Our 42nd OOB Festival is twenty-nine days away. For today's countdown we're going to meet Carey Crim.  Carey Crim is an award-winning playwright and resident artist at The Purple Rose Theater Company. Her play, Conviction, premiered to critical acclaim at Bay...

The festival is almost here! In just thirty days we will be ready to see and celebrate our finalists' incredible work. I know, it still feels like the festival can't start soon enough.  So, why don't we start the festivities a...

The wait is over! You can now buy tickets for our 42nd Annual OOB Festival.  You can see our Final 30's incredible work live from August 8 through August 12 at Classic Stage Company’s East 13th Street Theatre. Each play will have...

After reading over one thousand submissions, we are happy to announce our Final 30 Playwrights. Thank you to every playwright who submitted their work this year. We originally said we'd choose twenty four plays for this year's festival, but with so...

Summer is nearly upon us, which means it's time to register for CityWrights Miami's Profesional Weekend for Playwrights.    Every year our close friends at CityWrights host workshops, panels, and sessions by playwrights and industry leaders. This year's guests include Samuel French...

I know, OOB was just a minute ago, right? Several steps are involved in planning and organizing a successful festival, and it starts with you! Playwrights have from today to December 15 to submit an original short play for the 2017 OOB...