Insider's Tip: Festival Special Events you shouldn't miss! In addition to the featured events below, we're REALLY looking forward to: Re-envisioning the Theatre Experience conversation and lunch with E. Hunter Spreen, Jon Bernson, and Sango Tajima (7/16 at 2:30PM) Adventurous Season Planning brunch and conversation with Mina Morita and Jon...
whisper fish Lydia Garcia joined Marin Theatre Company as the Literary Manager and Resident Dramaturg in April 2016. Before becoming a member of the MTC team, she was the Resident Dramaturg at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, where she dramaturged more than 20 plays in 8 seasons including...
At Georgetown University in 2009, then-Secretary Hillary Clinton was asked by an undergraduate playwright how she viewed the role of artists in helping to promote human rights and amplify policy. Her answer? "I think artists are one of our most effective tools in reaching beyond and...
Our next interview is with playwright Sarah Sander. We caught up with her to ask some questions about her poignant, sexy, and darkly funny play Sycamore: BAPF: Why did the title "Sycamore" resonate with you? SS: For a handful of reasons. Sycamores are commonly found in the Midwest and the...
Our next interview is with playwright Philana Omorotionmwan. We were fortunate enough to be able to ask her some questions about her imaginative and haunting play Before Evening ComesBefore Evening Comes, a powerful dystopian allegory of black life in America: BAPF: What was the inspiration for this play? PO: This play began with a...
Writer’s block is a common ailment that hounds even the most brilliant artists. No matter how much we try to create new material, sometimes it seems like nothing works. As Jack London once said, “You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with...
Jade King Carroll (Director, Before Evening Comes) The daughter of the trumpeter and composer Baikida Carroll, as a child accompanied her father to the Public Theater in Manhattan, where he scored Lois Elaine Griffith’s White Sirens at the request of Joseph Papp, and to the...
Preparations for the 2016 Bay Area Playwrights Festival continue with a fresh set of new plays still in development. Our next interview is with playwright Jonathan Spector. We were fortunate enough to be able to ask him some questions about his hilarious (and at times disturbing) play Good, Better,...
Welcome to the 39th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival! It's an exciting time: the plays and artistic teams are confirmed. Auditions have begun. Event planning is underway. We hope you will check our website and blog for updates, latest backstage news and added special events throughout the...
The 2016 Season of Rough Readings continues with a fresh set of new plays still in development. The March Rough Readings features Mercury from playwright Steve Yockey. We were fortunate enough to ask him some questions about this delightfully dark comedy: Rachel Finkelstein: Thanks for taking the time to speak...