The nation's leading short play festival! #OOBFestival
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After 50 inspiring festivals, the OOB Festival will pause next year to reflect on upcoming steps. Our conversations will be around how best to serve playwrights and, of course, make theatre happen.
We look forward to reconnecting with you and your work in 2027.
Shout out to #OOBFestival alum Nurit Chinn, whose full-length version of her festival-winning play Godbird is part of the Exponential Festival!
Learn more about Nurit’s production, happening January 21-24 at The Brick, at the link below. 🪽
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Happy #BookLoversDay, dear bibliophiles and theatre fans! 🎉 We’re here to celebrate the magic of stories with you – whether they’re on the page or the stage. 📚
Last week, Rachel Bonds shared profound wisdom at the #OOBFestival as one of our honorary playwrights. Below, take another moment to get to know her work more intimately – from the Festival-winning Anniversary to the off-Broadway hit Jonah. 🫂
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ICYMI: the 50th Annual #OOBFestival concluded on Saturday, and our Final 6 have been selected. Kudos and thank you to all playwrights and theatremakers involved – the week was nothing short of spectacular! 🌟
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Congratulations to the 2025 #OOBFestival Final 6, who will be published and licensed by @concordshows in our 50th Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival edition! 🌟 To all the outstanding playwrights, amazing friends and supporters: thank you for making it such a memorable week!
We can’t believe it’s the last day of the 2025 #OOBFestival!
A big round of applause for the marvelous short plays gracing the Finals stage today at 1pm and 4:30pm. Come celebrate with us: oobfestival.com/tickets. 🎉
Congrats to all of our playwrights for an amazing week!
We’re so elated to announce the #OOBFestival Finalists that complete our Top 12: Can You Dance the Merengue? by Cori Diaz (@corigrams), Godbird by Nurit Chinn and SEARCH ENGINE by Raffi Donatich (@rarararaffi). Congratulations – and until tomorrow! 💜
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One more fantastic session before the #OOBFestival Finals! Up next: That Hike to Hart Lake by Johanna Beale Keller, The Edge of the Water by Jen Diamond, Godbird by Nurit Chinn and Can You Dance the Merengue? by @corigrams.
We can’t wait for tonight’s #OOBFestival plays! Our first session will feature Weather by Kristen Scharold, Agent of Change by Addie Ulrey, Pretty Privilege by Gloria Majule and SEARCH ENGINE by @rarararaffi.
As we gear up for the Finals, let’s take a trip down memory lane with our 2025 Honorary Festival Playwrights and their #OOBFestival experiences. 🤩
Join us in celebration tomorrow: oobfestival.com/tickets.
We’re thrilled to announce last evening’s #OOBFestival Finalists: archy and mehitabel one last time by J.R. Stephens, Stephanie Christopher is Not Welcome Here by Katie Priscott and When You Need Me by T.J.L. Kudos and see you at the Finals tomorrow! 🌟
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Join us for tonight’s second session of #OOBFestival plays: When You Need Me by T.J.L, Boogie Cousins in 1.8 Seconds by Michael Tuton, Stephanie Christopher is Not Welcome Here by Katie Priscott and Kira Mira, Deara by Isaac Byrne!
Three cheers for night three’s first session: A Study About the Ecologic Arts is Needed by Yekta Khaghani, float until you burst by Julianne Jigour and archy and mehitabel one last time by J.R. Stephens!
Last night, eight fantastic short plays came to life on the 50th #OOBFestival stage! A huge congratulations to our Wednesday Finalists: A Middle Passage by Yide Cai (蔡逸得), Left Overs by Roni Ragone and Mother’s Day by Betsy Anne Huggins. 🌟
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We’re closing out our evening with these incredible short plays: Satan v. The Indiana Abortion Ban by Leah Roth Barsanti, Sister by Xiaoyan Kang, Otolaryngology by Natalie P. Wright and Lavinia Andronicus Is YOUR Spin Instructor! by Jaden Tyler Urso.
We’re ready for an exciting night of new plays! Our first session tonight features A Middle Passage by Yide Cai (蔡逸得), Mother’s Day by Betsy Anne Huggins, Left Overs by @mroniragone and MEETING THE FBI AGENT... by Claire Greising.
The 50th #OOBFestival opened yesterday with seven stellar works! We’re pleased to announce those advancing to Saturday’s Finals: ALIFORNIA by Daniel Holzman, Bump –> Set –> Spike –> Bruise by Diana Lobontiu and The Meet & Greet by Sarah Groustra. 👏
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Let’s hear it for tonight’s second session at #OOBFestival: This is a Legend. by Lana Scott Stringer, ALIFORNIA by Daniel Holzman, I Keep Leaving Parties Early by Amelia Kennedy and The Meet & Greet by Sarah Groustra. We can’t wait to experience these wonderful plays!
#OOBFestival returns to NYC tonight! We can’t wait for our first session, featuring Yeji and Noe at the Mermaid Parade by Audrey Kolker, Secrets We Wish To Keep by Kenndall Wallace and Bump –> Set –> Spike –> Bruise by Diana Lobontiu.
