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PlayGround presents
in association with the Potrero Dogpatch Merchants Association and Potrero Hill Archives Project
THE POTRERO NUEVO PROJECT

A Theatrical Imagining of Potrero Hill’s Past, Present & Future
Featuring works by: Patricia Cotter, Victoria Chong Der, Ruben Grijalva,
Garret Jon Groenveld, Genevieve Jessee, Martha Soukup, Maury Zeff, and Ignacio Zulueta

February 2-19, 2017 (NEW DATES!)
Potrero Stage, 1695 18th Street (off Arkansas Street), San Francisco

Tickets available HERE

Potrero Stage (formerly Thick House Theater) is currently undergoing major renovations, including new air conditioning, seating, lighting, signage and more. To mark the theater’s grand re-opening, PlayGround has commissioned eight local playwrights to create original short plays about Potrero Hill, its past, present and future. Integrated into a seamless, engaging and entertaining whole, this 90-minute new play will receive its world premiere at the renovated and soon-to-be-renamed Thick House, with special community discussions following each performance. Join us as we journey over 250 years to experience the people, places, and times that shaped this region: the Ohlone who first hunted and fished here; the Spanish missionaries and early Californios who began settling the region; Kit Carson, the De Haro twins, and the launch of the Mexican-American War; post-Gold Rush San Francisco and a rancher’s unique legacy; survivors of the 1906 earthquake; the WWII shipbuilders of Pier 70; Fritz Maytag and the birth of the craft brewing movement; a Potrero Annex family’s memories on the eve of the Hope SF reconstruction, and beyond!

Co-directed by Norman Gee, Margo Hall, Jim Kleinmann, and Katja Rivera, featuring Carlos Aguirre, Melvign Badiola, Jessica Bates*, Karen Offereins, Soren Oliver*, Jed Parsario, Cathleen Riddley*, and JD Scalzo. * Member, Actors’ Equity Association

HOSTED NIGHTS & POST-PERFORMANCE DISCUSSIONS

Post-performance panel discussions will take place following most performances. Check back here for the complete schedule!

Feb 2 – PDMA Night with Philip de Andrade (Goat Hill Pizza) and Kayren Hudiburgh (Good Life Grocery)
Feb 3 – Goodman2 Night with Tony Kelly (Thick House founder)
Feb 4 – Opening Night with Peter Linenthal (Potrero Hill Archives Project Co-Director)
Feb 9 – NABE Night with Edward Hatter (Potrero Hill Neighborhood House Executive Director)