Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 36th Series

From the initial pool of over 850 submissions, the Final Forty plays were chosen to be performed over a period of one week

Out of these plays, six winners were chosen ...

Bedfellows by Adam Peltzman - M2

A short comedy that peeks in on an awkward moment in U.S. history - a night in 1776 when John Adams and Benjamin Franklin were forced to share a bed in a crowded inn. Adams, cranky and battling a cold, must contend with the free-spirited and ever-knowledgeable 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

The Truth About Christmas by Daniel Pearle - F5

At a private girls' school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, one student's behavior leads to a series of escalating acts of violence. In the aftermath of the scandal, three mothers and a guidance counselor try to come to terms with their confusion and anger, struggling to understand what went wrong and who can be held responsible

Hanksylvania by Travis Helwig - M4

The story of a professional football coach and the halftime speech that changed his life

Mountain Song by Josh Beerman - F3

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

Pluck & Tenacity by Daniella Shoshan - M2

One member of an aspiring rap duo decides to go rogue in order to write love songs, thereby jeopardizing a lifelong friendship and since-snack-time collaboration

My Name is Yin by Tom Swift M4,F2 + M1 or F1

Hikers find 140 shoes filled with butter on a Swedish mountain - absurdity ensues