Friday, July 11, 2014

You Should Probably Be Listening to This by Tim

Rob Ready and Ray Hobbs have an excellent podcast up and running. I have listened to every single episode, and I can firmly state that “Born Ready” is just as much fun as having …

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Thursday, June 19, 2014

→ Learning from the Gamification of Theater | HowlRound by Tim

Learning from the Gamification of Theater I’m in the beginning stages of developing a piece of immersive theater; I imagine that I’m not alone. I look at the droves of people playing …

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Sunday, March 9, 2014

→ ‘The Speakeasy’ is Everything I Love About San Francisco | The Bold Italic by Tim

‘The Speakeasy’ is Everything I Love About San Francisco » I’ve been posting about The Speakeasy a lot, but what else am I going to talk about? So here’s a great (an…

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Sunday, March 2, 2014

→ Review: ‘The Speakeasy’ (*****) | TheatreStorm by Tim

TheatreStorm Gives ‘The Speakeasy’ Five Stars » Charles Kruger reviews The Speakeasy, gives a shout-out to the Associate Head Writer, and says it’s “theatrical art o…

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

→ SFist Reviews ‘The Speakeasy’ From Boxcar Theatre by Tim

SFist Reviews ‘The Speakeasy’ From Boxcar Theatre » Hey, hey, the play that I was Associate Head Writer for got a really nice review from SFist: As immersive, progressive perfor…

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Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Top 10 Movies I Didn’t See in 2013 by Tim

American Hustle I heard good things about this one, but I didn’t see it. Nebraska This one gets mixed reviews. Some people love it, some say it’s a bit dull, and some of us didn’t see …

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Monday, December 30, 2013

We’re Having A Reading by Tim

You know I’m in a group called Portuguese Artists Colony, and you know that we throw literary events from time to time, and now you know the next one will be on Sunday, January 5, at 5…

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

‘The Speakeasy’ Opens Soon, or My Big 2013 Project by Tim

I can finally tell you what I’ve spent much of 2013 working on. I was a contributor to, and eventually Associate Head Writer of, a new immersive theatrical event coming to San Francisc…

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

→ Stop Complaining that Young People Don’t Like Shakespeare by Tim

Stop Complaining that Young People Don’t Like Shakespeare » Melissa Hillman rocks, and this article is all you need to know about producing, directing or acting Shakespeare: If we’re go…

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Sunday, October 6, 2013

→ ‘Zombie Town’ is an irreverent hit | The Kentucky Kernel by Tim

‘Zombie Town’ is an irreverent hit » It’s that time of year! My play Zombie Town: A Documentary Play is playing in three cities this year, and here’s how it’s going in…

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Saturday, September 28, 2013

→ Broadway’s Golden Age Reborn on Cable | The Millions by Tim

Broadway’s Golden Age Reborn on Cable | The Millions » We have a platform for serious, character-driven drama in this country, and it is more popular and broad-based than Broadway ev…

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

→ PlayGround Announces 20th Season and Writers by Tim

PlayGround Announces 20th Season and Writers » At PlayGround’s 20th Season Kick-Off this past Monday, PlayGround Artistic Director Jim Kleinmann introduced the 2013-14 PlayGround Writers,…

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Sunday, September 22, 2013

→ Hoodoo Child 2 Minute Clip | Amios Theatre by Tim

‘Hoodoo Child’ 2-Minute Clip » Now you can see a two-minute clip of my short play “Hoodoo Child” on the Amios website, or on YouTube, or above, or all three. The The…

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Saturday, July 27, 2013

→ Hoodoo Child by Tim Bauer | Amios Theatre by Tim

‘Hoodoo Child’ by Tim Bauer » The script for my short play “Hoodoo Child” is up on the Amios Theatre website, should you be so inclined.

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Thursday, July 4, 2013

We’re Having Another Literary Event by Tim

As you know, I’m a member of the Portuguese Artists Colony, “a collection of untrustworthy characters who gather regularly to engage in the disreputable act of writing.” W…

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Monday, July 1, 2013

→ The Walls Come Tumbling Down | American Theatre by Tim

The Walls Come Tumbling Down » Without going into too much detail yet, let’s just say I’m currently working on a production which makes this article in American Theatre magazine…

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Sunday, June 30, 2013

Good Criticism Encourages More | Writers on Writing : Medium → by Tim

Good Criticism Encourages More » My friend (colleague? fellow PlayGround writer? other local tall playwright dude?) Aaron Loeb outlines a fantastic approach to criticism in his article on M…

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

→ Business Model: The Next Frontier | The Clyde Fitch Report by Tim

Business Model: The Next Frontier » Scott Walters (The Prof) on The Clyde Fitch Report: I did a search on “innovation” and “theatre.” Here is what I found….Three theatre histo…

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Monday, May 13, 2013

→3 Myths That Are Killing Literary Culture | Medium by Tim

3 Myths That Are Killing Literary Culture » By Michelle Richmond on Medium. A good read.

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Reading at the Make-Out Room by Tim

In keeping with my latest trend of being asked to write stuff really, really quickly and then immediately present it to an audience – see last post about the Instant Play that I helped…

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Friday, May 3, 2013

So, I Was The Entertainment… by Tim

Thursday ended up being a really fun night: Can you guess who I was in this description? EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED Artistic Director Loretta Greco and an acclaimed Bay Area playwright are conjur…

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Discoveries at a Literary Reading by Tim

Last Sunday, I hosted the latest Portuguese Artists Colony literary event at Hotel Rex. I’ve met and discovered so many interesting and amazing writers and musicians through PAC in the…

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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Quote: Marissa Skudlarek by Tim

“The unexamined life may not be worth living, but the over-examined life can make you feel like there’s nothing to live for.” - Marissa Skudlarek

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Friday, March 22, 2013

→ Career Advice for Young Playwrights | Gwydion Suilebhan by Tim

Career Advice for Young Playwrights » A fantastic article by Gwydion Suilebhan, with this advice: If you want to be a playwright, get a second career, too. With the same passion you pursue …

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Sunday, March 3, 2013

→ An Interview with Owen Egerton | Read to Write by Tim

An Interview with Owen Egerton » My friend (and dude I used to do a ton of improv with), the Austin-based writer Owen Egerton, was interviewed on the Read to Write website. In the article, …

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Table Read at Magic Theatre by Tim

Wednesday was the first table read of the latest draft of my play Exit Wounds, which is getting a staged reading as part of Magic @ The Costume Shop: “a special residency at A.C.T.’s…

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Thursday, February 7, 2013

→ Taking Charge of Our Own Evolution | Gwydion Suilebhan by Tim

Taking Charge of Our Own Evolution Over on his blog, Gwydion Suilebhan calls for “a new theatrical ecosystem for the United States”: We need to favor plays more than grant propos…

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Monday, February 4, 2013

→ The Problem with AEA | Bitter Gertrude by Tim

The Problem with AEA Melissa Hillman, on her Bitter Gertrude blog: In the Bay Area, at least, AEA operates under a fundamental misunderstanding of its own market. Go for the discussion of BA…

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Friday, February 1, 2013

→ How the Portuguese Artists Colony Got Its Name | Hi/Bird by Tim

How the Portuguese Artists Colony Got Its Name Aisha Sabatini Sloan interviewed Caitlin Myer, the founder of the Portuguese Artists Colony. I’m a member of the group, and I’m oft…

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Monday, January 21, 2013

→ Austin’s Rude Mechanicals | BOMB Magazine by Tim

Austin’s Rude Mechanicals in BOMB Magazine Eric Dyer has an interview with the folks from Austin’s Rude Mechanicals in BOMB Magazine, timed to arrive with the Rude Mechs’ &…

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Monday, January 14, 2013

→ What Playwrights Should Know, Part 1 | Bitter Gertrude by Tim

What Playwrights Should Know, Part 1 The Artistic Director of Impact Theatre, writing on her newish Bitter Gertrude blog: I don’t have the time to do a full post about the submission proce…

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards