2024 OOB Festival – Tuesday / Session One

ARE YOU MY LAST STOP?
by T.J. L


T.J. L (Playwright/Artistic Producer)
(he/him/his) is a writer and producer from the Carolinas based in NYC, who dedicates his energy to making space for openly tender art.

AUTUMN ANGELETTIE (Director) is a Black feminist and abolitionist director and organizer who crafts mission-oriented work.

AMANDA HUNT (Stage Directions) is an actor, playwright and filmmaker from Spanish Town, Jamaica currently based in Queens, NYC.

ALFRED CABRERA (Richie) (he/him/his) is a New York raised theatre and film actor. He has trained at the Barrow Group. He’s thankful for TJL for allowing to share this story with you.

ALEX-TERRELL PALMER (Denali) (he/him/his), a NYC native, believes that performing Arts goes beyond entertainment but in fact has the power to shift and influence culture and society.

 

RUNAWAY GIRL
by Mo Holmes


MO HOLMES (Playwright)
is a black queer Southern playwright and dramaturg, born in San Antonio and raised on the long stretch from Texas to Alabama. She is an Atlanta Opera 96-Hour Opera Project commissioned finalist and an O’Neill National Playwrights Conference semi-finalist. Her other work has been developed at Vertigo Theatre, the Playwrights Center, Minnesota Opera, Everwood Farmstead Retreat and Center for Performing Arts.

BRITTANY VI-KING (Director) is a storyteller and Directing MFA candidate at Columbia University. Recent credits: Shakespeare to Shange- Devised Piece (2023), Imogen Says Nothing for the BaWTF (2021).

ODERA ADIMORAH (Trum-bone) Recent credits: To All The Black Girls Who’ve Waited (Ars Nova), Romeo and Juliet (Classic Theater of Harlem), Blood Knot (Flat Rock Playhouse). oderaadimorah.com

CARTER (Bubba) is an actor, theatre-maker, poet, teaching artist and cultivator-o-ease. They are an ensemble member with The New York Neo-Futurists.

SHANNON FISH (Euretta) is an Acting MFA candidate at Columbia University. She celebrates her first feature film, Midas, premiering this summer.

YVONNE JESSICA PRUITT (Dionne) is an actor/voiceover artist and Acting MFA candidate at Columbia University. She is thrilled to play in another Mo Holmes creation!

 

BEETHOVEN’S THIRD
by Howard Ho


HOWARD HO (Playwright)
is a playwright/composer. His Youtube channel dissecting musicals has over 120,000 subscribers and was recognized by Lin-Manuel Miranda. His journalism has been published in Entertainment Weekly, LA Times, Howlround and American Theatre magazine.

JULLY LEE (Director) is a bicoastal actor/director and made her Broadway debut in KPOP. In NYC, she has directed with Pan Asian Repertory, Sống Collective and Playground-NY. jullylee.com

C. RYAN SHIPLEY (Beethoven 1) is an actor, singer and educator from Minneapolis. Favorite credits include Singin’ in the Rain, The Drowsy Chaperone & Mary Poppins (Flat Rock Playhouse).

MAX KING (Beethoven 2) loves to challenge artistic and cultural status quos, much like Beethoven 2. Thanks to Howard and Jully for involving me, and Sami, always. @maxkingnyc

MARSHAL JOUN (Beethoven 3) is a New York based actor. Recent: You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World (National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center). @marshalljoun

 

2024 OOB Festival Credits

Festival Sponsor
Concord Theatricals

2024 Festival Judges
Nan Barnett
Liza Birkenmeier
Nathan Alan Davis
Julia Izumi
Margaret Ledford
Jiehae Park
Theresa Rebeck
Madhuri Shekar
Michael Walkup
Alexis Williams
Cezar Williams
Emmanuel Wilson

Honorary Playwright
Jen Silverman

Festival Co-Artistic Directors
Garrett Anderson
Casey McLain

Client Manager
Abbie Van Nostrand

House Manager
Tyler Mullen

Box Office Manager
Rosemary Bucher

Marketing Team
Meredith Foster
Jeremiah Hernandez
Courtney Kochuba
Imogen Lloyd Webber
Katie Priscott

Festival Production Coordinator
Katie Priscott

Festival Support Staff
Ella Andrew, Max Bahneman, Victoria Bond, Ranana Chernin, Meredith Foster, Shaina Gilks, Jeremiah Hernandez, Natty Koper, Rachel Levens, Gabriela Morales, Nate Netzley, Kristen Rea, Rachel Smith

2024 Submissions Readers
Caroline Barnard, Stephanie Jane Cerino, Jim Colleran, Meredith Foster, Shaina Gilks, Ben Keiper, Rachel Levens, Amy Rose Marsh, Debbie McLean, Elizabeth Minski, Gabriela Morales, Alexander Perez, Kristen Rea, Rachel Smith, Jackson Used, Abbie Van Nostrand, Faith Williams

Special Thanks
Sean Flahaven, Bill Gaden, Concord, City Theatre Miami, Dramatists Guild of America, National New Play Network

About Concord Theatricals
Concord Theatricals is the world’s most significant theatrical company, comprising the catalogs of R&H Theatricals, Samuel French, Tams-Witmark and The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection, plus dozens of new signings each year. Our unparalleled roster includes the work of Irving Berlin, Agatha Christie, George & Ira Gershwin, Marvin Hamlisch, Lorraine Hansberry, Kander & Ebb, Kitt & Yorkey, Ken Ludwig, Marlow & Moss, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anaïs Mitchell, Dominique Morisseau, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Thornton Wilder and August Wilson. We are the only firm providing truly comprehensive services to the creators and producers of plays and musicals, including theatrical licensing, music publishing, script publishing, cast recording and first-class producing.