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The Pear Theatre proudly presents Pear Slices 2023, an annual production of original short plays from award-winning Bay Area writers of The Pear Playwrights’ Guild. This time-honored series of new works has been lauded by Bay Area critics as "a solid collection of laughs" and an "eclectic mix of theatre that collectively appeals to a wide audience.” Pear Slices 2023 features nine new short plays. Playwrights include Barbara Anderson, Robin Booth, Leah Halper, Greg Lam, Sophia Naylor, Ross Peter Nelson and Bridgette Dutta Portman. As in the past, this year’s plays cover a wide variety of themes and topics including navigating intimate and professional relationships, a futuristic and chilling look at the potential dangers and biases of artificial intelligence within the criminal justice system, a mystery that cleverly fuses film noir and Sesame Street, a riveting look at one of the defining moments in the life of civil rights heroine Fannie Lou Hamer (recently profiled in a critically acclaimed production at TheatreWorks), and more.

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