My Favorite Bay Area Theatrical Premieres 2009

Here is a short list of my favorite local productions of new plays which had their world premieres in the Bay Area in 2009. The list is not in any particular order:

In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) by Sarah Ruhl (pictured), Berkeley Rep

Faust, Part 1 by Mark Jackson, Shotgun Players

Legs and All by Summer Shapiro, Climate Theater

Rabbi Sam by Charlie Varon, The Marsh

This World in a Woman's Hands by Marcus Gardley, Shotgun Players

Here's to more great new theatrical productions in 2010!