SF WINNER = “PianoFight: 4D!” by The S.H.I.T. Show

Runner Up = “Inner Dialogue” by Kirk Shimano

Second Runner Up = “Pulling the Plug” by Karen Hartline

Competing Theater Co.’s:

Richard Jennings Music – Round 1 (April 2, 3, 9, 10)

Threshold – Round 2 (April 16, 17, 23, 24)

No Nude Men – Round 3 (April 30, May 1, 7, 8 )

Sleepwalkers – Round 4 (May 14, 15, 21, 22)

Round Belly Theater – Round 5 (May 28, 29, June 4, 5)

Crisis Hopkins – Round 6 (June 11, 12, 18, 19)

House Bands:

All Ages (April 2 – May 1)

Sir Surrey (May 7 – 29)

Haus Band (June 4 – 26)

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Championship Weekend

After 24 performances, 12 weeks of competition, and three full months of audience-judged mayhem, 43 Actors, 28 Plays,  7 Directors, and 3 House Bands culminate into one hell of a finale – The Big Dance, The Finals, ShortLived 3.0: Championship Weekend. The 8 best playwrights, as picked by over 1,000 audience members, will battle it out inside a steel cage for your approval- it’s gonna be an ink bath!

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Line-Up:

R1 Winner: “Inner Dialogue” – Kirk Shimano

R2 Winner: “Maybe Tov” – Pamela Davis (Competing Theater Co. Threshold)

R3 Winner: “The Witch Doctor” – Sam Leichter

R4 Winner: “PianoFight: 4D!” – The S.H.I.T. Show

R5 Winner: “The Slap” – Jon Brooks

R6 Winner: “Pulling the Plug” – Karen Hartline

Wild Card: “Dream Date” – Christian Simonsen

Wild Card: “The True Story of How We Met” – Daniel Heath

ShortLived’s German-minimalist-surf-rock-house-band, Das Haus Bund, will team with their German-minimalist-sock-hop-dance-counterparts, Das Summer Fun Girls, and let loose in Das Socken Hoppfen with anyone who wants to boogie down after the show (read: semi-planned jam session / dance party). We’ll announce the winner of the entire competition Saturday, June 26th, immediately following the closing performance as soon as we can tally the votes. We’ll also check in with ShortLived LA via Skype to see which Los Angeles playwright took the top spot down south.

The largest audience-judged playwriting competition in the country builds to its bad ass conclusion this weekend, Fri and Sat, June 25-26 at 8:00pm: 56 playwrights, 52 performances, 50 plus actors, 14 Directors, Two Cities, One Show, You Pick The Winners – ShortLived 3.0: Championship Weekend.

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ShortLived LA: Championship Weekend Line-Up

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Round 6

Results:

After sweeping 5 straight rounds of the competition, Kirk Shimano’s “Inner Dialogue” was knocked off the top spot by none other than Jon Brooks’ “The Slap.” And in a round about way as the top three finishers in Round 6 have already clinched a spot in Championship Weekend, Karen Hartline’s “Pulling the Plug,” clinched the Round 6 slot in Championship Weekend and advances to The Big Dance. Big thanks to Crisis Hopkins, who rocked our socks off this round and who we’ll be seeing again Thursday, August 12th, when PianoFight plays Opening Night of the San Francisco Improv Festival. Crisis Hopkins is the official producer of the Festival this year, and have graciously invited us to play it even though we don’t have an improv show. Great round – and looking forward to The Finals.

1) “The Slap” – Jon Brooks

2) “Inner Dialogue” – Kirk Shimano

3) “PianoFight: 4D!” – The S.H.I.T. Show

4) “Pulling the Plug” – Karen Hartline

Line-Up:

“Inner Dialogue” – Kirk Shimano

“PianoFight: 4D!” – The S.H.I.T. Show

“The True Story of How We Met” – Daniel Heath

“Pulling the Plug” – Karen Hartline

“The Slap” – Jon Brooks

“Crook” – Rand Courtney

“He Said, Cliches” – Nicole Hammersla

“Hubris” – Competing Co. Crisis Hopkins

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Round 5

Results:

An insanely close round again yielded Kirk Shimano’s “Inner Dialogue” in the top spot with SHIT Show’s “PianoFight: 4D” taking second. Because both of those pieces have already clinched spots in Championship Weekend, the Round 5 Finals Slot will go to “The Slap” by Jon Brooks. Congrats to Jon and all the other writers and to the Round 5 competing theater company Round Belly Theater who did a hell of a job and managed to keep up with PianoFight’s drinking habit no problem.

1) “Inner Dialogue” – Kirk Shimano

2) “PianoFight: 4D” – The SHIT Show

3) “The Slap” – Jon Brooks

4) “The True Story of How We Met” – Daniel Heath

Line-Up:

“Inner Dialogue” – Kirk Shimano

“PianoFight: 4D!” – The S.H.I.T. Show

“The True Story of How We Met” – Daniel Heath

“2010, The Musical” – Chrish Barth

“Nothing Personal” – Kelly Anneken

“Science / Marketing” – Travis O’Guin

“The Slap” – Jon Brooks

“Snow Policy” – Colin Johnson, Competing Theater Co. Roundbelly Theater

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Round 4

Results:

Surprise surprise, it’s “Inner Dialogue” again. For the fourth Round in a row Kirk Shimano’s piece took the top spot so the Championship Weekend slot will go to the No. 2 finisher “PianoFight: 4D!” by our in house sketch comedy troupe The S.H.I.T. Show. Here are the full results:

1) “Inner Dialogue” – Kirk Shimano

2) “PianoFight: 4D!” – The S.H.I.T. Show

3) “The Edge Revisited” – Kim Luke, Competing Theater Co. Sleepwalkers Theater

4) “The True Story of How We Met” – Daniel Heath

Line-Up:

“Inner Dialogue” – Kirk Shimano

“The Witch Doctor” – Sam Leichter

“Dream Date” – Christian Simonsen

“The Edge Revisited” – Kim Luke, Competing Theater Co. Sleepwalkers Theater

“The Feast of the Newborn” – Bill Bivins

“The True Story of How We Met” – Daniel Heath

“We’ll Always Have the Pawn Shop” Mikey Joseph O’Connor

“PianoFight: 4D!” – The SHIT Show

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Round 3

Results:

But out the brooms cause thus far, it’s a sweep for Kirk Shimano’s “Inner Dialogie” which took the No. 1 spot for the third round in a row. No piece in ShortLived history has ever placed first on every night and in every round of the competition. Sam Leichter’s “The Witch Doctor” took the No. 2 spot in Round 3 and will clinch the Round 3 slot in Championship Weekend (June 25-26). Here are the results:

1) “Inner Dialogue” – Kirk Shimano

2) “The Witch Doctor” – Sam Leichter

3) “Dream Date” – Christian Simonsen

4) “Word War” – Ashley Cowan, Competing Theater Co. No Nude Men

Line-Up:

“The Parasite” – Lauren Yee

“Dream Date” – Christian Simonsen

“Inner Dialogue” – Kirk Shimano

“Word War” – Ashley Cowan (Comepting Theater Co. – No Nude Men)

“Us Against Them” – Tim Bauer

“The Clinic” – Pembrooke Oppenheimer

“In It to Spin It” – Bennett Fisher

“The Witch Doctor” – Sam Leichter

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Round 2

Results:

Another closely contested round, but in the end it was Kirk Shimano’s “Inner Dialogue” which took the top spot. Since “Inner Dialogue” has already clinched a spot in Championship Weekend when the piece came first in Round 1, the Round 2 slot in Championship Weekend will go to “Maybe Tov” by Pamela Davis and competing theater co. Threshold Theater.

1) “Inner Dialogue” – Kirk Shimano

2) “Maybe Tov” – Pamela Davis (Competing Theater Co. – Threshold) – (will perform in Championship Weekend)

3) “Us Against Them” – Tim Bauer

4) “The Parasite” – Lauren Yee

Line-Up:

“Maybe Tov” – Pamela Davis, produced by Threshold

“Us Against Them” – Tim Bauer

“Exactly 21 Different Dreamers’ Dreams in Under Ten Minutes” – Megan Cohen

“En Garde” – Lynn Snyder

“Inner Dialogue” – Kirk Shiman

“The Pitch” – Jon Brooks

“Witness to a Murder” – Evan Winchester

“The Parasite” – Lauren Yee

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Round 1

Results:

By far the strongest Round 1 in ShortLived history brought the closest-ever final results for a Round 1. Clinching a spot in Championship Weekend was Kirk Shimano with his piece “Inner Dialogue.” The following four pieces will move on to Round 2:

1) “Inner Dialogue” – Kirk Shimano (will perform in Championship Weekend)

2) “The Pitch” – Jon Brooks

3) “Witness to a Murder” – Evan Winchester

4) “The Parasite” – Lauren Yee

Line-Up

“Bearnice” – Derricka Smith

“Middle of the Road” – Patricia Milton

“Inner Dialogue” – Kirk Shimano

“Once Again: A Ten Minute Rock Opera” – Richard Jennings Music

“The Parasite” – Lauren Yee

“Witness to a Murder” – Evan Winchester

“Misanthropomorphization” – Daniel Heath

“The Pitch” – Jon Brooks