Current Nobody Director Jonathan Spector speaks with Melissa about the play and her process. Just Theater presents the West Coast Premiere of Current Nobody November 14-December 13 at the Exit Theater. Jonathan Spector: You have a very idiosyncratic way of writing dialogue, which seems to both mimicking the rhythms of...
We had a wonderful opening weekend of parties, awards, and of course readings! Thanks to all those who came out to be part of it. The Festival continues the weekend. Come join us! And while you're there, check out the new website. More Festival blogging coming soon...
Moe here, volunteer of no particular persuasion. Just saw the staff/intern impromptu reading. Unsurprisingly, many folks who work with PF are themselves playwrights. Also unsurprisingly, they are decent playwrights. The performance did not disappoint, presenting short plays about everything from a vegetarian meal to the essence of American...
Greetings from Elijah the Intern. Who, you ask? You might have noticed me making photocopies at the office. Or behind the concessions table. Or taking out the trash. Or doing one of many things to make your (the audience, the playwrights, the artistic team, the...
Hello everyone. I’m Sonia Fernandez, Playwrights Foundation’s Literary & Administrative Coordinator. I’m sitting here in the PF Office, feeling completely recovered from the first days of Festival festivities and raring to go for next weekend. Cris and I were at the box office for the...
Marcus, your grandfather, Robert Gardley was a master of words, but you brought this gift to another level. I know he is smiling down from heaven at you, saying keep going and doing what God has blessed you with. Much love Auntie PJ ...
Welcome to the first entry for the 2008 Bay Area Playwrights Festival Blog! My name is Cris, I'm the Marketing Associate, and I'm the first person to blog on here this evening. This is a LIVE blog, meaning that audience members arriving in just thirty...
Marcus Gardley’s new play every tongue must confess opens the 2008 Bay Area Playwrights Festival tomorrow, Friday July 25th. A native of West Oakland, Marcus is best known to Bay Area audiences for his acclaimed play Love Is A Dream House In Lorin, a love song to the...
Geetha Reddy is a four-time recipient of PlayGround’s Emerging Playwright Award and was recently selected by Theater Bay Area as a local “Up and Coming Playwright.” Last year, she participated in PF’s In the Rough Reading Series, where she developed her play Me Given You. Safe House, selected for the...