The Playwrights Foundation recently named Kathy Li as the new Managing Director. Kathy, a bilingual theater artist from Shanghai, recently graduated from Yale with an MFA in Theater Management. Most recently, she served as the associate managing director for Yale Repertory Theatre and for Yale Cabaret...
PANEL CONVERSATION FOLLOWING THE STAGED READING OF T.D. MITCHELL’S PLAY VRTU-L Moderator: Nathan Brown Guests: Dr. Elizabeth McMahon, PhD, T.D. Mitchell, Alex Mallory What is Virtual Reality? How does it work? How is it being used in the arts, in entertainment, and in the wider culture? Local tech exec Nathan Brown and...
We are kicking off our 2018 Theater Professionals Weekend with this exceptional, award-winning documentary about Maria Irene Fornes, in the presence of Director Michelle Memran. The FREE screening starts at 4pm on JULY 27 at our festival venue, Potrero Stage, and will be followed by the Theater...
The Playwrights Foundation is thrilled to welcome the spoken word artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph to a post-show discussion of Kristiana Rae Colón's play suspension. suspension evokes radical lyricism in the face of a near dystopian future. In search of their mysteriously missing sister and guided by a mystic teaching artist, Voltaire...
Mister WA has been collaborating with BAVC and SF Commons to give viewers access to a wide variety of perspectives, talents and information, as he explores the artists who constantly brighten and reinvent San Francisco culture. On July 22, he invited our very own Artistic Director Amy Mueller and Resident Playwright Patricia Cotter to talk...
Dipika Guha's In Braunau is playing at The Rueff (A.C.T.'s Strand Theater) until July 7th. Do not miss out on this nuanced, dark comedy about good intentions & the roads they pave! Produced by the San Francisco Playhouse and directed by Sussanah Martin. Part of the Sandbox Series of...
We LOVED Ferocious Lotus Theater's production of Two Mile Hollow, written by Leah Nanoko Winkler and directed by Lily Tung Crystal. Featuring music composed by our resident playwright Min Khang! Leah boldly tackles issues such as under-representation of AAPI characters in American theater as well as racial inequities in our everyday...
Here's a short video from our March Rough Reading of The Daughters, by PF #residentplaywright Patricia Cotter. You have the opportunity to witness the second phase of development of Patricia's play at our 2018 Bay Area Playwrights Festival. The staged readings will take place on July...
Our staff, fellows and interns went to see Good, Better, Best, Bested at Custom Made Theater, written by our resident playwright Jonathan Spector and directed by #BAPF2018's casting director Lauren English! Now playing at Custom Made Theater through July 14th, Good, Better, Best, Bested is a result of one of our producing...