2017 Festival Winner! DISRUPTION by AJ Baker
DISRUPTION is the Festival Winner!
It was a tough choice between the two finalists, but the 2017 Festival Prize goes to Disruption by AJ Baker. Congratulations AJ, (who wins a development lab to take the play to the next step)! Congratulations as well to director Louis Parnell and cast members Chad Deverman, Courtney Walsh, Nancy Madden, Louis Parnell and Heather Gordon who brought the work to life. Thanks to Renae Davison for stage management, Zach Kopciak for Festival management, Brendan Lee for technical direction and the entire festival production team!
When a women wants to disrupt the status quo, she needs all the friends she can get!
D I S R U P T I O N
Written by AJ Baker. Directed by Louis Parnell.
Who Knew What When? When an anonymous whistle-blower threatens to go viral, visionary CEO Andrea Powell has just one day to save her company — and herself — from a public relations disaster that could destroy them both. But it’s not so easy to make a deal when the circumstances are shrouded in mystery. Who’s behind the threats? What do they really want? Is it all business — or is it something much more personal? Only one thing is clear: if a woman wants to disrupt the status quo, she needs all the friends she can get.
80 minutes, no intermission.
AJ Baker: Photo credit: Kate Albright
3GT Resident Playwright, Co-founder and Artistic Director Alisa “AJ” Baker has had a varied career in the arts as a writer, producer and visual artist, but in recent years she’s focused her creative energy on playwriting and theatrical production. Her full-length plays include: GLICKMAN’S THIRD ACT (semi-finalist , 2011 Bay Area Playwrights Festival; staged readings ,Brava! for Women in the Arts (2011), PCSF (2010, 2011), Meadowsweet Dairy (2010)); THE RIGHT THING ( world premiere 2012, Thick House); THE ANNIVERSARY EFFECT (semi-finalist, 2015 Bay Area Playwrights’ Festival; finalist, 2014 3GT New Works Festival; finalist, Capital Repertory’s 2014 NEXT ACT! New Play Summit (Albany, NY). Her play ENTANGLEMENT had its world premiere at Z Below in November 2016.
As Artistic Director of 3Girls Theatre, AJ has served as Executive Producer for six 3GT New Works Festivals and eight full productions, overseeing the presentation of more than 50 plays at all stages in the development process since 2011. She’s a proud member of Dramatists’ Guild, an ongoing participant in the Will Dunne Dramatic Writing Workshops and a past member of the Board of Directors of PlayGround. From 2007-2008, she produced and directed the popular monthly nightclub event, Talk Show Live: San Francisco. When she’s not writing, AJ practices law, plays with her cats and eavesdrops for material in the cafes of North Beach.
