Johnna Adams
Erica Bennett
Bob Bevacqua
Colleen Bevacqua
Eleanor Brook
John Byrd
Kevin Christensen
Karen Fix Curry
Eric Eberwein
Buddy Farmer
John Franceschini
Lorin Howard
Karen Howes
Arthur Kraft
John Lane
Jeffrey Lo
Hannah C. Langley
Lynn Wells Nelson
Tira Palmquist
Nicholas Pilapil
Andrea Sloan Pink
Joni Ravenna
Robert Riemer
George Rothman
Sara Saene
Dorothy Weston Stauch
Nicholas Thurkettle
Pattric Walker
Luke Yankee
Jordan R. Young
Who We Are
Committed to free expression and risk-taking, Orange County Playwrights Alliance (OCPA) celebrates, promotes and supports the diversity of playwrights with Orange County in common and provides innovative and educative theatrical experiences for the community at large.
WHAT WE DO
OCPA Presents...Triumph and Tragedy
a play by Arthur Kraft
Directed by Philip Brickey
Saturday, December 1 | 2:30pm
Grand Central Theatre @ Grand Central Arts Center
125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana
Suggested donation: $10
Reservations: 714-902-5716
Some Presidents are reviled, some are hailed, and some are reevaluated with time. Ulysses S. Grant, long considered a dismal commander-in-chief, is now being reconsidered by historians and biographers. (There's even a Steven Spielberg-directed biopic about him in the works.) Was Grant a binge-drinking pushover, ill-suited for the highest office in the land? Or did he possess unusual foresight for his time? Arthur Kraft's Triumph and Tragedy, directed by Philip Brickey, presents President Grant telling his story to you. This staged reading marks the Orange County Playwrights Alliance's first event at the Grand Central Arts Center Theater, the home of The Wayward Artist.
WHAT'S ON NOW
Erica Bennett's short film Bloodletting & Poe was an Official Selection of the IFS Film Festival.
John Franceschini’s drama Trapped in Limbo was a finalist for Eden Prairie Players' 2018 Collection of One-Acts.
Tira Palmquist's Overburden received a staged reading in the Blank Theatre's Living Room Series.
The U.S. edition of the Philippine Daily Inquirer chats with Nicholas Pilapil about his play Young Dumb Broke High School Kids.
Nicholas Thurkettle's The Rothko will soon be published by Heartland Plays.
WHAT'S NEW
Staged readings, Nov. 4 @ Modjeska Playhouse...
The Edge of Wilderness by Andrea Sloan Pink
The Countess Tolstoy by Arthur Kraft
Goodbye, Mother by John Franceschini
The Death of Halpin Frayser by Nicholas Thurkettle .
One Cheap Night in Budapest by Eric Eberwein
The Promise by Arthur Kraft
In Search of Memory by John Franceschini.
