PlayGround Company in the News Dec-2017
Aaron Loeb’s THE TRIALS OF SAM HOUSTON will be premiered at the Dallas Theater Center, directed by artistic director, Kevin Moriarty. It will run from April 20-May 13, 2018. http://www.dallastheatercenter.org/show_details2.php?sid=129.
Theatre First’s latest production, PARTICIPANTS, is a theatrical exploration that delves into how we individually and communally act in times of social and political unrest. It features a number of PlayGround alumni and regulars: playwrights Aaron Loeb and Geetha Reddy, as well as directors John Patrick Moore, May Liang, Jessa Brie Moreno, Brit Frazier, and Elizabeth Carter, among others. PARTICIPANTS performs at Live Oak Theatre in Berkeley through December 23. http://theatrefirst.com/participants/
Lauren Yee’s new work THE GREAT LEAP was commissioned for co-productions at Denver Center for the Performing Arts and Seattle Rep. Directed by Eric Ting, it will run at the Denver Center from February 2-March 11, 2018. https://www.denvercenter.org/shows/specific-series/Get?Id=c06c7e87-f805-43b7-825a-3c9be474dd02
Christopher Aguilar is an associate producer on the play ROTTERDAM at the Skylight Theatre in Los Feliz. A queer love story about all of us, the play runs till the end of December. (SkylightTix.com) Christopher is also playing Arden in an evening of new works called SORORITY: PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS at the Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe on Saturday Dec 9th at 8p. Tickets available at https://m.bpt.me/event/3176376.
Rachel Bublitz‘s full-length play HAPPILY will receive a staged reading with Quantum Dragon Theatre on Monday, January 8th at 7:30pm at Shotgun Studios in Berkeley. https://www.quantumdragon.org/
Evelyn Jean Pine will be a resident writer at the Djerassi Foundation in Woodside, CA beginning January 2018. http://djerassi.org/
Madeline Puccioni is a member of Towne Street Theatre. They are seeking 10 minute plays for their 10th annual 8×10@8 Festival. The chosen plays could have a full production in the gorgeous old Stella Adler Theatre, in Hollywood. For details, visit http://www.townestreetla.org/10thplayfestival-submit
Annette Roman will be performing short excerpts from her solo show INAUGURATION VACATION in January at Times Unseen, at the Marsh Berkeley Arts Center, 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA at 7:30 pm, along with several other solo artists. It will also be performed at Tell it On Tuesday in Berkeley on January 30 at 7:30 at the Marsh Berkeley Arts Center, 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA at 7:30 pm (pre-show live music performance begins at 7) along with several other solo artists. https://themarsh.org/times_unseen/america-untold-in-times-unseen/
Join Playwright & Ragged Wing’s Artistic Director, Amy Sass for her dynamic Kick-sass Creative Writing Classes starting on December 5th. Four classes to ignite your inner bard. Sliding scale. For information and registration go to www.amysass.com.
Garret Groenveld, Jonathan Spector, Victoria Chong Der, and Karen Macklin will have work featured in FlashPlays. FlashPlays! returns for the 8th year! Come see what this year’s playwrights have created using the prompts “many voices of the other,” “Glitter City/Gritty City,” “Safe harbor & safe havens: sanctuary city,” and “tiny Pockets of Positivity and Joy”. Featuring the flashy writings of, Lisa Marie Rollins, Star Finch, Michael Gene Sullivan, Jon Bernson, Anthony Clarvoe, E.H Benedict, and much more! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flashplays-annual-winter-micro-play-festival-tickets-39848791809