Company in the News Oct-2024

See what PlayGround Writers, Company Members, and Alumni are up to this October!

Kimberly Ridgeway is directing THE THANKSGIVING PLAY at the Altarena Playhouse (Alameda, CA) from October 25 – November 24, 2025. More info available here.

Julia McNeal is performing in Yaga! at Marin Theatre in Mill Valley, from October 10th through November 3rd.

Krystle Piamonte is currently on the East Coast understudying the role of Luna in The Heart Sellers by Lloyd Suh at Cape Rep Theatre. The show runs until October 20.

Wayne Wong appears in the new opera JOB in Berkeley on Sunday October 20.

Patrick Russell is performing in The Play that Goes Wrong at SF Playhouse, Sept 21st to Nov 9th.

Rachel Bublitz is thrilled to have her full-length play BURST, previously developed with PlayGround, published with Dramatic Publishing! You can sign-up now to be notified when the script will be in stock and ready to purchase.

Maury Zeff‘s short story “The First Fifth” was published in the Fall 2024 issue of Crab Orchard Review.

Katja Rivera will be participating in RUNNING FOR MY LIFE, a benefit for Get Out The Vote on October 6 at Fort Mason.

Michael Barrett Austin will be appearing in ‘Fallen Angels’ at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley 10/19-11/17 (also streaming online!). He recently took part in the the first workshop of the world premiere musical ‘The Bridge’ by The Kilbanes and Patricia Cotter At Marin Theatre, and starred in ARC’s reading of ‘Compleat Female Stage Beauty.’

Jennifer Le Blanc will be acting in Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility at Pacific Repertory Theatre in Carmel October 3-19.