The 33rd Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival Begins! Two Weekends. Eight Plays. Limitless imagination. Join us for the 33rd Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival beginning July 23 with the final performance August 1, taking place at The Thick House in Potrero Hill District of San Francisco.
Take part in the discovery of new voices for the American theater. Discover more about the Festival.
Festival Plays, Playwrights and Creative teams
Festival Events
Festival Calendar of Events
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Festival Calendar of Events
Ticket DiscountsEarly Bird and Student Discounts for Festival Passes Available! An affordable way to immerse yourself in all the festival has to offer: plays, panels, parties, networking, conversations and engagement.
20% Early Bird discount on Festival Passes extended through July 19! See everything for under $8 per show or event.
50% Student Discount on Festival Passes. For purchase, use code: Student. Must have a valid student I.D. to show at entrance.
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New Festival Events: Just Added! Join us for two engaged conversations as part of the 2010 Bay Area Playwrights Festival.
Playwrights' TalkBack
California Transplant, From the Big Apple to the Bright Orange—playwrights making the transition from New York to California.
Sunday, July 25th 10am
Engage in a lively Sunday morning conversation over coffee and bagels with Lauren Gunderson, Steven Yockey and Sheila Callaghan* who will discuss their careers, opportunities and friendships before, during and after the 'transition'—the TalkBack will be open to conversation and questions. Bagels and coffee are provided.
New Play Symposium
Theater In One World Caucus: Making Theater That Matters.
 Friday, July 30th 3pm-6pm
Erik Ehn with director Rebecca Novick, Marcus Gardley and Chinaka Hodge, convened by Roberto Varea Consider how art can respond to social change and be part of it.
The purpose of the symposium is to present the work of three gifted and celebrated playwrights who work to make theater that responds directly to social justice and healing from violence, internationally, within the historic US and in our urban centers. Come listen to them discuss and present new work--from hip hop and spoken word to abstract art. The event will conclude with a wine reception at the theater.
 Questions: How are these three theater artists responding to the need to achieve social justice, authentic connection across borders, and healing from violence within the paradox of modern living practice, in which intimate details of violence (genocide, rape, house demolitions, racial profiling, gang warfare, road blocks, curfews, stoning etc..) are a click away, while the viewer remains immune to their devastating effect? How do we participate in a truly meaningful contextual dialogue, and foster authentic justice and peace as artists, and how does art participate in healing communities and remain art? How does theater impact issues of social justice, support healing, and help communities of perpetrators and victims to subsequently live side by side?
Find out more about these special events.
Both events are free with a VIP Pass. To purchase VIP Passes or individual tickets for plays and events, click here.
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Festival Playwriting Workshops
Marcus Gardley: Playwriting Bake-Off
Only two spots left for this amazing workshop! $400 Register Now
August 3 through 12, 2010
The award winning writer and author of …and Jesus Moonwalks the MississippiM/i>, Marcus Gardley, is returning this summer to the New Play Institute to teach his Gardley family playwriting recipe modeled after Paula Vogel's famous Bake-Off. Gardley will give students the same five secret ingredients, and each will stir, whip, knead, blend and/or beat them up into a unique, rich new dish, which will be workshopped during the class!
Learn more and restister.
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News: Alumni and
Resident Playwrights
Congratulations to Alumni and Resident Playwrights on their recent successes!
Alumni! Please send us your updates for our Monthly NewsFlash!
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PF Recommends Seeing…
The Playwrights Foundation supports theater around the Bay Area and loves to recommend productions we find to be outstanding. We hope you'll enjoy these new shows as much as PF staff, contributors and friends of the Foundation have.
- Shotgun Players: The Salt Plays Part I: In The Wound by Jon Tracy, based on Homer's The Iliad August 21-Oct 3. www.shotgunplayers.org
- Cuttingball Theater: Vangardia: A showcase of experimental scenes and short plays by local and national Latino & Latina playwrights. August 7, 2010 at 8pm. Live music begins at 6pm, tamales, burritos and horchata are available for purchase. Featured playwrights include: Kristoffer Diaz, Marisela Treviño Orta, Octavio Solis, Caridad Svich, Enrique Urueta, Karen Zacarias. www.cuttingball.com
- Magic Theatre/Marin Theatre Company/A.C.T: The Brother Sister Plays, Parts I, II, III by Tarell Alvin McCraney This stunning trilogy is a ground breaking collaboration between three Bay Area institutions. Don’t miss it! www.magictheatre.org www.marintheatre.org www.act-sf.org
Marin Theatre Company's 2010 New Play Prize Announced
The Sky Cooper New American Play Prize has been awarded to Bill Cain for 9 Circles. Cain will receive a $10,000 award accompanied by a world premiere of his play next season in MTC's Lieberman Theatre.
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Welcome BAPF Staff
A big fat warm welcome to our stalwart festival staff:
Dylan McMillan, Production Manager
Michaela Murphy, Administrative Director
Elizabeth Wand, Artistic Producing Intern
Amy Hu, Festival Intern (from Bejing, China)
Jacinta Kaumbulu, Administrative & Marketing Intern
Rachel Hovde, Amy Ryan, Ashley Smiley, Rachel Viola, Dara Yazdani, Production Interns
Halili Knox, Director's Assistant
Wes Cayabyab, Technical Director
Matt Phillips and Kelly Faddegon, Board Operators
Angela Hudson, Videographer/Photographer
Richard Ciccarone, Photographer
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