Discover Emerging Playwrights During the 34th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival
Thick House (1695 18th St. San Francisco, CA 94102)
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The last date listed for 2011 Bay Area Playwrights Festival was Sunday July 31, 2011 / 4:00pm (Home Below Zero by Dan Dietz).
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Best of PlayGround Festival Features New Short Plays and Musicals
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Don't miss your chance to see the latest and greatest new work from the Bay Area's hottest up-and-coming playwrights at the 16th annual Best of PlayGround Festival. Each performance of the show, starring and directed by top local talent, features seven short plays in their entirety -- and this year, they've even included two 10-minute musicals as part of the mix. In all, 36 plays were developed as part of the Monday night staged-reading series at Berkeley Rep, and these seven were specially selected to be part of this festival. Stick around after the Sunday night performances for a discussion with the playwrights. VIP tickets include prime priority seating, a glass of wine and a meet-and-greet with the playwrights at intermission. Please see the event description for more information on the lineup. Learn More
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Claudia
This was a staged play reading by a new playwright. After the reading, the playwright and the director asked for feedback from the audience about how they could improve the play.Written on Jul 25 2011
It was an enjoyable experience.
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July 23 at noon and July 30 at 4:00pm
We Are Proud to Present a Presentation… by Jackie Sibblies Drury
When a group of actors gather together to give a presentation on a distant genocide, they realize that summaries based on history books aren’t nearly enough to capture the complexity of human extermination—or human interaction. In an honest attempt to delve deeper, they crash into their own simmering fears and unconscious bigotry and come face to face with the potential for brutality in all of us.
July 23 at 4:00pm and July 29 at 8:00pm
Hong Kong Dinosaur by Amelia RoperBefore Cindy Ling found Australia’s biggest dinosaur, a Chinese girl met an Australian boy in the Hong Kong Public Library. Before the library, there was a war to end all wars. Before the war, there was tea in the west. Before tea in the west, there was tea in the east. And before that? Plankton. Hong Kong Dinosaur. A history of love, hate, tea and plankton.
July 23 at 8:00pm and July 30 at noon
Beautiful Province (Belle Province) by Clarence Coo
Fifteen-year-old Jimmy flees his Rust Belt life by driving across Quebec with Mr. Green, his high school French teacher. Will the end of the road lead to Jimmy’s sexual and linguistic awakening—or to something far more tragic? Learning another language has never been this reckless.
July 24 at Noon and July 28 at 7:00pm
BASH! (Bay Area SHorts)—Science is Close by Kate Ryan and 700th & Int’l by Chinaka Hodge
Two commissioned one-act plays by rising local playwrights.
July 24 at 4:00pm and July 30 at 8:00pm
Rock Creek: Southern Gothicby Lauren Gunderson
Rock Creek, South Carolina, Thanksgiving. Johnnie, the youngest daughter of the blended Hall Family, can’t take it anymore and stands up to her African-American stepmother Sugar, abandons her home and rips her already cracking family apart. After months Johnnie re-appears Easter morning with impossible stories, secrets and an incredible power to heal—if Sugar will stand for that mess. Rock Creek: Southern Gothic is a fresh American drama about the steely fiber of family, home and home cooking.
July 31 at 4:00pm
Home Below Zero by Dan Dietz
Fresh out of Iraq, Khaled shows up at Ben’s doorstep looking for his best friend: Ben’s son Jeff, an American soldier. Problem is, Jeff’s been in a coma since a bomb blew up his Humvee three weeks ago—and Ben blames Khaled and everyone who looks like him. As Ben and Khaled wait for Jeff to wake up, they argue, fight and develop an unusual friendship to the tune of heavy metal.
About the Ticket Supplier: Playwrights Foundation
Playwrights Foundation is dedicated to discovering and supporting local and national American playwrights across a broad spectrum of artistic and career positions, in the inception and development of new plays that speak to and from an increasingly diverse society. Founded on a deeply held belief that the relevance and vitality of American theater depends upon a continual infusion of new work, Playwrights Foundation sustains a commitment to the playwright, who we regard as the creative wellspring of theater.