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, 36th 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 2011 Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival. Winning authors include: Adam Peltzman, Daniel M. Pearle, Travis Helwig, Josh Beerman, Daniella Shoshan, and Tom Swift.

Bedfellows is a short comedy by Adam Peltzman: peeks in on an awkward moment in U.S. history: a night in 1776 when two Founding Fathers were forced to share a bed in the only room at the inn! As the Revolutionary War rages outside, John Adams, cranky and battling a cold, must contend with the free-spirited and ever-knowledgeable Benjamin Franklin, who can't seem to stop inventing things. From debating the cause of the common cold to enforcing the rules of sharing a tiny bed, Adams tries to endure the challenges of snuggling up with the world's most accomplished man. (Cast: 2 male).

The Truth About Christmas is a short dark comedy by Daniel M. Pearle: At a private girls' school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, one student's behaviour leads to a series of escalating acts of violence. In the aftermath of the scandal, three mothers and a guidance counsellor try to come to terms with their confusion and anger, struggling to understand what went wrong and who can be held responsible. (Cast: 5 female).

Hanksylvania is a short comedic drama by Travis Helwig: The story of a professional football coach and the half-time locker room speech that changed his life. (Cast: 4 male).

Mountain Song is a short drama by Josh Beerman: Trisha returns to a childhood home in the mountains of Appalachia, for her father's funeral, only to discover her hard mother's buried family secrets. Spending a day locked in a game cat and mouse with her mother, for the soul of her younger sister, she must either destroy the matriarch, or allow a ghost to destroy them all. (Cast: 3 female).

Pluck and Tenacity is a short dramatic comedy by Daniella Shoshan: One member of an aspiring rap duo rap duo, who swore as kindergarteners over fruit roll ups to work towards world domination, decides to go rogue in order to write love songs, thereby jeopardizing a lifelong friendship and since-snack-time collaboration. (Cast: 2 male).

My Name is Yin is a short play by Tom Swift: Hikers find 140 shoes filled with butter on a Swedish mountain: absurdity ensues. (Cast: 2 female, 4 male, and 1 either gender).