After a raucous first round which featured the musical stylings of Toby Dick, Mr. Turkey and the Lazy Circus Freaks, All Ages, and Quinn Deveaux, Round 1 of ShortLived 2.0 comes to a close with “The Boyfriend Store” by Alison Davis taking the top spot and clinching a slot in the finals.

The plays moving on to Round 2 are:

1. 1)“The Boyfriend Store” - Alison Davis
   

2. 2)“Speed Bumps” - Brett Hursey
   

3. 3)“Gentlemen of Leisure” - William Bivins
   

4. 4)“Adventures in Dating” - Rand Courtney
   

Te next four plays were close, but came in just under the top four, and willnot move on to Round 2:

5) “TMZ” - Jamie King

6) “Planetarium” - Duncan Wold

7) “Left” - Gareth Gwendolyn

8) “Coming to a Shelf Near You” - Matt Toomey

Many thanks to Matt Toomey, Jamie King, Duncan Wold and Gareth Gwendolyn for their excellent work.

The 4 new plays being added to the line up for Round 2 are:

“A Modest Proposal” - Steve Koppman

“The Road Less Traveled Agency” - Christian Simonsen

“Stopwatch” - Philip Oscar Ryan Ngo

“Arnold’s Divine Comedy” - Jamie Davenport

ROUND 2 MUSICAL GUESTS:

Jesse Seaver - Friday, April 17

The 45 - Saturday, April 18

BeatBeat Whisper - Friday, April 24

We’d like to thank everyone for coming out to Round 1 and remind anyone interested in submitting a play that there is NO DEADLINE for ShortLived submission. Also, if you bring a script submission to a show, you get in for $10.

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