Anna Considers Mars

PlayGround in association with Planet Earth Arts presents
ANNA CONSIDERS MARS by Ruben Grijalva (World Premiere)
Directed by Susi Damilano
May 20-June 16, 2019 at Potrero Stage, San Francisco
August 1-11, 2019 at the Nitery Theater, Stanford
Tickets: $10-$15

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A TBA Awards Recommended Production. Things aren’t going great for Anna, or the rest of the planet for that matter. As executive director of the flailing Center for the Preservation of Uncharismatic Species, she has a front row seat to a global mass extinction event. As her mother’s caretaker, she’s reminded daily of our inevitable decline. And though a ubiquitous augmented reality platform renders a pretty face on it all, the flood waters keep rising, the food supply keeps dwindling, and there is a pervasive sense that humanity’s best days are behind us. In this context, the worldwide search for the first Mars colonists becomes a source of great hope. Anna is hopeful that there, with a human species attempting to start over, she can start over too. Now she just has to get her hands on a golden ticket. Featuring: Melissa Ortiz* (“Anna”), Wilma Bonet*, Soren Oliver*, Christian Haines*, Aaron Wilton*, and Katie Rubin*. Anna Considers Mars was co-commissioned by PlayGround and Planet Earth Arts and originally developed as part of the 2018 PlayGround Festival.
* Member, Actors’ Equity Association

Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle/Lily Janiak (5/23/19)
Theatre Eddys/Eddie Reynolds (5/23/19)
My Cultural Landscape/George Heymont (5/27/19)

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RUBEN GRIJALVA is an award-winning San Francisco-based playwright and filmmaker. His short plays include Full Steam Ahead and the PianoFight ShortLived winning All The Worlds Are Stages. His full-length plays include Foresight, Anna Considers Mars, and the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award-winning Value Over Replacement, which premiered in the 2016 PlayGround Festival of New Works. He began writing for PlayGround in 2011 and is a three-time Best of PlayGround finalist and current Resident Playwright. He lives in San Francisco’s Sunset District with a human named Keli and a Labrador named Retha.

Melissa Ortiz* (Anna Aguirre)
Wilma Bonet* (Renata Aguirre)
Katie Rubin* (Shelly Lawrence, Dorothy and Others)
Soren Oliver* (Carson)
Christian Haines* (Malcolm Phillips)
Aaron Wilton* (Darryl, Ishmael and Others)
(L-R) Wilma Bonet* and Melissa Ortiz* in Ruben Grijalva's ANNA CONSIDERS MARS (May 20-June 16, 2019), part of the 23rd annual PlayGround Festival of New Works at Potrero Stage. Photos: Mellophoto.com.
(L-R) Melissa Ortiz*, Katie Rubin*, Aaron Wilton* (foreground), and Christian Haines* in Ruben Grijalva's ANNA CONSIDERS MARS (May 20-June 16, 2019), part of the 23rd annual PlayGround Festival of New Works at Potrero Stage. Photos: Mellophoto.com.
(L-R) Aaron Wilton*, Katie Rubin*, and Wilma Bonet* in Ruben Grijalva's ANNA CONSIDERS MARS (May 20-June 16, 2019), part of the 23rd annual PlayGround Festival of New Works at Potrero Stage. Photos: Mellophoto.com.
(Front-Back) Wilma Bonet* and Melissa Ortiz* in Ruben Grijalva's ANNA CONSIDERS MARS (May 20-June 16, 2019), part of the 23rd annual PlayGround Festival of New Works at Potrero Stage. Photos: Mellophoto.com.
(L-R) Katie Rubin*, Melissa Ortiz*, and Aaron Wilton* in Ruben Grijalva's ANNA CONSIDERS MARS (May 20-June 16, 2019), part of the 23rd annual PlayGround Festival of New Works at Potrero Stage. Photos: Mellophoto.com.
(L-R) Aaron Wilton*, Katie Rubin*, Melissa Ortiz*, and Wilma Bonet* in Ruben Grijalva's ANNA CONSIDERS MARS (May 20-June 16, 2019), part of the 23rd annual PlayGround Festival of New Works at Potrero Stage. Photos: Mellophoto.com.
(L-R) Melissa Ortiz*, Katie Rubin*, and Christian Haines* in Ruben Grijalva's ANNA CONSIDERS MARS (May 20-June 16, 2019), part of the 23rd annual PlayGround Festival of New Works at Potrero Stage. Photos: Mellophoto.com.
(L-R) Melissa Ortiz*, Katie Rubin*, Aaron Wilton*, and Christian Haines* in Ruben Grijalva's ANNA CONSIDERS MARS (May 20-June 16, 2019), part of the 23rd annual PlayGround Festival of New Works at Potrero Stage. Photos: Mellophoto.com.
(L-R) Melissa Ortiz* and Soren Oliver* in Ruben Grijalva's ANNA CONSIDERS MARS (May 20-June 16, 2019), part of the 23rd annual PlayGround Festival of New Works at Potrero Stage. Photos: Mellophoto.com.
(L-R) Melissa Ortiz* and Aaron Wilton* in Ruben Grijalva's ANNA CONSIDERS MARS (May 20-June 16, 2019), part of the 23rd annual PlayGround Festival of New Works at Potrero Stage. Photos: Mellophoto.com.
(L-R) Christian Haines*, Melissa Ortiz*, Wilma Bonet*, and Aaron Wilton* in Ruben Grijalva's ANNA CONSIDERS MARS (May 20-June 16, 2019), part of the 23rd annual PlayGround Festival of New Works at Potrero Stage. Photos: Mellophoto.com.
(L-R) Melissa Ortiz* and Soren Oliver* in Ruben Grijalva's ANNA CONSIDERS MARS (May 20-June 16, 2019), part of the 23rd annual PlayGround Festival of New Works at Potrero Stage. Photos: Mellophoto.com.