Introducing our Resident Playwright Reading Series
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Cat Brooks’
Driving the Girls
In Person Reading
Saturday, May 17th | 7:30 PM
YBCA Screening Room
701 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
On-Demand Monday, June 23rd at 8 AM PT–
Sunday, June 29th at 11:59 PM PT.
Ticket Sales for on-demand end on Sunday, June 29th at 8 pm PT
Set in late 1990’s Las Vegas, Driving the Girls is a semi-autobiographical play about Mary, an ambitious Black college theater student whose escape from the city’s vices and pitfalls is impacted by an unexpected community of sex workers.
LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR UPCOMING READINGS
Playwrights Foundation is thrilled to present a public reading series in the second year of the Resident Playwright Program. Click below to learn more about the new works by Cat Brooks, Ruben Grijalva, Sloka Krishnan, and Leigh M. Marshall.
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What’s new with our Alumni:
Bravo to David Henry Hwang (Yellow Face) and Jonathan Spector (Eureka Day) on their Tony nominations for Best Revival of a Play!
Both Yellow Face and Eureka Day are honored among this year’s top theatrical revivals. Catch the 77th Annual Tony Awards live on June 16, 2025. Find the complete list of nominations here.
Congratulations to Naomi Iizuka on receiving the 2024-2025 Hermitage Award!
Congratulations to Naomi Iizuka (she/her, BAPF1998) on receiving the 2024-2025 Hermitage Award! The prize offers one of the largest unrestricted nonprofit theatre commissions in the United States. Naomi will receive a cash prize of $35,000, a residency at the Hermitage Artist Retreat in Florida, and a developmental workshop in a major arts capital—which for this commission is anticipated to be Chicago in late 2026. Read more on playbill.com.
Congratulations to Madhuri Shekar on the theatrical release of A Nice Indian Boy based on her film.
A Nice Indian Boy follows Naveen (Karan Soni), who brings his fiancé Jay (Jonathan Groff) home to meet his traditional Indian family, who must contend with accepting his white-orphan-artist boyfriend and helping them plan the Indian wedding of their dreams. You can watch A Nice Indian Boy on digital platforms starting May 6, 2025. Learn more.