Dominic Orlando (BAPF 2004) has an impressive history with theatre. His work has earned him numerous residences, a CORE membership in the Playwrights Center of Minneapolis, and he has been nationally and internationally produced, most recently in Japan. He returns to the New Play Institute this April 19th to teach a short...
James Price’s Collision Course will receive a reading on Tuesday, April 8th as part of PF’s In The Rough Reading Series, and will be presented at the Ashby Stage, hosted by the Shotgun Players. James has spent the last twenty years building an impressive career as a Broadway and off-Broadway actor and...
Playwrights Foundation presents a reading of local playwright, Marisela Treviño Orta’s Woman on Fire at the SF Playhouse this Monday, March 31st. This reading kicks off Playwrights Foundation’s eight-week In The Rough Reading Series. Marisela won the 2006 Chicano/Latino Literary Prize in Drama, and is currently working on a commission for the...
This April, Nakissa Etemad, who has worked with hundreds of playwrights including master playwrights such as Arthur Miller and Tom Stoppard, will teach an exclusive class for Playwrights Foundation, revealing the secrets of theatre’s least understood profession: dramaturgy. In order to give you a sneak peak...
In this week’s Spotlight on the Playwrightfocuses on Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, author of Hunter Gathers, which was developed on the 2005 BAPF, and went on to win the Glickman Award and Steinberg National Theatre Critics Awards for it’s Bay Area world premiere with Killing My Lobster. He...
Tanya Shaffer Re-imagines the Story of Buddha Sid Arthur by Tanya Shaffer Directed by Amy Mueller Monday, February 18th 7pm Exit Theatre 277 Taylor Street San Francisco By Invitation Only (see below) If you are a Theatre Professional or a Playwrights Foundation Donor and would like an invitation to see Sid Arthur, please email us at jonathan (at) playwrightsfoundation (dot) org. To...
THE HATCHERY FESTIVAL 2007 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS (please distribute) The Hatchery in Washington, DC seeks scripts for its 2007 festival of new works. The Hatchery is the only company in the nation's capital dedicated to incubating, cultivating, and celebrating the craft of the emerging playwright. Last summer's inaugural...
Welcome to the brand new Playwrights Foundation blog. We're still in the process fo figuring out just what sort of blog this will be. Ideally it will be both a resource for playwrights as well as a site for dialogue and engagement. In the next few...
We're now accepting submissions for the 2008 Bay Area Playwrights Festival. Festival submission guidelines are on the web site www.playwrightsfoundation.org And while you're there check out the great fall classes at the New Play Institute - D.W. Jacobs, Annie Smart and Marcus Gardley are all teaching! ...
I know we promised it sooner - but better late than never. We're got a really fantastic group of playwrights assembled for this year's Festival. Here's the lineup: 2007 Bay Area Playwrights Festival Magic Theater, San Francisco August 3rd - 12th Zakiyyah Alexander SWEET MALADIES Annie Baker BODY AWARENESS WEEK Christopher Chen INTO...