The Playwrights Foundation Announces 36th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival
The Playwrights Foundation has announced the winners of the 36th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF) that will take place July 19-28, 2012 at the Thick House Theater in San Francisco. Of the six selected plays, three are by Bay Area playwrights Joan Holden, Prince Gomolvilas and Erin Bregman; and three are by New York emerging artists Jiehae Park, Laura Schellhardt and Kimber Lee. Running the gamut from a fever dream in the North/South Korean DMZ to a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Free Speech Movement - each of these plays use bold, beautifully poetic and dramatic language and vivid characters to tear into the very fabric of contemporary political and social upheaval - globally and locally.
Laura Schellhardt -The Comparables; high drama, high stakes, high comdedy - women battle it out at the top of the glass ceiling;
Prince Gomolvilas - The Brothers Paranormal; A Sci-Fi Drama - Thai style. With ghosts, real and imagined.
Jiehae Park- Hannah and the Dread Gazebo; North and South Korea can't stop the wild beasts of the DMZ or a grieving family from venturing into the thicket.
Erin Bregman - Before & After; The After Life. After It All. And Before. Tres metaphysical.
Kimber Lee - brownsville song (b-side for tray); Intensely tragic - the human cost of inner city violence is unfathomable. Laced with gorgeous poetic imagery and dream-like sequences.
Joan Holden - FSM; a musical celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Free Speech Movement, a producing partnership with Oakland's Stagebridge Theatre.
All 2013 Bay Area Playwrights Festival performances take place at the Thick House Theater,1695 18th Street. Tickets go on sale on June 1. For more information, visit www.playwrightsfoundation.org.
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The Secret Garden Warren Theater at Sonoma State University (6/12-6/28) |
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West Side Story—Film with Live Orchestra Davies Symphony Hall (7/09-7/10) |
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The Still Point: An Immersive Experience SOMArts Cultural Center (7/16-7/25) |
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark SPARC (7/03-7/26) |
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Merola Grand Finale War Memorial Opera House (8/15-8/15) |
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Broadway Under the Stars - Radio Recall: The Soundtrack of Your Life Transcendence Theatre Company (7/10-7/12) |
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Iolanthe ODC Theater (7/10-7/19) |
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Comedy Oakland at Quinn's Lighthouse Fri July 3 8:30pm Quinn's Lighthouse (7/03-7/03) |
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Eureka Day City Lights Theater Company (9/24-10/18) |
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Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Fri June 26 7:30pm Elbo Room Jack London (6/26-6/26) |
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