Full Schedule Announced For 32nd Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival

Playwrights Foundation has announced the full schedule for the 32nd annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival. Each play will be read twice: once during the weekend of July 17-19 and again during the following weekend of July 24-26. The full schedule of readings and events is below, by play and by date.

Playwrights Foundation is excited to announce two workshops, "Creating the Visual Metaphor," with Sherry Kramer and a five-student intensive, "New Play Boot Camp," with Dominic Orlando. "Creating the Visual Metaphor" will conclude with a student showcase at the Magic Theatre during the Festival. Sherry is a two-time alumna of the Festival whose plays, including "What a Man Weighs" and "The Wall of Water," have been performed internationally. Dominic is an Institute favorite and Core Writer and Co-Producing Director of The Workhaus Playwrights Collective in Minneapolis. More information about Sherry, Dominic and their workshops is available at playwrightsfoundation.org

SCHEDULE BY DATE

All events take place at the Magic Theatre, Fort Mason Bldg. D, San Francisco, unless otherwise indicated.

Fri., Jul. 17
8 p.m.: "Natasha and the Coat" by Deborah Stein
10:30 p.m.: Opening Night Reception

Sat., Jul. 18
12 p.m.: "The Othello Papers" by Robert Henry Johnson*
4 p.m.: "Anomienaulis" by Christopher Chen*
8 p.m.: "American Treasure" by Julia Jarcho*

Sun., Jul. 19
10 a.m.: Playback panel (discussion with various theater professionals about the business of theater)
12 p.m.: Bay Area Shorts (BASH!) by Martha Jane Kaufman* and Lauren Yee*
4 p.m.: "March" by Sharyn Rothstein

Mon., Jul. 20
Dark: no events scheduled

Tues., Jul. 21
7 p.m.: Theatre Bay Area Playwrights Showcase

Wed., Jul. 22
Dark

Thurs., Jul. 23
7 p.m.: Festival Workshop Showcase "Creating the Visual Metaphor"

Fri., Jul. 24
Theater Professionals Weekend begins
4 - 6 p.m.: Symposium
6 p.m.: Symposium reception
8 p.m.: "March" by Sharyn Rothstein*

Sat., Jul. 25
Theatre Professionals Weekend continues
12 p.m.: "American Treasure" by Julia Jarcho*
4 p.m.: "Natasha and the Coat" by Deborah Stein
8 p.m.: "Anomienaulis" by Christopher Chen*

Sun., Jul. 26
Theatre Professionals Weekend continues
12 p.m.: Bay Area Shorts (BASH!) by Martha Jane Kaufman* and Lauren Yee*
4 p.m.: "The Othello Papers" by Robert Henry Johnson*

*Local writer
For full information on all events, visit playwrightsfoundation.org

SCHEDULE BY PLAY

Full-Length Play Readings
"Anomienaulis," by Christopher Chen*
Sat., Jul. 18, 4 p.m.
Sat., Jul. 25, 8 p.m.

"American Treasure," by Julia Jarcho*
Sat., Jul. 18, 8 p.m.
Sat., Jul. 25, 12 p.m.

"The Othello Papers," by Robert Henry Johnson*
Sat., Jul. 18, 12 p.m.
Sun., Jul. 26, 4 p.m.

"March," by Sharyn Rothstein
Sun., Jul. 19, 4 p.m.
Fri., Jul. 24, 8 p.m.

"Natasha and the Coat," by Deborah Stein*
Fri., Jul. 17, 8 p.m.
Sat., Jul. 25, 4 p.m.

Bay Area Shorts (BASH!) Commissions
Writers: Martha Jane Kaufman* and Lauren Yee*
(Two one-acts performed in one program)
Sun., Jul. 19, 12 p.m.
Sun., Jul. 26, 12 p.m.

Theatre Professionals Weekend
Playwrights Foundation invites Theatre Professionals from all over the country to participate in this weekend retreat that includes events, panel discussions, and a dinner. More information is available at playwrightsfoundation.org
Fri., Jul. 24 - Sun., Jul. 26

*Local writer
For full information on all events, visit playwrightsfoundation.org

 

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