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 27, 2020
“Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.” -Anne Frank PlayGround shines a light on the Holiday Season with a special round of Monday Night PlayGround, on Monday, December 21, at 7pm PT, with six original short plays inspired by this month’s prompt, “ILLUMINATE.” PlayGround Writers have just four-and-a-half days […]
Posted on November 15, 2020
PlayGround presents Season 27 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “Hero’s Journey” November 16, 2020 7pm PT via Zoom Live Stream A Modern Odyssey by Akaina Ghosh Directed by Ely Sonny Orquiza The Narrator.…………………..………………….……………Michael Barrett Austin The Protagonist………..……………………………..………………………..Ezra Reaves The Therapist/The Voicemail………………………………………..Karen Offereins The Mother……………………………………………..…………………………Mary Baird Refusal of the Call by Amissa Miller Directed by Katherine Hamilton […]
Posted on November 5, 2020
Read on to learn more about PlayGround Company Member and Alumni recent news, current happenings, and upcoming events while we prepare for the November 16th Monday Night PlayGround. Julia Brothers voted early and was a poll worker in NYC on Nov 3rd. She just did a workshop at ACT with The Kilbanes on their new […]
Posted on October 27, 2020
The PlayGround Solo Performance Festival is PlayGround’s annual celebration of the best in California solo performance. Now going on its fourth year, the next Solo Fest will take place January 22-February 7, 2021 via Zoom live stream, with nine double-bill performances over three weeks. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PlayGround invites submission of proposals by California-based artists for participation […]
Posted on October 26, 2020
The people have spoken… The October People’s Choice Award goes to Tom Bruett for his short play, HOA POLICY, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on October 19, on Zoom. Congratulations, Tom! Courtesy of Mr. Bruett, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! HOA Policy […]
Posted on October 23, 2020
“Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with.” – Author Brodi Ashton. Today the PlayGround Writers Company will set out on an intrepid journey, venturing into the literary unknown to write bold new 10-minute plays inspired by the prompt, “Hero’s Journey”, and written in just four-and-a-half days! Six […]
Posted on October 22, 2020
PlayGround has announced an expanded lineup of programming for this year’s 2nd annual INNOVATORS SHOWCASE, featuring new works by the 2020 Innovator Incubator Cohort: Analog Theatre, The Forum Collective, Juneteenth Theatre Justice Project, Kunoichi Productions, The Moonrisers, Poltergeist Theatre Project, and Theatre Cultura. The Innovator Incubator was launched in 2019 to foster new innovative theatre […]
Posted on October 19, 2020
PlayGround presents Season 27 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “Suffrage” October 19, 2020 7pm PT via Zoom Live Stream HOA Policy by Tom Bruett Directed by Susies Damilano Connie.…………………..…………………….………………Suzanne Grodner Samantha………………………………….……………………..Julia Brothers Woodhull and the Jailer by Reg Clay Directed by Jim Kleinmann Victoria Woodhull…………………………………..……………………Melissa Ortiz The Jailer……………………………..……………………………Patrick Kelly Jones Tucker…………………………………….……………………………..Michael Asberry Brick into Mirrors by […]