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 public play readings that showcase new works by established and emerging writers, as well as two world premiere productions.
Festival history[]
1998
- by Richard Greenberg (Production - dir. David Warren)*
- by Anthony Clarvoe (Workshop - dir. Bill Rauch)
- 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)
- by Howard Korder (Reading - dir. )*
- by Chris Van Groningen (Reading - dir. )
- by Karen Zacarias (Reading - dir. Lisa Portes)
1999
- On the Jump by John Glore (Production - dir. )*
- References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot by Jose Rivera (Workshop - dir. Juliette Carrillo)*
- by Rogelio Martinez (Workshop - dir. Lisa Portes)
- by Eduardo Andino (Reading - dir. Octavio Solis)
- by Jonathan Ceniceroz (Reading - dir. Luis Alfaro)
- by Tom Donaghy (Reading - dir. Neal Pepe)
- by Richard Greenberg (Reading - dir. )*
- by Marlane Meyer (Reading - Jody McAuliffe)
- God of Vengeance by Donald Margulies (Reading - Gordon Edelstein)
- by Nicky Silver (Reading - dir. David Warren)
2000
- words and music by Randy Newman conceived by Michael Roth, Jerry Patch and Mr. Newman (Production - dir. Myron Johnson)
- by Cusi Cram (Workshop - dir. Lisa Portes)
- by Sunil Kuruvilla (Workshop - dir. Martin Benson)
- by Nilo Cruz (Reading - dir. Diane Rodriguez)
- by (Reading - dir. )
- Kimberly Akimbo by David Lindsay-Abaire (Reading - dir. )*
- by Theresa Rebeck (Reading - dir. Bartlett Sher)*
- The Beard of Avon by Amy Freed (Reading - dir. David Emmes)*
- by Daniel Goldfarb (Reading - dir. John Pasquin)
- by John Strand (Reading - dir. Kyle Donnelly)
2001
- The Beard of Avon by Amy Freed (Production - dir. David Emmes)*
- by Luis Alfaro, Joann Farías, José Cruz González, Anne García-Romero and Octavio Solis (Workshop - dir. Juliette Carrillo)*
- by Lucinda Coxon (Workshop - dir. Loretta Greco)*
- by Alejandro Morales (Reading - dir. Lisa Portes)
- by Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas (Reading - dir. Ruben Polendo)
- by Annie Weisman (Reading - dir. )*
- by Kevin Heelan (Reading - dir. Seret Scott)
- by Horton Foote (Reading - dir. Martin Benson)
- by Sheila Callaghan (Reading - dir. Olivia Honegger)
- by Hilary Bell (Reading - dir. Liz Diamond)
2002
- by Horton Foote (Production - dir. Martin Benson)
- The Dazzle by Richard Greenberg (Production - dir. )
- by Julia Cho (Reading - dir. Chay Yew)
- by Beth Henley (Reading - dir. )*
- 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 (Production - dir. Kate Whoriskey)*
- The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow by Rolin Jones (Production - dir. David Chambers)
- by Jeff Whitty (Workshop - dir. )
- Safe in Hell by Amy Freed (Reading - dir. David Emmes)*
- Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz (Reading - dir. Juliette Carrillo)
- by Howard Korder (Reading - dir. Michael Bloom)*
- Brooklyn Boy by Donald Margulies (Reading - dir. Daniel Sullivan)*
2004
- Safe in Hell by Amy Freed (Production - dir. David Emmes)*
- Mr. Marmalade by Noah Haidle (Production - dir. Ethan McSweeny)
- by Lucinda Coxon (Reading - dir. David Emmes)*
- The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl (Reading - dir. Bill Rauch)
- 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 (Production - dir. )*
- by Lucinda Coxon (Production - dir. David Emmes)*
- by Oni Faida Lampley (Workshop - dir. )*
- by Kirsten Greenidge (Reading - dir. Casey Stangl)*
- by Jeff Whitty (Reading - dir. Bill Rauch)*
- Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire (Reading - dir. Carolyn Cantor)*
- by Beth Henley (Reading - dir. Sharon Ott)
2006
- written, directed and choreographed by Christopher d'Amboise (Production)
- Blue Door by Tanya Barfield (Production - dir. Leah C. Gardiner)
- by Victoria Stewart (Workshop - dir. Jessica Kubzansky)*
- by Keith Reddin (Reading - dir. Les Waters)
- by Sarah Treem (Reading - dir. Bill Rauch)
- by David Wiener (Reading - dir. Art Manke)*
- by Julia Cho (Reading - dir. Kate Whoriskey)*
2007
- by Julie Marie Myatt (Production - dir. Bill Rauch)
- by David Wiener (Production - dir. David Emmes)*
- by Kenneth Lin (Workshop - dir. Chay Yew)*
- 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 book and lyrics by John Strand, music by Dennis McCarthy (Reading - dir. Stefan Novinski)*
2008
- by Kate Robin (Production - dir. Chris Fields)*
- by Richard Greenberg (Production - dir. Trip Cullman)*
- by Sharr White (Workshop - dir. David Emmes)*
- By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by Lynn Nottage (Reading - dir. )*
- by Lauren Gunderson (Reading - dir. Kate Whoriskey)*
- by John Kolvenbach (Reading - dir. Loretta Greco)*
- by Amy Freed, (Reading - dir. Sharon Ott)*
2009
- Our Mother's Brief Affair by Richard Greenberg (Production - dir. Pam MacKinnon)*
- by Lauren Gunderson (Production - dir. David Emmes)*
- by Howard Korder (Reading - dir. David Warren)
- 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)
- by Julia Cho (Reading - dir. Mark Brokaw)
2010
- by Julia Cho (Production - dir. Mark Brokaw)
- by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Production - dir. Bart DeLorenzo)*
- Completeness by Itamar Moses (Reading - dir. Pam MacKinnon)
- Happy Face by (Reading - dir. )
- by Sofia Alvarez (Reading - dir. Casey Stangl)
- by Amy Freed (Reading - dir. Doug Hughes)
- by Bathsheba Doran (Reading - dir. Sam Gold)
2011
- Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson (Production - dir. Anne Justine D'Zmura)*
- Completeness by Itamar Moses (Production - dir. Pam MacKinnon)
- The Prince of Atlantis by Steven Drukman (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. )
- by Sharr White (Reading - dir. Loretta Greco)*
- book by Octavio Solis, music by Adam Gwon, lyrics by Octavio Solis and Adam Gwon (Reading - dir. Octavio Solis)*
2012
- The Prince of Atlantis by Steven Drukman (Production - dir. Warner Shook)
- book by Octavio Solis, music by Adam Gwon, lyrics by Octavio Solis and Adam Gwon (Production - dir. Amanda Dehnert)*
- by Kenneth Lin (Reading - dir. Evan Cabnet)
- You Are Here by Melissa Ross (Reading - dir. Matt Shakman)
- I and You by Lauren Gunderson (Reading - dir. Meredith McDonough)*
- The Few by Samuel D. Hunter (Reading - dir. Casey Stangl)
- by Noah Haidle (Reading - dir. Anne Kauffman)
2013
- by (Production - dir. Anne Kauffman)
- The Parisian Woman by Beau Willimon (Production - dir. Pam MacKinnon)
- by Zoe Kazan (Reading - dir. Lila Neugebauer)*
- by Michael Hollinger (Reading - dir. Aaron Posner)
- by Carla Ching (Reading - dir. )
- by (Reading - dir. )
- Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison (Reading - dir. )
2014
- by Samuel D. Hunter (Production - dir. Martin Benson)*
- by (Production - dir. )
- by Adam Rapp (Production - dir. Crispin Whittell)*
- Zealot by Theresa Rebeck (Reading - dir. )
- by Eliza Clark (Reading - dir. Lila Neugebauer)*
- by Rajiv Joseph (Reading - dir. Matt Shakman)*
- Of Good Stock by (Reading - dir. Lynne Meadow)*
2015
- Of Good Stock by (Production - dir. )*
- by Rajiv Joseph (Production - dir. David Emmes)*
- by Bekah Brunstetter (Reading - dir. )*
- The Whistleblower by Itamar Moses (Reading - dir. )*
- by Aditi Brennan Kapil (Reading - dir. Jessica Kubzansky)*
- by Qui Nguyen (Reading - dir. May Adrales)*
2016
- by Eliza Clark (Production - dir. Lila Neugebauer)†
- by Julia Cho (Production - dir. )†
- A Perfect Circle by (Reading - dir. )
- by Kemp Powers (Reading - dir. May Adrales)
- by (Reading - dir. Mike Donahue)†
- by Meg Miroshnik (Reading - dir. )†
- Wink by Jen Silverman (Reading - dir. Bart DeLorenzo)
†Commissioned by South Coast Repertory
External links[]
- Pacific Playwrights Festival page at South Coast Repertory
- One Way New Plays are Born at American Theatre Magazine
- Pacific Playwrights Festival article from Variety
- "Pacific Playwrights Festival Proves You Can Go Home Again" from American Theatre Magazine
Categories:
- Theatre festivals in the United States
- Costa Mesa, California