19 Nov A New Face at Playwrights Foundation
Hello to the internet world. A bit of forewarning: this post is less theatre, more vain ramblings of a twenty-something, given the power of THE BLOG! ...
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12 Oct Special Event! Book reading and signing with playwright/author Brooke Berman!
Join us this Sunday, Oct 17th at 3:00PM in the Union Square Borders in SF for a special glimpse into Brooke's new memoir No Place Like Home, A Memoir in 39 Apartments. Here is a taste of what you'll hear on Sunday...
08 Oct I Am My Own Mentor, A True Story
So there I was, a hopeful young and aspiring Bay Area theater person, yearning to know how to write plays that people would want to put on and come see. To have a career doing that, this was my dream. Playwrights were my heroes. I’d studied...
04 Oct Prudence and Pepper: Act Two
The dramatic conclusion of Prudence and Pepper...
26 Sep Prudence and Pepper: Act One
Julia Jarcho and Brian Thorstenson's class STRANGE DAYS, STRANGE PLAYS will be held six Saturdays starting October 16th. To kickstart the creative juices, they have co-written a Blog Drama in Two Acts. Act One appears here - stay tuned for Act Two later this week! A...
22 Sep Inspiration, Deadlines & Candy Corn: Musings by Erin Bregman
After a weekend up in the California foothills, PF asked one of our Resident Playwrights, Erin Bregman, to write some thoughts about her writer's retreat. This is a sweet response, pun intended. When asked the dreaded question what inspires you to write?’, I immediately pull out my...
21 Jul LAUNCH PAD BAPF 33!
Two Weekends. Eight Plays. Limitless Imagination! Welcome to the Bay Area Playwrights Festival – a full throttle jettison into the new play universe. Every summer – counting 33 this year - 70+ artists gather to breathe stardust and substance into eight stellar new plays, offering their insights and talents...
03 Jul Meet your 2010 Festival Playwrights, Week 6: Introducing Yussef El Guindi!
Each week we will be posting an interview with one of the playwrights featured in this year's 2010 Bay Area Playwrights Festival. We are thrilled to be working with Yussef El Guindi to develop his new play Three Wolves and a Lamb. " Funny, sexy, and irreverent...
24 Jun Meet your 2010 Festival Playwrights, week five! Meet local playwright Elizabeth Gjelten!
Each week we will be sharing an interview with a playwright featured in this year's 2010 Bay Area Playwrights Festival. PF sat down with SF-based playwright Elizabeth Gjelten, who will be developing her play Hunter’s Point in the Festival on Saturday, July 24 and Saturday, July 31. 1....
18 Jun Meet Your 2010 Festival Playwrights, Week Four! Hello, SHEILA CALLAGHAN
Each week we will be sharing an interview with a playwright featured in this year's 2010 Bay Area Playwrights Festival. We're thrilled to invite back Sheila Callaghan, whose play Lascivious Something finished its run in New York on June 6th. This summer, we present her new play Port...