Posted on February 26, 2021
PlayGround Fellowship August 1, 2021 – July 31, 2022. PlayGround is excited to announce the next round of applications for their paid Producing Fellowships designed to foster the next generation of leadership for the American Theatre. We are looking for Bay Area individuals passionate about theatre and looking to make an impact on the field […]
Posted on February 23, 2021
In the age of internet challenges, the Bay Area’s leading playwright incubator, PlayGround, is introducing a challenge of their own. On the tail end of our 25th anniversary, we are introducing the PlayGround 25-Day Challenge! The rules are simple: 100 Donors must contribute $250 (or more) in just 25 days to match a $25K challenge […]
Posted on February 19, 2021
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.”― Nelson Mandela Fear is one of the oldest and strongest human emotions, but it is the act of facing said fear that great stories are born from. This challenge of courage or perhaps even foolhardiness is what 36 San […]
Posted on February 12, 2021
PlayGround-SF presents Season 27 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “LORE“ February 15, 2020 7pm PT via Zoom Live Stream Zagriate by Chris Steele Directed by Susi Damilano Dino/Morther……………………………………………………Ezra Reeves Guy/Father………………….……………………….….……Jomar Tagatac Mel/Young Dino AKA Lyra……………………Kaylamay Suarez Paz The Memory Bank By Lauren Gorski Directed by Jeunee Simon Mo…………………….………………..……………………Michael Asberry Ayesha……………………….………..…………………………Alicia Mason The Legend of the Rhino […]
Posted on February 5, 2021
See what PlayGround Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to as we get ready for the February 15th Monday Night PlayGround on Zoom! Robert Sicular starts rehearsals/recording February 9th for San Jose Stage Company’s virtual production of Peter Callender’s astonishing and moving new play, Strange Courtesies. This sure-to-be widely produced work will be having […]
Posted on January 29, 2021
The people have spoken… The January People’s Choice Award goes to Christian Wilburn for his short play, BETRAYAL AT THE ZONE OF DEATH, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on January 18 on Zoom. Congratulations, Christian! Courtesy of Christian, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! […]
Posted on January 22, 2021
“Myth is a past with a future, exercising itself in the present.” ― Carlos Fuentes The great myths and legends of a people are often handed down, generation to generation, through an oral tradition and provide guidance and inspiration even to this day. So it is that 36 San Francisco writers will look to the […]
Posted on January 15, 2021
PlayGround presents Season 27 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “Reunification” January 18, 2021 7pm PT via Zoom Live Stream Now and Then, We Lose Everything by Lauren Gorski Directed by Norman Gee Jay……………………………………..………………..Aaron Wilton Lex………………………………………….………..Karen Offereins Sí Se Maybe by Victoria Evans Erville Directed by Joy Carlin Ada………………………………………..Leontyne Mbele-Mbong Caroline……………………………………..…………..Elena Wright Shadow Blobs by Sean Wong-Westbrooke […]
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 […]