February 16th, 2012
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The Matchbox | CF Monkey
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The 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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Featured,
The Matchbox | CF Monkey
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Rounding 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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Thank you to all of our artists for an incredible year of artistic accomplishments! To those on stage and behind the scenes, we couldn’t have done it without you! A special thank you to our co-producers at Asian American Theater Company on Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven and Vanguardian Productions on Sticky Time. [...]
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December 20th, 2011
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Come ring in the New Year with us and be the first to hear what’s on tap for our 2012 Season! Join us starting at 8pm at Chateau L’Orange, 227 Orange St. in Oakland. Rami Margron and Cassidy Brown along with their fabulous housemates are our hosts for the evening.
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December 20th, 2011
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What an incredible year we’ve had! We are deeply grateful to our friends, collaborators, audience members, and donors, who helped us usher forward the invigorating work of 2011, our first three-show mainstage season. The year’s successes began with the scathingly powerful Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven by Young Jean Lee (co-produced with Asian [...]
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December 19th, 2011
| Resident Artists | Marissa
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Here’s a little secret…we call our Resident Artists the Crowded Fire Monkeys, a term of endearment started under Founding Artistic Director Rebecca Novick’s tenure. As an ensemble, these talented monkeys act as an artistic advisory board, fueling the company with vitality, passion, talent, and warmth. You can find these Monkeys on and off stage, reading, [...]
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December 1st, 2011
| The Matchbox | CF Monkey
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Crowded Fire Theater is thrilled to announce the appointment of Laura Brueckner in the freshly created staff position of Director of New Work. Starting in 2012 as Director of New Work, Ms. Brueckner will manage and produce The Matchbox: Commissioning and Development programs, cultivate relationships with new writers locally and nationally, act as lead dramaturg [...]
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October 21st, 2011
| Sticky Time,
Theater Issues | CF Monkey
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On Wednesday, November 2, George McRae from Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired will join the cast and crew of Sticky Time to audio describe the performance for patrons who are visually impaired. Audio description is a verbal commentary that tells visually impaired theatre-goers what is happening on the stage during the parts of the performance where [...]
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