March 1976:  Entrepreneurs, visionaries, hackers, hobbyists, salespeople and hucksters converge on the First World Altair Computer Conference.  When 19-year old Bill Gates demands the attendees start paying for his software, the  outraged crowd wants him to take a hike.  He wants to take over the world.   FIRST is a fictional retelling of the extraordinary people and events that launched the personal computer revolution. 

Casting:  2W, 4M

Word Premiere, October 10-November 10, 2013, Altair Productions-Aluminous Collective-PlayGround, StageWerks San Francisco, directed by Michael French.

Commissioned:  PlayGround, 2012, (Jim Kleinmann, Artistic Director) 

Staged Reading: May 7, 2012, The Thick House, San Francisco, as Part of the 2012 Best of PlayGround Festival, directed by M. Graham Smith.

July 12 & 13, 2013, ACT's Costume Shop Theatre, San Francisco, directed by Michael French.