Posted on August 6, 2021
PlayGround announces four new leadership team members for their 28th season, ushering in new associate producers to assist with the company’s mission of incubating new playwrights. These associate producers will work closely with artistic staff to curate a season that reflects the community and its valued voices. This year’s Associate Producers are: Norman Gee (he/him), […]
Posted on July 29, 2021
Last September, representatives from the PlayGround leadership, staff, board, company, writers, audience and supporters came together as the PlayGround Equity Workgroup, meeting monthly to review and address the demands of #WeSeeYouWAT and the Living Document BIPOC Equity Action Plan, and to help review and establish PlayGround policies to assist in this critical work. In March, […]
Posted on July 18, 2021
“I think I will come up with my own story, if you would like to join me.” – Sasha, Sasha and the Angelier PlayGround has announced the recipient of its first-ever PlayGround People’s Choice New Play Commission: Christian Wilburn. First offered through PlayGround’s sister company PlayGround-LA beginning in 2018, the inaugural PlayGround People’s Choice New […]
Posted on June 22, 2021
PlayGround has officially selected four new Producing Fellows — Lindsey Abbott, Daniel Benitez, Caroline Portante, and Wallace Yan — to join the PlayGround Producing Team for the 2021-22 Season! The paid Producing Fellowship is designed to foster the next generation of leadership for the American Theatre, with a priority towards individuals from historically marginalized communities. […]
Posted on June 17, 2021
On Monday, September 20, PlayGround will host its annual fundraising gala, commemorating twenty years of the June Anne Baker Prize and the incredible legacy of the twenty women playwrights who’ve received the Prize since 2002. Initiated by PlayGround benefactor John H. Gilman in memory of his late wife, the June Anne Baker Prize recognizes the […]
Posted on May 26, 2021
Last year’s first-ever PlayGround Zoom Fest laid the groundwork for PlayGround to continue to deeply invest in their commitments to accessibility, equity, and artistic innovation. This year’s Zoom Fest is no different, featuring full-length digital premieres, dynamic developmental readings, evenings of bite-sized storytelling and all under a radically-accessible admission-free structure! This year’s Best of PlayGround […]
Posted on May 21, 2021
Last year’s first-ever PlayGround Zoom Fest laid the groundwork for PlayGround to continue to deeply invest in their commitments to accessibility, equity, and artistic innovation. This year’s Zoom Fest is no different, featuring full length digital premieres, dynamic developmental readings, evenings of bite-sized storytelling and all under a radically accessible admission-free structure! This year’s two […]
Posted on May 17, 2021
PlayGround has announced the winners of this year’s Young Playwrights Contest. The venerated playwright incubator will debut the four selected short plays from rising Bay Area young playwrights on May 28th at 7PM PDT as part of their second annual PlayGround Zoom Fest. The four finalists — LATE by Sky Krueger, BETWEEN PIGS AND SHEEP […]
Posted on May 7, 2021
Welcome to the second annual PlayGround Zoom Fest – a Festival of New Works – a leading showcase of new plays and playwrights. This year’s festival is once again online due to the continued COVID-conscious gathering restrictions affecting our theatre community. We have 9 distinct events this year in a 3 week period from May 10th […]
Posted on May 4, 2021
See what PlayGround Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to as we prepare for the PlayGround Zoom Fest this month! Christopher Robin Magee and The Moonrisers are engaging in some spring cleaning and that means taking a long look at some of the unused, undeveloped and experimental scripts we’ve written over the last year. […]