The San Francisco Olympians Festival kicked off last Saturday, November 1st, with their annual Opening Night Party and it continues Wednesday, November 5th, the first night of readings for the festival is being presented (NYMPHS, NYMPHS, NYMPHS!), and in the middle of all this excitement the writers for next year have been announced! If you’re like me and have been waiting on your computer hitting refresh again and again, the wait is finally over! Here is the full list:
Week One: THE DIVINE AQUATIC (11/4-11/7)
Wednesday, November 4: The Trumpeter
TRITON – John Lennon Harrison
Thursday, November 5: A Bevy of Beauties
THETIS – Neil Higgins
INO – Christian Simonsen
PSAMATHE – Kathryn Kruse
DORIS – Sabina Piersol
BRIZO – Carson Beker
GALENE – Sunil Patel
CYMOPLEIA – Bridgette Dutta Portman
EURYBIA – Madeline Puccioni
Friday, November 6: Old Men of the Sea
NEREUS AND PROTEUS – Colin Johnson
Saturday, November 7: The Ruling Couple
POSEIDON – Charles Lewis III
AMPHITRITE – Genne Murphy
Week Two: ARGONAUTICA (11/11-11/14)
Wednesday, November 11: The Crew
ATALANTA – Steven Westdahl
ORPHEUS – Megan Cohen
TELAMON – Laylah Murdan De Assereto
ADMETUS – Jennifer Roberts
CASTOR/POLLUX – Alandra Hileman
CALAIS/ZETES – Seanan Palmero
PELEUS/LAERTES – Ashley Cowan
HERACLES/HYLAS – Alan Olejniczak
Thursday, November 12: The Captain
JASON – Allison Page
Friday, November 13: The Girl
MEDEA- Sam Hurwitt
Saturday, November 14: The Ship
ARGO- Jeremy Cole
Week Three: FATHOMLESS BLUE (11/18-11/21)
Wednesday, November 18: Masters of the Surf
DELPHIN 1 – Anthony Miller
DELPHIN 2 – Kathy Gilbert
Thursday, November 19: Island Rulers
AEOLUS – Kirk Shimano
CIRCE- Rachel Bublitz
Friday, November 20: Sea Titans
OCEANUS – Daniel Hirsch and Siyu Song
TETHYS – Marissa Skudlarek
Saturday, November 21: The Bottomless Deep
PONTOS – Meghan O’Connor Trowbridge
I am overjoyed to be coming back for my third straight year writing for this festival, and REALLY excited to be writing for Circe. Congratulations to all the writers!
And if you’re looking at this feeling blue that you have to wait a whole year for this fest, you don’t have to! San Francisco Festival V: Monster Ball is happening now! Every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night between now and November 22nd, you can watch a reading of a brand new show at the Exit Theatre! See you at the shows!