Posted on January 15, 2021
It’s nigh time for the 4th Annual PlayGround Solo Performance Festival, celebrating the work of intrepid solo performers as they harness their immense imaginations to captivate our attention for close to an hour — no small feat for a solitary creative in front of an attentive audience. This year’s festival boasts an impressive roster of […]
Posted on January 4, 2021
See what PlayGround Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to as we get ready for the January 18th Monday Night PlayGround on Zoom! Meghan Maugeri‘s new full length dramedy, POLAR BEAR SOCIETY, will have a virtual staged reading in American Stage’s 21st Century Voices New Play Festival! The reading, which is open to the […]
Posted on December 28, 2020
The people have spoken… The December People’s Choice Award goes to Madison Wetzell for her short play, TECH WEEK, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on December 21, on Zoom. Congratulations, Madison! Courtesy of Madison, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! TECH WEEK By […]
Posted on December 24, 2020
“We are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond.” ― Gwendolyn Brooks Today 36 San Francisco writers will unite in pursuit of a common goal, to craft compelling stories exploring healing, unity, and restoration. Written in just four-and-a-half days, these writers will take the theme “Reunification” and […]
Posted on December 22, 2020
PlayGround announces the lineup for its fourth annual PlayGround Solo Performance Festival, a curation of the best in Bay Area solo performance, running January 22 to February 7 online via Zoom. The festival features 9 double-bill live-streamed performances by California artists over three weeks, including one-night-only featured highlights by Marga Gomez and Sara Moore, and Bay […]
Posted on December 4, 2020
Read on to learn more about PlayGround Company Member and Alumni recent news, current happenings, and upcoming events while we prepare for the December 21st Monday Night PlayGround. Michael Barrett Austin is a part of 42nd Street Moon’s holiday variety show, “Home (Literally) for the Holidays,” streaming December 3-13! Get your tickets HERE. Emilie Talbot directed […]
Posted on December 4, 2020
The people have spoken… The November People’s Choice Award goes to Samuel Kelly Fair Levit for his short play, THE PILLOW GUY, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on November 16, on Zoom. Congratulations, Samuel! Courtesy of Mr. Levit, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! […]
Posted on November 30, 2020
A Letter from PlayGround Alumnus Vincent Terrell Durham, Author of “Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids” Dear Friends, Theatre lives on. Despite the worst pandemic of our lifetimes, the closure of performance spaces across the globe and record unemployment among theatre-makers, theatre is still alive. Barely, perhaps on life-support, but still alive. It […]
Posted on November 27, 2020
Through the Innovator Incubator, PlayGround supports the launch of brand-new artist-driven innovative theatre companies and the development of innovative new works for the stage. This year-long intensive program culminates in an annual new works festival, the Innovators Showcase. This year, we have taken the opportunity of digital theater in a pandemic age and expanded our […]
Posted on November 27, 2020
Through the Innovator Incubator, PlayGround supports the launch of brand-new artist-driven innovative theatre companies and the development of innovative new works for the stage. This year-long intensive program culminates in an annual new works festival, the Innovators Showcase. This year, we have taken the opportunity of digital theater in a pandemic age and expanded our […]