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FEATURE: Pandemic Quarantine Creates Opportunities for Aspiring Young California Playwrights

FEATURE: Pandemic Quarantine Creates Opportunities for Aspiring Young California Playwrights

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 4*30/20 Calling all budding young writers! If you’re 18 or under, why not try your hand at a play? Just come up with some characters, a conflict and some dialogue. The Playwrights Project is seeking submissions to its 36th annual California Young Playwrights Contest. The idea was the brainchild of Deborah Salzer, Playwrights Project founder, who says, “When I lead classroom residencies today, I tell students what I said 36 years ago: ‘I believe Read More →

Pandemic Theater Beyond Zoom: “HUMAN ERROR” at North Coast Repertory Theatre and “THE DAZZLE” from Backyard Renaissance Theatre

Pandemic Theater Beyond Zoom: “HUMAN ERROR” at North Coast Repertory Theatre and “THE DAZZLE” from Backyard Renaissance Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 6/22/20 RUN DATES: 6/15/20 - 6/28/20 VENUE: on Zoom As the pandemic grinds on, and business openings have folks holding their breath and bracing for the next wave of infection, more and more theater companies nationwide are postponing their seasons to 2021. Restricted to Zoom but frustrated by its boxy confinements, theatermakers are becoming more inventive. Two San Diego theater companies have broken out of the box and created imaginative productions that maintain social distancing but Read More →

FEATURE: La Jolla Playhouse innovates amid COVID by taking “Diana” to Netflix before Broadway

FEATURE: La Jolla Playhouse innovates amid COVID by taking “Diana” to Netflix before Broadway

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 8/14/20 RUN DATES:  10/14/20 - 11/14/20 LJP's unprecedented move: Netflix before Broadway Read the full review here. Read More →

“CRAPSHOOT! OR, WHY AL VOTED FOR TRUMP: A LOVE STORY” – A Fringe production by Todd Blakesley

“CRAPSHOOT! OR, WHY AL VOTED FOR TRUMP: A LOVE STORY” – A Fringe production by Todd Blakesley

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 7/12/20 RUN:  indefinite VENUE: YouTube Clowning around with social satire Read the full review here. Read More →

FEATURE: San Diego Rep’s “Here.U.S. Now” Nurtures Playwrights from Marginalized Groups

FEATURE: San Diego Rep’s “Here.U.S. Now” Nurtures Playwrights from Marginalized Groups

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 7/9/20 San Diego Rep expands diversity and inclusivity Read the full review here. Read More →

FEATURE: With Fingers Crossed, San Diego Opera Makes Plans for Fall Season

FEATURE: With Fingers Crossed, San Diego Opera Makes Plans for Fall Season

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 6/15/20 Read the full review here. Read More →

“San Diego is a hotbed of theater. Every year, I see 200-250 productions. This is fertile ground for new work. In addition to the prodigious local talent, theatermakers from around the country come here to premiere their latest creations. San Diego sends more shows to Broadway than nearly any other city in the U.S.”

-Pat Launer

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