 | 09.29.07 | "What's Gay at this Stage?"GuyWriters, in association with the New Conservatory Theatre Center, kicks off a new season of events with “What’s Gay at this Stage? Gay Playwrights Discuss the Theater” on September 29th at 3:00 pm at the New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco. An international panel of award-winning gay playwrights will discuss a broad variety of issues facing contemporary gay theater artists, as well as answering questions from the audience.
The discussion will be moderated by MICHAEL PALLER, the dramaturg at American Conservatory Theater, and feature JOHN FISHER, the Executive Director of Theatre Rhinoceros; GARRET JON GROENVELD, a local favorite playwright from PlayGround; TOMMY MURPHY, an internationally produced playwright whose work is currently onstage at New Conservatory; PETER SINN NACHTRIEB, an award-winning San Francisco-based playwright; DUY NGUYEN, the Artistic Director of One4All Theater: Contemporary Asian American Drama; and BRIAN THORSTENSON, a playwright whose latest work will open in February at Central Works.
GuyWriters invites the general public and especially emerging playwrights to the event. This event will inaugurate GuyWriters’ new playwrights group, which aims to foster interactive collaborations between emerging playwrights and San Francisco’s vibrant performance scene. The event will be followed by a new production of Tommy Murphy’s "Holding the Man," directed by Matthew Graham Smith, at the New Conservatory. The panel discussion is free, and the general public is invited; tickets for "Holding the Man" may be purchased by calling the NCTC box office at (415) 861-8972 or visiting the website at www.nctcsf.org. |