Literary Manager Heather Helinsky and the whole literary team made some incredible changes to the BAPF selection process in order to more radically center playwrights and take a more community-centered approach. Learn more about these changes in Heather’s article, “Studying the Stars in our Universe of New Plays.” 

Honorable Mention

New this year and in the spirit of abundance, we want to give a special shout out to ten Finalists that truly engaged & moved us.

 

Along with all the finalists and semi finalists, we hope these 10 new works all find future opportunities quickly!

 

All My Mothers Dream in Spanish by Alexandra Espinoza

Rust by Nancy García Loza

Three Antarcticas by Kristin Idaszak

The Re-Education of Fernando Morales by Justin P. Lopez

Black Mexican by Rachel Lynett 

The Pre-Med Math Club by Megan Meinero

Light Switch by Dave Osmundsen

the bottoming process by Nicholas Pilapil 

Young Men & Recovery by Brian Scanlan

The Devils Between Us by Sharifa Yasmin

2021 Bay Area Playwrights Festival Finalists
  • Ink’dWell by E.E. Adams
  • The Rainbow Concept by Larry Americ Allen
  • Seven Words: An Exercise in Friendship by Sowmya Ashokkumar
  • When We Breathe by Jaisey Bates
  • Rapture by Benjamin Benne
  • Human Museum by Miyoko Conley
  • The Great Jheri Curl Debate by Inda Craig-Galván
  • Maiden Voyage by Cayenne Douglass
  • Carroll County Fix by Val Dunn
  • All My Mothers Dream in Spanish by Alexandra Espinoza
  • Mountain Mamas by Daryl Lisa Fazio
  • Manny Pacquiao Punches the World but the Earth Doesn’t Even Flinch by Mark Galarrita 
  • Rust by Nancy García Loza
  • (trans)formada by lily Gonzales
  • Supposed Home by Sam Hamashima
  • Young Men & Recovery by Brian Scanlan
  • Learning How to Read by Moonlight, a children’s play for Adults by Gaven Trinidad
  • Half of Chopsticks by Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters 
  • Madeleines by Bess Welden
  • Mediocre Heterosexual Sex by Madison Wetzell
  • Three Antarcticas by Kristin Idaszak
  • M-Theory: a play told in 11 dimensions by Jami Brandli
  • Last Ship to Proxima Centauri by Greg Lam
  • Pixie Dream by A. Emmanuel Leadon
  • The Problem with Magic, Is: by Johnny G. Lloyd
  • The Re-Education of Fernando Morales by Justin P. Lopez
  • Black Mexican by Rachel Lynett 
  • Uhuru by Gloria Majule
  • Tiger Beat by Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin
  • The Pre-Med Math Club by Megan Meinero
  • My Mother the Sun by Massi Monfiletto
  • that drive thru monterey by Matthew Paul Olmos
  • Light Switch by Dave Osmundsen
  • the bottoming process by Nicholas Pilapil
  • The Devils Between Us by Sharifa Yasmin 
2021 Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semi-Finalists
  • Good Years by Ada A.
  • fresno by augusto amador
  • Theodosia Redux by Claudia Barnett
  • CANE by Mardee Bennett 
  • Sons of Liberty by Cris Black
  • Why Are You Like This? by Sharai Bohannon 
  • The First Sister Trip by Shoshannah Boray
  • The Kingdom of Ghosts by Darcy Parker Bruce
  • Nick & the Prizefighter by Kamilah Bush 
  • The Forgotten Language of the Handshake or the Torso Play by Rachel Bykowski
  • Our Black Death by Lindsay Carpenter
  • sad girl hours by Libby Carr
  • LOT 110 by Nora Carroll
  • And Certain Women by Shualee Cook
  • en-DANGER!-ed by A.R. Corwin
  • Sandcastles by Lauren Davenport
  • Aztec Pirates and the Insignificance of Life on Mars by David Davila
  • 30 Seconds by Jayne Deely
  • From the Perspective of a Canoe by Amy Dellagiarino
  • The Winterguard Play by Avery Deutsch
  • MetaMorphic by Dolores Diaz
  • Eggshell; or Vỏ Trứng by Anthony Doan
  • Wonderland by Kate Douglas
  • Courtship by Ryan Drake
  • SUMO by Lisa Sanaye Dring
  • Breakfast by Pam Dudley
  • Wild + Free by dr candi dugas
  • Memorial by Adam Elsayigh
  • Species:Human by Georgina Escobar
  • STAFF RETREAT by Gina Femia
  • Speak Freely by Andrea Fiest
  • Men Accumulate by PK George
  • Adolsy by Taylor Geu
  • If nobody does remarkable things by Emma Gibson
  • HiTouch by Amy Gijsbers van Wijk
  • The Get Back by Jeremy Gillett
  • The Red and the Black by Keelay Gipson
  • Go Down, Moses by Dana Leslie Goldstein
  • The Puerto Rican Society Club by Ed Gonzalez Moreno
  • Gang Sines by Malique Guinn
  • Funny, Like HAHA. (or, A Play About A Rape Joke) by Katherine Gwynn
  • Off-White; Or the Arab House Party Play by Alyssa Haddad
  • Peeling Oranges by Patty Kim Hamilton
  • Verdant Lawns by Jean Hartley Sidden
  • Top by Jaxin Jackson
  • Long Layover by Michelle Tyrene Johnson
  • A Medusa Thread by Candrice Jones
  • Tracy Jones by Stephen Kaplan
  • The Night the Ocean Met the Bay by Elisabeth Karlin
  • Body and Blood by Shannon TL Kearns
  • Are You There Truman? It’s Me, Just Another Guy Who Grew Up Secretly Worshipping Your Chiseled Porn Star Body Online, And Now I Think I Love You by Garrett David Kim
  • The Targeted by Hanna Kime
  • Ten Days of the Monster by Jack Knutson
  • see in the dark by Heidi Kraay
  • The Painted Handgun by James La Bella
  • Birdie and Cait and the Book of Life by Audrey Lang
  • Retreat by Tracey Conyer Lee
  • The Gift by Mildred Lewis
  • Friends and Lovers and Others by Matthew Macca
  • brunch by Maya Macdonald
  • Household Name by Josh MacNeal
  • Third Person by Jennifer Maisel
  • The Defectors by Nick Malakhow
  • Layla in Lala by Rohina Malik
  • Denial by Eric Marlin
  • The Firebird by Amanda Martin
  • Tim’s Last Words by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb
  • Them What Brung You by Tanya O’Debra
  • If you have to go there by Erin Marie Panttaja
  • The Innkeepers by Novid Parsi
  • The Killing Fields by Anya Pearson
  • Essential Starlite by Zack Peercy
  • Black Girl Joy by Phanésia Pharel
  • Bite Me by Eliana Pipes
  • the salt women by Audley Puglisi
  • rgb by Julius Rea
  • Madame Anastasia’s Crystal Ball by Iraisa Ann Reilly
  • Ebony Eagles by Crystal Rhodes
  • Lorelei by Tlaloc Rivas
  • And I Saw His Hands Open to Reveal the Flaming Fires of Heaven by Tyler Rivenbark
  • Confirmation by Madeline Rouverol
  • Tansu by Andrew Saito
  • The Care and Feeding of Small Animals by Brooke-Erin Smith
  • Who’s Gonna Love You! by Lane Stanley
  • Tell Me What I Want by Gina Stevensen
  • Future Wife by Ruth Tang
  • Dinner by Lisa B. Thompson
  • Dried Fruit by Mehrnaz Tiv
  • Cardboard Castles Hung on Walls by Amy Tofte
  • The Adventures of N***a Jim (Free Jim) by Josiah Turner
  • Alamar by David Valdes
  • The Empty Crusade by Leela Velautham
  • The Write Choice by Daysha Veronica
  • Things I Never Told The Stars by Isabella Waldron
  • Deer Island by Brian Walker

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