Honors & productions for OCPA plays throughout the years.
So, what have we done?
We might as well answer the old Hollywood question. Here are some works penned by OCPA dramatists, and what they’ve won and/or where they’ve been staged or produced.
A BRUSH WITH FATE • Joni Ravenna • west coast ensemble, hollywood
A MEMORY OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN • Robert Riemer • zju theater group, north hollywood
AGE OF BEES • Tira Palmquist • winner, company of angels visions of dystopia competition
AGING WITH GRACE • Frank Farmer • winner, long beach playhouse new works festival
COCKFIGHTERS • Johnna Adams • OC WEEKLY award for best new play • silver prize finalist, pinter review prize for drama • finalist, national arts club playwrights first award • hunger artists theatre company, fullerton • oberon theatre ensemble, NYC
DEAD RECKONING • Martin E. Williams • STAGEStheatre, fullerton
EL PRIMER DIA DE CLASES • Erica Bennett • mendez vs. westminster civil rights curriculum, CA state public schools
FOR PETE’S SAKE • Joni Ravenna • chance theater, anaheim hills
GOAT • Arthur Kraft • elite theatre company, oxnard
GOOD BREEDING • John Lane • winner, scripteasers playwriting competition
GRANDPA WAS A BACHELOR • Gene Fiskin • bedlam ensemble, NYC
GREAT WESTERN WANDERLUST • Eric Eberwein • winner, las vegas little theatre new works competition • las vegas little theatre
HOLLYWOOD IS A STATE OF MIND • Jordan R. Young • california artists radio theatre, KPFK-FM
OBSCENITIES • Art Gottlieb • winner, long beach playhouse new works festival
OUT OF YOUR MIND • Arthur Kraft • winner, long beach playhouse new works festival
PHILADELPHIA LAWYER • Arthur Kraft • STAGEStheatre, fullerton
PRESIDENTIAL HOPELESS • John Richardson • STAGEStheatre, fullerton
SANS MERCI • Johnna Adams • winner, reva shiner full-length play award • finalist, princess grace foundation USA playwriting fellowship • finalist, abingdon theatre company brian wolk award • bloomington playwrights project, IN • hunger artists theatre company, fullerton
SHYLOCK’S DAUGHTER • Eleanor Brook • winner, long beach playhouse new works festival
SIDE EFFECTS • Eleanor Brook • winner, long beach playhouse new works festival
SOTTO VOCE • Robert Riemer • zju theater group, north hollywood
SPLENDID MISERY • Robert Riemer • the actors temple, NYC • zju theater group, north hollywood
THE ANGEL EATERS TRILOGY • Johnna Adams • flux theatre ensemble, nyc
THE DIARIES OF DAVID KIND • Eric Eberwein • theatre publicus jury prize for dramatic literature
THE HERMIT BIRD • John Byrd • virago theatre, alameda
THE MIRACLE OF MARY MACK’S BABY • Johnna Adams • STAGEStheatre, fullerton
THE OLD BIRD • Lynn Wells Nelson • winner, long beach playhouse new works festival • winner, dezart performs play reading festival • los angeles women’s theatre project 20% festival
THE SACRED GEOMETRY OF S&M PORN • Johnna Adams • rude guerrilla theater company, santa ana
THE SWITCH • Arthur Kraft • the next stage, los angeles
In addition to these full-length plays, our members have somewhere in the vicinity of 100 one-acts and 10-minute plays produced.