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The Pear is very excited to present two live staged readings of new works from members of The Pear Playwrights' Guild as part of our time-honored annual new play development series, Fresh Produce! 

In "Rivals of Mars" by Bridgette Dutta Portman, it's 2044, nine years after the private space exploration company Antares, Inc., sent the first crewed mission to Mars. That mission ended in disaster for the four astronauts involved when their oxygen generator malfunctioned, leaving them dead on the Martian surface. Now, Rosa Collins, daughter of the mission’s commander, finds herself haunted by her mother's ghost. The ghost urges Rosa to help her father, the company’s CEO Jerome Collins, rebuild Antares and send a recovery mission to retrieve the bodies. When Jerome invents a fix for the failed oxygen generator and Rosa secures funding, the mission is a go. Rosa, though, has her doubts. Will the mission be a success, or will history repeat itself? 

Readings will be followed by a post-show audience talkback with the playwrights and cast. Conversations are highly encouraged and welcome as they are an essential key to the development process - in many cases providing insight that unlocks something important for the playwright.

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The Homegrown Achievement. This production is creating jobs and creative opportunities right here in the Bay Area.

What are TBA Highlights? We're honoring incredible productions across the Bay that are driving the future of theatre forward. The Highlights program uplifts specific shows that have met the important benchmarks required to earn one (or more) of our four achievements: Homegrown Achievement, Going Green Achievement, Reflection Achievement, and Open Doors Achievement. When you see one of these badges you can expect to see theatre produced, rehearsed, and performed according to these values.