Free-Play Festival: Belly of the Beast
Schedule
Sat, 16 Aug, 2025 at 12:00 pm to Sun, 17 Aug, 2025 at 03:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Potrero Stage | San Francisco, CA
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Belly of the Beast by Aisha RiveraSat, Aug 16, 12PM; Sat, Aug 16, 6PM; Sun, Aug 17, 2PM
Angel is fresh out of being rejected from Law school and struggling to adjust to not being able to pursue their dreams for now. Months later Angel finds a strange creature under their bed, demanding to be fed and demanding to grow. Angel discovers that all who develop eating disorders birth these creatures and decides to get help.
Playwright Aisha Rivera is a California based Artist, Writer, and Actor. They hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Theatre Arts from California State University Fullerton. Aisha is also the current Poet Laureate for Napa County. Aisha’s poetry has been previously published in the Bilingual Anthology “Poetics without Borders/Poeticas Sin Fronteras” and “Latinas, Gender, Race, and Class” alongside other talented Mexican/Mexican-American Poets. Their Spanish adaptation of the classic film “It’s a Wonderful Life” (“Es Una Vida Maravillosa”) had its world premiere with Shakespeare Napa Valley in 2023, a production which they also Directed. Some of Aisha’s favorite acting credits include Yerma (Shotgun Players), Cymbeline (Berkeley Shakespeare Company), and Dead Man’s Cellphone (Upstage Napa Valley). Aisha is an eclectic artist who strives to create art that is interesting, moving, and meaningful.
Director Andres Agustin Barrera is a proud Napa Valley College student. Andres brings his passion for storytelling to 2025 as an assistant director for As You Like It. In 2024, he served as an assistant director for NVC’s Arty award-winning production of Spring Awakening and Shakespeare Napa Valley’s site-integrated production of Twelfth Night at di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art. A playwright and stage director, Andres was featured as an emerging theatre-maker in NVC’s 2025 Emergence Festival with his production of Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story. He has also written and directed original works for the festival, including his short play Moises and Ella (2024). NVC acting credits include Es Una Vida Maravillosa (Tony), She Kills Monsters (Orcus), and various roles in 2023’s Shakespeare Summer Stroll at di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art. Andres is co-founder and artistic director of Teatro Alebrijes del Valle, a growing Latino/ Hispanic theatre company based in Napa, CA.
PlayGround closes out the summer season with the fourth annual
FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL, August 1-24, at Potrero Stage and simulcast! This
four-week “fringe style” new works festival features 17 productions
and 58 performances by talented theatre artists from across the
country including. Productions will be presented for 3-4 performances
at Potrero Stage (18th Street @ Arkansas). For more information or to
reserve in-person or online tickets, visit
https://playground-sf.org/freeplay
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Where is it happening?
Potrero Stage, 1695 18th Street,San Francisco, California, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
