MIRIAM’S PLACE
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MIRIAM’S PLACE

A SEMINAR SERIES HOSTED BY PATRICK DOOLEY

Miriam Schiffman was a life-long learner with an insatiable curiosity and passion for bringing people together. She also loved theater. With the generous support of her beloved husband, Stan, we have dedicated space at our studios to host gatherings for the exploration of live theater and the promotion of fellowship around shared interests and perspectives. There’ll be coffee and tea at every session.

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ELIZABETH CARTER

OCTOBER 3

SUSANNAH MARTIN

NOVEMBER 7

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SUSANNAH MARTIN

A director, teacher, performer, and theatre maker of Tunisian heritage, and a Sephardic/Mizrahi feminist-activist-artist, Susannah has made live performances for organizations throughout the Bay Area.

Selected directing credits include: Oklahoma! for Korsa Musical Theater; Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Everybody for UC Berkeley; Arti Ishak’s Closure for Golden Thread Productions; elaine magree’s AC/DC for 3Girls Theatre Company; Lisa Ramirez’s Book of Sand (a fairytale) for Oakland Theater Project; Denmo Ibrahim’s Arab Spring for the Bay Area Playwright’s Festival; Carol S. Lashof’s The Melting Pot for Those Women Productions; and Sheila Callaghan’s Women Laughing Alone With Salad, David Greig’s The Events, and Christopher Chen’s Caught at Shotgun Players (Company Member).

Susannah received her BFA in Theatre from NYU, and her MFA in Directing from UC Davis. She is currently the Theatre Director at San Francisco University High School as well as Adjunct Faculty in the Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies Department at UC Berkeley.

She strongly believes in fostering new voices and developing young storytellers to build and transform our communities.

MICHAEL MORAN

DECEMBER 5

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MICHAEL MORAN

Michael Socrates Moran is a Bay Area native whose artistic journey began in Richmond, California and led him to a BFA in Theater Arts from Boston University and an MFA in Directing from UC San Diego. While at UCSD, he founded the Oakland Theater Project (formerly Ubuntu Theater Project), now acclaimed as one of the Bay Area’s most daring theater companies. As Executive and Co-Artistic Director, Moran has helmed over 60 productions—world premieres, West Coast premieres, and bold reinterpretations of classics—earning praise from the San Francisco Chronicle for his “visionary” leadership. His direction has garnered numerous awards, including the 2020 Alameda County Arts Leadership Award, Best Director for Angels in America, and multiple Bay Area Critics Circle honors. In addition to directing, Moran has acted professionally in numerous productions, and his original play, Exodus to Eden, was celebrated by KQED as one of the Best Productions of 2023. He also serves as a continuing lecturer at UC Berkeley.

Join us for coffee and cookies on the first Friday of every month from 10:30 AM to 12 PM as we meet some of the most influential theater makers in the Bay Area. Each session will begin with an interview about their history and artistic endeavors, followed by an opportunity to ask questions and a group discussion.

Tickets are pay-what-you-can.

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the world of a play

Get an insider’s perspective of what goes into creating a play from the first read of a script, through design discussions, into the rehearsal rooms, and finally to full production. Shotgun Players’ artistic director, Patrick Dooley, and other collaborating artists, will lead this exploration through his own experience of directing Christopher Chen’s newest play: The Motion.

This seminar involves six gatherings on Mondays from 10:30am – 12pm  (July 28 through September 9, except September 1), and four other events, including a read-through with the cast, a rehearsal in our studios, a technical rehearsal, and a preview performance at the theater.

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The World of a Play for The Motion is completely sold-out!

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