Congrats to our four finalists for the 2025 Oregon Book Award!
- Brianna Barrett, Still Harvey Still
- E. M. Lewis, Strange Birds
- Rich Rubin, Kafka’s Joke
- Ken Yoshikawa, From a Hole in the Ground
Congratulations x4!
Category: Awards
Lewis’ FRANKENSTEIN finds love at Dartmouth
E. M. Lewis’ THE FRANKENSTEIN PROJECT was a finalist for the Neukom Award from the Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth.
No JOKE! Rubin’s play sweeps award noms
Rich Rubin’s comedy-drama KAFKA’S JOKE, which premiered in March at Desert Ensemble Theatre (Palm Springs, CA), received 13 award nominations by the Desert Theatre League, including Outstanding Production!
KAFKA’S JOKE was selected as the Best Play of the 2023 season by Broadway World (Palm Springs). In addition, the play received awards for Best Director (Jerome Elliott Moskowitz), Best Performer (John Corr, a 2016 graduate of the Portland Actors Conservatory), Best Supporting Performer (Larry Dyekman ), and Best Ensemble.
Chicago loves REHAB
Rich Rubin awards keep rollin’ in! This time it’s for his feature-length screenplay, COSTA REHAB, which was selected as Best Comedy Script at the 2023 Chicago Indie Film Awards.
Accuardi is a winner!
Congratulations to Sara Jean Accuardi for taking home the Oregon Book Awards’ Angus L. Bowmer Award for Drama for THE STORYTELLER.
Portland Civic Theatre Guild reads DOROTHY’S DICTIONARY
The Portland Civic Theatre Guild presents DOROTHY’S DICTIONARY by E. M. Lewis, their 2022 New Play Award Winner.
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Rubin’s THEORY a winner
EINSTEIN’S THEORY, a short story by Rich Rubin, was selected as a semi-finalist in the New England Journal of Medicine’s inaugural (2021) Medical Fiction Contest.
Rubin wins prize for JOKE
KAFKA’S JOKE, a full-length comedy-drama by Rich Rubin, received a special award from the Jewish Theatre of Warsaw, as part of the 2021 Szymon Szurmiej Contemporary Jewish Drama International Competition.
Rubin’s SWIMMING wins Shawnee’s top prize
Rich Rubin’s SWIMMING UPSTREAM was the full-length Grand Winner of Shawnee Playhouse’s 2021-22 new play competition.
Congratulations to Rich Rubin & Dan Kitrosser!
The Portland Civic Theatre Guild announced its winner and finalists for their 2019 New Play Award:
*Winner: SHAKESPEARE’S SKULL by Rich Rubin
*Finalist: THE OLD FOREVER NEW THINGS by Dan Kitrosser