Pacific Playwrights Festival
The Pacific Playwrights Festival, 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- Hurrah at Last by Richard Greenberg *
- Walking Off the Roof by Anthony Clarvoe
- Landlocked by Cusi Cram
- On the Jump by John Glore *
- Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn
- The Hollow Lands by Howard Korder *
- The Mechanics by Chris Van Groningen
- The Sins of Sor Juana by Karen Zacarias
- On the Jump by John Glore *
- References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot by Jose Rivera *
- Illuminating Veronica by Rogelio Martinez
- Cuchifrito by Eduardo Andino
- Lupe, Now! by Jonathan Ceniceroz
- The Beginning of August by Tom Donaghy
- Everett Beekin by Richard Greenberg *
- The Mystery of Attraction by Marlane Meyer
- God of Vengeance by Donald Margulies
- The Altruists by Nicky Silver
- The Education of Randy Newman words and music by Randy Newman conceived by Michael Roth, Jerry Patch and Mr. Newman
- The End of It All by Cusi Cram
- Fighting Words by Sunil Kuruvilla
- Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams by Nilo Cruz
- Vieques by Jorge Gonzalez
- Kimberly Akimbo by David Lindsay-Abaire *
- The Butterfly Collection by Theresa Rebeck *
- The Beard of Avon by Amy Freed *
- Dulce de Leche by Daniel Goldfarb
- Tom Walker by John Strand
- The Beard of Avon by Amy Freed *
- California Scenarios by Luis Alfaro, Joann Farías, José Cruz González, Anne García-Romero and Octavio Solis *
- Nostalgia by Lucinda Coxon *
- Sweaty Palms by Alejandro Morales
- Tight Embrace by Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas
- Hold Please by Annie Weisman *
- Eye to Eye by Kevin Heelan
- Getting Frankie Married — and Afterwards by Horton Foote
- Scab by Sheila Callaghan
- The Falls by Hilary Bell
- Getting Frankie Married — and Afterwards by Horton Foote
- The Dazzle by Richard Greenberg
- 99 Histories by Julia Cho
- Exposed by Beth Henley *
- Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage *
- Truth and Beauty by Steven Drukman
- Our Boy by Julia Jordan
- Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage *
- The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow by Rolin Jones
- The Hiding Place by Jeff Whitty
- Safe in Hell by Amy Freed *
- Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz
- Sea of Tranquillity by Howard Korder *
- Brooklyn Boy by Donald Margulies *
- Safe in Hell by Amy Freed *
- Mr. Marmalade by Noah Haidle
- Vesuvius by Lucinda Coxon *
- The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl
- Singing Forest by Craig Lucas
- Safe as Houses by Richard Greenberg
- A Naked Girl on the Appian Way by Richard Greenberg *
- Vesuvius by Lucinda Coxon *
- Tough Titty by Oni Faida Lampley *
- Bossa Nova by Kirsten Greenidge *
- The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler by Jeff Whitty *
- Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire *
- Ridiculous Fraud by Beth Henley
- The Studio written, directed and choreographed by Christopher d'Amboise
- Blue Door by Tanya Barfield
- Leitmotif by Victoria Stewart *
- Human Error by Keith Reddin
- Empty Sky by Sarah Treem
- System Wonderland by David Wiener *
- The Piano Teacher by Julia Cho *
- My Wandering Boy by Julie Marie Myatt
- System Wonderland by David Wiener *
- Po' Boy Tango by Kenneth Lin *
- Shipwrecked! The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont — An Entertainment by Donald Margulies *
- Boleros for the Disenchanted by Jose Rivera *
- Our Mother's Brief Affair by Richard Greenberg *
- An Italian Straw Hat book and lyrics by John Strand, music by Dennis McCarthy *
- What They Have by Kate Robin *
- The Injured Party by Richard Greenberg *
- Sunlight by Sharr White *
- By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by Lynn Nottage *
- Emilie—La Marquise du Châtelet Defends her Life at the Petit Théâtre at Cirey Tonight by Lauren Gunderson *
- Goldfish by John Kolvenbach *
- You, Nero by Amy Freed, *
- Our Mother's Brief Affair by Richard Greenberg *
- Emilie—La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends her Life at the Petit Théâtre at Cirey Tonight by Lauren Gunderson *
- In a Garden by Howard Korder
- Doctor Cerberus by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa *
- Extraordinary Chambers by David Wiener *
- 9 Circles by Bill Cain
- The Language Archive by Julia Cho
- The Language Archive by Julia Cho
- Doctor Cerberus by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa *
- Completeness by Itamar Moses
- Happy Face by David West Read
- Between Us Chickens by Sofia Alvarez
- Right to the Top by Amy Freed
- Kin by Bathsheba Doran
- Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson *
- Completeness by Itamar Moses
- The Prince of Atlantis by Steven Drukman
- How the World Began by Catherine Trieschmann
- The Droll by Meg Miroshnik
- Annapurna by Sharr White *
- Cloudlands book by Octavio Solis, music by Adam Gwon, lyrics by Octavio Solis and Adam Gwon *
- The Prince of Atlantis by Steven Drukman
- Cloudlands book by Octavio Solis, music by Adam Gwon, lyrics by Octavio Solis and Adam Gwon *
- Warrior Class by Kenneth Lin
- You Are Here by Melissa Ross
- I and You by Lauren Gunderson *
- The Few by Samuel D. Hunter
- Smokefall by Noah Haidle
- Smokefall by Noah Haidle
- The Parisian Woman by Beau Willimon
- Trudy and Max in Love by Zoe Kazan *
- Hope and Gravity by Michael Hollinger
- Fast Company by Carla Ching
- Reunion by Gregory S Moss
- Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison
- Rest by Samuel D. Hunter *
- Five Mile Lake by Rachel Bonds
- The Purple Lights of Joppa Illinois by Adam Rapp *
- Zealot by Theresa Rebeck
- Future Thinking by Eliza Clark *
- Mr. Wolf by Rajiv Joseph *
- Of Good Stock by Melissa Ross *
- Of Good Stock by Melissa Ross *
- Mr. Wolf by Rajiv Joseph *
- Going to a Place where you Already Are by Bekah Brunstetter *
- The Whistleblower by Itamar Moses *
- ' by Aditi Brennan Kapil *
- Vietgone by Qui Nguyen *