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...
Our final playwright to be interviewed is the fabulous Rob Melrose, artistic director of The Cutting Ball Theater -- and not really the 'playwright' but rather adaptor, book writer, librettist, as if that's not enough! He makes his writing debut at the Bay Area Playwrights Festival with...
The playwright interviews are just one way for audiences to connect with the plays being read at the festival, giving you an inside scoop into the minds of the playwrights and their ideas about their play. Natasha is back with another interview, this time with...
Next up in our interview series is TD Mitchell. You can catch a reading of her play, Queens for a Year,at this year's festival. Natasha Brown: Thanks for taking the time to talk with me. First question, is your style distinct or does it change depending on the play? TD...
In our latest installlment of Interview with a Playwright, I spoke with local Bay Area playwright, E.Hunter Spreen of Split the Stick of this year's Bay Area Playwrights Festival. Check it out! Natasha Brown: Thanks for taking the time to talk with me. First question, is your style distinct...
It's Natasha again! I'm back with our interview series, this week with playwright Don Nguyen whose play Sound explores identity and Deaf culture. Natasha Brown: Thank you for letting me interview you! First question, is your style distinct or does it change depending on the play? Don Nguyen: I think my...
Welcome to the 37th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival! I'm Natasha, one of the interns at this year's festival, and I will be posting a series of interviews with the playwrights in the next few weeks leading up to the festival from our incredibly talented playwrights. The...
We are two weeks away and counting down to the arrival of our playwrights. They are preparing for 3 weeks of work with the 36thAnnual Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and things are cooking in the offices as we get ready for them. Most people will never know about all...
We’re at it again - It’s Bay Area Playwrights Festival season! While our playwrights are finalizing rehearsal drafts, we’re madly gathering their artistic teams – over 75 creative theater peops—who will descend upon Playwrights Foundation in July to delve into six extraordinary theatrical journeys – fine...