Posted on September 9, 2022

Jim Kleinmann

2022-23 Monday Night PlayGround Series

PlayGround has announced a company of 144 writers who will take part in the 2022-23 edition of its signature Monday Night PlayGround (MNP) series across four cities: San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. MNP is an artist-centered incubator for plays and playwrights. For each city, 36 writers write a ten-minute play in response […]

Posted on August 22, 2022

Jim Kleinmann

The One PlayGround Gala is nearly here!

From the company that brought you the PlayGround Zoom Fest comes a one-of-a-kind gala fundraiser, bringing together members of the PlayGround community across four cities – San Francisco, Los Angeles, NYC and Chicago – to celebrate PlayGround’s expanded national presence and impact. The Monday, September 19 One PlayGround Gala is the can’t-miss party of the […]

Posted on July 9, 2022

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround 2021-22 Season: Thank You!

The 2022-23 season at PlayGround is just around the corner, and before it arrives we want to say thank you to our brilliant community! Audience and crew, playwrights and directors, actors and designers: the gift of your time and energy makes it possible for PlayGround to continue fostering great art and artists. We are grateful […]

Posted on July 9, 2022

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround’s 2022-23 New Play Commissions

PlayGround, a leading playwright incubator and theatre community hub helping to uplift historically underrepresented voices for the stage since 1994, has announced four new play commissions for PlayGround’s 29th Season (2022-23). They include three winners of the Best of PlayGround People’s Choice Award – Jennifer Le Blanc (Best of PlayGround 26), Jessica June Rowe (Best […]

Posted on July 8, 2022

Jim Kleinmann

Company in the News July-2022

See what PlayGround Writers and Company Members are up to this July! Lizzie Calogero will be playing Alice (and others, including 19th Century robber baron Cleonus Taintworthy) in the San Francisco Mime Troupe’s summer show BACK TO THE WAY THINGS WERE. The show opens July 4th in Dolores Park, and plays in Bay Area parks. […]

Posted on June 8, 2022

Jim Kleinmann

Company in the News June-2022

See what PlayGround Writers and Company Members are up to this June! Jeunée Simon will be appearing onstage with Tierra Allen, Carolina Morones, Alan Quismorio, Kayla May Paz Suarez, and Radhika Rao in poet-playwright Aimee Suzara’s world premiere – THE REAL SAPPHO, a confrontation, a celebration, and the new beginnings of a classic. Directed by […]

Posted on May 29, 2022

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround Festival Streams On-Demand thru June 30!

PlayGround’s 26th annual FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS, performed in-person at Potrero Stage May 9-29 and simulcast, is now available streaming on-demand through June 30. A preeminent showcase for the next generation of great playwrights, the PlayGround Festival of New Works has helped launch dozens of the Bay Area’s most promising early-career writers, including five of […]