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
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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.
