The following plays and playwrights were nominated by the BAPF Literary Council as Finalist submissions for the 2018 Bay Area Playwrights Festival. Of the 700 total submissions, these select scripts were chosen for their exceptional craft and industry viability. Though the resources of BAPF are limited to the six selected participant playwrights, these writers and works are also deserving of national attention and resources.
#nowall* – Benjamin Benne
A Patron of the Arts* – Kate Cortesi
A Poison Squad of Whispering Women – Kelly McBurnette-Andronicos
A Song At Night- Roy Conboy
And All the Dead Lie Down* – Harrison David Rivers
Angel Fat – Trista Baldwin
Beige – Desi Moreno-Penson
Blood in Your Blood – A. Rey Pamatmat
Bruise & Thorn* – J. Julian Christopher
Cadillac Crew* – Tori Sampson
Candlestick – Bennett Fisher
Drunk at the Base of the Bohdi Tree* – Julie Hebert
Flight* – Patrick Gabridge
Fogart – Peter Zinn
Fuel – Caridad Svich
Group – Alex Rubin
How To Talk To Others (and Talking About Yourself) – Lauren D’Errico
Joley – Caitlin Saylor Stephens
Las Pajaritas – Jordan Ramirez Puckett
Les Fréres – Sandra A. Daley-Sharif
Let’s Fix Andy – Rachel Bublitz
Lipstick Lobotomy – Krista Knight
Lyons Pride – Bleu Beckford-Burrell
Nanners in da Face – Alice Pencavel
Our Dear Dead Drug Lord – Alexis Scheer
Policarpa* – Diana Burbano
Portrait of a Woman’s Tears – Katherine Gwynn
promiscuous/cities – Lachlan Philpot
Pulp Vérité – Crystal Skillman
Reykjavík – Steve Yockey
Riverkeeper – Katherine Koller
Roller Magic – Ted Malawer
Seas Between Us Braid – Jonathan Spector
Selling Kabul* – Sylvia Khoury
Sheepdog * – Kevin Artigue
Slave Play – Jeremy O. Harris
Southernmost – Mary Kamitaki
The Cure – Nicole Jost
The Dust People – Catherine Trieschmann
The Dying Declaration of Madge Oberholtzer – Raegan Payne
The Hombres – Tony Meneses
The One ATM in Antarctica – Adam Esquenazi Douglas
The Straights – T. Adamson
Trigger – Sam Chanse
Unreliable* – Dipika Guha
Welcome to Matteson! – Inda Craig-Galvan
What We Were – Blake Hackler