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The 41st Annual Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival (or OOB) is now taking submissions! We will be accepting submissions from December 22nd until February, 12th 2016 at 11:59PM. T…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but I’m not talking about the upcoming holidays. Playwright submissions for the 41st Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival are coming upo…
2012 brought some very exciting work to the OOB Festival, and one especially memorable short play has been adapted into a short film. Playwright James C. Ferguson’s short Ori &…
This weekend’s FINALIST Presentation was incredible, and we ultimately awarded six playwrights with a publishing and licensing contract with Samuel French Inc. All of these winnin…
Our final 40th anniversary feature is on the one and only Theresa Rebeck! We are incredibly honored to have Theresa as our Festival Keynote Speaker this year – she will be in the Samue…
The OOB Festival is typically a wild and unpredictable week. In keeping with this tradition our judges last night decided to switch it up on us, and move FOUR new play onto today’s Fin…
After reviewing all of the judge’s comments following last night’s OOB presentations, the festival’s co-Artistic Directors, Amy Rose Marsh and Casey McLain, have made …
Thursday night was a memorable evening peopled with porn stars, tattoo artists, bronco riders, and well… John Patrick Shanley. This diverse group of plays was judged by Sharon Fallon (…
Wednesday night not only brought us a terrific showing of short plays, but also plays with music, and musicals! We were joined by another distinguished panel of judges, Abigail Katz (Di…
Tuesday night was the first round of performances for the 40th Annual OOB Festival, and it was a terrifc showing! We saw plays with kettle corn, egg-smashing, and experimental commericals to…
Our weekend series of anniversary features continues! We hope you’re getting pumped for the coming week! Title The Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda Author Jennifer Camp OOB Festival Year The…
As we head into the week of the 40th Annual Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, we thought it would be nice to dig into the vault and feature some of our previous winners! Make sure to che…
FEATURED PLAYWRIGHT: BEN VIGUS Naturalistic Commercials will be presented at the Samuel French OOB Festival on Thursday, August 4th at 8:00pm. Click Here for tickets. Seattle native Be…
FEATURED PLAYWRIGHT: HOLLI HARMS Make John Patrick Shanley Go Home will be presented at the Samuel French OOB Festival on Thursday, August 6th at 8:00pm. Click Here for tickets. Holli …
FEATURED PLAYWRIGHT: SARA ISRAEL Tastes Like Teen Spirit! will be presented at the Samuel French OOB Festival on Friday August 7th at 8:00pm. Click Here for tickets. Sara Israel’s acti…
FEATURED PLAYWRIGHT: BELLA POYNTON The Offer will be presented at the Samuel French OOB Festival on Friday August 7th at 6:30pm. Click Here for tickets. Bella Poynton is both a Sci-Fi…
FEATURED PLAYWRIGHT: SIMON HENRIQUES Narrators will be presented at the Samuel French OOB Festival on Thursday, August 6th at 8:00pm. Click Here for tickets. After writing his first pl…
As the OOB Festival approaches, everyone at Samuel French is working hard to spread the word! Imagine our delight when we were contacted by FOX5 to film a feature on the festival! Samuel Fre…
FEATURED PLAYWRIGHT: JAMES GORDON KING Seabird is in a Happy Place will be presented at the Samuel French OOB Festival on Friday, August 7th at 6:30pm. Click Here for tickets. A proud …
FEATURED PLAYWRIGHT: ARNOLD SHELBY So You’re Her will be presented at the Samuel French OOB Festival on Thursday, August 6th at 6:30pm. Click Here for tickets. After a 40 year absence,…
Playwrights and theatre practicioners are no stranger to Adam Szymkowicz. Adam electrifies the stage with his unique plays, and he engages with other writers online in his blo…
FEATURED PLAYWRIGHT: ANDERSON JOHN HEINZ The White Castle will be presented at the Samuel French OOB Festival on Tuesday August 4th at…
FEATURED PLAYWRIGHT: AUDREY CEFALY The Gulf will be presented at the Samuel French OOB Festival on Friday August 7th at 8:00pm. Click Here for tickets. Audrey Cefaly is a Southern playwright…
FEATURED PLAYWRIGHT: DOMINIC FINOCCHIARO That Noise will be presented at the Samuel French OOB Festival on Friday August 7th at 6:30pm. Click Here for tickets. Dominic Finocchiaro returns to…
FEATURED PLAYWRIGHT: ERIN MALLON The Salty Part of the Animal will be presented at the Samuel French OOB Festival on Tuesday August 4th at 8:00pm. Click Here for tickets. Erin is an active p…
