PlayGround Festival: Festival Kick-Off & Playwrights Panel

Hear from five of the playwrights featured in this year’s Festival of New Works! Join Artistic Director Jim Kleinmann in conversation with PlayGround playwright alumni. A festival kick-off reception with the playwrights immediately follows the panel discussion! The panelists: Jediah Craig, Carl Andrew Johnson, Daniel Martinez Jr., Matthew Y. Morishige, and Bridgette Dutta Portman. These award-winning dramatists will discuss their plays, their processes, and the role of new works in the evolving landscape of American theatre. Meet the panelists: Jediah Craig, he/him, is a member of the PlayGround Writers Pool, Playwright’s Center of San Francisco, and Theatre Bay Area. He lives in Berkeley with his very patient family, who humor him as he stumbles through “this writing thing,” secretly hoping it’s just a phase. Carl Andrew Johnson, he/him, is a recent addition to PlayGround-SF, with a passion for writing satire, speculative fiction, and comedy. While taking screen and stage playwriting