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PREVIOUS winning writers….


These are the winning writers of the First Stage writers' contests from submissions from all across the country and Canada. 
First Stage One Act Play Contest Winners - November 2015
We are pleased to announce the winners of our 2015 One Act Play Contest. The winners chosen by our judges are:

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First place:  DWI (DRIVING WHILE INNOCENT) by Dale Dunn
Second place: WRONG NUMBER by Michael Pearce
Third place:  STRANGER by Steven Schwartz
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First Stage Playwrights Express Winners - August 2014
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 Playwrights Express. The winners chosen by our audiences are:

Best of the Festival: Felix Racelis for GRAND CAN.
Best Drama: Elise Marenson for LEARN TO DRIVE

Best Drama Runner-up: Lorey Hayes for MAN ON A SKEWER
Best Comedy (tied for first place):  
        Michael Verderber for GPS: GENDER'S PROBLEMATIC SITUATION
        Christine Rosensteel for TORN ASUNDER

Best Comedy Runner-up: Elizabeth Gray for SHRINK WRAPPED

Congratulations! Thank TO all the writers, actors and directors who made our 2014 EXPRESS a success.

First Stage One Act Play Contest Winners - November 2013
We are pleased to announce the winners of our 2013 One Act Play Contest. The winners chosen by our judges are:

First place: THE PLUMBER PLAY by Nancy Cooper Frank 
Second Place: TEMPLES by Jeffrey Baker
Third Place: THE CAKE TOP FOLLIES by John M. Twomey

Congratulations! We'd like to thank all the writers who participated in this year's contest.
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First Stage Playwrights Express Winners - 2013
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 Playwrights Express. The winners chosen by our audiences are:

Best of the Festival: THE PASS by Josh Lazar
Best Comedy: GUN TOWN U.S.A. by D.E. Allen
Best Comedy runner up: (tie) LIFE IS A FEAST by Jacob Edelman,
                                          and DEAD LETTER OFFICE by Richard Herstek
Best Drama: STRONGLY AGREE by John Aaron
Best Drama runner up: DADDY'S WORK by Vic Cabrera

Congratulations! We'd like to thank all the writers, actors and directors who made our 2013 festival a success.


First Stage One Act Play Contest Winners - November 2012
We are pleased to announce the winners of our 2012 One Act Play Contest. The winners chosen by our judges are:

First Place: OVERSEAS by David Brendan Hopes from Ashville, North Carolina.
Second Place: I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING by Jan Henson Dow of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Third Place: SOPHIE-ALEXANDER-LISBOA by Wendy Graf of Los Angeles, CA. 

Congratulations! We'd like to thank all the writers who participated in this year's contest.

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First Stage Playwrights Express Winners - 2011
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Playwrights Express. The winners chosen by our audiences are:

Best of the Festival: AIR by Lilly Thomassian
Best Comedy: BROOKLYN Y by Josh Lazar                               
Best Drama: THE DAY AARON SMITH REPLACED JOHN LENNON by Don Corban-Smith                  
Runner-Up Comedy: TRAVELING TO SYRACUSE by Karen Ilene Frank                  
Runner-Up Drama: HOLLOW by Gene DeJoie                          
 
Congratulations! We'd like to thank all the writers, actors and directors who made our 2011 festival a success.

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