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...
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...
We are excited to have playwright T.D. Mitchell present her new work at this year's Bay Area Playwrights Festival! Join us for the readings of VRTU-L on Friday 7/20 at 8pm and Sunday 7/29 at 2pm. We had the pleasure to sit down with T.D. Mitchell and talk about her...
We are delighted to have Justin Chinn on our team of playwrights for #BAPF2018. His play Colonialism Is Terrible, But Pho Is Delicious grapples with issues of cultural appropriation and will be serving up plenty of laughs and food for thought on Sunday 7/22 at 6pm and Saturday 7/28...
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...
Jon Bernson is a part of our residency program and our upcoming Bay Area Playwrights Festival. His play When Lighting The Voids will be be read on Sunday 7/22 at 2pm and Friday 7/27 at 8pm. You can buy tickets here. We invite you to learn more...
Emmy Award winning playwright Patricia Cotter joins us at this year's Bay Area Playwrights Festival with her play The Daughters. Come watch Sanfrancisco history be re-lived and re-told from the voices of the lesbians who made it! Readings will take place on July 21st at...