Pacific Playwrights Festival

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Adam Arkin and David Paymer in a scene from Donald Margulies' Brooklyn Boy, at South Coast Repertory's 2003 Pacific Playwrights Festival.
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Adam Arkin and David Paymer in a scene from Donald Margulies' Brooklyn Boy, at South Coast Repertory's 2003 Pacific Playwrights Festival.

The Pacific Playwrights Festival (PPF), a national forum for playwrights and theatre leaders, is dedicated to developing and producing new American plays. It is held every summer at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California.

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 four public play readings and a workshop production that showcase new works by established and emerging writers, as well as two world premiere productions.

[edit] Festival History

1998

  • Hurrah at Last by Richard Greenberg (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 (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 (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 (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 (Production - dir. Martin Benson)
  • The Dazzle by Richard Greenberg (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

2004

2005

2006

  • The Studio written, directed and choreographed by Christopher d'Amboise (Production)
  • Blue Door by Tanya Barfield (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)*
*Commissioned by South Coast Repertory

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