October 20, 2009
Liz Duffy Adams Leads a Season of PF Alumni at The Women's Project, NYC
 Seven years ago, PF and Crowded Fire Theater simultaneously discovered the work of Liz Duffy Adams and as a result, the Bay Area became home to three of Adams' critically acclaimed world premieres. Now her play Or, gets its world premiere with The Women's Project in New York—and we can say without a doubt—you won't want to miss it! Click here to find out more and to read an interview with Liz.
The Women's Project Presents:
Or, by Liz Duffy Adams
Opening October 29, 2009 | |
Smudge by Rachel Axler
Coming January 2010
Developed in PF's In the Rough Reading Series. |  |
Lascivious Something by Sheila Callaghan
Coming May-June 2010
Received development in PF's BAPF in 2007. |
Congratulations to these powerhouse women playwrights!!!
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BAPF Alumni Company, SOON 3, Present a Retrospective
 The infamous SOON 3, a veteran San Francisco experimental theater company, and alumni company of the Bay Area Playwrights Festival in the 1980's, presents a major retrospective gallery showing of their ground-breaking, visually stunning work in San Francisco!
Bean and Alan Finneran | Three Decades of Sculpture, Performance & Photography
October 15 - November 14, 2009
At the Braunstein/Quay Gallery
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Alumni News
This fall there there are many productions from Resident Playwrights and Alumni, including Brian Thorstenson, Aaron Loeb and Geetha Reddy, Peter Nachtrieb, Trevor Allen and many, many more! Click here to read about these and other upcoming premieres and productions.
If you are an alumnus of any Playwrights Foundation's programs, please send us information about all your upcoming productions and awards. Reviews and Web site links are welcome!
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Mark Your CalendarsIn the Rough Reading SeriesThe Fall/Winter In the Rough Reading Series kicks off with a reading of Karen Hartman's Goldie, Max & Milk directed by Jonathan Moscone on Monday and Tuesday evenings, November 9th & 10th. Details and full listing to follow next week!
Producing Partnership InitiativePF supports premiere productions in the Bay Area! Check out our newest PPI production, with Crowded Fire Theater Company: Drip by up-and-coming NY writer Christina Anderson.
PF NewsFlash Subscribers get $15 tickets November 4-14. Use this special code PF09 when purchasing tickets.
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Don't Miss Out, Only 4 Slots Left
Award-Winning veteran playwright Lee Blessing returns to teach a 4-day intensive this November. Past classes have sold out!
Follow the Masters: Find a Play in Yourself
Sometimes the most powerful stories really are homegrown. Plays like Long Day's Journey into Night, The Glass Menagerie, How I Learned to Drive, The Ohio State Murders and Marvin's Room—to name but a few—come directly from the life experience of their creators. Everyone's life is interesting—to a writer, at least—and everyone has secrets. This workshop will start you on a journey into your very own heart of darkness—or light, or both. Find a play in yourself.
Each writer will be asked to generate a short piece based on these explorations, to be read and responded to in class.
Fore more information click here.
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Play Submission Season Is Here
Submit your work to PF! Between Sept 1 and Nov 30 PF opens its doors to all local and national playwrights through our open access submission process. Here's a quick link to the guidelines. The staff and a dedicated committee of seasoned Bay Area theater professionals carefully review each play, write in depth evaluations and meet regularly to share their thoughts. This is our primary vehicle through which we discover new voices, and maintain connection with the ongoing work of all submitting writers. Resulting recommendations will be considered for inclusion in all of our play development programs for the 2010/11 Season (as appropriate): the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, INKubator Project, ROUGH Reading Series, Producing Partnership and Commissioning Program.
Through this process we seek to gain a depth of familiarity with the work of a large range of playwrights, and expose those writers to our advisory committee and creative partners. We very much look forward to reading your newest work! Click here for more information and specific guidelines.
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Playwright Opportunities
SouthAsianPlaywrights.org
Silk Road Theatre Project announces the debut of SouthAsianPlaywrights.org, a dynamic new website created to showcase and promote American and Canadian playwrights of South Asian descent. Visit the site find out how to get involved or learn about the playwrights & upcoming projects. www.SouthAsianPlaywrights.org
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New Headquarters for PF
We've relocated to a very cool new space! Please take note of our new contact information:
Playwrights Foundation
1616 - 16th Street, Suite 350
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: 415-626-2176
Fax: 415-575-1355
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Must-See Plays
 Two heartbreaking comedies (World premieres!) by John Kolvenbach
Goldfish
October 7 - November 8, 2009
 Mrs. Whitney
October 21 - November 22, 2009
www.magictheatre.org
First Day of School (World premiere) by Billy Aronson
 What exactly are the parents up to when their kids go off to school?
Directed by Chris Smith
September 22 - November 7, 2009
www.sfplayhouse.org
Resident & Alumni Playwright Shows
Don't miss these plays by PF resident playwrights and alumni. For a more detailed list of shows, see the Playwrights News page on our website.
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Opportunities with PF
Internships
Playwrights Foundation seeks up to three interns for Fall/Winter! The Literary Intern will work closely with the Literary Manager on the play submission process and Producing Interns will assist with Artistic Programs and administration and Line Producers will assist with our In the Rough reading series. To apply, please contact Jill MacLean at jill@playwrightsfoundation.org for information.
Click here for more information.
Donate
Individual donors are vital in fueling the next generation of American playwrights and their work.
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