12th Annual Best of PlayGround Festival: An Evening of Short Plays at Thick House
Thick House (1695 18th St. San Francisco, CA 94102)
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- $28.00 - $40.00
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- $10.00 - $20.00*
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The last date listed for 12th Annual Best of PlayGround Festival was Sunday May 25, 2008 / 8:00pm.
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Working-Class British Drama A Taste of Honey
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Set in 1960s Manchester, England, this poignant and comic play tells the story of Jo, a shy 17-year-old chafing against the constraints of her life in a working-class slum and the demands of her selfish, irresponsible mother, Helen. Helen soon deserts her daughter for a lover, but the tenacious Jo navigates romance, heartbreak, and poverty, never losing her sense of humor and optimism. Shelagh Delaney's first play was considered controversial in its time for its racial and sexual themes, but its powerful evocation of mid-century British life has made it an enduring masterpiece. Laura Lundy-Paine for the Virago Theatre Co. Learn More
Goldstar Member Reviews
Susie S
Great variety of interesting, creative and well-acted plays.Written on May 26 2008
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Karen U.
The new scripts were inventive, well acted and just plain fun. Superb direction from some very impressive directors who have invested in Playground, and the creation/development of drama in our time. You should go, definitely!!!Written on May 12 2008
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Goldstar Member
A very rich evening of theatre with lots of humor and depth. The performances at the Festival were much more polished than the Monday night staged readings. I enjoyed seeing each actor playing different roles. Direction was uniformly skilled.Written on May 12 2008
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EF
Definitely worth going to especially if you enjoy the short play format.Written on May 12 2008
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More Information About 12th Annual Best of PlayGround Festival
Website
http://playground-sf.org/bestof.shtml
Quotes & Highlights
- Opening Night (May 10) includes a post-show champagne reception with the artists.
- The Monday Night PlayGround series was a success with Goldstar's members, as were the Best of PlayGround Festivals for 2007, 2006, 2005, and 2004.
- "It's not just the playwrights who get a rush from the breakneck speed of PlayGround." --San Francisco Chronicle
- "You never know, maybe you can say you saw them when." --SF Gate
Description
The Best of PlayGround Festival is an evening of seven short plays written by some of the Bay Area's hottest new playwrights. Performed and directed by top local talent, the short works are given full production to deliver what the Examiner calls, "As entertaining and thought-provoking as anything on stage at The City's major theaters these days." PlayGround selects these seven works out of the 36 produced throughout the Monday Night PlayGround season.
The schedule:
<p>O Happy Dagger by Crish Barth, directed by Tracy Ward
The Boy Who Did Not Listen To His Mother by Cass Brayton, directed by Nancy Carlin
Three Stories by Garret Jon Groenveld, directed by Lee Sankowich
Leo by Daniel Heath, directed by Jessica Heidt
Panopticon by Aaron Loeb, directed by Barbara Oliver
The Known World by Geetha Reddy, directed by Chris Smith
Giving Up The Ghost by Lauren Yee, directed by Jim Kleinmann</p>
Ensemble: B.W. Gonzalez*, Christen Karle*, Anthony Nemirovsky*, Joseph O'Malley, Carla Pantoja, Adrian Roberts*, Ken Sonkin*
* Member, Actors' Equity Association