Where do you most often find inspiration? A: I take inspiration from my whole full life: the odd shape of someone's head on the bus, an emotional article in a trashy magazine, notes in public bathrooms or something one of my large extended family says in...
Hi PF Fans, We’re going to showcase our Resident Playwrights every Thursday. Today’s subject: Erin Bregman. Question: Where do you most often find inspiration? Erin: Everywhere! That is part of the problem. Living in San Francisco it's impossible to not encounter pieces of stories everywhere you turn. Sometimes it's a...
[caption id="attachment_1170" align="alignright" width="300"] Horizontal image of an old Theatre Marquee. Evening shot.[/caption] “Is theatre still relevant?” This question seems to come up constantly whenever theatre artists gather, be it at a bar after rehearsal, or Starbucks before- we always question whether this art form which...
The Playwrights Foundation is proud to be a producing partner, along with Three Wise Monkeys for the 9th Annual Bay One Acts (BOA) Festival. The Festival runs February 18 to March 13, 2010 at Boxcar Theater. This year’s festival focuses on the theme of "building community," between and across...
The Playwrights Foundation is so excited to announce that the dates for the 33rd Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival have been set—July 23 through August 1, 2010. The Festival will be held at the Thick House in San Francisco. Details of the full season will be announced in April! Be...
Thank you so much to everyone for your enthusiasm, participation and support in 2009! More than 100 of you joined our Angels Needed Campaign this summer, and, as a result, we continued to build our reach and impact to make new stories and new voices...
Join Us December 19 for This Open-Process Reading Please join us for a musical reading of ...
Chat with us -- tell us, ask us, tell us your thoughts. We loved Goldie, Max & Milk by Karen Hartman -- the other night at ACT. Was so funny and moving! A truly wonderous night -- even at music stands the play carries you into...
PF: Can you talk a little about the inspiration for Our Peculiar Institution and your process in writing it? Lauren Yee: I wanted to write a play about minstrelsy, and I spent a month at the American Antiquarian Society in Massachusetts actually researching source material from...
BAPF Playwright Martha Jane Kaufman was interviewed by Sonia Fernandez, PF Literary and Administrative Director. Sonia Fernandez: How did you get started on your BASH! Play, House and Junction? Martha Jane Kaufman: The election of Barack Obama led to a lot of conversations about how we were moving into...