Posted on January 1, 2023
See what PlayGround-SF Writers and Company Members are up to this January! Cindy Goldfield just finished her 17th season of A CHRISTMAS CAOL at ACT, and is in rehearsal for IN EVERY GENERATION (January 19-Feb 12) at TheatreWorks. Learn more here. Ross Valley Players’ RAW series (Ross Alternative Works) will present a reading of Ruth […]
Posted on December 23, 2022
“A new heart for a New Year.” ― Charles Dickens Playwright incubator PlayGround has announced the prompt for the fourth Monday Night PlayGround staged reading event of its 29th season. Thirty-six San Francisco Bay Area writers had just four-and-a-half days to generate their original scripts inspired by the prompt “RESOLUTION” as they vie for one of […]
Posted on December 16, 2022
DEADLINE EXTENDED! Now accepting applications through January 23! PlayGround is excited to announce two (2) immediate openings for the 2023 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 while developing […]
Posted on December 9, 2022
See what PlayGround-SF Writers and Company Members are up to this December! Lizzie Calogero is currently working on a workshop production of Red Carol, Michael Gene Sullivan’s adaptation of the Dickens A Christmas Carol. A co-production with the San Francisco Mime Troupe and Cutting Ball Theater, this workshop includes some limited presentations throughout the month […]
Posted on December 7, 2022
“Bah,” said Scrooge, “Humbug.” ― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol Playwright incubator PlayGround has announced the prompt for the third Monday Night PlayGround staged reading event of its 29th season. Thirty-six San Francisco Bay Area writers had just four-and-a-half days to generate their original scripts inspired by the prompt “HOLIDAY SPIRIT” as they vie for one of […]
Posted on November 4, 2022
See what PlayGround-SF Writers and Company Members are up to this November! Kristy Lin Billuni‘s play, “A Distinct Gay Vibe” will appear November 17 & 18 at the Eagle NYC in National Queer Theatre’s Kinky Pint Sized Plays, a night of short new plays set in a leather bar with enough booze, kink, and theatrics […]
Posted on October 22, 2022
“Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment.” – William Shakespeare Playwright incubator PlayGround has announced the prompt for the second Monday Night PlayGround staged reading event of its 29th season. Thirty-six San Francisco Bay Area writers have just four-and-a-half days to generate their original scripts […]
Posted on October 21, 2022
PlayGround marks the holiday season with a brand-new “twisted” holiday show, “A VERY HITCHCOCK CHRISTMAS,” featuring new short plays by Jeffrey Lo, Marissa Skudlarek, Cleavon Smith, Alexis Standridge, Eteya Trinidad, and Maury Zeff, melding holiday themes and your favorite Hitchcock thrillers, including “Vertigo”, “Rear Window”, “Notorious”, “North by Northwest”, “Strangers on a Train”, and “Rebecca”! […]
Posted on October 1, 2022
PlayGround is pleased to announce a significant new opportunity for Bay Area producers of new plays! The PlayGround Re-Play Festival is a four-week new works festival (February 13-March 12, 2023) at Potrero Stage and simulcast, providing a platform for the San Francisco premiere of new plays that were originally produced elsewhere in the Bay Area. […]
Posted on September 30, 2022
See what PlayGround Writers and Company Members are up to this October! PlayGround IN2 company Analog Theatre (co-led by Rebecca Pingree and Elissa Beth Stebbins) will close their 2022 season with a Halloween Mask Monday! Come join the mayhem at Standard Deviant Brewing in SF for award-winning beer and promisingly-unfinished physical theatre. Featuring a bevy […]