The Concord Theatricals Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival

07/10/2025

We’re thrilled to welcome Rachel Bonds, Miranda Rose Hall and Lauren Yee back to the stage as this year’s Honorary Playwrights – and to announce our lineup of distinguished judges! More at broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/article/50th-Concord-Theatricals-Off-Off-Broadway-Short-Play-Festival-Reveals-Finalists-And-Judges-20250710. 🌟

Are you joining us on July 29–August 2?

07/10/2025

Introducing our next Top 30 author, Xiaoyan Kang! The China-born playwright began writing English-language plays while studying at Berkeley. Her play Sister navigates complicated family tensions when a 30-year-old woman returns to her homeland after living in the United States. Read more about Kang’s work at concordsho.ws/XiaoyanKang.

07/09/2025

Our next Top 30 featured playwright is Julianne Jigour! She is an LA-based playwright with an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University. In her play float until you burst, a woman responds to a Craiglist ad from an amateur dermatologist. Explore more at concordsho.ws/JulianneJigour.

07/09/2025

Congrats to alum Vince Gatton, who will be presenting a new full-length version of his winning play Better as part of this year’s Ashland New Plays Festival! Check out the new iteration later this fall – and in the meantime, explore the original short play at concordsho.ws/Better. 🌟

The Ashland New Plays Festival is excited to announce the winning playwrights for this year’s annual Fall Festival! Out of 350 script submissions for the 2025 season, here are the four winners:

Kamila Boga
“In Case of Bruising”

Vince Gatton
“Better”

Naya James Sonnad
“Tipping Point”

Emma Watkins
“Pretend It’s Pretend”

Congrats, winners! ANPF is excited to welcome the winning playwrights to Ashland, Oregon this fall for a week of play development, artist collaboration, and audience feedback. All four winning plays will be presented at this year’s Fall Festival October 15-19, 2025 at SOU’s Main Stage Theater, located in the theatre building at 491 S. Mountain Ave, Ashland Oregon. We hope you’ll join us to see some of the best new plays in American theatre!

We would also like to congratulate our 2025 Finalists:
“The Alligator” by Calley N. Anderson
“Oklahoma Samovar” by Alice Eve Cohen
“Anonymous Skin” by Cris Eli Blak
“The Many Mysterious Deaths of Jose Robles” by Jack Karp
“Cancer is a Bitch” by Kerr Lockhart
“Cicero’s Lisp” by Richard Manley
“The Black Madonna” by Steve Romagnoli
“Bone by Bone” by Sharifa Yazmeen

Want to learn more about the playwrights, the winning plays, and the Fall Festival! Visit our website now at https://ashlandnewplays.org/fall-festival/

07/08/2025

We’re excited to spotlight our next feature, Betsy Anne Huggins! She is a Louisville, KY based educator, director and playwright, and her play Mother’s Day takes place in an understaffed medieval-themed children’s store. This absurd take on modern parenthood was inspired by Huggins’ recurring dream of spilling her guts all over the floor of a grocery store. Discover more at concordsho.ws/BetsyAnneHuggins.

07/07/2025

Check out To Tell A Story About the Earth, a new play by alum Miranda Rose Hall, available now!

07/07/2025

The Top 30 countdown continues with... Daniel Holzman! His play ALIFORNIA finds Al driving the length of California to find the last pair of pants that fit. The play explores the impacts of isolation on the human psyche in a comedic quest for great pants. Read more at concordsho.ws/DanielHolzman.

07/06/2025

Let’s welcome our next Top 30 feature: Sarah Groustra! In her play The Meet & Greet, a fangirl wins a meet and greet with a member of her favorite boy band shortly after the passing of his bandmate. The play was inspired by online fandom in the social media age. Explore more about Sarah at concordsho.ws/SarahGroustra.

07/05/2025

Next on the Top 30 countdown: Claire Greising. Her play’s title says it all! MEETING THE FBI AGENT WHO READS MY EVERY TEXT MESSAGE AND SEDUCING HIM BECAUSE HE’S THE ONLY ONE WHO TRULY KNOWS ME: A ROMANTIC TRAGEDY IN THREE PARTS is a love story for the brain rot generation. Read more at concordsho.ws/ClaireGreising.

07/04/2025

We are excited to introduce our next Top 30 author, Raffi Donatich! Her play SEARCH ENGINE is cleverly structured around the device of various Google searches. Raffi’s work takes inspiration from current events and pop culture. Discover more at concordsho.ws/RaffiDonatich.

07/03/2025

Join us in welcoming Cori Diaz to our Top 30 countdown! In her play Can You Dance the Merengue?, two le****ns have a chance encounter at a chess night in 2006 San Francisco inspired by Diaz’s trip to the Castro District. Explore more about Cori’s work at concordsho.ws/CoriDiaz.

07/02/2025

Jen Diamond takes center stage as a Top 30 featured playwright! She writes spooky yet comedic plays about friendship and girlhood. Her play The Edge of the Water began as a grad school exercise in listening in on public conversations. Read more at concordsho.ws/JenDiamond.