[caption id="attachment_902" align="alignright" width="300"] The Hundred Flowers Project - Photo by Pak Han[/caption] Today's Music Monday is a little special. Today we look at The Hundred Flowers Project by Christopher Chen. It's a play that has been in our lives at Playwrights Foundation for a while. But really it...
Here's how it goes. When I have send a music monday request to a playwright I ask for 15 songs or so, that way if a song is not on Spotify then there should be enough song options to put on a good size playlist. When...
In preparation for the next Rough Reading, which features Reparations by Dominic Orlando, we asked him to speak about his play, it's history, and what it all means. This play began when I was participating in a theatre festival a few years ago (not in California). I was watching...
Oh, Dominic. Dominic Orlando is a favorite around Playwrights Foundation. From the classes he teaches to the plays he brings us. The man is so, so busy. From working with Berkeley Rep's Ground Floor on his new musical The Barbary Coast to bringing us his new play Reparations for...
By Andrew Saito, PF Resident Playwright abroad in Papua New Guinea I write these words through the haze of an anonymous tropical disease. My appetite is reduced, and fatigue sets in early and often. The upside is that my frequent lack of hunger is shaving off the...
At Playwrights Foundation, playwright and teacher Dominic Orlando is a real favorite. He will be featured in our Rough Reading Seriesand he's getting ready to teach a class for our New Play Institute, a Musical Bootcamp for those who want to really learn how to write a musical. Dominic...
by Mike Lew Playwright, Bike America Bike America is a comedy about a cross-country bike trip, staged on stationary bikes. Or maybe even real bikes. Or maybe just handlebars that the actors carry around to look like real bikes. We haven’t really figured that out yet. Anyhow, this bike trip...
Writing and Biking. Two things Mike Lew knows a thing or two about. When we asked him to give us a playlist of music he writes to, not only did he give us a great heart bumping list, he gave us a little insight to...
Anthony Clarvoe, playwright of Cello, clearly has a love of music and probably knows a thing or two about a killer playlist to set you into a writing mood. With Anthony Clarvoe's ongoing class with the New Play Institute, September 19 - December 12, we had a perfect excuse to...
by Anthony Clarvoe Playwright and NPI Instructor [caption id="attachment_934" align="alignright" width="200"] CELLO by Anthony Clarvoe forBay Area One Acts Festival.Produced by Playwrights Foundation - Pictured (l-r) El Beh, Maria Giere Marquis, Cooper Carlson.[/caption] I confess it: I am inordinately fond of the writers in my classes. They bring so much...