Posted on October 12, 2023

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround’s 5th annual Innovators Showcase / Nov 6-26

PlayGround has announced the programming lineup for the 5th annual INNOVATORS SHOWCASE, featuring new works by the 2023 Innovator Incubator Cohort, Analog Theatre, The Chikahan Company, Native Writers’ Theater, Oakland Public Theater, Network Effects Theater Company, and Poltergeist Theatre Project, along with past incubator companies Kunoichi Productions, Latinx Mafia, and Theatre Cultura. The Innovator Incubator […]

Posted on October 1, 2023

River Bermudez-Sanders

Company in the News October 2023

See what PlayGround Writers, Company Members and Alumni are up to this October! April Ballesteros is serving as the lead Stage Manager for Golden Thread Production’s ReOrient Festival opening October 16th at Potrero Stage! Tickets to the ReOrient Festival available here. April is also appearing in (trans)formada this month at Shotgun Players as part of […]

Posted on September 1, 2023

Christy Spence

Company in the News September 2023

See what PlayGround Writers, Company Members and Alumni are up to this September! Ben Chau-Chiu is one of the understudies for SF Shakes’ Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Cymbeline, directed by fellow company member Maryssa Wanlass! He has a planned performance on September 9th for another company member Brian Herndon‘s track of Musician […]

Posted on August 17, 2023

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround’s 30th Season Writers Pool, Performance Schedule & More!

PlayGround, California’s leading playwright incubator and theatre community hub, is pleased to share plans for its 30th season with the announcement of  the Season 30 Writers Pool, 36 early-career Bay Area-based playwrights competitively selected from applications received this summer. Over the course of the upcoming 2023-24 season, these writers will generate over 150 original short […]

Posted on August 11, 2023

Carmia Lowe

PlayGround Announces Theatre Heroes for September 18th Gala

PlayGround has announced its PlayGround Heroes, three individuals/organizations who have made a notable impact on PlayGround and the PlayGround community over the past three decades, to be honored at the One PlayGround Gala. PlayGround’s annual fundraiser will take place in-person and online on Monday evening, September 18 at San Francisco’s Potrero Stage, Los Angeles’ Broadwater […]

Posted on August 4, 2023

Jim Kleinmann

Company in the News August 2023

See what PlayGround-SF Writers, Company Members and Alumni are up to this August! See Nic Sommerfeld in “Out of Site: Sylvester, The Mighty Real”! This show will take place in the Haight where Sylvester first lived and later performed, elevating the hidden history of San Francisco’s very own international disco diva Sylvester who brought an […]

Posted on July 1, 2023

Zoe Chien

Company in the News July 2023

See what PlayGround-SF Writers, Company Members and Alumni are up to this July! Catch Jed Parsario in SF Mime Troupe’s BREAKDOWN touring Northern California. Opens July 4th weekend-closes September, Memorial Day Weekday Weekend. Tickets available here. Kimberly Ridgeway has four exciting upcoming projects! She is performing in The Dignity Circle, Central Works Theatre (Berkeley, CA), […]

Posted on June 9, 2023

Zoe Chien

Company in the News June 2023

See what PlayGround-SF Writers, Company Members and Alumni are up to this June! Alexis Standridge’s play, “Ball Biddies” will be performing as part of the LezWritesBTQ program with 3GirlsTheatre. Play synopsis: “The Ball Biddies are ready to play ball and break hearts. This boisterous group of older gay women play a mean game of softball […]