Best of PlayGround Festival: An Evening of Short Plays at Thick House
Thick House (San Francisco, CA)
Rated 3.1 by 15 members who went.
The 13th Annual 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".
Event summary prepared by the Goldstar Editorial Team.
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- FREE - $10.00
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Parking And Transportation
- You can find street parking neat location and area
- Good parking--plentiful, close to venue.
Food And Drinks
- No coffee at intermission
- They did not have any - bummer
Other
- HOT, HOT, HOT venue - do not dress warmly
More Details About Best of PlayGround Festival
Quotes & Highlights
- The Monday Night PlayGround series is a hit with Goldstar's members, as were the Best of PlayGround Festivals for 2008, 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
More Information
Website: http://playground-sf.org/bestof.shtml
<p>The seven plays to be presented at this year’s festival are:</p>
- John Jacob O’Reilly Smitherton’s Bid to Save the World by Erin Bregman, directed by Jim Kleinmann
- Wednesday by Daniel Heath, directed by Barbara Oliver
- All Thumbs by Aaron Loeb, directed by Tracy Ward
- Seen by Evelyn Jean Pine, directed by Amy Mueller
- Gymnopedie #1 by Kenn Rabin, directed by Molly Noble
- Net by Geetha Reddy, directed by Mark Routhier
- Truffaldino Says No by Ken Slattery, directed by Chris Smith
ABOUT PLAYGROUND:
The mission of PlayGround is to support the development of significant new local voices for the theatre. More than just a play development program, PlayGround focuses on the creation of a true theatre community by nurturing the collaborative process between first-time or early development playwrights, and established professional actors and directors. With a particular focus on the tenminute form, PlayGround creates a microcosm of the greater theatre scene, allowing for experimentation and risk-taking as well as the honing of style and technique.
