Summer Play Festival

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Broadway/Off-Broadway theater producer Arielle Tepper created the Summer Play Festival ("SPF") in 2004 as an annual event to showcase the work of emerging playwrights. Over 1000 people from all over the world submit applications. The final list is whittled down to about 16 plays by a panel of theater professionals; the final selection of plays are then given full productions in the month of July. Unlike the New York International Fringe Festival, there is no application fee and each production is allotted a budget. The SPF organization handles all the marketing and maintains no rights to the plays showcased.

SPF Website

[edit] Past Festivals

2004

• Anatomy 1968 by Karen Hartman, directed by Lisa Rothe
• Arrivals & Departures by Rogelio Martinez, directed by Lou Jacob
• Colorado by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, directed by Tracy Ward
• Earthquake Chica by Anne Garcia-Romero, directed by Leah C. Gardiner
• El Paso Blue by Octavio Solis, directed by Juliette Carrillo
• Honor & The River by Anton Dudley, directed by Ken Schmoll
• It's Only Life: The Songs of John Bucchino by John Bucchino, directed by Daisy Prince
• Kid-Simple by Jordan Harrison, directed by Will Frears
• Kitty Kitty Kitty by Noah Haidle, directed by Carolyn Cantor
• Mayhem by Kelly Stuart, directed by Melissa Kievman
• Pink by Heather Lynn MacDonald, directed by Linsay Firman
• Prozak & the Platypus by Elise Thoron and Jill Sobule, directed by Rebecca Taichman
• Sam & Lucy by Brooke Berman, directed by Trip Cullman
• Spin Moves by Ken Weitzman, directed by Suzanne Agins
• Stealing Sweets and Punching People by Phil Porter, directed by Michael Sexton
• Sweetness by Gary Sunshine, directed by Trip Cullman
• The Dew Point by Neena Beber, directed by William Carden
• Wet by Liz Duffy Adams, directed by Kent Nicholson

2005

• The Adventures of Barrio Grrrl! by Quiara Hudes, directed by Liesl Tommy
• Courting Vampires by Laura Schellhardt, directed by Lou Jacob
• crooked by Catherine Trieschmann, directed by Linsay Firman
• Ephemera by John Yearley, directed by Erma Duricko
• How Love is Spelt by Chloë Moss, directed by Michael Sexton
• Indoor/Outdoor by Kenny Finkle, directed by Daniel Goldstein
• Madagascar by J. T. Rogers, directed by Gus Reyes
• The Map Maker's Sorrow by Chris Lee, directed by Stefan Novinski
• Messalina by Gordon Dahlquist, directed by David Levine
• Mimesophobia by Carlos Murillo, directed by Matt August
• Sick by Zakiyyah Alexander, directed by Daniella Topol
• Split Wide Open by Christina Gorman, directed by Lisa Rothe
• Ted Kaczynski Killed People With Bombs by Michelle Carter, directed by Jeremy Dobrish
• tempOdyssey by Dan Dietz, directed by Randy White
• Welcome to Arroyo's by Kristoffer Diaz, directed by Jaime Castaneda
• Wildlife by Victor Lodato, directed by Michael Sexton

2006

• The Butcherhouse Chronicles by Michael P. Hidalgo, directed by Thomas Caruso
• Father Joy by Sheri Wilner, directed by Pam MacKinnon
• The Fearless by Etan Frankel, directed by Scott Schwartz
• Gardening Leave by Joanna Pinto, directed by Michael Goldfried
• Hardball by Victoria Stewart, directed by Lou Jacob
• Hitting the Wall by Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich, directed by Drew Barr
• Marge by Peter Morris, directed by Alex Timbers
• Millicent Scowlworthy by Rob Handel, directed by Ken Rus Schmoll
• Sonia Flew by Melinda Lopez, directed by Justin Waldman
• Spain by Jim Knable, directed by Jeremy Dobrish
• Splitting Infinity by Jamie Pachino, directed by Matt Shakman
• The Squirrel by Alex Moggridge, directed by Patrick McNulty
• Swansong by Patrick Page, directed by David Muse
• Training Wisteria by Molly Smith Metzler, directed by Evan Cabnet
• A Wive’s Tale by Christina Ham, directed by Rosemary Andress