Playwrights Foundation to Host 'FlashPlays,' 12/6-7

Playwrights Foundation delivers lightning in a bottle with FlashPlays a lively new format of 30 second to 2 minute plays on December 6 & 7, 2015. Over 40 playwrights will create roughly 80 short plays to drive this whirlwind event at the historic Brava Theater in San Francisco. These short works come together forming an artistic mosaic of the here and now, a depiction the world around us in a fun and dynamic format.

Playwrights Foundation Artistic Director Amy Mueller remarks "The imagination and artistry that goes into any miniature form of art is fascinating, and with theater, it becomes an exhilarating and refreshing experience as plays keep rolling by one after the other. It's a wonderful way to celebrate the creativity of San Francisco's world-class artists."

FlashPlays participants include 48 local playwrights, eight of which are Resident Playwrights at Playwrights Foundation. FLASHPLAYS FESTIVAL PLAYWRIGHTS: Aaron Loeb, Aimee Suzara, Alison Luterman, Amy Sass, Andrew Saito, Anthony Clarvoe, Arisa White, Barbara Jwanouskos, Brit Frazier, Carol Lashof, Chistopher Chen, Dipika Guha, E. H. Benedict, Elizabeth Gjelten, Elizabeth Spreen, Enrique Munoz Ramirez, Evy Pine, Garret Groenveld, Geetha Reddy, Ignacio Zulueta, Jake Arky, Jeffery Lo, Joan Holden, Jon Bernson, Jonathan Luskin, Jonathan Spector, Josh Senyak, Karen Macklin, Kate E. Ryan, Lauren Gunderson, Lisa Marie Rollins, Lisa Ramirez, Madeline Mahrer, Madeline Puccioni, Megan Cohen, Michael Gene Sullivan, Michaela Goldhaber, Nanna Mwaluko, Patricia Milton, Paul Heller, Prince Gomolvilas, Rachel Bublitz, Robert Henry Johnson, Roy Conboy, Steven M. Salzman, Takeo Rivera, Tom Swift, Tracy Held Potter, Trevor Allen.

"One of the highlights of the year for me is sitting in a dark room and watching the unique voices of dozens of local writers spill out in 60 second bursts. I get to see the work of dear friends juxtaposed with the work of writers I've never met. It is always an exhilarating, hilarious, poignant evening that reveals both the individual voices and the chorus of the Bay Area theater community. "

Playwright Aaron Loeb

ABOUT THE FLASHPLAYS FESTIVAL

The FlashPlays Festival is a community benefit for Playwrights Foundation, and will bring our community together creatively to think about our city and our world. This new format grows on the idea of "Flash Fiction", featuring new short plays varying in length from 30 seconds to 2 minutes in order to tell riveting new stories in a quick flash. The accumulation of these fragments together create a composite picture - one that is meaningful and relevant.

ABOUT PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION

Playwrights Foundation (PF) was founded in 1976, and is today widely recognized as one of the top play development labs in the U.S. Our artistic purpose is to support and champion contemporary playwrights in the creation of new works to sustain theater as a vital, dynamic art form. PF seeks to identify exceptional emerging artists and give them space and time to explore new theatrical ideas and forms in an environment free from the pressures of the marketplace. By providing a creative home for largely unknown, exceptional local and national playwrights, and committing to accelerating their careers, PF fulfills an essential need in the cultural ecology of the Bay Area. In so doing, we have earned a national reputation for introducing a truly diverse range of singular, boundary-breaking new voices to the American stage, challenging assumptions about subject matter and artistic complexity. The only development lab of its size and scope on the West Coast, PF is widely recognized for its programmatic excellence. Our programs include the Bay Area Playwrights Festival; the Resident Playwrights Initiative; and the Producing Partnership Initiative, which includes our monthly Rough Readings Series.

DETAILS

The FlashPlays Festival will be held over two days on Sunday, December 6 and Monday, December 7, 8 pm at Brava Theater Center, 2781- 24th Street in San Francisco. Parking available in a paid lot on 24th Street/Potrero, behind the SF General Hospital, and metered on the street.

General Admission is $18 online, or in advance at the Brava Theater Box Office, 12p- 6p M-F; and $25 at the Door. VIP Tickets for $36 include reserved, best seats and drinks of your choice. Tickets will be available for sale on November 7 at www.brava.org. For more information please visit www.playwrightsfoundation.org.

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