Left Coast Publishing

11/30/2021

So excited to be back in 2022! It's going to be an incredible season 😎

It’s GIVING TUESDAY! And we are so excited to say we will finally have a 2022 season!
But we need your help, LCTC will be coming back with some new goals and a strong dedication to serve our community to our fullest capability. That means paying our artists and creatives more, and meeting production costs in this new normal. We could really use your support!
We are coming back in 2022, which is our 10 Year Anniversary 🥳😱 Even if all you can spare is $10 for our 10 year anniversary we would be grateful 😊
Head to lctc-sf.org to donate today!

09/25/2021

It was a long winter/spring/summer of editing and creating, but we've finally did it. Our 4th book, and we now bring you a night of fun, and excitment:

https://www.amazon.com/Twisted-Hitchcock-Left-Coast-Publishing-ebook/dp/B09GRMRSMF/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=twisted+hitchcock&qid=1632588552&s=books&sr=1-1

Twisted Hitchcock

10/26/2020

The last play in our anthology is Motherly Advice, by Rodney Rhoda Taylor. Mothers, carry us for nine month, birth us, raise us, and then think they can continue to give us advice and tell us how to live our lives, even when we don't ask for it.

Sam has recently proposed to James, but James has yet to give an answer because of their lost s*x tape? While looking for the tape with his sister, Diane their mother drops in for an unexpected visit, and finally meets Sam, the towel wearing future fiancé. By the end of the evening, they find the s*x tape, in an unexpected location and receive some helpful "advice" from mom.

Find out what mom said in

https://www.amazon.com/WTFamily-Left-Coast-Publishing/dp/1732812330/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Wtfamily&qid=1602124339&s=books&sr=1-1

10/22/2020

Shiny Pair of Complications, by J.Stephen Brantley, is about the joys of planning a wedding, a GAY wedding.

Kevin’s wedding is days away and his Dad needs a decent tuxedo. But before making their final purchase at an upscale men’s store, the two have a few things to get straight. So to speak.

Find out what happens in
https://www.amazon.com/WTFamily-Left-Coast-Publishing/dp/1732812330/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Wtfamily&qid=1602124339&s=books&sr=1-1

10/16/2020

Our next play in is Falling, by Terry Maloney Hayley. It's the typical story of boy girl love with the usual parental issues.

A man and a woman in their twenties exchange “I love you's for the first time, then embark on a harrowing conversation about love, s*x, and monogamy. His gay moms and her gay dads have influenced each of them in ways that are uniquely challenging when it comes to commitment.

Find out what happens to this couple in
https://www.amazon.com/WTFamily-Left-Coast-Publishing/dp/1732812330/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Wtfamily&qid=1602124339&s=books&sr=1-1

10/12/2020

The next play in our anthology is Wingman by Eli Effinger-Weintraub. Its the typical, mother, daughter relationship.

Deb, still smarting from a breakup, should know better than to take her mother Marian to the local le***an bar. But Marian's insistent, and she seems sincere, so, what could it hurt? Too bad Deb hasn't anticipated Marian taking over as queen of the bar stool and playing yenta for her poor, single daughter.

Read all about it in
https://www.amazon.com/WTFamily-Left-Coast-Publishing/dp/1732812330/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Wtfamily&qid=1602124339&s=books&sr=1-1

10/09/2020

The first play in our anthology is Who Are These People?, by Chris Maltby. It's the tale of one of the most dreaded moments in any relationship: Meeting the family.

Josh has fallen in love with Michael, the man of his dreams, and – surprise! – Michael seems to feel the same way. Naturally this sends Josh into a neurotic frenzy of fear that he’ll screw the relationship up and die alone. In the midst of this, he realizes he’ll have to introduce Michael to his accepting yet unpredictable family.

Find out what happens to Josh in

https://www.amazon.com/WTFamily-Left-Coast-Publishing/dp/1732812330/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Wtfamily&qid=1602124339&s=books&sr=1-1

10/09/2020

The first play in this anthology is from Chris Maltby, Who Are These People?

Josh has fallen in love with Michael, the man of his dreams, and – surprise! – Michael seems to feel the same way. Naturally this sends Josh into a neurotic frenzy of fear that he’ll screw the relationship up and die alone. In the midst of this, he realizes he’ll have to introduce Michael to his accepting yet unpredictable family.

Find more in: , https://www.amazon.com/WTFamily-Left-Coast-Publishing/dp/1732812330/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=%23wtfamily&qid=1602040215&s=books&sr=1-1

10/08/2020

Our fourth play in , is Runaway by Charles Zito. Is the typical tale of someone thinking they are fooling the family, but do we really?

When he and his Mother disagree over his new boyfriend, Tommy runs away from home to his favorite Uncle in Manhattan. Uncle Tony is much less sympathetic than Tommy hoped for, but then Tony is hiding his own secret. Or at least he thinks he is. When his sister Rose arrives looking for her son, Tony discovers that the entire family already knows the truth and nobody cares. Certainly not Rose, who settles matters with her son and gives her brother some much needed perspective.

Find out more in ,

https://www.amazon.com/WTFamily-Left-Coast-Publishing/dp/1732812330/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Wtfamily&qid=1602124339&s=books&sr=1-1

10/07/2020

Now that you've meet our authors, now a bit more about .

This anthology is a collection of six plays, each one explores the uniqueness, craziness, and those "oh my God I can't believe my parents just did that" moments on our lives. We all have them, they drive us crazy, but one thing is for sure, families are always full of . . . character!

Check out more in

https://www.amazon.com/WTFamily-Left-Coast-Publishing/dp/1732812330/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=%23wtfamily&qid=1602040215&s=books&sr=1-1

10/01/2020

And meet our last author, Rodney Rhoda Taylor, the founder of Left Coast Theatre, Co. and Left Coast Publishing:

Rodney Rhoda Taylor founded Left Coast Theatre Co. to provide LGBT theatrical artists a means for their work to reach a broader audience so their voices can be heard. He has also written the short plays Baby Christina, Motherly Advice and My Fairy Godmothers.

You can read his play, "Motherly Advice" in .
https://www.amazon.com/WTFamily-Left-Coast-Publishing/dp/1732812330/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=%23wtfamily&qid=1599880065&s=books&sr=1-1

09/29/2020

Our forth author has been with Left Coast Theatre Co since it's inception in 2012, he now makes his third appearance in one of our books: Chris Maltby

Chris has been acting, writing and directing for LCTC since 2012. His first play, Happily Ever After, was made into a short film in 2016 and in 2018, he directed and co-wrote Come Here Often?, the first full-length play created by the company. Chris is happy to call San Francisco home.

Chris's play can be found in ,
https://www.amazon.com/WTFamily-Left-Coast-Publishing/dp/1732812330/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=%23wtfamily&qid=1599880065&s=books&sr=1-1

09/25/2020

We now present our fourth writer in , none other than Terry Maloney Haley. He has appeared with us before in Here I Come, San Francisco and Screaming Queens.

Terry Maloney Haley has written for stage and television. He also enjoys acting and directing. We was thrilled to be part of the original production of WTFamily with his short play “Falling” and wrote four other one-acts for Left Coast Theatre Co. He wrote for several sitcoms including Married… With Children and Even Stevens.

https://www.amazon.com/WTFamily-Left-Coast-Publishing/dp/1732812330/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=%23wtfamily&qid=1599880065&s=books&sr=1-1

09/22/2020

Please meet our third author.

Charles Zito is both a playwright and a novelist. He is author of the Nicky D’Amico Mysteries (published by Midnight Ink). He has served as the Artistic Director of The Spectrum Stage Company in NYC and the Executive Artistic Director of the Diversionary Theatre in San Diego; and is a member of the Left Coast Theatre Company in San Francisco. He holds a BFA in Drama from Carnegie-Mellon University

09/19/2020

Please meet our second author, J.Stephen Brantley, who wrote the fabulous play Shiny Pair of Complications.

J.Stephen Brantley is a playwright and performer whose work includes Billy Baal, Chicken-Fried Ciccone, The Emilies, Eightythree Down, Furbelow, Pirira, The Jamb, and Shruti Gupta Can Totally Deal. He is an eight-time New York Innovative Theatre Award nominee and recipient of the 2017 Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award. More at jstephebrantley.com.

09/17/2020

We'd like you to meet our first author, Eli Effinger-Weintraub.
She wrote the fabulous play, Wingman.

Eli Effinger-Weintraub's plays include The Crown of the Holly Queen, Girl Gumshoe & Detective Dad, Unit LLT, and Brittle Things. Their works have been brought to life by Gadfly Theatre Productions, Otherworld Theatre, Theatre Unbound, Freshwater Theatre, Buffalo United Artists, Left Coast Theatre, StageQ, and Little Lifeboats. http://eli.tangleroot.net

Playwright - Essayist - Q***r - Witch

09/13/2020

With the publication of our third book, , we invite you to meet our authors over the next few weeks. Stay tuned . . .

https://www.amazon.com/WTFamily-Left-Coast-Publishing/dp/1732812330/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=%23Wtfamily&qid=1599878190&s=books&sr=1-1