Playwrights Foundation- Work with Award-Winning Playwrights Dael Orlandersmith & Aaron Posner

      Playwrights Foundation- Work with Award-Winning Playwrights

Play with us all Summer*! This is your chance to work with award-winning playwrights  Dael Orlandersmith & Aaron Posner! Going Solo with Dael Orlandersmith July 23-28, 2013   Unlock vivid language. Explore character. Tell your solo story! By Application Only Due THIS SATURDAY, June 15 APPLY HERE NOW! “Her writing is fierce, uncompromising and alive with sharply observed, humanizing detail…She is a riveting performer with an urgent tale to tell.” —San Francisco Chronicle Adaptation for the Theater Taught by acclaimed writer/adaptor Aaron Posner July 24-29  study with Aaron Posner Stupid F**king Bird and  My Name is Asher Lev Currently an Off-Broadway hit!  Use your favorite novel, song or comic book as your jumping off point for the next theatrical hit! Find answers to these questions: What makes an adaptation “work”? What is the role of an adaptor’s own voice and artistry? What makes a story or piece of material ripe for stage adaptation? This class will sell out!  Early Bird Price is $265 until July 8 Register Now!   One Workshop, Two Locations! San Francisco Workshop at the PF Studio  Wednesday, July 24, 6:30-10pm Thursday, July 25, 6:30-10pm Saturday, July 27, 9:30-11:30am Sunday, July 28, 9:30-2:30am   South Bay Workshop Location TBD Friday, July 26, 6:30-10pm Saturday, July 26, 1:30-5pm Sunday, July 28, 4:30-8pm Monday, July 29, 6:30-10pm *All New Play Institute Classes include admission to the  36th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival! Shop at Cole Hardware?  Help Playwrights Foundation! Say “I’m a Friend of Playwrights Foundation” during Checkout to have 10% of your purchase donated to Playwrights Foundation!

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Playwrights Foundation- Suggestions for Great Theater

      Playwrights Foundation- Suggestions for Great Theater

This month our Picks for Tix features new plays with themes from across the globe.  The Bay Area has always been a mixing ground for artists and audiences alike, with so many productions opening and closing this weekend, there is no need to sit alone.  Still running are: Andrew Saito’s Krispy Kritters in the Scarlett Night, Lauren Gunderson’s By And By (both PF Resident Playwrights); and Central Works’ Medea Hypothesis by Marian Berges with Jan Zvaifler in the title role! Join your fellow arts patrons this month at some truly wonderful performances in the Bay.  What a way to kick off the summer! (oh and don’t forget to check out the Bay Area Playwrights Festival!) With joy, Playwrights Foundation Staff

Crowded Fire Theater presents

410 A World Premiere From Award-Winning Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig (PF Alumnae) directed by Evren Odcikin   The stakes couldn’t be higher in this contemporary retelling of a Chinese fairytale. A sister journies to the underworld to retrieve a lost brother. In a fantastical landscape ruled by a brother/sister duo, the Chinese Goddess of Mercy and the Monkey King, she must face the ultimate question: If there is no love without pain, what does it mean to love?   June 6-29, 2013 Click here for info and tickets!  Use code “pfmember” for a 15% discount!

Magic Theatre presents

The first U.S. production of an international hit TERMINUS by Mark Rowe Directed by Jon Tracy Irish playwright Mark O’Rowe (Howie the Rookie) returns with his lyrical and lacerating poetic language to take you on a visceral ride from the bustling streets of Dublin to the skies above, then deep into the bowels of the earth, as three people are ripped from their daily lives and thrown into a fantastical world of singing serial killers, avenging angels, and lovesick demons. May 22- June 16 Talkbacks on FRIDAYS  Click here for Tickets and more information!

Impact Theatre. Pizza. Beer. Plays. Presents

Stories written and performed by Prince Gomolvilas (PF Alumni) Songs written and performed by Brandon Patton  Closes this SUNDAY, June 9! Thu–Sat 8pm | Sun 7pm  $17 tickets in advance Click Here for more info and tickets!

This time around, the milieu is the seediest fortune-telling den in Chinatown, where our intrepid team will show us how mystics do that voodoo they do so well.  There are so many songs and stories that they can’t all fit into one evening, so the audience chooses the set list, playing games and winning prizes, and it’s never the same show twice.  If you ATTEND ALL FOUR NIGHTS this weekend, you will receive a ticket to Impact’s 7th Annual Full Houses poker tournament the very next Saturday! Odds are you won’t see the same show twice.  Do you feel lucky?  “Fantastically sublime!”—Daily Cal

School’s Out for Summer!  Keep busy and sane with these family friendly productions!!

Based on the book by Dr. Seuss Adapted and originally directed by Katie Mitchell Directed by Erin Merritt Opens June 29, 2013 A story about a brother, a sister, and an unexpected visitor.  Recognize the rhyme and have a fun filled time with this new staged version of Dr. Seuss’s brilliant classic, The Cat in the Hat.  Don your favorite chapeau and bring your munchkins to our summer show!

Moving For Peace A recital and celebration at Destiny Arts   Join Destiny Arts on Saturday, June 8th for dozens of stellar dance, martial arts and theater performances youth of all ages! Performances at 1pm and 4pm 1000 42nd St. Oakland (entrance on 43rd St side of building) $3-$20 sliding scale at the door. Pay what you can!   Click here for more info!

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Playwrights Foundation- resident playwright Lauren Gunderson premieres a new play at SHOTGUN PLAYERS

      Playwrights Foundation-  resident playwright Lauren Gunderson premieres a new play at SHOTGUN PLAYERS

resident playwright Lauren Gunderson premieres a new play at SHOTGUN PLAYERS! Opens May 31st through June 23 We’re not really good at playing God, after all.     Science has only begun to reveal the extraordinary possibilities of cloning, not to mention the controversial ethics that lie therein. Steven, a leading scientist in the arcane world of human cloning, will do anything to keep a family secret — but at what cost? A sci-fi thriller, full of moral conundrums, and written by one of the most exciting young writers in American theater.  May 23- June 23 Buy your tickets to By and By Now!  Post Show Conversations with the playwright, director and guest speakers throughout the month of June! Awake (feat. The Bengsons) An original song for the play By and By by Lauren Guderson Written and performed by The Kilbanes! Listen Now!

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Playwrights Foundation- A Class in Adaptation for the Theater

 

A Class in Adaptation for the Theater Taught by leading expert Aaron Posner July 24-29  study with Aaron Posner My Name is Asher Lev Currently an Off Broadway hit!  Reimagine any of your favorite stories from any form into a theatrical hit!  Find answers to these questions: What makes an adaptation “work”? What is the role of an adaptors own voice and artistry? What makes a story or piece of material ripe or worthy of stage adaptation? And so many more!  Class Price Starts at $260* Register Now!   We adapted to your location with two workshops! San Francisco Workshop at the PF Studio  Wednesday, July 24 6:30-10pm Thursday, July 25 6:30-10pm Saturday, July 27 9:30-11:30am Sunday, July 28 9:30-2:30am    South Bay Workshop Friday, July 26 6:30-10pm Saturday, July 26 1:30-5pm Sunday, July 28 4:30-8pm Monday, July 29 6:30-10pm Pulitzer Prize finalist Dael Orlandersmith  at the New Play Institute July 23-28 Going Solo with Dael Orlandersmith July 23-28, 2013Unlock vivid language. Explore character. Tell your story live! Dael encourages truthful depictions in an atmosphere that is generous, audacious, courageous and rigorous. By Application Only Due June 15 APPLY HERE NOW!   Class includes a pass to the Bay Area Playwrights Festival!   “ writing is fierce, uncompromising and alive with sharply observed, humanizing detail…The characterizations are indelible…Orlandersmith is a riveting performer with an urgent tale to tell.”—San Francisco Chronicle Shop at Cole Hardware?  Help Playwrights Foundation! Say “I’m a Friend of Playwrights Foundation” during Checkout to have 10% of your purchase donated to Playwrights Foundation!

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Playwrights Foundation- Picks for Tix Theater in the Bay Area

      Playwrights Foundation- Picks for Tix  Theater in the Bay Area

Our Monthly Suggestions for Great Theater This month our Picks for Tix features work old and new. From the talents on stage, to the writers behind it. With so many new shows opening and closing, the Bay Area ha proven again that you can’t give talent an age. There may be a price though, so look forward to the FREE shows and savings below! Enjoy the shows!  Stories written and performed by NPI Instructor Prince Gomolvilas   Songs written and performed by Brandon Patton  May 9–Jun 9 Thu–Sat 8pm | Sun 7pm  $17 tickets in advance Click Here for more info and tickets! Impact Theatre. Pizza. Beer. Plays. This time around, the milieu is the seediest fortune-telling den in Chinatown, where our intrepid team will show us how mystics do that voodoo they do so well.  There are so many songs and stories that they can’t all fit into one evening, so the audience chooses the set list, playing games and winning prizes, and it’s never the same show twice.  Imagine if David Sedaris joined forces with Warren Zevon and then they took over This American Life and turned it into a game show. It’s even better than that. The Cutting Ball Theater presents Krispy Kritters in the Scarlett Night written by   Andrew Saito *valid for performances May 25-June 2, 2013. Tickets are subject to availability and may not be combined with any other offer. Purchase tickets now at www.cuttingball.com. In neglected neighborhoods of a fictional city lies Scarlett, a woman who takes care of her grandmother by pulling wild animals out of her ears. She makes her living as best she can off of the dreams and desires of married men who are willing to sacrifice everything for her. Drumhead, a lonely morgue worker with a wild imagination, comes across a carnival poster boasting of the wonders of Scarlett and can’t get her out of his head.  Krispy Kritters in the Scarlett Night follows these seeming misfits on their journey towards each other. Save $5.00* on an Adult ticket! Use the Code: PLAY5 San Francisco Theater Pub Make it good, keep it casual, have a beer  Join THE PUB FROM ANOTHER WORLD, an inter-dimensional crossroads where theater is not bound by the constraints of reality. It is a world where time travel is possible, where unicorns exist. From the minds of eight Bay Area playwrights—including a four-year-old girl (daughter of PF Associate Producer Rachel Bublitz) featured on Boing Boing —come imaginative tales of everything from superheroes to surrogates, monsters to mad scientists, and other flights of fancy.  This one night of staged readings will be Monday, May 20, at 8 PM at the Cafe Royale. Admission is FREE and no reservations are required for this journey, but we recommend you come early for the best seats.  Hyde Away Blues BBQ will provide food for all human guests.   AlterTheater presents a beautiful new play from Marin County, 90 year old playwright Ann Brebner.    After a devastating loss, a multi racial family rebuilds with the help—and sometimes hindrance- of an unexpected visitor.  Click here for more information It’s the Final Weekend!  Tickets are $25 Buy Yours Online!  TBA Member? Limited Rush tickets available for $15 Cash @ the door!

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Playwrights Foundation- Dael Orlandersmith at the New Play Institute July 23-28

Dael Orlandersmith  at the New Play Institute July 23-28

Going Solo with Dael Orlandersmith July 23-28, 2013Unlock vivid language. Explore character. Tell your story live! Dael encourages truthful depictions in an atmosphere that is generous, audacious, courageous and rigorous. By Application Only Due June 15 APPLY HERE NOW!

“ writing is fierce, uncompromising and alive with sharply observed, humanizing detail…The characterizations are indelible…Orlandersmith is a riveting performer with an urgent tale to tell.”—San Francisco Chronicle

PRINCE GOMOLVILAS‘ Exploring the Dark SideClass is Filling! Starts this Saturday. Work with esteemed playwright and professor at USC to shine some light on the dark side of playwriting. Saturday Mornings May 18 – June 8 Only $225 Reserve your spot here!

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Playwrights Foundation- Final Rough Reading 2012-2013 Nikole Beckwith’s IMAGINE MY SADNESS

Playwrights Foundation- Final Rough Reading 2012-2013 Nikole Beckwith’s IMAGINE MY SADNESS   Don’t miss the final Rough Reading of 2012-2013!  NIKOLE BECKWITH’S IMAGINE MY SADNESS We are happy to present the NYC-based Beckwith and her quirky, darkly comic story that reevaluates the very definition of tragedy. You do not want to miss this. Monday, May 13 @ 7:30pm at Roble Hall, Stanford University Tuesday, May 14 @ 7:00pm at NOHspace, SF FREE to attend! A $20 donation reserves a seat & a drink on us at the SF reading!   LEARN MORE EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT ENDS ON SAT, 5/11. REGISTER NOW! Exploring the Dark Side with USC Writing Professor PRINCE GOMOLVILAS Sat. Mornings, May 18 – Jun. 8 @ PF Prices start at $175; for a limited time only. LEARN MORE DES VOIX FESTIVAL TRANSLATOR DAN HARDER’S A KILLER STORY Now Playing at The Marsh Berkeley Through May 18 / Thur, Fri, Sat at 8pm A Killer Story is a fast-paced, entertaining “noir” tale about a tough, bright sleuth who outsmarts everybody, including himself. LEARN MORE

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