SEASON 23: 2016-17

September 19, 2016
Alumni Night / POTRERO NUEVO PROJECT
“Potrero Hill: Past, Present, and Future”

Original Sins by Ignacio Zulueta, directed by George Maguire
The Crossing by Patricia Cotter, directed by Emilie Talbot
Tent City by Martha Soukup, directed by Anna Luera
Full Steam Ahead by Ruben Grijalva, directed by Norman Gee
If These Walls Could Remember by Genevieve Jessee, directed by Rebecca Novick
Los Potreros by Maury Zeff, directed by Jim Kleinmann

October 17, 2016
Planet Earth Arts New Play Festival
“Awakening to the Dream of the Earth”

Pageant by Nancy Fishman, directed by Jim Kleinmann
OR: or, The Play of Light by Jerome Joseph Gentes, directed by Jeffrey Lo
The Dream vs. The Laundry by Karen Hartline, directed by Christine Keating
Incommunicado by Genevieve Jessee, directed by Virginia Reed
Monarchs in Space by Nicole Jost, directed by Jessica Greenstreet
The Visit by Laylah Muran de Assereto, directed by Delia MacDougall

November 21, 2016
Musical Theatre Night
presented in association with 42nd Street Moon
“We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident”

American Man by Vanessa Flores
We Were Promised by Tanya Grove
We Hold These Children by Genevieve Jessee
Anna Verdad for State Rep by Meghan O’Connor
The Green Book, 1954 Edition by Maury Zeff
The Dream of the Founding Mother by Ignacio Zulueta

December 19, 2016
Holiday Extravaganza
“Nutcracker, Sweet!”

Marie by Vanessa Flores, directed by Jessica Greenstreet
Nutcracked by Ruben Grijalva, directed by LeeAnn Dowd
Sugar and Spice and Everything Mice by Melissa Keith, directed by Kristin Cato
Something for the Kids by Sang Kim, directed by Jim Kleinmann
The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies by Jennifer Roberts, directed by Norman Gee
The Mostly True Tale of the Hard Nut by Lesli Zephyr, directed by Katja Rivera

January 16, 2017
S.T.E.M. Night
“Going Viral”

The Virus of the Mind by Sowmya Ashokkumar, directed by Maryssa Wanlass
Immunity by Jerome Joseph Gentes, directed by Jessa Brie Moreno
The Sterling Virus by Anthony Gutierrez, directed by Norman Gee
I Had a Bird by Genevieve Jessee, directed by May Liang
Blood Bourne by Nicole Jost, directed by Jim Kleinmann
The Bedtime Story by Aimee Suzara, directed by Lisa Marie Rollins

February 20, 2017
Social Justice Night
“Care”

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Genevieve Jessee, directed by Eric Reid
Mission: Ambivalent by Melissa Keith, directed by Jim Kleinmann
Explicit Content by Sang Kim, directed by Christine Keating
Last Best Good Dream by Isaac Ontiveros, directed by Molly Noble
The Night Before the March by Martha Soukup, directed by Katja Rivera
The Given and the Taken by Maury Zeff, directed by Jeffrey Lo

March 20, 2017
WomenArts Night
“The Feminist Hall of Fame”

Reflect by Sowmya Ashokkumar, directed by Britney Frazier
Principal Smith Goes to Feminism by Karen T. Hartline, directed by Virginia Reed
Born Again by Genevieve Jessee, directed by Tierra Allen
Truth and Power by Sang S. Kim, directed by Jim Kleinmann
Gabriela Silang – Woman Warrior by Aimee Suzara, directed by Evren Odcikin
Come And Knock On Our Door by Maury Zeff, directed by Emilie Talbot 

– People’s Choice Award winner