Tickets are now on sale for the entire 2012 Season! In addition to our single ticket sales, we’re experimenting with Season Flex Passes which get you tickets at a considerable savings. They’re a seriously good deal, but available for a limited time only. Check it out: Buy a 2012 PREMIUM Flex Pass for only $55 OR [...]
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April 19th, 2012
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Good Goods | Marissa
| 2 CommentsAfter two years of reading and re-reading Christina Anderson’s gorgeous drafts of Good Goods, our rehearsal process for the West Coast Premiere has finally arrived, and I wanted to share with you a little chunk of the research I’ve been simmering on over the past several months… Carrie Mae Weems, “Untitled.” 1990 (pictured as the [...]
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It has become habit for me to scan a show program or a season announcement with a keen eye towards locating how many women artists are involved in the creation of the work. To my dismay (tempered with a jaded eye roll), it’s often far fewer women artists than men – from playwrights, directors, designers, [...]
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We talk a lot here at CFT about our size allowing us to be nimble…it’s one of the perks of not being entrenched in a larger institutional setting. We pretty much get to dream big and execute those dreams in the ways that we see fit. And given our limited resources, I often marvel at [...]
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Director of New Works, Laura Brueckner, talks about the thought process behind selecting this year’s Matchbox Reading Series plays. Selecting new plays for a reading series is truly a fascinating process. It’s quite different than selecting new plays for full production, and that difference is actually exciting and liberating in many ways. When your staging [...]
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The first rehearsals for the 2012 Matchbox Reading Series are underway this week. Behind the scenes in producer-land, we’re all breathing a sigh of relief. Sure, there is plenty to be done in the rehearsal room over the next couple of weeks, but the tsunami of casting these four exquisite pieces has been a play [...]
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February 16th, 2012
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Events,
The Matchbox | CF Monkey
| No CommentsThe Matchbox Readings Series is free and open to the public. We request that you make reservations via the form below or by contacting boxoffice@crowdedfire.org. All readings will be presented at a.Muse Gallery, 614 Alabama St., San Francisco. Monday, March 5 at 7pm – Snakewoman by Eugenie Chan Tuesday, March 6 at 7pm — How to Pray by [...]
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February 16th, 2012
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Events,
The Matchbox | CF Monkey
| No CommentsRounding out our 2012 Season is The Matchbox Reading Series featuring public readings of new works by three phenomenal local playwrights, Michelle Carter, Eugenie Chan, and Kate E. Ryan, and joined by the nationally acclaimed Chicago-based playwright, Thomas Bradshaw. All readings are free to the public and will be presented at a.Muse Gallery, 614 Alabama Street in [...]
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Our season is smoking hot! We’re feeling so political (and sassy), we’ve even dubbed it the “Season of Revolution.” We’ve got three daring plays by a local, national, and international playwright on tap for you this year. And all three of their pieces boldly explore global politics, rendering the personal political and the political personal [...]
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