SATAN V. THE INDIANA ABORTION BAN
by Leah Roth Barsanti
LEAH ROTH BARSANTI (Playwright) is a feminist playwright and mom currently based out of San Francisco. She loves Halloween and hates fascism. Call your senators today!
FAITH AMRAPALI WILLIAMS (Director) is a theatre artist who loves new work development. She deeply loves her baby brothers and also fiercely believes in reproductive choice and rights.
LEO HURLEY (Grothman) is an avid creator and storyteller and is thrilled to be bringing this story to life. Former farmer, current composer, biological bosom-buddy.
KIAYA SCOTT (Hannah) is a multidisciplinary artist who works in television, theatre, visual art and music production. This is her first year acting in OOB, and she is excited to cultivate artistic community!
MARY SHERIDAN (Kathy) is a performing artist originally from Spokane, WA. She is raising a son who is both tough & sensitive. marysheridan.net
HANNAH MARY KELLER (Yasmin) is a theatre artist who believes in using theatre as a tool for social justice. She is excited to tell this story.
SHAINA GILKS (Stage Directions) is very excited to make their debut as a stage directions reader and be part of this year’s 50th Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival!
SISTER
by Xiaoyan Kang
XIAOYAN KANG (Playwright): Born and raised in China, Xiaoyan Kang started to write plays in English while studying under Philip Gotanda at Berkeley. Her plays include The Words of Ants (Playwrights Realm Scratchpad Series, Great Plains Theatre Commons, Jane Chambers Award runner-up, Alliance Theatre/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Award finalist), The Obituary (Sewanee Writers’ Conference Horton Foote Scholarship, KCACTF V Julie Jensen Playwriting Award honorable mention) and Bound (BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition Regional Winner, O’Neill Semi-Finalist, KCACTF V Paul Stephen Lim Playwriting Award). Some of her short plays were developed at 24 Hour Plays: Nationals and KCACTF V. MFA: Iowa Playwrights Workshop.
CHRISTIE ZHAO (Director) is an immigrant theatre director and founding artistic director of Yun Theatre in Seattle. A former 2050 artistic fellow at NYTW.
LYDIA LI (黎珈璐) (Junyu): They / them / she / her. Made in Sanlitun. Theatre creator, performer and film actor. Brujx, swordsmxn and yogi. Chinese, Japanese, English and Emoji user. lilydia.com
SARAH LIU (Mazie) is a Chinese American actor, model and avid Letterboxd user. NYU BFA Drama alum. liusarah.com
ELEVEN LEE (Su), a New York based actress, is best known for Three (Cannes), Rosemead (Tribeca), Ayi (Tribeca) and Awkwafina is Nora from Queens (Comedy Central).
OTOLARYNGOLOGY
by Natalie P. Wright
NATALIE P. WRIGHT (Playwright) is a playwright from Nashville, Tennessee. She graduated from Vanderbilt University with her Bachelors of Arts in May 2025. She was a 2024 Tennessee Playwrights Studio Fellow. Her plays Enter Macbeth. and Who’s Gonna Bury Me? were self-directed and produced with Iceberg Theatre Company at Vanderbilt University.
VIVIAN FARAHANI (Director) is a director based in New York – so excited to be a part of the Concord Theatricals Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival. @vivianfarahani
ANDREW BARLOW (Ford) is a CODA fluent in ASL. Credits include Netflix’s Black Rabbit, Sunscreen (SOHO IFF) and Dancing Girl (SheARTS). He also performs comedy across NYC.
DANIEL BAESLER (Ford’s Voice) is an NYC-based actor and NYU Tisch grad. Recent credits include Judas Iscariot (Butch Honeywell), Twelfth Night (Sir Toby Belch) and Free Sex! (Brian).
SARA MOORE (Willow) is a New York City transplant from West Virginia by way of Washington, DC. She began acting in high school and continued performing throughout college.
ABIGAIL GARCIA (Willow’s Voice) is an actor based in New York City. She is extremely excited to be working on Otolaryngology.
SAM LEE VICTOR (Spoken Stage Directions) is an actor and playwright based in New York. He recently graduated from UNCSA in their Class of 2025.
MARK WEISSGLASS (Signed Stage Directions) is a Brooklyn-based ASL interpreter. As an artist, he has worked with IRT, Deaf Spotlight, New York Deaf Theater and The Shed.
LAVINIA ANDRONICUS IS YOUR SPIN INSTRUCTOR!
by Jaden Tyler Urso
JADEN TYLER URSO (Playwright) is a playwright who hails from New Jersey. She writes about the weird, the queer, the chronically ill and the classical. Her work has been shown at Playwrights Downtown, The Emerging Artists Festival, The Tank and the American Theater of Actors. She has been supported by The Elif Collective/3P (Oven Writers Cohort 2024) and LOVECHILD Theater Company. Winner of the Seth Barkas Prize for Fiction. Best of the Net Nominee for Poetry. Finalist: Concord Theatricals Off Off Broadway Play Festival 2025; Red Bull Short Play Competition 2024. Semi-finalist: Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference 2025; Playwrights Center Jerome Fellowship 2025; Seven Devils Play Conference 2025; SHE-NYC Summer Festival 2025. Jaden currently serves as the Literary Director for DTC, a grassroots collective cultivating queer theatre for early-career artists. BFA in Drama: NYU Tisch / Playwrights Horizons. BA in English and Creative Writing: NYU. jtuwrites.com
PAIGE BAKKE (Director, Stage Directions): Director based in NYC. BFA from NYU (Atlantic Acting School, Playwrights Horizons, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art). Upcoming Show: Stoner Comedy by Jaden Tyler Urso, August 7-10. paigebakke.com
MIA CUSIANOVIC (Lavinia): Actor based in NYC. BFA from NYU. 2020 YoungArts Winner. Seen on FBI (CBS/Dick Wolf). Worked with La MaMa, The Tank, The Fire Weeds. miacusianovic.com
2025 OOB Festival Credits
Festival Sponsor
Concord Theatricals
2025 Festival Judges
Douglas Carter Beane
Eleanor Burgess
Matt Cox
Emily Feldman
Zora Howard
Kristin Leahey
Margaret Ledford
Jill Rafson
Susan Soon He Stanton
Anne Washburn
Alexis Williams
Leah Nanko Winkler
Honorary Playwrights
Rachel Bonds
Miranda Rose Hall
Lauren Yee
Festival Co-Artistic Directors
Garrett Anderson
Casey McLain
House Manager
Tyler Mullen
Box Office Manager
Rosemary Bucher
Marketing Team
Julian Harper Galkin
Jeremiah Hernandez
Courtney Kochuba
Ally Varitek
Imogen Lloyd Webber
Festival Production Coordinators
Julian Harper Galkin
Lane Ruble
Festival Fire Guard
Ranana Chernin
Festival Support Staff
Ella Andrew, Max Bahneman, Shaina Gilks, Rachel Levens, Liz Minski, Nate Netzley, Kristen Rea, Erin Sabat, Rachel Smith, Ally Varitek
2025 Submissions Readers
Max Bahneman, Caroline Barnard, Jim Colleran, Oli Gordon, Jeremiah Hernandez, Ben Keiper, Leona Koo, Rachel Levens, Amy Rose Marsh, Debbie McLean, Liz Minski, Gabriela Morales, Tyler Mullen, Nate Netzley, Jac Norris, Brianne Partington, Theresa Posorske, Kristen Rea, Dominic Russo, Erin Sabat, Meg Schadl, Rachel Smith, Jackson Used, Faith Williams
Special Thanks
Sean Flahaven, Bill Gaden, Concord, City Theatre Miami, Dramatists Guild of America, National New Play Network
About Concord Theatricals
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