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“The Earth’s Deepest Retreat” Whether you are an ancient spirit desiring rest and recreation or a tortured ghost seeking the solace of oblivion, your hosts will provide an experience free from the turbulent memories of previous lifetimes. Please take a moment to acquaint yourself with their personal histories: The Goddess of Mercy [Guan Yin] Her [...]
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Here at Crowded Fire it’s par for the course that marketing a show of ours is going to be kind of tough. Besides the limited funds and the fact that our playwrights are only at the beginning of their journeys to become the next Tennessee Williams and August Wilsons of the 21st Century, we choose [...]
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The reviews are starting to roll in for THE BEREAVED. Below are some snippets with links to the full review. Spoiler alert! The full reviews give away a lot of the surprise elements in the script. THE BEREAVED “has plenty to keep you gasping through your laughter…astonishingly graphic…it tickles your brain as vigorously as your funny bone.” [...]
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Photographer Pak Han has done it again! Here’s a little peek at THE BEREAVED. The only unfortunate thing is we can’t release so many of his incredible photos lest we give the plot of the show away! PS The thumbnail picture left shows off of some of the amazing design elements in the show. Kudos [...]
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The SF Bay Guardian selected THE BEREAVED as one of its top theater picks this spring! Rob Avila writes “For several years now my friend John and I have been simultaneously enjoying Thomas Bradshaw’s devilishly smart plays (Purity; Dawn; Strom Thurmond Is Not a Racist; etc.) and wondering when someone in the Bay Area would get around [...]
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Rehearsals for THE BEREAVED are well under way in anticipation of the west coast premiere this April! And we’re looking forward to having playwright Thomas Bradshaw in the room with us this week. Such a fantastic group of artists working to make this production happen. Check them out… Production: Brendan Aanes (Sound Design) has designed sound and [...]
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Tickets are now on sale for the 2013 Mainstage Season including: THE BEREAVED by Thomas Bradshaw - April 4-27, 2013 410[GONE] by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig – June 6-29, 2013 THE TAMING by Lauren Gunderson – October 3 – 26, 2013 We’ve also got an incredible deal for you with the CFT FLEX PASS! PREMIUM Flex Pass – [...]
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It will likely come as no surprise that we love the development process here at CFT. We kind of go ‘ga-ga’ over it. And in the last four years we’ve been working to create a program that is flexible enough to meaningfully support a playwright’s essential needs at varying stages of their process. We call [...]
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Folks, it’s been an exciting couple of months scurrying around behind the scenes to finalize the Crowded Fire 2013 season, but well worth it. We’re thrilled to announce this line-up of works by some of the most promising and influential playwrights of today! First up in our inaugural season as a Resident Company at the [...]
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What an amazing journey of growth & artistic success we’ve had this season in supporting the voices of vanguard playwrights! 2012 brought two huge organizational leaps for us: 1) the move into our own dedicated office/rehearsal space for the first time in CFT history (with a view of the Bay!), and 2) our new, larger performance [...]
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