It’s been almost a year since the
35th Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and the new play mavericks at
the Playwrights Foundation are hard at work making sure this year’s is just as
good. The plays have been picked, creative teams assigned, actors are being
cast, and the playwrights are anticipating some fun and focused times in the SF
Bay Area to dig into their fab new scripts – some will hear drafts for the very
first time, others are prepping plays for upcoming productions, and still
others are upending their plays to see what will happen. With the influx of 80
plus artists to PF this summer, the staff needs just a little help in order to
get such a big deal festival off the ground. And that’s where the
indefatigable, uber smart interns come in – and this year there are seven!
Let’s give them some time in the spotlight, shall we?
Sowmya Ashokkumar: Sowmya has kindly taken some time off from
earning a degree in English at UC Berkeley in order to come help us make this
year’s BAPF happen. She is a lover of the theater, and an aspiring writer
herself. She’s gotten her hands dirty in UCB’s Model United Nations, so she’s
proven she can think quickly and get a job done under pressure. With her
assistance, BAPF will be a piece of cake.
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Hillary Bray: Hillary is interested in starting her own non-profit theater company, so she’s come to the Playwright’s Foundation in search of guidance. She’s also been performing since she was five years old, so she’ll surely be providing some guidance of her own. She’s a senior at San Francisco State University, and she’s dividing her time between studies and volunteer work, so we’re really lucky that she has time to help us with BAPF 2013.
herself, mind and body, to the
theater.
She’s been directing, acting, and working backstage for years, on
everything from Shakespeare to brand new, never-before-seen plays, so she fits
right in at PF. Besides all this, she’s working toward a BFA in Theater
Directing at the University of Michigan. The Playwright’s Foundation is lucky
to have her.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsY-neGCP1x35nCpwreAroVJv7AQO9YCdEGcIG-_Wr3tHi0dyE5abi_xqkHyd5-RLwvZo1pshwOu2Pjkb8sm2rYHAELd1joSqOsffm0h5BdBTJXygQk2baKv_VQOFAfqV3V4VppThklsU/s200/CaitlinCox.jpg)
Shenel Ekici: Shenel has, in her own words, grown up in the
theater. She loves musicals and has indulged this love with roles in no fewer
than eleven plays. She also hopes to bring her interest in literature to bear
with her love for theater and drama. Shenel’s vast knowledge of the workings of
theater and communication will be hugely beneficial to the team, and certainly to
the plays themselves.
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David Oehler: David joins the PF team during his last summer before earning an English degree at Lewis & Clark College. He’s always enjoyed story-telling, and discovered a deep love for theater in college. David has acted in and directed a few small productions at school, and he brings a strong background in writing and communication to the team. We’re grateful he can take some time off from goofing around to help out.
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And there you have it. The PF 2013 Summer interns.
Thanks for reading, and keep checking back! We've got plenty of interesting stuff to read in the works and headed to this very page.
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