Play Cafe, Inc. is a 501(c)3 playwriting group based in Berkeley, California (San Francisco Bay Area) where you can make contacts, practice your writing, move beyond first draft, and receive play writing insight from theater insiders.

MONTHLY PLAYWRIGHTS MEETINGS
We meet on the second Thursday of every month to share and read scenes from plays-in-progress by local playwrights. Participation is $10 per meeting and playwrights are invited to bring in up to 10 pages of a current work to be read by professional actors with a brief opportunity for feedback afterwards. We begin sign-ups for scenes up to fifteen minutes before each meeting.

Upcoming Meetings: Thursday, April 12 from 7-10PM.
Thursday, May 10 from 7-10PM
Language Studies International, 2015 Center Street, Berkeley, CA
(between Milvia and Shattuck, one block west of Downtown Berkeley BART)

Make a secure, tax-deductible online donation (tax ID number: 45-3691003):

Or write a check to "Play Cafe, Inc." to:

PLAY CAFE
PO Box 12162
Berkeley, CA 94712

Contact Executive Director, Tracy Held Potter.

Check out the Play Cafe Yahoo discussion group here.

Guide to the Play Cafe site:

Why? When? Where? All the logistics, including maps.

Frequently Asked Questions Who is doing this? What exactly is the Play Cafe? How do I get involved? What's in it for me?

Our Guests Occasionally, we invite a special guest, drawn from the world of theatre. Find out who they are.

Resources for Playwrights Books, classes, theaters looking for plays.

Cyber Cafe Writing exercises! Play of the Month! How to produce a reading!

Interested?
Send email.