Ed Decker is the Founding Artistic Director of The New Conservatory Theatre Center, a graduate of San Francisco State University and a former Director of the American Conservatory Theatre Young Conservatory. He is particularly proud of NCTC’s Pride Season, Emerging Artist Residencies, New Play Commissions, Conservatory and the YouthAware touring theatre-in-education program. Since 1981, Ed has produced and/or directed over 500 plays, musicals and special events for NCTC.

 

Ed has also served as a site evaluator for the California Arts Council , Marin Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts. He is a recent recipient of the STOP AIDS award for the groundbreaking NCTC YouthAware HIV education programs and is a two time winner of the SF Chamber of Commerce Arts Excellence Award.

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In just two weeks, New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco will premiere the new podcast series, In Good Company. Click one of the icons below to subscribe so that you never miss an episode! You can also always listen on the NCTC website.
      

New Conservatory Theatre Center gathered some of their favorite writers to create this one-of-a-kind podcast directed by NCTC Founder & Artistic Director Ed Decker. Meet the In Good Company writing team below!

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Jewelle Gomez is a novelist, poet and cultural worker. She’s the author of eight books including the first Black Lesbian vampire novel, The Gilda Stories, which has been in print more than 25 years. NCTC commissioned and produced two of her plays – Waiting for Giovanni and Leaving the Blues, with a third currently in the works.

Eric Reyes Loo is a television writer and playwright, having most recently written for Netflix’s A.J. and the Queen. His plays have been produced across the country and his play This is Only a Test will premiere in May 2021 at the Broken Nose Theatre in Chicago. He’s also the Artistic Producing Director of Chalk Repertory Theatre in LA.

Laurel Ollstein is an award-winning playwright/director based in LA. Her most recent production, They Promised Her the Moon, had its critically acclaimed West Coast premiere at Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. The Northern California premiere opened March 6 of this year at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and unfortunately had to close due to the virus on March 10. 

Tim Pinckney’s plays include Message to Michael, Still at Risk (world premiere at NCTC), Ever So Humble (recently featured in the Plays in the House series as a benefit for The Actors Fund starring Michael Urie and Andréa Burns), A Prehistoric Ritual, Stir Until Smooth, A Perfect Blendship and First Refusal as well as the stage adaptation for the world premiere of Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol. He is also a staff writer on Halston, an upcoming Netflix series starring Ewan McGregor. 

Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder’s plays include Gee’s Bend, Fresh Kills, The Flagmaker of Market Street, The Furniture of Home, White Lightning, Provenance, Everything That’s Beautiful (world premiere at NCTC)and Looks Like Pretty. Her plays have been produced at the Royal Court (London), Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center, Cleveland Playhouse, KC Rep, and Hartford Stage, among others. She is the recipient of the Osborn Award given by the American Theatre Critics Association, a Sloan Commission, and has been featured on The Kilroy’s. 

 

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