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South Coast Repertory
South Coast Repertory is a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California.Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory, founded in 1964 by David Emmes and Martin Benson and now under the leadership of Artistic Director Marc Masterson and Managing Director Paula Tomei, is widely...
in Costa Mesa, California
Costa Mesa, California
Costa Mesa is a city in Orange County, California. The population was 109,960 at the 2010 census. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to a primarily suburban and "edge" city with an economy based on retail, commerce, and light...
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Within the American theatre there is an ongoing need for playwrights to have the opportunity to develop new work with the support of a community of artists. In recent years, many programs that did exist have been redirected or ended. The goal of PPF is to provide a gathering place for writers and theatre leaders to meet informally, sharing ideas and interests as new projects emerge.
The Festival includes public play readings that showcase new works by established and emerging writers, as well as two world premiere productions.
Festival History
1998- Hurrah at Last by Richard GreenbergRichard GreenbergRichard Greenberg is an American playwright. He is the author of over 25 plays including eight South Coast Repertory world premieres: Our Mother's Brief Affair, The Injured Party, The Violet Hour, Everett Beekin, Hurrah at Last, Three Days of Rain Richard Greenberg (1958–present) is an American...
(Production - dir. David WarrenDavid Warren (director)David Warren is an American theatre and television director.-Theatre:Warren has a number of Broadway production directing credits to his name, including Holiday, Summer and Smoke and Misalliance...
)* - Walking Off the Roof by Anthony ClarvoeAnthony ClarvoeAnthony Clarvoe is an American playwright born in 1958.- Play commissions and productions :THE JUST , commission from Chautauqua Theatre Co. 2007 Chautauqua Theatre Company, Ethan McSweeny, dir....
(Workshop - dir. Bill RauchBill RauchBill Rauch is an American artistic director. Rauch succeeded Libby Appel as the fifth artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in June 2007...
) - Landlocked by Cusi Cram (Workshop - dir. Juliette Carrillo)
- On the Jump by John Glore (Reading - dir. Lee Shallat-ChemelLee Shallat-ChemelLee Shallat-Chemel is a television director and producer.She began her professional directorial career at the South Coast Repertory theatre in Costa Mesa, CA, while working at the same time as the head of the theatre's conservatory program...
)* - DogeatersDogeatersDogeaters is a novel written by Jessica Hagedorn and published in 1990. Hagedorn also adapted her novel into a play by the same name. Dogeaters, set in the late 1950s in Manila , addresses several social, political and cultural issues present in the Philippines during the 1950s.The title is a...
by Jessica HagedornJessica HagedornJessica Tarahata Hagedorn is a Filipino-American playwright, writer, poet, storyteller, musician, and multimedia performance artist.-Biography:...
(Reading - dir. Michael GreifMichael GreifMichael Greif is a stage director and producer, born in Brooklyn, New York. He has received three Tony Award nominations and won the Obie Award....
) - The Hollow Lands by Howard KorderHoward KorderHoward Korder is an American screenwriter and playwright. He is the author of the 1988 coming-of-age play Boy's Life, which earned him a Pulitzer Prize for Drama nomination. His play Search and Destroy was adapted into a film in 1995. Among the screenplays he has written are The Passion of Ayn...
(Reading - dir. David ChambersDavid ChambersDavid Chambers may refer to:*David Chambers , British economist*David Chambers , Australian television producer*David Chambers , U.S. Representative from Ohio...
)* - The Mechanics by Chris Van Groningen (Reading - dir. Andrew RobinsonAndrew RobinsonAndrew Jordt "Andy" Robinson is an American film, stage, and television actor. Robinson is known to specialize in playing devious and psychotic roles. Originally a stage actor, he works predominantly in supporting roles on television and in low-budget films...
) - The Sins of Sor Juana by Karen Zacarias (Reading - dir. Lisa Portes)
1999
- On the Jump by John Glore (Production - dir. Mark Rucker)*
- References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot by Jose RiveraJosé Rivera (playwright)José Rivera is a playwright and the first Puerto Rican screenwriter to be nominated for an Oscar.-Early years:Rivera was born in the Santurce section of San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1955. He was raised in Arecibo where he lived until 1959. Rivera's family migrated from Puerto Rico when he was 4 years...
(Workshop - dir. Juliette Carrillo)* - Illuminating Veronica by Rogelio Martinez (Workshop - dir. Lisa Portes)
- Cuchifrito by Eduardo Andino (Reading - dir. Octavio Solis)
- Lupe, Now! by Jonathan Ceniceroz (Reading - dir. Luis AlfaroLuis AlfaroLuis Alfaro is a renowned Chicano performance artist, writer, theater director, and social activist. His plays and fiction are set in Los Angeles's Chicano barrios, including the Pico Union district, and often feature gay and lesbian and working-class themes. Many of Alfaro's plays also deal with...
) - The Beginning of August by Tom DonaghyTom DonaghyTom Donaghy is a playwright whose work has been produced by major theatre companiesacross the United States, including Atlantic Theater Company, Lincoln Center Theatre, and Playwrights Horizons in New York City, the Goodman Theater in Chicago, the La Jolla Playhouse and South Coast Repertory in...
(Reading - dir. Neal Pepe) - Everett Beekin by Richard GreenbergRichard GreenbergRichard Greenberg is an American playwright. He is the author of over 25 plays including eight South Coast Repertory world premieres: Our Mother's Brief Affair, The Injured Party, The Violet Hour, Everett Beekin, Hurrah at Last, Three Days of Rain Richard Greenberg (1958–present) is an American...
(Reading - dir. Mark Rucker)* - The Mystery of Attraction by Marlane Meyer (Reading - Jody McAuliffe)
- The Altruists by Nicky SilverNicky SilverNicky Silver is an American playwright. Formerly of Philadelphia, he resides in New York City.As a teen, Silver attended Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center in upstate New York. He began writing after graduating from the New York University Theatre program. Many of his early plays...
(Reading - dir. David WarrenDavid Warren (director)David Warren is an American theatre and television director.-Theatre:Warren has a number of Broadway production directing credits to his name, including Holiday, Summer and Smoke and Misalliance...
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2000
- The Education of Randy Newman words and music by Randy NewmanRandy NewmanRandall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....
conceived by Michael Roth, Jerry Patch and Mr. NewmanRandy NewmanRandall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....
(Production - dir. Myron Johnson) - The End of It All by Cusi Cram (Workshop - dir. Lisa Portes)
- Fighting Words by Sunil Kuruvilla (Workshop - dir. Martin Benson)
- Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams by Nilo CruzNilo CruzNilo Cruz is an Cuban-American playwright and pedagogue. With his award of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play, Anna in the Tropics, he became the first Latino so honored.-Early years:...
(Reading - dir. Diane RodriguezDiane RodriguezDiane Rodriguez is a prominent American theatre artist who directs, writes and performs. Schooled in activist art, she received her BA in Theatre Arts from the University of California at Santa Barbara. An OBIE Award winning actor, she is known for using comedy to confront various forms of...
) - Vieques by Jorge GonzalezJorge GonzálezJorge González may refer to:* Jorge González , Puerto Rican marathon runner* Jorge González , Puerto Rican beach volleyball player* Jorge "Negro" González , Argentine jazz bassist...
(Reading - dir. Mark Rucker) - Kimberly AkimboKimberly AkimboKimberly Akimbo is a play written in 2000 by Pulitzer prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire. Its title character is a lonely teenage girl suffering from a disease a lot like progeria, that causes her to age 4 and a half times as fast as normal. Thus, Kimberly is trapped inside the frail...
by David Lindsay-AbaireDavid Lindsay-AbaireDavid Lindsay-Abaire is an American playwright and lyricist. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007 for his play Rabbit Hole, which also earned several Tony Award nominations.-Early life and education:...
(Reading - dir. Mark Rucker)* - The Butterfly Collection by Theresa RebeckTheresa RebeckTheresa Rebeck is an American playwright, television writer and novelist. Her work has appeared on the Broadway and Off-Broadway stage, in film, and on television. Among her awards are the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award.-Biography:...
(Reading - dir. Bartlett SherBartlett SherBartlett Sher , is an American theatre director. He received both the 2008 Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for his direction of the Broadway revival of South Pacific. The New York Times has described him as "one of the most original and exciting directors, not only in the American theater but...
)* - The Beard of AvonThe Beard of AvonThe Beard of Avon is a play by Amy Freed, originally commissioned and produced by South Coast Repertory in 2001.In the play, Shakspere abandons his wife Anne Hathaway in Stratford-on-Avon after a visit from a touring company of players. He makes his way to London, determined to be an actor, and...
by Amy FreedAmy FreedAmy Freed is an American playwright. She was nominated as a finalist in the drama category of the 1998 Pulitzer Prizes for her play Freedomland. In addition to Freedomland, she is the author of The Beard of Avon , The Psychic Life of Savages, and other plays...
(Reading - dir. David Emmes)* - Dulce de Leche by Daniel Goldfarb (Reading - dir. John PasquinJohn PasquinJohn Pasquin is a American director of film, television and theatre.-Career:An alum of Beloit College and Carnegie Mellon University, Pasquin began directing Broadway theatre plays in the early 1980s. He moved on to television directing episodes of the series Family Ties, Growing Pains, Alice,...
) - Tom Walker by John Strand (Reading - dir. Kyle Donnelly)
2001
- The Beard of AvonThe Beard of AvonThe Beard of Avon is a play by Amy Freed, originally commissioned and produced by South Coast Repertory in 2001.In the play, Shakspere abandons his wife Anne Hathaway in Stratford-on-Avon after a visit from a touring company of players. He makes his way to London, determined to be an actor, and...
by Amy FreedAmy FreedAmy Freed is an American playwright. She was nominated as a finalist in the drama category of the 1998 Pulitzer Prizes for her play Freedomland. In addition to Freedomland, she is the author of The Beard of Avon , The Psychic Life of Savages, and other plays...
(Production - dir. David Emmes)* - California Scenarios by Luis AlfaroLuis AlfaroLuis Alfaro is a renowned Chicano performance artist, writer, theater director, and social activist. His plays and fiction are set in Los Angeles's Chicano barrios, including the Pico Union district, and often feature gay and lesbian and working-class themes. Many of Alfaro's plays also deal with...
, Joann Farías, José Cruz González, Anne García-Romero and Octavio Solis (Workshop - dir. Juliette Carrillo)* - Nostalgia by Lucinda CoxonLucinda Coxon-Plays:Coxon's plays include Nostalgia and Vesuvius at South Coast Repertory, California; Improbabilities at Soho Poly; Wishbones and Waiting at the Water's Edge at the Bush Theatre, London; Three Graces at Lakeside Theatre, Colchester and the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester...
(Workshop - dir. Loretta Greco)* - Sweaty Palms by Alejandro MoralesAlejandro MoralesAlejandro Morales is currently professor of at the University of California, Irvine, and has published seven novels and three novellas. Morales received the 2007 Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature...
(Reading - dir. Lisa Portes) - Tight Embrace by Jorge Ignacio CortiñasJorge Ignacio CortiñasJorge Ignacio Cortiñas is an American playwright. He first studied playwrighting with Octavio Solis, Cherríe Moraga and María Irene Fornés. He received an MFA from Brown University and currently lives in New York.-Plays:...
(Reading - dir. Ruben Polendo) - Hold Please by Annie Weisman (Reading - dir. Mark Rucker)*
- Eye to EyeEye to Eye-Literature:*Eye to Eye , a 1997 young-adult novel by Catherine Jinks-Music:*Eye to Eye *"Eye to Eye" , a song by Chaka Khan*"Eye to Eye" *Eye II Eye, 14th album of Scorpions-Television:...
by Kevin Heelan (Reading - dir. Seret Scott) - Getting Frankie Married — and Afterwards by Horton FooteHorton FooteAlbert Horton Foote, Jr. was an American playwright and screenwriter, perhaps best known for his Academy Award-winning screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird and the 1983 film Tender Mercies, and his notable live television dramas during the Golden Age of Television...
(Reading - dir. Martin Benson) - Scab by Sheila CallaghanSheila CallaghanSheila Callaghan is a New York City-based playwright and screenwriter who emerged from the RAT movement of the 1990s. Her work is considered to be part of the downtown theater scene, and is known for its unusual use of language and narrative structure...
(Reading - dir. Olivia Honegger) - The Falls by Hilary BellHilary Bell (writer)-Biography:Bell is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art, the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, and the Juilliard Playwrights' Studio. She writes in many different areas including stage, fiction, radio, screen, and theatre...
(Reading - dir. Liz Diamond)
2002
- Getting Frankie Married — and Afterwards by Horton FooteHorton FooteAlbert Horton Foote, Jr. was an American playwright and screenwriter, perhaps best known for his Academy Award-winning screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird and the 1983 film Tender Mercies, and his notable live television dramas during the Golden Age of Television...
(Production - dir. Martin Benson) - The Dazzle by Richard GreenbergRichard GreenbergRichard Greenberg is an American playwright. He is the author of over 25 plays including eight South Coast Repertory world premieres: Our Mother's Brief Affair, The Injured Party, The Violet Hour, Everett Beekin, Hurrah at Last, Three Days of Rain Richard Greenberg (1958–present) is an American...
(Production - dir. Mark Rucker) - 99 Histories by Julia ChoJulia ChoJulia Cho is an American playwright and television writer who has won national awards for her work.-Biographical information:Cho was born in Los Angeles and is the daughter of Korean immigrants. Her mother is a nurse and her father worked for an aerospace company where his job relocation led the...
(Reading - dir. Chay YewChay YewChay Yew is a playwright and stage director who was born in Singapore. As of 2007 he lives in New York City. As of July 2011, he becomes Artistic Director of Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago.-Career:...
) - Exposed by Beth HenleyBeth HenleyElizabeth Becker "Beth" Henley is an American dramatist and actress. She writes primarily about women's issues and family in the Southern United States. She is also a screenwriter who has written many film adaptations of her plays...
(Reading - dir. Mark Rucker)* - Intimate ApparelIntimate ApparelIntimate Apparel is a play written by Lynn Nottage. The play is a co-production and co-commission between Center Stage, Baltimore, Maryland, and South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, California....
by Lynn NottageLynn NottageLynn Nottage is an American playwright whose work often deals with the lives of women of African descent, African Americans and women. She was born in Brooklyn and is a graduate of Brown University and the Yale School of Drama. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005, and a MacArthur Genius...
(Reading - dir. Kate WhoriskeyKate WhoriskeyKate Whoriskey was the artistic director of the Intiman Theatre in Seattle, Washington, USA, for a year, departing in April, 2011 after the theater's board cancelled the remainder of the 2011 season due to financial problems. Whoriskey had been co-Artistic Director of Intiman along with Bartlett...
)* - Truth and Beauty by Steven DrukmanSteven Drukman-Biography:In 1999, Drukman received a Ph.D. from New York University, where he is currently a full-time professor. Drukman spent many years writing for the Arts and Leisure section of The New York Times....
(Reading - dir. Ethan McSweeny) - Our Boy by Julia Jordan (Reading - dir. Lisa Peterson)
2003
- Intimate ApparelIntimate ApparelIntimate Apparel is a play written by Lynn Nottage. The play is a co-production and co-commission between Center Stage, Baltimore, Maryland, and South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, California....
by Lynn NottageLynn NottageLynn Nottage is an American playwright whose work often deals with the lives of women of African descent, African Americans and women. She was born in Brooklyn and is a graduate of Brown University and the Yale School of Drama. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005, and a MacArthur Genius...
(Production - dir. Kate WhoriskeyKate WhoriskeyKate Whoriskey was the artistic director of the Intiman Theatre in Seattle, Washington, USA, for a year, departing in April, 2011 after the theater's board cancelled the remainder of the 2011 season due to financial problems. Whoriskey had been co-Artistic Director of Intiman along with Bartlett...
)* - The Intelligent Design of Jenny ChowThe Intelligent Design of Jenny ChowThe Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow is a play written by Rolin Jones. The play had its world premiere at South Coast Repertory in 2003.Set in Calabasas, California, it tells the story of Jennifer Marcus, a 22-year-old genius with obsessive compulsive disorder and agoraphobia...
by Rolin JonesRolin JonesRolin Jones is a playwright and television writer. He has worked on Showtime's Weeds and NBC drama Friday Night Lights. His plays include The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow: An Instant Message with Excitable Music and Sovereignty....
(Production - dir. David Chambers) - The Hiding PlaceThe Hiding PlaceThe Hiding Place is the title of:*The Hiding Place , a 1971 book by Corrie ten Boom*The Hiding Place , a 1975 film based on the book by ten Boom*The Hiding Place , a novel by Trezza Azzopardi...
by Jeff WhittyJeff WhittyJeff Whitty is an American playwright. His works for the stage include the musical Avenue Q, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a musical.-Career:...
(Workshop - dir. Mark Rucker) - Safe in HellSafe in HellSafe in Hell is a 1931 pre-Code Warner Bros. melodrama film directed by William Wellman and starring Dorothy Mackaill and Donald Cook with featured performances by Morgan Wallace, Ralf Harolde, Noble Johnson and Nina Mae McKinney.-Plot:...
by Amy FreedAmy FreedAmy Freed is an American playwright. She was nominated as a finalist in the drama category of the 1998 Pulitzer Prizes for her play Freedomland. In addition to Freedomland, she is the author of The Beard of Avon , The Psychic Life of Savages, and other plays...
(Reading - dir. David Emmes)* - Anna in the TropicsAnna in the TropicsAnna in the Tropics is a play by Nilo Cruz.When Cuban immigrants brought the cigar-making industry to Florida in the 19th Century, they carried with them another tradition. As the workers toiled away in the factory hand rolling each cigar, the lector, , would read to them...
by Nilo CruzNilo CruzNilo Cruz is an Cuban-American playwright and pedagogue. With his award of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play, Anna in the Tropics, he became the first Latino so honored.-Early years:...
(Reading - dir. Juliette Carrillo) - Sea of Tranquillity by Howard KorderHoward KorderHoward Korder is an American screenwriter and playwright. He is the author of the 1988 coming-of-age play Boy's Life, which earned him a Pulitzer Prize for Drama nomination. His play Search and Destroy was adapted into a film in 1995. Among the screenplays he has written are The Passion of Ayn...
(Reading - dir. Michael Bloom)* - Brooklyn BoyBrooklyn BoyBrooklyn Boy is a play by American playwright Donald Margulies.Novelist Eric Weiss, critically celebrated but unsuccessful, "arrives" when his new, autobiographical novel becomes a best-seller. An outsider all his life, he is suddenly on the inside of everything: town cars, television studios, the...
by Donald MarguliesDonald MarguliesDonald Margulies is an American playwright and a professor of English and Theater Studies at Yale University...
(Reading - dir. Daniel Sullivan)*
2004
- Safe in HellSafe in HellSafe in Hell is a 1931 pre-Code Warner Bros. melodrama film directed by William Wellman and starring Dorothy Mackaill and Donald Cook with featured performances by Morgan Wallace, Ralf Harolde, Noble Johnson and Nina Mae McKinney.-Plot:...
by Amy FreedAmy FreedAmy Freed is an American playwright. She was nominated as a finalist in the drama category of the 1998 Pulitzer Prizes for her play Freedomland. In addition to Freedomland, she is the author of The Beard of Avon , The Psychic Life of Savages, and other plays...
(Production - dir. David Emmes)* - Mr. Marmalade by Noah Haidle (Production - dir. Ethan McSweeny)
- Vesuvius by Lucinda CoxonLucinda Coxon-Plays:Coxon's plays include Nostalgia and Vesuvius at South Coast Repertory, California; Improbabilities at Soho Poly; Wishbones and Waiting at the Water's Edge at the Bush Theatre, London; Three Graces at Lakeside Theatre, Colchester and the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester...
(Reading - dir. David Emmes)* - The Clean HouseThe Clean HouseThe Clean House is a play by Sarah Ruhl, which premiered in 2004 at Yale Repertory Theatre and has since been produced in many American cities. The play is a whimsical romantic comedy centered on Matilde, a Brazilian cleaning woman who would rather be a comedian.-Plot summary:The play opens with...
by Sarah RuhlSarah RuhlSarah Ruhl is an American playwright. She is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship.-Biography:Ruhl was born in Wilmette, Illinois. Originally, she intended to be a poet. However, after she studied under Paula Vogel at Brown University , she was convinced to switch to playwrighting...
(Reading - dir. Bill RauchBill RauchBill Rauch is an American artistic director. Rauch succeeded Libby Appel as the fifth artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in June 2007...
) - Singing Forest by Craig LucasCraig LucasCraig Lucas is an American playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, musical actor, and film director.-Biography:...
(Reading - dir. Bartlett SherBartlett SherBartlett Sher , is an American theatre director. He received both the 2008 Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for his direction of the Broadway revival of South Pacific. The New York Times has described him as "one of the most original and exciting directors, not only in the American theater but...
) - Safe as HousesSafe as HousesSafe as Houses was a Scottish television property programme on STV, hosted by sports broadcaster Ali Douglas and money advisor Fergus Muirhead....
by Richard GreenbergRichard GreenbergRichard Greenberg is an American playwright. He is the author of over 25 plays including eight South Coast Repertory world premieres: Our Mother's Brief Affair, The Injured Party, The Violet Hour, Everett Beekin, Hurrah at Last, Three Days of Rain Richard Greenberg (1958–present) is an American...
(Reading - dir. Ethan McSweeny)
2005
- A Naked Girl on the Appian WayA Naked Girl on the Appian WayA Naked Girl on the Appian Way is a play by Richard Greenberg, initially produced by South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, California in 2005.-Production history:...
by Richard GreenbergRichard GreenbergRichard Greenberg is an American playwright. He is the author of over 25 plays including eight South Coast Repertory world premieres: Our Mother's Brief Affair, The Injured Party, The Violet Hour, Everett Beekin, Hurrah at Last, Three Days of Rain Richard Greenberg (1958–present) is an American...
(Production - dir. Mark Rucker)* - Vesuvius by Lucinda CoxonLucinda Coxon-Plays:Coxon's plays include Nostalgia and Vesuvius at South Coast Repertory, California; Improbabilities at Soho Poly; Wishbones and Waiting at the Water's Edge at the Bush Theatre, London; Three Graces at Lakeside Theatre, Colchester and the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester...
(Production - dir. David Emmes)* - Tough Titty by Oni Faida Lampley (Workshop - dir. Mark Rucker)*
- Bossa Nova by Kirsten Greenidge (Reading - dir. Casey Stangl)*
- The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler by Jeff WhittyJeff WhittyJeff Whitty is an American playwright. His works for the stage include the musical Avenue Q, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a musical.-Career:...
(Reading - dir. Bill RauchBill RauchBill Rauch is an American artistic director. Rauch succeeded Libby Appel as the fifth artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in June 2007...
)* - Rabbit HoleRabbit HoleRabbit Hole is a play written by David Lindsay-Abaire. It was the recipient of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play was originally commissioned by South Coast Repertory and first presented at its Pacific Playwrights Festival reading series in 2005...
by David Lindsay-AbaireDavid Lindsay-AbaireDavid Lindsay-Abaire is an American playwright and lyricist. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007 for his play Rabbit Hole, which also earned several Tony Award nominations.-Early life and education:...
(Reading - dir. Carolyn Cantor)* - Ridiculous Fraud by Beth HenleyBeth HenleyElizabeth Becker "Beth" Henley is an American dramatist and actress. She writes primarily about women's issues and family in the Southern United States. She is also a screenwriter who has written many film adaptations of her plays...
(Reading - dir. Sharon OttSharon Ott (director)Sharon Ott is an award-winning director, producer and educator who has worked in regional theaters and opera throughout the United States. Ott is currently the artistic director of the Performing Arts department at the Savannah College of Art and Design, where she also teaches...
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2006
- The Studio written, directed and choreographed by Christopher d'AmboiseChristopher d'AmboiseChristopher d'Amboise is an American dancer, choreographer, writer, and theatre director.Born and raised in New York City, the son of dancers Jacques d'Amboise and Carolyn George, d'Amboise became a principal dancer in the New York City Ballet, where he worked closely with George Balanchine and...
(Production) - Blue Door by Tanya BarfieldTanya BarfieldTanya Barfield is an African-American playwright and actress whose works have been presented both nationally and internationally with such festivals and companies as the Arena Stage, The Royal Court Theatre, the New York Theatre Workshop, Seattle Repertory Theatre and the Hartford Stage.Her plays...
(Production - dir. Leah C. Gardiner) - Leitmotif by Victoria Stewart (Workshop - dir. Jessica Kubzansky)*
- Human Error by Keith ReddinKeith ReddinKeith Reddin is an American actor and playwright. He received his B.S. in 1978 from Northwestern University and then went on to attend The Yale University School of Drama until he received his M.A. in 1981....
(Reading - dir. Les WatersLes WatersLes Waters is a notable British theatre director. He has served as associate artistic director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre for the last six years.-Career:...
) - Empty Sky by Sarah Treem (Reading - dir. Bill RauchBill RauchBill Rauch is an American artistic director. Rauch succeeded Libby Appel as the fifth artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in June 2007...
) - System Wonderland by David Wiener (Reading - dir. Art Manke)*
- The Piano Teacher by Julia ChoJulia ChoJulia Cho is an American playwright and television writer who has won national awards for her work.-Biographical information:Cho was born in Los Angeles and is the daughter of Korean immigrants. Her mother is a nurse and her father worked for an aerospace company where his job relocation led the...
(Reading - dir. Kate WhoriskeyKate WhoriskeyKate Whoriskey was the artistic director of the Intiman Theatre in Seattle, Washington, USA, for a year, departing in April, 2011 after the theater's board cancelled the remainder of the 2011 season due to financial problems. Whoriskey had been co-Artistic Director of Intiman along with Bartlett...
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2007
- My Wandering Boy by Julie Marie Myatt (Production - dir. Bill RauchBill RauchBill Rauch is an American artistic director. Rauch succeeded Libby Appel as the fifth artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in June 2007...
) - System Wonderland by David Wiener (Production - dir. David Emmes)*
- Po' Boy Tango by Kenneth LinKenneth LinKenneth Lin is an American playwright. He was born in the Bronx, NY and grew up in Long Island, New York.Lin attended Cornell University and the Yale School of Drama. He is an alumnus of the U.S. J...
(Workshop - dir. Chay YewChay YewChay Yew is a playwright and stage director who was born in Singapore. As of 2007 he lives in New York City. As of July 2011, he becomes Artistic Director of Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago.-Career:...
)* - Shipwrecked! The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself) — An Entertainment by Donald MarguliesDonald MarguliesDonald Margulies is an American playwright and a professor of English and Theater Studies at Yale University...
(Reading - dir. Bart DeLorenzoBart DeLorenzoBart DeLorenzo is a Los Angeles-based theater director and producer. He is the founding artistic director of the Evidence Room theater, a 14-year-old company renowned in Los Angeles for contemporary theater productions....
)* - Boleros for the Disenchanted by Jose RiveraJosé Rivera (playwright)José Rivera is a playwright and the first Puerto Rican screenwriter to be nominated for an Oscar.-Early years:Rivera was born in the Santurce section of San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1955. He was raised in Arecibo where he lived until 1959. Rivera's family migrated from Puerto Rico when he was 4 years...
(Reading - dir. Octavio Solis)* - Our Mother's Brief Affair by Richard GreenbergRichard GreenbergRichard Greenberg is an American playwright. He is the author of over 25 plays including eight South Coast Repertory world premieres: Our Mother's Brief Affair, The Injured Party, The Violet Hour, Everett Beekin, Hurrah at Last, Three Days of Rain Richard Greenberg (1958–present) is an American...
(Reading - dir. Pam MacKinnon)* - An Italian Straw Hat book and lyrics by John Strand, music by Dennis McCarthyDennis McCarthy (composer)Dennis McCarthy is an ASCAP- and Emmy Award-winning composer, mostly for television programs and films produced in the United States....
(Reading - dir. Stefan Novinski)*
2008
- What They Have by Kate Robin (Production - dir. Chris Fields)*
- The Injured Party by Richard GreenbergRichard GreenbergRichard Greenberg is an American playwright. He is the author of over 25 plays including eight South Coast Repertory world premieres: Our Mother's Brief Affair, The Injured Party, The Violet Hour, Everett Beekin, Hurrah at Last, Three Days of Rain Richard Greenberg (1958–present) is an American...
(Production - dir. Trip Cullman)* - Sunlight by Sharr White (Workshop - dir. David Emmes)*
- By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by Lynn NottageLynn NottageLynn Nottage is an American playwright whose work often deals with the lives of women of African descent, African Americans and women. She was born in Brooklyn and is a graduate of Brown University and the Yale School of Drama. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005, and a MacArthur Genius...
(Reading - dir. Mark Rucker)* - Emilie—La Marquise du Châtelet Defends her Life at the Petit Théâtre at Cirey Tonight by Lauren GundersonLauren GundersonLauren Gunderson is an award-winning American playwright. She currently lives in San Francisco.Gunderson earned earned her Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from Emory University in 2004, and her Master of Fine Arts in Dramatic Writing from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in...
(Reading - dir. Kate WhoriskeyKate WhoriskeyKate Whoriskey was the artistic director of the Intiman Theatre in Seattle, Washington, USA, for a year, departing in April, 2011 after the theater's board cancelled the remainder of the 2011 season due to financial problems. Whoriskey had been co-Artistic Director of Intiman along with Bartlett...
)* - Goldfish by John KolvenbachJohn KolvenbachJohn Kolvenbach is an American playwright known for works including Gizmo Love, Love Song, On An Average Day, Goldfish, and Fabuloso....
(Reading - dir. Loretta Greco)* - You, Nero by Amy FreedAmy FreedAmy Freed is an American playwright. She was nominated as a finalist in the drama category of the 1998 Pulitzer Prizes for her play Freedomland. In addition to Freedomland, she is the author of The Beard of Avon , The Psychic Life of Savages, and other plays...
, (Reading - dir. Sharon OttSharon Ott (director)Sharon Ott is an award-winning director, producer and educator who has worked in regional theaters and opera throughout the United States. Ott is currently the artistic director of the Performing Arts department at the Savannah College of Art and Design, where she also teaches...
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2009
- Our Mother's Brief Affair by Richard GreenbergRichard GreenbergRichard Greenberg is an American playwright. He is the author of over 25 plays including eight South Coast Repertory world premieres: Our Mother's Brief Affair, The Injured Party, The Violet Hour, Everett Beekin, Hurrah at Last, Three Days of Rain Richard Greenberg (1958–present) is an American...
(Production - dir. Pam MacKinnon)* - Emilie—La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends her Life at the Petit Théâtre at Cirey Tonight by Lauren GundersonLauren GundersonLauren Gunderson is an award-winning American playwright. She currently lives in San Francisco.Gunderson earned earned her Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from Emory University in 2004, and her Master of Fine Arts in Dramatic Writing from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in...
(Production - dir. David Emmes)* - In a Garden by Howard KorderHoward KorderHoward Korder is an American screenwriter and playwright. He is the author of the 1988 coming-of-age play Boy's Life, which earned him a Pulitzer Prize for Drama nomination. His play Search and Destroy was adapted into a film in 1995. Among the screenplays he has written are The Passion of Ayn...
(Reading - dir. David WarrenDavid Warren (director)David Warren is an American theatre and television director.-Theatre:Warren has a number of Broadway production directing credits to his name, including Holiday, Summer and Smoke and Misalliance...
) - Doctor Cerberus by Roberto Aguirre-SacasaRoberto Aguirre-SacasaRoberto Aguirre-Sacasa is an American playwright, screenwriter and comic-book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics and for the HBO drama series Big Love.-Biography:...
(Reading - dir. Bart DeLorenzoBart DeLorenzoBart DeLorenzo is a Los Angeles-based theater director and producer. He is the founding artistic director of the Evidence Room theater, a 14-year-old company renowned in Los Angeles for contemporary theater productions....
)* - Extraordinary Chambers by David Wiener (Reading - dir. Art Manke)*
- 9 Circles by Bill CainBill CainBill Cain is an American playwright.Cain founded a Shakespeare company in Boston.His play, Equivocation was produced at City Center in New York City in March, 2010.The New York Times praised Cain's "impish humor."-References:...
(Reading - dir. Michael John Garcés) - The Language Archive by Julia ChoJulia ChoJulia Cho is an American playwright and television writer who has won national awards for her work.-Biographical information:Cho was born in Los Angeles and is the daughter of Korean immigrants. Her mother is a nurse and her father worked for an aerospace company where his job relocation led the...
(Reading - dir. Mark BrokawMark BrokawMark Brokaw is a stage director. He won the Drama Desk Award, Obie Award and Lucille Lortel Award as Outstanding Director of a Play for How I Learned to Drive.Brokaw was raised in Aledo, Illinois and graduated from the Yale Drama School...
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2010
- The Language Archive by Julia ChoJulia ChoJulia Cho is an American playwright and television writer who has won national awards for her work.-Biographical information:Cho was born in Los Angeles and is the daughter of Korean immigrants. Her mother is a nurse and her father worked for an aerospace company where his job relocation led the...
(Production - dir. Mark BrokawMark BrokawMark Brokaw is a stage director. He won the Drama Desk Award, Obie Award and Lucille Lortel Award as Outstanding Director of a Play for How I Learned to Drive.Brokaw was raised in Aledo, Illinois and graduated from the Yale Drama School...
) - Doctor Cerberus by Roberto Aguirre-SacasaRoberto Aguirre-SacasaRoberto Aguirre-Sacasa is an American playwright, screenwriter and comic-book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics and for the HBO drama series Big Love.-Biography:...
(Production - dir. Bart DeLorenzoBart DeLorenzoBart DeLorenzo is a Los Angeles-based theater director and producer. He is the founding artistic director of the Evidence Room theater, a 14-year-old company renowned in Los Angeles for contemporary theater productions....
)* - CompletenessCompletenessIn general, an object is complete if nothing needs to be added to it. This notion is made more specific in various fields.-Logical completeness:In logic, semantic completeness is the converse of soundness for formal systems...
by Itamar MosesItamar MosesItamar Moses is an American playwright, author, and television writer.Moses grew up in Berkeley, California, earned his bachelor's degree at Yale University, and his Master of Fine Arts degree in dramatic writing from New York University...
(Reading - dir. Pam MacKinnon) - Happy Face by David West Read (Reading - dir. Art Manke)
- Between Us Chickens by Sofia Alvarez (Reading - dir. Casey Stangl)
- Right to the Top by Amy FreedAmy FreedAmy Freed is an American playwright. She was nominated as a finalist in the drama category of the 1998 Pulitzer Prizes for her play Freedomland. In addition to Freedomland, she is the author of The Beard of Avon , The Psychic Life of Savages, and other plays...
(Reading - dir. Doug HughesDoug HughesDouglas Hughes is an American theatre and film director. He is the son of acting couple Barnard Hughes and Helen Stenborg.-References:-External links:...
) - KinKin-Places:* Kin, Okinawa, a town in Okinawa, Japan* Kin, Pakistan, a village along the Indus in Pakistan* Kin, Mogok, a village in Mogok Township, Burma * Kin, Ye, a village in Ye Township, Burma...
by Bathsheba DoranBathsheba Doran-Life:Doran grew up in London and studied at Cambridge University. She was a contemporary of Robert Webb and David Mitchell and her first job as a professional writer was comedy sketch writing for their BBC2 show Bruiser....
(Reading - dir. Sam GoldSam GoldSam Gold is an American voice actor. He has video game and animated roles.-Animated roles:*The Jungle Book - Bagheera, Tabaqui*The Mr. Men Show - Mr. Bounce, Mr. Grumpy, and Mr...
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2011
- Silent Sky by Lauren GundersonLauren GundersonLauren Gunderson is an award-winning American playwright. She currently lives in San Francisco.Gunderson earned earned her Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from Emory University in 2004, and her Master of Fine Arts in Dramatic Writing from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in...
(Production - dir. Anne Justine D'Zmura) - CompletenessCompletenessIn general, an object is complete if nothing needs to be added to it. This notion is made more specific in various fields.-Logical completeness:In logic, semantic completeness is the converse of soundness for formal systems...
by Itamar MosesItamar MosesItamar Moses is an American playwright, author, and television writer.Moses grew up in Berkeley, California, earned his bachelor's degree at Yale University, and his Master of Fine Arts degree in dramatic writing from New York University...
(Production - dir. Pam MacKinnon)* - The Prince of Atlantis by Steven DrukmanSteven Drukman-Biography:In 1999, Drukman received a Ph.D. from New York University, where he is currently a full-time professor. Drukman spent many years writing for the Arts and Leisure section of The New York Times....
(Reading - dir. Dámaso Rodriguez) - How the World Began by Catherine Trieschmann (Reading - dir. Shelley Butler)
- The Droll {Or, a stage-play about the END of theatre} by Meg Miroshnik (Reading - dir. David ChambersDavid ChambersDavid Chambers may refer to:*David Chambers , British economist*David Chambers , Australian television producer*David Chambers , U.S. Representative from Ohio...
) - AnnapurnaAnnapurnaAnnapurna is a section of the Himalayas in north-central Nepal that includes Annapurna I, thirteen additional peaks over and 16 more over ....
by Sharr White (Reading - dir. Loretta Greco) - Cloudlands book by Octavio Solis, music by Adam Gwon, lyrics by Octavio Solis and Adam Gwon (Reading - dir. Octavio Solis)
*Commissioned by South Coast Repertory
South Coast Repertory
South Coast Repertory is a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California.Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory, founded in 1964 by David Emmes and Martin Benson and now under the leadership of Artistic Director Marc Masterson and Managing Director Paula Tomei, is widely...
External links
- Pacific Playwrights Festival page at South Coast RepertorySouth Coast RepertorySouth Coast Repertory is a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California.Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory, founded in 1964 by David Emmes and Martin Benson and now under the leadership of Artistic Director Marc Masterson and Managing Director Paula Tomei, is widely...
- Pacific Playwrights Festival article from VarietyVariety (magazine)Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...