South Bay playwright, director find ‘really cool starting off point’ for collaboration

South Bay playwright, director find ‘really cool starting off point’ for collaboration

The pathway between the childhoods of director Jeffrey Lo and playwright christopher oscar peña was just a few blocks long in East San Jose. That was discovered when they decided to meet up for coffee to discuss their first collaborative project, peña’s play “malcriados,” receiving staged readings at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s New Works Festival on Aug. 12 at 7:30 p.m. and again on Aug. 16 at noon. The festival runs through Aug. 17 at Palo Al…