Company in the News Feb-2021

See what PlayGround Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to as we get ready for the February 15th Monday Night PlayGround on Zoom!

Robert Sicular starts rehearsals/recording February 9th for San Jose Stage Company’s virtual production of Peter Callender’s astonishing and moving new play, Strange Courtesies. This sure-to-be widely produced work will be having its world premiere streaming February 27 – March 3rd. Please click HERE for tickets and more info.

Louis Parnell will start taping a 10 episode radio play starting Monday Feb 1st entitled “The Sins & Secrets of Tabard Lake.” It will be taped every Monday from Feb 1st through April 19th, under a SAG-AFTRA contract, produced by 3 Girls Theatre and written by 14 different women writers and members of 3GT. He is also directing and performing in a Zoom reading of Susan Jackson’s new play Samaritan that will go up in March.

Lauren Gorski wrote a new Zoom romantic comedy, “While You Were In Quarantine.” Show dates are February 13th at 7pm PT and February 14th at 2pm PT.

Jonathan Luskin‘s play, Perfect, will be virtually read to the public at the UC Davis Catalyst 2020 festival on February, 17, at 6:00PM, PDT. Find the link for free tickets HERE!

Stephanie Prentice is thrilled to be a recurring voice actor on the hilarious musical web series, “Patty’s Playhouse” created by fellow PlayGround Company Member, Michael Phillis! Watch it HERE!
Julia Brothers is going to be in San Francisco to film the stage version of her new solo piece, I Was Right Here, at SF Playhouse in March. The show will be available as video on demand from March 27th – April 24th RIGHT HERE. Woo Hoo!!!!!!

Ken Sonkin is directing Fragile Decisions by Elizabeth Appell at The Marsh (Mon. 3/1/21). In his sixteenth year teaching acting at USF, he is also producing the Performing Arts and Social Justice 20th Anniversary Cabaret (4/24/21).

Alanna McFall was interviewed for a behind-the-scenes segment for the fictional rom-com podcast, “Me and AU”, created and written by her fiancée, Andrea Klassen. For a bit of insight into fan culture, starting relationships over the internet, and being in a relationship with a fellow writer, check out the interview on Me and AU’s Patreon page.

Emilie Talbot was part of the Actor’s Collective’s production of THE MASTER BUILDER on Zoom in Late January.