After a weekend up in the California foothills, PF asked one of our Resident Playwrights, Erin Bregman, to write some thoughts about her writer's retreat. This is a sweet response, pun intended. When asked the dreaded question what inspires you to write?’, I immediately pull out my...
Each week we will be posting an interview with one of the playwrights featured in this year's 2010 Bay Area Playwrights Festival. We are thrilled to be working with Yussef El Guindi to develop his new play Three Wolves and a Lamb. " Funny, sexy, and irreverent...
Each week we will be sharing an interview with a playwright featured in this year's 2010 Bay Area Playwrights Festival. PF sat down with SF-based playwright Elizabeth Gjelten, who will be developing her play Hunter’s Point in the Festival on Saturday, July 24 and Saturday, July 31. 1....
Each week we will be sharing an interview with a playwright featured in this year's 2010 Bay Area Playwrights Festival. We're thrilled to invite back Sheila Callaghan, whose play Lascivious Something finished its run in New York on June 6th. This summer, we present her new play Port...
Cory Hinkle, a Brown MFA graduate, is the author of Ciper, Little Eyes, Phosphorescence, and SadGrrl13. We were blown away by the In the Rough reading The Killing of Michael X, a New Film by Celia Wallace, and are thrilled to be developing this exciting piece even further in the...
We're thrilled to welcome to San Francisco this summer Pittsburgh-based playwright Jeanne Drennan, whose play Atlas of Longing will be developed as part of the 2010 Bay Area Playwrights Festival. More about Jeanne...
J.C. Lee's new play Pookie Goes Grenading will be developed as part of the BASH (Bay Area SHorts) program in the 2010 Bay Area Playwrights Festival. Read more about this prolific young playwright...
Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party was a smashing success last year in San Francisco, and will premiere off-broadway at the Acorn Theatre on July 27th. Meet the mad-cap creator of this hilarious play, Aaron Loeb. Where do you most often find inspiration? Watching and reading theater most...
The Playwrights Foundation is so excited to announce that the dates for the 33rd Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival have been set—July 23 through August 1, 2010. The Festival will be held at the Thick House in San Francisco. Details of the full season will be announced in April! Be...
Welcome to the first entry for the 2008 Bay Area Playwrights Festival Blog! My name is Cris, I'm the Marketing Associate, and I'm the first person to blog on here this evening. This is a LIVE blog, meaning that audience members arriving in just thirty...