Become a PlayGround Festival Producer!

Do you wait all year to see the six chosen plays for Best of? Or maybe you like to discover something new in the Festival Readings? Show your support for your favorite Festival project by becoming an Executive or Associate Producer!

Festival Producers enjoy exclusive perks, including their name on the title card of their chosen play with a tax-deductible contribution of just $500 or $250, respectively. This is a great way to support the writers, directors, and actors you know and love, while making it easy to access all that the Festival has to offer. 

Producers receive all the perks of a $100 Festival Sponsorship:

  • Access to all 7 Festival projects
  • Advanced seating access for in-person performances at Potrero Stage
  • Automatic reservations to all festival streaming performances
  • Extended on-demand access through June 30
  • Invitation to the no-host opening night dinner (exclusive to Mycelium and Best of PlayGround(SF) ’26)

Associate Producer: $250

  • Complimentary drinks at all Festival events
  • Title card recognition in the theatre for chosen event
  • Associate Producer playbill recognition for chosen event
  • Option to choose to support one specific play within Best of PlayGround(SF) ’26)

Executive Producer: $500

  • Complimentary drinks at all Festival events
  • Above the title recognition in the theatre for chosen event
  • Executive Producer playbill recognition for chosen event
  • 100-word bio included in digital playbill for all Festival events

Festival Premiere
Mycelium by Juliet Kang Huneke
Directed by Lana Richards
Featuring: L Duarte, Nikki Nutterfield, Krystle Piamonte, Kunal Prasad, and Dom Refuerzo

Festival Premiere
Best of PlayGround(SF) ’26
A Wayward Tale by KT Frances Hartline, directed by Doyle Ott
Abuela Knows Best by Richard Perez, directed by Katja Rivera
Bridges of San Francisco County by Stan Stone, directed by Jenna Stein-Corman
Certified Super Sleuth by Daniel Martinez Jr., directed by Claire Ganem
Dolores Park by Laura Domingo, directed by Wynne Chan
Lil Ole Orphan Annie by Sophie Ruf, directed by Tanika Baptiste
Featuring: April Ballesteros, Rolanda D Bell, Zoe Chien, Carolyn Doyle, Cindy Goldfield, Tessa Koning Martinez, Annette Oliveira, Krystle Piamonte, Rebecca Pingree, Patrick Russell, Miyoko Sakatani, Louel Senores, Ryan Tasker, and Wayne Wong

Festival Reading
Good Romans by Baylee Shichtman
Directed by Frieda de Lackner
Featuring: Jahnavi Alyssa and Greg Bryan

Festival Reading
The Case of the Missing Messenger by Madeleine Butler
Directed by Ely Sonny Orquiza
Featuring: Michael Barrett Austin, Julie Kuwabara, Jomar Tagatac, Ron Campbell, Rebecca Pingree and April Ballesteros

Festival Reading
Disloyal by Anne Brady
Directed by Jim Kleinmann
Featuring: Leontyne Mbele-Mbong, GG Grilli, Isabel To, Terrance Smith, and Maryssa Wanlass

Young Playwrights Project
Short plays by Bay Area high school students
Plays, playwrights, actors, and directors to be announced!

To make your Producer contribution, click here. For the complete festival lineup and/or to reserve tickets, visit https://playground-sf.org/festival.