by Frances Phillips | Feb 18, 2020 | 2017, Literary Arts, News
San Francisco Youth Theatre has been touring The Afterlife, a new play developed in collaboration with Gary Soto, taking it as far as to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Now the story of two teens who meet in the afterlife is coming to The Flight Deck in downtown Oakland with...
by Frances Phillips | Feb 5, 2019 | 2017, Literary Arts, News
Developed through a collaboration between prolific poet and fiction writer Gary Soto and San Francisco Youth Theatre, The Afterlife is a bold new work about death that is intended for teens who have experienced the pain of violence, suicide, and loss in their...
by Frances Phillips | May 16, 2018 | 2017, Literary Arts, News
Developed through a collaboration with SF Youth Theatre, Gary Soto’s The Afterlife features a young adult cast and explores the fragility of contemporary life — what gets lost when a teen dies — with both sadness and humor. The premiere, a workshop...