Oob Festival

42nd Annual Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival Announces Final 30 Playwrights

Samuel French’s Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, the nation’s premier short play competition, announces this year’s top 30 playwrights. Additionally, ticket sales open today for its 42nd…

40th Annual Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival: Winning Plays Announced

Samuel French is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2015 Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, the nation’s leading short play competition. The six winning plays were presented in a…

12 Short Plays Make it to the OOB Finals!

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 Finals! People who attended at Linen Hall last night to hear the results…

Another 2 Plays Progress to the Finals!

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 (independent theatre producer, general manager, and former OOB Artistic…

The first 3 plays advance in the OOB Festival!

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 name a few. We were joined by three distinguished judges…

40th Anniversary Look-Back — Jennifer Camp and Gabriel Jason Dean

Our weekend series of anniversary features continues! We hope you’re getting pumped for the coming week!

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40th Anniversary Look-Back — Richard McBrien and Sally Dixon Wiener

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 check back tomorrow for…