100 DAYS - A STAGED READING OF NEW SHORT PLAYS WRITTEN IN RESPONSE TO OUR CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE!

100 DAYS is a theater project that responds to the current political climate. Curated ed by PlaywrightPower.com and directed by its co-founder Tara Blau Smollen, the production will feature eight compelling new 10-minute plays written since the last election, selected from 167 submissions. 100 DAYS will open on April 30, the 100th day of the new administration, with the same plays repeated on May 1, 2, 3, and 4. Performances will be Wednesday, April 30 through Saturday, May 3 at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, May 4 at 3:00 pm. Suggested donation is $10.00.

Playwright Power.com (Curator, 100 DAYS) Playwright Power empowers playwrights to spark change and inspire dialogue through impactful theatrical storytelling. Created in response to the 2024 election, the organization solicited new short plays featuring characters affected by the current political landscape, culminating in this electrifying 90-minute program.

Tara Blau Smollen (Director, 100 DAYS) is an award-winning actor, director, playwright, and theater professor. She holds an MFA in Acting from the National Theater Conservatory in Denver and has worked extensively Off-Broadway and in regional theaters across the U.S. As the former Artistic Director of Porchlight Theater Company, her children’s plays reached over 10,000 students in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a playwright, she was a finalist in Lifeline Theatre Company’s 3rd Annual BIPOC Adaptation and Showcase for Sisters, an African American reimagining of Chekhov’s THREE SISTERS. Her recent direction of Jen Silverman’s THE MOORS was named one of the best plays in the Bay Area in 2024 by THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE.