Currently Playing!
Playwrights Center of San Francisco's
Fall Staged Reading Series Presents
Beekeeper
December 1st, 2009, 7:30pm
1519 Mission Street, San Francisco
Synopsis:
Oleta, an apiarist’s daughter, grew up believing she was special, but special is a double-edged sword. Haunted by a tragic childhood accident, and the mysterious death of her father, Oleta struggles to unlock the secrets of her own Colony Collapse Disorder, while a series of events reveal that the accident may not have been an accident after all.
About Me
Playwright, writer, and digital essay/documentary maker.
I consider myself a writer who likes to cross boundaries. As a writer, I've enjoyed the challenge of blurring the lines between genres and have taken great pleasure in melding essay and poetry, historical fiction and creative nonfiction, and fusing traditional writing with media: digital essays.
Digital essays are filmaking for the writer, combining the writer's words and voice with images and sound, which bring personal voice to a new intensity, thus adding another layer of exploration and reflection to a genre that is already deeply invested in investigation of the personal. Samples can be found on my vlog, Finding Alice.
Currently, I'm working on a new series of plays, some of which will incorporate digital essay, as well as continue to slow walk through the writing my memoir, Book of Taos.
Writing Workshops - coming soon
Summer of 2009, a 10 week series on Writing Transformations. Alameda, CA. Watch for details.
Contact Me
jennifer.roberts@playwrightscentersf.org