Festival Reading: The Passing Storm

Join us in-person at Potrero Stage or online for staged readings of four bold new full-length plays in development by the Bay Area’s and Los Angeles’ best new writers and share feedback following each reading. And don’t miss any of the other free play readings and presentations included in this year’s PlayGround Festival of New Works (May 7-26). The Passing Storm by Jessica June Rowe, 7pm May 17 @Potrero Stage & Simulcast A man trapped in a deadly storm during his ascent of Mount Everest must wrestle with ghosts of the past—both figurative and literal. Jessica June Rowe is a writer, playwright, editor, and perpetual daydreamer. Her short plays have been featured on multiple stages in Los Angeles with companies such as Playground-LA and NEO Ensemble Theatre. She is the Flash Fiction Editor of Exposition Review and her own fiction has appeared in Best Microfiction 2022, among others, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the Best of the Net.