SPF 11: Warren and the Polar Bear
Warren has spent several months at the Central Park Zoo observing the Polar Bear and has come to worry about the animal’s happiness. There’s only one thing for Warren to do; help the Polar Bear escape and take him home.
Development
Actors Studio Festival
York Region Festival
Very Useful Theatre
New Market International Festival, Ontario
Road Theatre Summer Playwright Festival
Of Men and Cars, Winner of the Dayton FutureFest 2018. Road Theatre Company Summer Playwright’s Festival 8. 2019 Beverly Hills Theatre Guild Julie Harris Playwright Award semi-finalist. Semi-finalist with the 2019 Eugene O’Neill Playwright Competition.
Only Kidding, off-Broadway, 500 performances, two Drama Desk nominations including Best Play. Published by Samuel French, bought by Home Box Office.
Light Sensitive, Old Globe Theater, San Diego. Published by Samuel French. Joseph Jefferson Theater Award nomination in Chicago under the title Triple Exposure. 75 productions nationwide, winner of five Bay Area Critics Awards.
Two Gentlemen of Corona, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Los Angeles. Two LA Ovation nominations. Published by Samuel French.
Hysterical, Semi-finalist, National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center.
Sun City, 2017 semi-finalist, National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center.
Ug the Caveman Musical, book and lyrics, San Jose Stage Company. Published by Dramatist Play Service.
Beehive on Broadway, book. Debbie Allen director.
Interview With a Cat, Actors Studio Festival, Los Angeles.
The Hollywood Walk of Fame, Whitefire Theatre, Los Angeles.
Love and Pasta, Actors Studio Festival, Los Angeles.
Written in Ink, Road Theatre Company Summer Playwright’s Festival 9.
The Next Ivan Sharansky,
Brisk Festival, Los Angeles
Camino Real Playhouse, San Juan Capistrano
The North Park Playwright’s Festival, San Diego, CA
The Actors Theatre, Santa Cruz, CA
Drama West, Los Angeles, CA
New Market Festival of One-Act Plays, Newmarket, Ontario
Old Library Theatre 9th Annual One-Act Play Festival, NJ
Little Theatre of Alexandra, VA
St. Paul’s Arts Council’s New Play Festival, New Albany, IN
Stage Door Productions One-Act Play Festival, Fredericksburg, VA
Commissioned twice by the Actor’s Theater of Louisville.
Member of the Actors Studio Playwright and Directors Lab, Los Angeles.
Creator of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and The Suite Life on Deck on the Disney Channel. Two Emmy nominations.
Kate Huffman is an award-winning actor and playwright and a body positivity speaker and activist. Her work in film, TV, and theatre (Fresh Off the Boat, Castle) has won her an LA Weekly Theatre Award, an Encore Producers Award, and several LADCC nominations. She’s written, performed, and directed sketch comedy at UCB, Second City, iO Chicago, and countless other venues. Her award-winning solo show, I’m Too Fat for This Show, has been seen in cities across the globe. A long-time member of the Road, she was last seen in their production of Friends with Guns, for which she was nominated for an LADCC and Valley Theatre Award. “Warren and the Polar Bear” marks the first time she’s worked with a member of the Ursus maritimus species. KateHuffman.com.
“WARREN AND THE POLAR BEAR”
Warren – Carlos Lacámara*
The Polar Bear – Karrie King*
Stage Directions – Nancy Fassett*
*Road Company Member