Richard Gallagher and Dan Hiatt in Shameful/Shameless by Aaron Loeb (Festival 2002). Photo by Jim Kleinmann.

Each month, from October through March, PlayGround announces a topic to a pre-selected writers pool of Bay Area emerging professional playwrights, inviting the submission of original ten-page plays. The best six of these plays are presented as staged readings before a live audience on the third Monday of the month at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, featuring some of the Bay Area's best directors and actors. Pre-show discussions each month provide additional insight into the writers' process, the state of Bay Area theatre, and other aspects emerging out of the monthly topics. PlayGround begins its eighteenth consecutive Monday Night PlayGround season in October 2011. For more information on becoming a member of the writers pool, click here.

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Season 18: 2011-12

March 19, 2012 / 8pm
Monday Night PlayGround
performing at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Running Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Festival Seating with Priority Seating for Subscribers

Topic: BAY AREA STORIES

San Francisco Story by Christopher Chen, directed by Jim Kleinmann
Ships in the Day by Genevieve Jessee, directed by Molly Noble
Hella Love Oakland by Robin Lynn Rodriguez, directed by Tracy Ward
Room for Rent by Mercedes Segesvary, directed by Evren Odcikin
Pregnancy Test by Tom Swift, directed by George Maguire
The Aftershock by Ignacio Zulueta, directed by Josh Costello

To share your favorite Bay Area Stories, click here.
Evening includes short excerpt from Ken Slattery's new full-length commission, The Shakespeare Bug.

Pre-show Discussion at 7:10pm