fucking Straight Guys as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We felt this play was very funny and exceptionally well written. We especially appreciated this script's taut pacing and snappy, character-drive dialog. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production.

The community of National Committee readers for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced Confessions (or the Secret Play for Secretly Liberal Muslims) as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We felt this script represented fresh perspectives rarely captured on US stages. It is also deeply funny! We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production.

The community of National Committee readers for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced THE RA PLAY a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We felt the playwrights voice was highly exciting, and we were drawn in by the intimacy of this story. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production.

The community of National Committee readers for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced Our Lady of the San Diego Convention Center as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We felt this script was a timely, remarkably human exploration of friendship and migration. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production.

The community of National Committee readers for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced LatiNext as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We found its clever subversion of stereotype and audience expectations to be compelling. Readers leaned in to both the premise and the humor of this script. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production.

The community of National Committee readers for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced Twice Gone as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We found the world of this play to be evocative and innovative, while staying grounded in real emotional truths. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production.

The community of National Committee readers for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced Twice Gone as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We leaned in to the compelling world of the play, and its intergenerational exploration of memory and trauma. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production.

The community of National Committee readers for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced SCRIBE, or The Sisters Milton, or Elegy for the Unwritten as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We leaned in to the script's exploration of the toll that “genius” takes on the people surrounding an artist. We also leaned into the character of Mary. We hope this play is considered for further development, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production.

The community of National Committee readers for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced PROVENANCE as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We leaned in to the dramatic structure of this piece, and ethical and aesthetic questions this playwright raises. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production.

The community of National Committee readers for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced Perihelion as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We found the script to be richly textured, poetic, and engaging. Readers leaned in to the smart dialog and nuanced characters. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production.