Press - 2009-10 Pacific Playwrights Festival

PACIFIC PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL 2010
April 23-25, 2010

The Pacific Playwrights Festival provides a gathering place for writers and theatre leaders to meet informally, sharing ideas and interests as new projects emerge in staged readings, workshops and full productions.

FRIDAY, April 23
1:00pm Reading - Completeness by Itamar Moses
3:30pm Reading - Happy Face by David West Read
7:45pm Performance of Doctor Cerberus by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
8:00pm Reading - Between Us Chickens by Sofia Alvarez
8:00pm Performance of The Language Archive by Julia Cho

SATURDAY, April 24
10:30am Reading - Kin by Bathsheba Doran
2:00pm Performance of Doctor Cerberus by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
2:30pm Performance of The Language Archive by Julia Cho
2:30pm Reading - Between Us Chickens by Sofia Alvarez
7:45pm Performance of Doctor Cerberus by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
8:00pm Reading - Between Us Chickens by Sofia Alvarez
8:00pm Performance of The Language Archive by Julia Cho

SUNDAY, April 25
10:30am Reading - Right to the Top by Amy Freed
2:00pm Performance of Doctor Cerberus by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
2:30pm Performance of The Language Archive by Julia Cho
7:30pm Performance of The Language Archive by Julia Cho
7:45pm Performance of Doctor Cerberus by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

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Pacific Playwrights Festival Artists

The artists and staff of South Coast Repertory's 13th annual Pacific Playwrights Festival. Photo by Henry DiRocco/SCR.		South Coast Repertory's 2010 PPF playwrights: (l. to r.) Bathsheba Doran, David West Read, Sofia Alvarez, Itamar Moses and Amy Freed. (Missing: Julia Cho and Robeto Aguirre-Sacasa.) Photo by Henry DiRocco/SCR.

SCR Managing Director Paula Tomei and playwright Amy Freed.  Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.		Playwrights David West Read and Sofia Alvarez and actor Wyatt Fenner. Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.

Actors Mark Harelik and Sarah Rafferty and director Art Manke. Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.		Actors Susannah Schulman, Reg Rogers and Jane Carr. Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.

Actors Nathan Baesel and Michael Gladis.  Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.		Actors Matthew Humphreys, Rebecca Mozo, Mandy Siegfried, Josh Radnor and Sarah Rafferty.  Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.

Playwrights Sofia Alvarez and David West Read, director Casey Stangl and Festival Co-Director Kelly Miller.  Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.		Actor Nick Mills, Fiona Dourif, Liz Vital and Festival Co-Director John Glore.  Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.

Completeness by Itamar Moses

Matthew Humphreys and Mandy Siegfried in rehearsal for the 2010 PPF reading of Itamar Moses' Completeness.  Photo by Henry DiRocco.		Director Pam MacKinnon and dramaturg Jerry Patch, front, and Josh Radnor, Kristen Bush, Matthew Humphreys and Mandy Siegfried in rehearsal for the 2010 PPF reading of Itamar Moses' Completeness.  Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Dramaturg Jerry Patch, director Pam MacKinnon and Josh Radnor, foreground, in rehearsal for the 2010 PPF reading of Itamar Moses' Completeness.  Photo by Henry DiRocco.		Mandy Siegfried and Josh Radnor in rehearsal for the 2010 PPF reading of Itamar Moses' Completeness.  Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Itamar Moses.  Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.

Happy Face by David West Read

Tracey A. Leigh and Peter Katona in rehearsal for the 2010 PPF reading of David West Read's Happy Face.  Photo by Henry DiRocco.		Rebecca Mozo and Wyatt Fenner in rehearsal for the 2010 PPF reading of David West Read's Happy Face.  Photo by Henry DiRocco.

(l. to r.) Director Art Manke, dramaturg Kelly L. Miller and playwright David West Read in rehearsal for the 2010 PPF reading of Read's Happy Face.  Photo by Henry DiRocco.		David West Read.  Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.

Rebecca Mozo in rehearsal for the 2010 PPF reading of David West Read's Happy Face.  Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Between Us Chickens by Sofia Alvarez

Nick Mills and Liz Vital in rehearsal for the 2010 PPF reading of Sofia Alvarez' Between Us Chickens.  Photo by Henry DiRocco.		Director Casey Stangl in rehearsal for the 2010 PPF reading of Sofia Alvarez' Between Us Chickens.  Photo by Henry DiRocco.		Playwright Sofia Alvarez and director Casey Stangl discuss Alvarez' Between Us Chickens during the 2010 PPF.  Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Sofia Alvarez.  Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.

Right to the Top by Amy Freed

Mark Harelik, Randy Oglesby and Jane Carr in rehearsal for the 2010 PPF reading of Amy Freed's Right to the Top.  Photo by Henry DiRocco.		Mark Harelik, Randy Oglesby and Jane Carr in rehearsal for the 2010 PPF reading of Amy Freed's Right to the Top.  Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Reg Rogers, Susannah Schulman, Mark Harelik, Kate Jennings Grant, Randy Oglesby and Jane Carr in rehearsal for the 2010 PPF reading of Amy Freed's Right to the Top.  Photo by Henry DiRocco.		Director Doug Hughes and playwright Amy Freed in rehearsal for the 2010 PPF reading of Freed's Right to the Top.  Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Amy Freed.  Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.

Kin by Bathsheba Doran

The cast, playwright and dramaturg in rehearsal for the 2010 PPF reading of Bathsheba Doran's Kin.  Photo by Henry DiRocco.		Michael Gladis and Emily Bergl in rehearsal for the 2010 PPF reading of Bathsheba Doran's Kin.  Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Linda Gehringer, Hal Landon Jr. and Barbara Tarbuck in rehearsal for the 2010 PPF reading of Bathsheba Doran's Kin.  Photo by Henry DiRocco.		Playwright Bathsheba Doran and director Sam Gold in rehearsal for the 2010 PPF reading of Doran's Kin.  Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Bathsheba Doran.  Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.

The Language Archive by Julia Cho

Julia Cho.  Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.

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Doctor Cerberus by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.  Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.

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