[2] He and five other playwrights, among them Theatre Genesis colleagues Sam Shepard and María Irene Fornés, met with nine writing students and established a pattern of exercises, rehearsals, and informal presentations.
Founding member John Steppling cites this as one of the reasons Padua didn't garner as much press as he felt that it should have.
[7] A 1985 production of The Coyote Cycle took place from sundown to sunrise outdoors at the Paramount Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Audience members huddled in sleeping bags were led from one part of the ranch to another by flashlight between scenes.
The new Padua took place indoors, but the dramatic works remained in line with the anti-institutional, pro-playwright stance of its predecessor.