OJAI PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE
   
   
 

History

 
 
 

History

 

In 1997, members of Los Angeles’ Echo Theater Company and Ojai’s Theater 150 came together to plan a conference dedicated to new works.  The first Ojai Playwrights Conference (OPC) was held in Ojai, Summer 1998. Following is a history of plays introduced at the OPC.

 

2008

PLAYWRIGHTS PLAY LIFE AFTER OJAI
 
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2007

PLAYWRIGHTS PLAY LIFE AFTER OJAI
CODY HENDERSON
THE LAWN
LLOYD SUH
AMERICAN HWANGAP
BEN ROSENTHAL
THE BOG LACUNA
ANNIE WEISMAN
SURF REPORT
BILL CAIN
EQUIVOCATION
CHARLAYNE WOODARD
THE NIGHT WATCHMAN
 
 
 
 

2006

PLAYWRIGHTS PLAY LIFE AFTER OJAI
STEPHEN BELBER
MUSCLES IN OUR TOES
LEE BLESSING
LONESOME HOLLOW
T. D. MITCHELL
BEYOND THE 17th PARALLEL ACT Theatre Seattle
SHERRY KRAMER
WHEN SOMETHING WONDERFUL ENDS Produced by the Humana Festival of New American Plays
BEN ROSENTHAL
THE MONKEY PUZZLE TREE
 
 
 
 

2005

PLAYWRIGHTS PLAY LIFE AFTER OJAI
KEITH BUNIN
THE BUSY WORLD IS HUSHED Produced by Playwrights Horizons
JULIA CHO
DURANGO Produced by the Public Theatre and Long Wharf Theatre
ROGELIO MARTINEZ
MY FIRST RADICAL -
LUIS ALFARO
HOLY ROAD Produced by the Goodman Theatre
BILL CAIN
THE LAYING ON OF HANDS -
SEKOU (Tha Misfit)
STEVE CONNELL
THE WORD BEGINS Produced by Signature Theatre and Joe's Pub
 
 
 
 

2004

PLAYWRIGHTS PLAY LIFE AFTER OJAI
KEITH BUNIN
PETER PARNELL
WHITE BICYCLES -
DANAI GURIRA
NIKKOLE SALTER
IN THE CONTINUUM Produced by Primary Stages,
Mark Taper Forum, World Tour
JULIA JORDAN
DARK YELLOW Produced by Studio Dante
SUSAN MILLER
A MAP OF DOUBT AND RESCUE -
STEPHEN BELBER
FOR REELE Produced on Broadway
LINDA HUNT
THE LITTLE LOCKSMITH -
 
 
 
 

2003

PLAYWRIGHTS PLAY LIFE AFTER OJAI
JON ROBIN BAITZ
CHINESE FRIENDS
Produced by Playwrights Horizons
LEE BLESSING
FLAG DAY -
DANNY HOCH
TIL THE BREAK OF DAWN Produced by the Center Stage
JOE LOYA
THE MAN WHO OUTGREW HIS PRISON CELL Produced by the Mark Taper New Work Festival and New York Theatre Summer Workshop
PETER MORRIS
PRO BONO PUBLICO -
CHARLAYNE WOODARD
FLIGHT Produced by the Mark Taper Forum and A Contemporary Theatre
 
 
 
 

2002

PLAYWRIGHTS PLAY LIFE AFTER OJAI
JON ROBIN BAITZ
THE PARIS LETTER Produced by the Mark Taper Forum and The Roundabout Theatre
JESSICA GOLDBERG
KATZMAN AND THE MAYOR -
ARTHUR L. KOPIT
THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA Produced by Emory University
KELLY STUART
MAYHEM Produced by the Evidence Room
LISA LOOMER
LIVING OUT Produced by the Mark Taper Forum and Arena Stage
LUIS ALFARO
NO HOLDS BARRIO Produced by the Goodman Theater
 
 
 
 

2001

PLAYWRIGHTS PLAY LIFE AFTER OJAI
MARY LATHROP
TALES FROM THE SALT MINES -
DORIS BAIZLEY
GLASS MOUNTAIN -
JOHN RAFTER LEE
FRANKINCENSE -
LYNN MANNING
MIDDLE PASSAGE Produced by the Mark Taper Forum New Work Festival
 
 
 
 

2000

PLAYWRIGHTS PLAY LIFE AFTER OJAI
ADAM RAPP
NOCTURNE Produced at American Repertory Theatre; Nominated for Pulitzer Prize
JESSICA GOLDBERG
GOOD THING Produced by the Mark Taper Forum and The New Group
DAVID IVES
POLISH JOKE Produced by A Contemporary Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club
DEBORAH ZOE LAUFER
FORTUNE -
ARI ROTH
LOVE AND YEARNING IN THE NOT-FOR-PROFITS and Other Marital Distractions Produced by Theater “J”
 
 
 
 

1999

PLAYWRIGHTS PLAY LIFE AFTER OJAI
NEENA BEBER
HARD FEELINGS
Produced by The Women’s Project and Productions Inc.
ADAM RAPP
FINER NOBEL GASES Produced by the Edge Theater
HEATHER DUNDAS
RULES FOR CHEATERS -
JOHN QUINCY LONG
YEAR OF THE BABY Produced by the Soho Repertory
KIRA OBOLENSKY
LOBSTER ALICE Produced by the Jungle Theater and Playwrights Horizons
 
 
 
 

1998

PLAYWRIGHTS PLAY LIFE AFTER OJAI
NEENA BEBER
TOMORROWLAND Produced by Theater “J”
RICK CLEVELAND
DANNY BOUNCING -
CHRISTOPHER DURANG
BETTY'S SUMMER VACATION Produced by Playwrights Horizons
Won an Obie
ELROYCE JONES
A THIMBLE OF SMOKE Produced by the Echo Theater Company
DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE
THE DEVIL INSIDE Produced by the Echo Theater Company
BERNARDO SOLANO
WILD LIFE Produced by the Echo Theater Company