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Pacific Playwrights Festival History



*denotes play went on to production at SCR or elsewhere.

1998
Hurrah at Last by Richard Greenberg (Mainstage production - dir. David Warren)*
Walking Off the Roof by Anthony Clarvoe (Workshop - dir. Bill Rauch)*
Landlocked by Cusi Cram (Workshop - dir. Juliette Carrillo)*
On the Jump by John Glore (Reading - dir. Lee Shallat Chemel)*
Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn (Reading - dir. Michael Greif)*
The Hollow Lands by Howard Korder (Reading - dir. David Chambers)*
The Mechanics by Chris Van Groningen (Reading - dir. Andrew Robinson)
The Sins of Sor Juana by Karen Zacarias (Reading - dir. Lisa Portes)*

1999
On the Jump by John Glore (Mainstage production - dir. Mark Rucker)*
References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot by Jose Rivera (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 Alfaro)
The Beginning of August by Tom Donaghy (Reading - dir. Neal Pepe)*
Everett Beekin by Richard Greenberg (Reading - dir. Mark Rucker)*
The Mystery of Attraction by Marlane Meyer (Reading - Jody McAuliffe)*
The Altruists by Nicky Silver (Reading - dir. David Warren)*

2000
The Education of Randy Newman words and music by Randy Newman conceived by Michael Roth, Jerry Patch and Mr. Newman (Mainstage 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 Cruz (Reading - dir. Diane Rodriguez)*
Vieques by Jorge Gonzalez (Reading - dir. Mark Rucker)*
Kimberly Akimbo by David Lindsay-Abaire (Reading - dir. Mark Rucker)*
The Butterfly Collection by Theresa Rebeck (Reading - dir. Bartlett Sher)*
The Beard of Avon by Amy Freed (Reading - dir. David Emmes)*
Dulce de Leche by Daniel Goldfarb (Reading - dir. John Pasquin)*
Tom Walker by John Strand (Reading - dir. Kyle Donnelly)*

2001
The Beard of Avon by Amy Freed (Mainstage production - dir. David Emmes)*
California Scenarios by Luis Alfaro, Joann Farías, José Cruz González, Anne García-Romero and Octavio Solis (Workshop - dir. Juliette Carrillo)
Nostalgia by Lucinda Coxon (Workshop - dir. Loretta Greco)*
Sweaty Palms by Alejandro Morales (Reading - dir. Lisa Portes)
Tight Embrace by Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas (Reading - dir. Ruben Polendo)*
Hold Please by Annie Weisman (Reading - dir. Mark Rucker)*
Eye to Eye by Kevin Heelan (Reading - dir. Seret Scott)*
Getting Frankie Married — and Afterwards by Horton Foote (Reading - dir. Martin Benson)*
Scab by Sheila Callaghan (Reading - dir. Olivia Honegger)*
The Falls by Hilary Bell (Reading - dir. Liz Diamond)*

2002
Getting Frankie Married—and Afterwards by Horton Foote (Mainstage production - dir. Martin Benson)*
The Dazzle by Richard Greenberg (Second Stage production - dir. Mark Rucker)*
99 Histories by Julia Cho (Reading - dir. Chay Yew)*
Exposed by Beth Henley (Reading - dir. Mark Rucker)*
Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage (Reading - dir. Kate Whoriskey)*
Truth and Beauty by Steven Drukman (Reading - dir. Ethan McSweeny)
Our Boy by Julia Jordan (Reading - dir. Lisa Peterson)*

2003
Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage (Segerstrom Stage production - dir. Kate Whoriskey)*
The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow by Rolin Jones (Argyros Stage production - dir. David Chambers)*
The Hiding Place by Jeff Whitty (Workshop - dir. Mark Rucker)*
Safe in Hell by Amy Freed (Reading - dir. David Emmes)*
Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz (Reading - dir. Juliette Carrillo)*
Sea of Tranquillity by Howard Korder (Reading - dir. Michael Bloom)*
Brooklyn Boy by Donald Margulies (Reading - dir. Daniel Sullivan)*

2004
Safe in Hell by Amy Freed (Segerstrom Stage production - dir. David Emmes)*
Mr. Marmalade by Noah Haidle (Argyros Stage production - dir. Ethan McSweeny)*
Vesuvius by Lucinda Coxon (Reading - dir. David Emmes)*
The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl (Reading - dir. Bill Rauch)*
Singing Forest by Craig Lucas (Reading - dir. Bartlett Sher)*
Safe as Houses by Richard Greenberg (Reading - dir. Ethan McSweeny)*

2005
A Naked Girl on the Appian Way by Richard Greenberg (Segerstrom Stage production - dir. Mark Rucker)*
Vesuvius by Lucinda Coxon (Argyros Stage 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 Whitty (Reading - dir. Bill Rauch)*
Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire (Reading - dir. Carolyn Cantor)*
Ridiculous Fraud by Beth Henley (Reading - dir. Sharon Ott)*

2006
The Studio written, directed and choreographed by Christopher d'Amboise (Segerstrom Stage production)*
Blue Door by Tanya Barfield (Argyros Stage production - dir. Leah C. Gardiner)*
Leitmotif by Victoria Stewart (Workshop - dir. Jessica Kubzansky)*
Human Error by Keith Reddin (Reading - dir. Les Waters)*
Empty Sky by Sarah Treem (Reading - dir. Bill Rauch)*
System Wonderland by David Wiener (Reading - dir. Art Manke)*
The Piano Teacher by Julia Cho (Reading - dir. Kate Whoriskey)*

2007
My Wandering Boy by Julie Marie Myatt (Segerstrom Stage production - dir. Bill Rauch)*
System Wonderland by David Wiener (Argyros Stage production - dir. David Emmes)*
Po' Boy Tango by Kenneth Lin (Workshop - dir. Chay Yew)*
Shipwrecked! The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself)—
    An Entertainment
by Donald Margulies (Reading - dir. Bart DeLorenzo)*
Boleros for the Disenchanted by José Rivera (Reading - dir. Octavio Solis)*
Our Mother's Brief Affair by Richard Greenberg (Reading - dir. Pam MacKinnon)*
An Italian Straw Hat translated and adapted by John Strand, music by Dennis McCarthy (Reading -
    dir. Stefan Novinski)*

2008
What They Have by Kate Robin (Segerstrom Stage production - dir. Chris Fields)*
The Injured Party by Richard Greenberg (Argyros Stage production - dir. Trip Cullman)*
Sunlight by Sharr White (Workshop - dir. David Emmes)*
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by Lynn Nottage (Reading - dir. Mark Rucker)*
Emilie - La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life at the Petit Théâtre at Cirey Tonight
     by Lauren Gunderson (Reading - dir. Kate Whoriskey)*
Goldfish by John Kolvenbach (Reading - dir. Loretta Greco)*
You, Nero by Amy Freed (Reading - dir. Sharon Ott)*

2009
Our Mother's Brief Affair by Richard Greenberg (Segerstrom Stage production - dir. Pam MacKinnon)*
Emilie - La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life at the Petit Théâtre at Cirey Tonight
     by Lauren Gunderson  (Argyros Stage production - dir. David Emmes)*
In A Garden by Howard Korder (Reading - dir. David Warren)*
Doctor Cerberus by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Reading - dir. Bart DeLorenzo)*
Extraordinary Chambers by David Wiener (Reading - dir. Art Manke)*
9 Circles by Bill Cain (Reading - dir. Michael John Garcés)*
The Language Archive by Julia Cho (Reading - dir. Mark Brokaw)*

2010
The Language Archive by Julia Cho (Segerstrom Stage production - dir. Mark Brokaw)*
Doctor Cerberus by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa  (Argyros Stage production - dir. Bart DeLorenzo)*
Completeness by Itamar Moses (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 Freed (Reading - dir. Michael Doug Hughes)
Kin by Bathseba Doran (Reading - dir. Sam Gold)*

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Photo: Hamlet, directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan, in 2007. Photo by Mark Jordan.