The New Short Play Festival - The Finalists: Plays created for and by original artists (FALL 2019)

The New Short Play Festival - The Finalists: Plays created for and by original artists (FALL 2019)

Hilarious, Moving, Thought Provoking, Diverse. These plays are the fourteen finalists from the seventh season of the New Short Play Festival's ten-minute play competition in New York City. Written by an inspired and creative group of playwrights, these plays offer a wide variety of contemporary subjects to give every actor multiple opportunities to explore and develop fascinating characters on stage or in class.Belinda Walker's comedy TRAIN TROUBLE is the nightmare of every subway riding New Yorker. Logann Grace's SEAHORSE DADZ dramatically explores the complexity of the trans birthing experience. Scott Mullen's poignant 172 PUSH UPS is the intimate moments captured when an aging widower meets a love struck lesbian soldier. Also includes: DAMIEN (Chandler Clemens), ALEXA, PUSSY WHIPPED (Sarah Myers), THE BIG DAY, SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY (Susan Jane McDonald), SAME (Logann Grace), FOR MY DAUGHTER (Diane Harrington), THE PEARLY GATES (Michael Susko) and IT'S NOT THE SAME THING (C.M. Tierney), SCRIPTED (Mark Harvey Levine), and FINAL REST (Victoria Z. Daly).