In celebration of its 20th year of showcasing new and returning writing talent, South Coast Repertory announced its Pacific Playwrights Festival lineup today, featuring three commissioned world premiere productions and four staged readings.
Familiar names will include longtime SCR playwright Amy Freed (“You,” “Nero,” “Safe in Hell”) in the reading of her new play “Shrew!” on April 21. Also returning will be SCR collaborator Donald Margulies (“Sight Unseen,” “Collected Stories,” “Brooklyn Boy”) for the April 22 reading of his new play “Long Lost.”
Fresh faces will present the world premiere full productions, including Michael Mitnick with his upcoming production “The Siegel,” which runs March 24-April 23 and tells a comedic story of a man who wants to ask his unavailable ex-girlfriend’s parents’ permission to marry her. In an interesting modern twist to a classic story, playwright Lucas Hnath will present “A Doll’s House, Part 2” on April 9-30, which presents a sequel to Henrik Ibson’s story.
Playwright Dipika Guha will present the world premiere of “Yoga Play,” a comedy that tells the story of the power of yoga, in the Nicholas Studio on April 19-30. New writers presenting staged readings on the Segerstrom Stage include Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm with his reading of “Anacostia Street Lions” on April 21 and Lauren Yee with “Cambodian Rock Band” on April 23.
For two decades, the festival has been a special tradition for the theater and has resulted in various world premieres of productions, including “The Parisian Women” by Beau Willimon, “Office Hour” by Julia Cho and “Vietgone” by Qui Nguyen. Three of the seven plays have come from SCR’s commissioning program and two from its commissioning and community program Crossroads, which yielded Nguyen’s play.
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