About the Plays:

Some great pieces for scene work or performance.

The acclaimed Samuel French Off Off Broadway Original Short Play Festival in Manhattan (commonly referred to as OOB) is America's leading short play festival. The annual OOB Festival originated in 1975 and has since attracted US and international short plays that may be up to 15 pages in length from countries like Canada, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.

Off Off Broadway Festival Plays, 34th Series is a collection of short plays selected by a panel of judges that included New York playwrights, artistic directors, and industry leaders as the most important plays of the 34th OOB Festival. Winning authors include: J. Michael DeAngelis, Pete Barry, Jen Silverman, Kitt Lavoie, Matt Hoverman, Scott Elmegreen, Drew Fornarola, and Christina Gorman.

Drop is a short comedy by J. Michael DeAngelis and Pete Barry
Trapped at the top of a roller coaster, two old friends ponder their existence while they await their fate. (Cast: 3 male).

The Education Of Macoloco is a short drama by Jen Silverman
Anessa has given her son Macoloco an arsenal of facts for every occasion, but now Macoloco must teach himself how to become an adult, and Anessa must confront the one thing she has failed to learn. (Cast: 1 female, 2 male).

realer than that is a short drama by Kitt Lavoie
After being reunited at a friend's wedding, a pair of high school sweethearts return to a hotel room for one last romp – but their reunion is complicated by his recent stint on a reality show and the secret that he shared with the world. (Cast: 1 female, 1 male).

The Student is a short comedy by Matt Hoverman
A two-character holiday comedy about an adult education student and an overworked, discouraged creative writing teacher who rediscovers his passion in one of the strangest student-teacher conferences of all time. (Cast: 2 male).

Thucydides is a short dramatic comedy by Scott Elmegreen and Drew Fornarola
young soldier and a college student meet at an airport in their hometown, and in learning about each other's lives in Iraq and Princeton, each is lead to dramatic new conclusions about his own. (Cast: 2 male).

Just Knots is a short dramatic comedy by Christina Gorman
An awkward store clerk who sells 'just knots' finds his skills – and his principles – put to the test by a disarming young woman in a ladybug scarf. (Cast: 1 female, 1 male).