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The Playwrights Showcase

About the program

The Playwrights Showcase seeks to expand opportunities for Bay Area playwrights by introducing local theatre companies to writers and work that represent both the high quality and unique diversity of playwriting in the area. The showcase takes place Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts as part of TheatreWorks New Works Festival. Each playwright will be part of a seven-minute presentation: a two-minute discussion lead by an M.C. with the writer about his or her work, followed by the playwright reading a five-minute excerpt from a play he or she wishes to introduce to invited artistic directors and literary managers. After all readings are concluded, the playwrights and theatre professionals will have the opportunity to speak further. The Showcase is free and open to the public.

To RSVP (required) please email members@theatrebayarea.org

Congratulations to the 12 playwrights chosen for the 2008 Playwrights Showcase:

Playwright Play
William Bivins The Afterlife of the Mind
Erin Bregman  The Magic Hour
Eugenie Chan Kitchen Table
Christopher Chen Into the Numbers
Paul G. Heller Blame
Julia Jarcho The Highwayman
Mercilee Jenkins   The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit
Jonathan Luskin n of 1
Marisela Treviño Orta   Woman on Fire
Molly Rhodes      The Singularity of We
Stanley Rutherford Walls of Glass
Lauren Yee Ching Chong Chinaman

Theatre Bay Area is excited to partner with TheatreWorks and its New Works Festival to present this new event—a kind of “general audition” for playwrights—and a great opportunity for artistic directors and literary managers to hear new work straight from the writers’ mouths.

We hope you will join us!

What: Playwrights Showcase and Reception, presented by Theatre Bay Area and TheatreWorks New Work Festival

When: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 7:00pm

Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts (click for directions)

Cost: $0

The Playwrights Showcase is a program of Theatre Bay Area, conceived and developed by Artists Development Lab and Theatre Bay Area, presented by the TheatreWorks New Works Festival.

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