Pictured: Sofia Ahmad, Sherrif Shivakumaran, PUNEET,
Nemma Adeni, Sindu Singh, and Saqib Mausoof
in Children of the Wise by Aidaa Peerzada, BAPF 2024
Credit: Reed Flores
Pictured: Nemma Adeni and Sindu Singh
in Children of the Wise by Aidaa Peerzada, BAPF 204
Credit: Reed Flores
Pictured: Playwrights Foundation Executive Artistic Director Jessica Bird Beza
Credit: Rachel Esther Tate
Pictured: Cat Brooks, 2024–2025 Resident Playwright
Pictured: Sloka Krishnan, 2024–2025 Resident Playwright
Credit: Abigail Pañares
Pictured: Noa Gardner, Playwright of Nan in the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival
Pictured: Aidaa Peerzada, Playwright of Children of the Wise in the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival
Credit: Tyler Core
Pictured: Jason Tseng, Playwright of Fear & Wonder in the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival
Pictured: A Jumping Off Point by Inda Craig-Galván, BAPF2022
Credit: Kayleigh McCollum
Pictured: Arab Spring by Denmo Ibrahim, BAPF2022
Credit: Robbie Sweeny
Pictured: Eiko Moon-Yamamoto, Lynie Abadilla,
Alyssa McCullough, ehulani hope kāne, and Judith Nihei
in Nan by Noa Gardner, BAPF 2024
Credit: Reed Flores
Pictured: Alyssa McCullough and ehulani hope kāne
in Nan by Noa Gardner
Credit: Reed Flores
Pictured: Playwrights Foundation Executive Artistic Director Jessica Bird Beza
Credit: Rachel Esther Tate
Pictured: Ruben Grijalva, 2024–2025 Resident Playwright
Credit: Abigail Pañares
Pictured: Leigh M. Marshall, 2024–2025 Resident Playwright
Credit: Don Nolte
Pictured L to R: Sloka Krishnan, Leigh M. Marshall, Ruben Grijalva, Cat Brooks
Credit: Abigail Pañares
Pictured: Alicia Kester, Playwright of Water Spirits in the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival
Pictured: Nia Akilah Robinson, Playwright of The Great Privation: How to flip ten cents into a dollar in the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival
Credit: Stan Demidoff
Pictured: FLEX by Candrice Jones, BAPF2019
Credit: Vasna Wilson
Pictured: The House of the Negro Insane by Terence Anthony, BAPF2019
Credit: Vasna Wilson
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07.19.2022 San Francisco Chronicle: Staff Datebook Pick
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07.08.2021 KALW “Open Air”: 44th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival
07.02.2021 The Mercury News: South Bay playwright takes on pop stardom in ‘Tiger Beat’
05.17.2021 American Theatre: Lineup Announced for 44th Bay Area Playwrights Festival
05.17.2021 BroadwayWorld: Five Bold Plays Unveiled For 2021 Bay Area Playwrights Festival
07.24.2020 Theater, Unprecedented: Black Playwrights Make Theater in the Digital Space
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05.23.18 The Plays/Playwrights Of 2018 Bay Area Playwrights Fest Announced
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