Posted on July 30, 2019
On Monday, September 23, California’s leading playwright incubator, PlayGround, will celebrate its Silver Jubilee with a glam gala fundraiser at San Francisco’s Verdi Club. Chaired by Flour + Water co-founder David Steele, the event will feature a cocktail reception, silent auction, seated dinner and special performances of original 80s rock-inspired short musicals by PlayGround alumni, […]
Posted on July 22, 2019
New innovative theatre company Poltergeist Theatre Project, one of the six companies being launched through PlayGround’s 2019 Innovator Incubator, debuts with the premiere of The Julie Cycle, August 5-7 and August 19-21 at Potrero Stage as part of PlayGround’s month-long Innovators Showcase. A new production company whose focus is feminist and queer representation, Poltergeist presents a […]
Posted on July 16, 2019
Theatre Cultura, a new theater company dedicated to providing opportunities for local and national Latina theater artists and one of six companies selected for the inaugural PlayGround Innovator Incubator, will officially launch with the premiere of its first production, ¡CHEER! Story of a Dreamer, written and directed by Theatre Cultura Artistic Director, Linda Amayo – […]
Posted on July 10, 2019
On August 3, PlayGround will unveil the new PlayGround PlaySpace, our magical laboratory for the development of bold new plays, playwrights, and theatre companies! Come see where PlayGround hosts its in-house play development programs – Recess, Table Readings, Resident Playwrights Group, the Innovator Incubator, Classes, Auditions, and more! The brand-new PlayGround PlaySpace is conveniently located […]
Posted on June 15, 2019
PlayGround today announced the lineup for the inaugural INNOVATORS SHOWCASE, August 1-25, 2019 at Potrero Stage, featuring 25 performances and staged readings of innovative new theatre by the 2019 class of PlayGround’s Innovator Incubator. Highlights of this year’s Showcase include Theatre Cultura’s premiere production of ¡CHEER! Story of a Dreamer (August 1-11), Poltergeist Theatre Project’s […]
Posted on June 5, 2019
Read on to learn more about PlayGround Company Member and Alumni recent news, current happenings, and upcoming events as we continue with PlayGround’s 23rd Festival of New Works! Rachel Bublitz’s play RIPPED has opened at Z Space and runs through June 15th . She also has a developmental production of her full-length play BURST at […]
Posted on May 28, 2019
New this year, PlayGround has expanded the PlayGround Festival of New Works at Potrero Stage to include two 3-hour Playwriting Master Classes with our festival featured playwrights: Ruben Grijalva (“Anna Considers Mars”) and Katie May (“A History of Freaks”), designed for aspiring and early-career playwrights, ages 14 and up. Join us on Mondays, June 3 […]
Posted on May 10, 2019
PlayGround is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 11th annual Howard & Lenore Klein Foundation PlayGround Young Playwrights Contest! PlayGround invited aspiring writers and theatre artists at the high school level to write and submit their own 10-minute plays inspired by the topic: ADAPT A FAIRY TALE. The four selected plays will each receive […]
Posted on May 3, 2019
Read on to learn more about PlayGround Company Member and Alumni recent news, current happenings, and upcoming events as we get ready for PlayGround’s 23rd Festival of New Works! Katie May is in the midst of rehearsal for A HISTORY OF FREAKS, which will open on May 15 as part of the PlayGround Festival of […]
Posted on April 26, 2019
PlayGround announced today six bold new plays by next generation Bay Area and Los Angeles playwrights selected to receive developmental support and public staged readings as part of the 2019 PlayGround Festival of New Works, May 25 and May 26, at Potrero Stage. This year’s featured playwrights include Victoria Chong Der (An American Love Story, […]