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2023 Fresh Baked Pears One-Act Play Festival

Fri., November 3: Premiere of Program I

Sat., November 4: Premiere of Program II

Available for streaming November 5 - 19

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2023 Fresh Baked Pears One-Act Play Festival

10 San Francisco Bay Area Playwrights from historically marginalized populations are participating in this year’s festival. Playwrights have written short one-act plays specifically for the festival, which will be presented as recorded virtual productions.

WHEN IS THE FESTIVAL

Writing began on Saturday, September 9 and was completed on Saturday, September 23, 2023.

The recorded virtual productions will be initially presented Friday, November 3 (Program I) and Saturday, November 4 (Program II) and will be available for streaming November 5 through November 19.

PROGRAM I (Premiering November 3)

  • Can’t Get Shit Done in a Haunted House by Cassian Grove, directed by Wm. Diedrick Razo, featuring Sarah Benjamin and Sakura Nakahara

  • A Well-Known Secret: Change is Inevitable by Eliza Hallinan, directed by Lana Richards, featuring Jaime Melendez and Miranda Sinclair

  • The Woman who Ate Keys by Enrique Muñoz, directed by Kimberly Ridgeway, featuring Annette Oliveira and Jovan Roberts

  • Wrinkled Velvet by Shruti Tewari, directed by Lana Richards, featuring Palak Joshi and Diliip Ratnam

  • Trio by Sinohui Hinojosa, directed by Claire Ganem, featuring Ginger Burnett, Muse Lee, and Sunil Patel

PROGRAM II (Premiering November 4)

  • Lve is in the Eye by Carl Erez, directed by Wm. Diedrick Razo featuring Camille La'akea Wong and Alfred Spielmann

  • The Way of the Arena by Bora "Max" Koknar, directed by Claire Ganem, featuring Elio Amador, Don Hardwick, and Palak Joshi

  • Blacklist! by Joelle Joyner-Wong, directed by Lana Palmer, featuring Jordan Goodwin and Elizabeth Jones

  • New Eyes are Key by Helen Everbach, directed by Ayelet Schrek, featuring Elio Amador, Muse Lee, and Kazimir Valtchev

  • What’s Your Favorite Fruit? by Xinyuan Pu, directed by Anthony Doan, featuring Don Hardwick, Jaime Melendez, and Sunil Patel

HOW IT WORKS

On Saturday, September 9, 2023, ten playwrights were given writing prompts and allotted two weeks to write a complete and wholly original short one-act play (approx. ten minutes). The plays are inspired by and include all writing prompts and are written specifically for this festival. Producers have divided the plays into two equivalent programs of five plays each. Joining the ten selected Bay Area playwrights are local theatrical directors and nearly a dozen Bay Area actors.

The resulting plays are wholly owned by the playwright, and the playwrights will retain all rights to future productions. The produced performances of the plays are considered workshop productions and do not represent a world premiere of the play.

WHO WE ARE

The Pear Playwrights’ Guild is a group of playwrights dedicated to supporting one another in the development of new work for the stage. The Guild provides a nurturing yet challenging environment where playwrights achieve their best possible work and fulfill their individual theatrical visions.

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