September 25 - 28
3-Day Project Residency with
Christopher Chen
Playwrights Foundation
Crowded Fire Theatre
with special funding from the
Sister City Playwrights Exchange
for
The Hundred Flowers Project
by Christopher Chen
directed by Adriana Baer

Invited only presentation on September 28 @ 6pm.
Featuring: Rebecca Hirota, Daniel Isaac, Sophia Skiles,
Moses Villarama, Tiffany Villarin, and Brent Yoshikami

The Hundred Flowers Project (still very much in development) is a multi media exploration of the reign of Mao Tse-Tung and its effect on modern day China through the lens of an American theater ensemble who engage in the making of an epic piece about the Cultural Revolution. However, during rehearsals for the play, events from the actors’ real lives become the subject of their own epic propaganda play that foment a new kind of revolution. The Hundred Flowers Project, a story of self-generating narratives, is at once a cautionary tale of blind idealism and a parable of media’s role in the politics of today. It asks us to examine our own definitions of truth in today’s media saturated society.

A co-commission between Crowded Fire Theatre and Playwrights Foundation, The Hundred Flowers Project will be featured in the 2012 Bay Area Playwrights Festival ahead of its Fall 2012 world premiere at Crowded Fire Theatre.

SARAH AT NOON
by Colin Greer
directed by John Clinton Eisner

This play depicts Sarah Palin running for the Republican nomination. Her handlers are shocked by her ideas. She refuses to be controlled by them. the conflict, funny at times, reveals a lot about who is in control, who thinks they are, and who isn't.

The Lark Play Development Center
is proud to host along with

the public readings of the finalists for the
Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition,
hosted by Alliance Theater and sponsored by Coca-Cola 

Wednesday, November 2nd

3pm - WE FIGHT WE DIE by Timothy Guillot
director Kamilah Forbes
introduction by Greg Kotis

6pm - WHALES by Bob Bartlett
directed by Roger Danforth
introduction by Nastaran Ahmadi

Thursday, November 3rd
3pm - LOST CAUSE by Alexander Maggio
directed by Davis McCallum
introduction by Thomas Bradshaw

6pm- SHOE STORY by Ben Snyder
director Leah Gardiner

Friday, November 4th
12:30pm - THE FAIRYTALE LIVES OF RUSSIAN GIRLS
by Meg Miroshnik
director Eric Rosen
introduction by David Henry Hwang

EXILE
by Nastaran Ahmadi
directed by Giovanna Sardelli

A video game developer designs a post-apocalyptic Iran,
where a nuclear explosion gives a revolutionary heroine
radioactive powers - while at home she deals with a relationship
in similar decay.

Howl Red
by Étienne LePage
translated by Chantal Bilodeau
directed by Robert Ross Parker

Ten characters are caught on the spot, as if a door was cracked open on a moment in their lives. We don't know where they come from or where they go. They talk, the scream, they say everything they mean and a few things they don't mean and then the door closes again. What little we hear evokes the pleasure of being mean, the perverse satisfaction of doing wrong — like yelling at one's grandmother or hurting someone for no reason. But it also remind us of the crude, naïve and ridiculous sincerity of every day life.

Online RSVPs closed, wait list 1/2 hour before curtain

February 23 @ 7pm

Étienne LePage

Chantal Bilodeau

HE WHO LAUGHS
by Ian Cohen
directed by Sturgis Warner

God has spoken! Alfred Wells, a prosperous Manhattan businessman has heard God's voice and has been blessed with many gifts. However, he's now been commanded by Him to do the Unthinkable. What results when a religious man is forced to choose between his relationship with the Almighty and his loved ones?

RSVPS COMING SOON!

March 1 - 2 @ 7pm

Ian Cohen

6th ANNUAL PLAYWRIGHTS' WORKSHOP READINGS

new works in progress by

Bathsheba Doran
Mona Mansour
Dominique Morisseau
A. Rey Pamatmat
Jose Rivera

Coming in May 2012

plus stay tuned for new work
in our 2011-12 season by

Joshua Allen
Thomas Bradshaw
Bekah Brunstetter
Rajiv Joseph
Tommy Smith
Andrea Thome