PlayGround Zoom Fest

PlayGround Zoom Fest

A New Works Festival
May 10-30, 2021 via Zoom Live Stream & On-Demand
All Performances at 7pm PDT
Admission-Free (donations gratefully accepted)

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NOTE: Zoom access information will be distributed on the day of the performance. If you haven’t received your Zoom link at least one hour before the performance, email boxoffice@playground-sf.org. On-Demand access is available through May 30 for all pre-registered guests. For extended on-demand access, purchase a Potrero Stagers membership.

2021 Zoom Fest Programs On-Demand thru June 13

PERFECT by Jonathan Luskin (a Zoom Fest premiere presentation) – On-Demand thru June 13
SAPIENCE by Diana Burbano (a Zoom Fest premiere presentation) – On-Demand thru June 13
BEST OF PLAYGROUND 25 (a Zoom Fest premiere presentation) – On-Demand thru June 13

2021 Zoom Fest Programs Live-Streamed thru May 30

PERFECT by Jonathan Luskin (a Zoom Fest premiere presentation) – May 15 & May 16 7pm PT
SAPIENCE by Diana Burbano (a Zoom Fest premiere presentation) – May 22 & May 23 7pm PT
BEST OF PLAYGROUND 25 (a Zoom Fest premiere presentation) – May 29 & May 30 7pm PT
Festival Staged Readings – May 10, May 14, May 17 & May 21 7pm PT
Zoom Town Hall (“PlayGround & the American Theatre: Part 2”) – May 24 7pm PT
YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS PROJECT – May 28 7pm PT

2021 Zoom Fest Calendar

May 10 7pm PT – Festival Reading #1: ADULTING by Misao McGregor
May 14 7pm PT – Festival Reading #2: THE DELIVERANCE by Daysha Veronica
May 15 7pm PT – PERFECT by Jonathan Luskin (Opening)
May 16 7pm PT – PERFECT by Jonathan Luskin (Closing)
May 17 7pm PT – Festival Reading #3: FUNNY, LIKE AN ABORTION by Rachel Bublitz
May 21 7pm PT – Festival Reading #4: 7 SECRETS OF TEACHING ONLINE by Evelyn Jean Pine
May 22 7pm PT – SAPIENCE by Diana Burbano (Opening)
May 23 7pm PT – SAPIENCE by Diana Burbano (Closing)
May 24 7pm PT – Zoom Town Hall (“PlayGround & the American Theatre: Part 2”)
May 28 7pm PT – Young Playwrights Project
May 29 7pm PT – BEST OF PLAYGROUND 25 (Opening)
May 30 7pm PT – BEST OF PLAYGROUND 25 (Closing)

2020 Zoom Fest Press Coverage

San Francisco Chronicle – PlayGround Zoom Fest (5/11/2020)
KTVU Television – Interview with Artistic Director Jim Kleinmann (5/22/2020)
San Francisco Chronicle – The Rendering Cycle Feature (5/26/2020)
San Francisco Examiner – PlayGround Zoom Fest (5/27/2020)
KGO Television – PlayGround Zoom Fest (5/28/2020)
San Francisco Chronicle – Disbelief Review (5/31/2020)
American Theatre Magazine – “A new art form for a new world” (6/3/2020)
Broadway World – PlayGround Zoom Fest Presents The Rendering Cycle (6/4/2020)
Playbill – “How one bay area theatre festival shifted online and kept its employees making money” (6/6/2020)
Broadway World – The Rendering Cycle Review (6/9/2020)
Broadway World – Juneteenth Theatre Justice Project (6/16/2020)
KQED Forum – Juneteenth Theatre Justice Project (6/19/2020)
Theatrius – Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids Review (6/23/2020)
VOA News (7/2/2020)

Nora el Samahy in Garret Jon Groenveld's DISBELIEF, a PlayGround Zoom Fest Premiere Presentation. Photo courtesy of San Francisco Chronicle.
Nora el Samahy, Rinabeth Apostol and Michael Torres in Garret Jon Groenveld's DISBELIEF, a PlayGround Zoom Fest Premiere Presentation.
Nora el Samahy, Christian Wilburn and Aaron Wilton in Garret Jon Groenveld's DISBELIEF, a PlayGround Zoom Fest Premiere Presentation.
Armando McClain, Caitlin Evenson, Cathleen Riddley and Champagne Hughes in Genevieve Jessee's THE RENDERING CYCLE, a PlayGround Zoom Fest Premiere Presentation.
Armando McClain and Champagne Hughes in Genevieve Jessee's THE RENDERING CYCLE, a PlayGround Zoom Fest Premiere Presentation.
Livia Gomes Demarchi, Amy Lizardo and Douglas B. Giorgis in Melissa Keith's LOVE, PRAY, EAT, one of six short works premiered in Best of PlayGround 24 as part of the first-ever PlayGround Zoom Fest.