Company in the News February 2023
See what PlayGround-SF Writers and Company Members are up to this February!
Barbara Anderson‘s The Tree had a successful run in NYC and opened at Santa Cruz Actors Theatre.. will run for next three weeks. Learn more here.
Michael Barrett Austin will be playing the central character of Daniel Cavanaugh in SF Playhouse’s spring production of David Henry Hwang’s ‘Chinglish.’ Learn more here.
Kristy Lin Billuni‘s short play, “Generation Sex” will appear in Left Coast Theatre’s anthology show “Between the Sheets,” 2/17 to 3/4 at the Phoenix Theatre. How hard do you have to work to bag that daddy? Is it always going to be this awkward to talk about sex with your grandma, even when she’s a liberal lesbian? What happens when your twink husband tries to get your priceless art in the divorce? All these questions and more get tackled in “Between the Sheets” (plus there’s some making out). Learn more here.
Julia Brothers will be appearing in the world premiere of Russian Troll Doll by Sarah Gancher, directed by Darko Tresnjak, at GEVA Theater. Performances run the month of March. Learn more here.
Rachel Bublitz is thrilled to have two productions running on opposite coasts of the country right now. RIPPED runs in San Diego, California with Loud Fridge Theatre Company through February 5, 2023, and PRESENTING: SUPER CAT & REPTILE ROBOT is currently touring Tampa, Florida through March 2, 2023. Learn more here.
Nancy Carlin and Howard Swain will be reading A.R.Gurney’s “Love Letters” at the Lark Theater in Larkspur on February 9 and 11. Learn more here.
Cindy Goldfield is appearing in IN EVERY GENERATION at TheatreWorks, through February 12. Playground company and audiences can use the code TWFF 2223 for half off tickets. Next, Cindy will be directing TICK TICK BOOM at NCTC. Learn more here.
Cherielyn Ferguson‘s short play, Beach House, was produced in January as part of Fargo Moorhead Community Theatre’s 10-minute Play Festival. Learn more here.
Ruth Kirschner‘s current full-length play, 3rd draft, is part of RAW – Ross Alternative Works’ staged readings series. The reading is February 5th, 7 p.m. at Ross Valley Theatre Company’s Barn in Greenbrae. No ticket needed. Learn more here.
A monologue from ‘Free Connection,’ a short play by Steve Koppman recently produced by Pegasus Theatre inGuerneville, has been accepted by theater publisher Smith & Kraus’ annual BEST MEN’S MONOLOGUES, due out in 2023. Learn more here.
Karen Offereins can be seen in Quicksand Club Sketch Comedy at PianoFight. $20 Admission. February 17, 18, 24, and 25 @ 8:00pm. Quicksand Club, the Bay’s premier sketch comedy dream team, returns to the PianoFight stage for the 1st time since their sold-out 2020 debut. Ever wonder how Beyonce controls our financial markets? Wanna learn how to manifest free Taylor Swift tickets? Are you curious about the real reason Mark Zuckerberg won’t give up on that stupid Metaverse? Quicksand Club has the answers. Quicksand Club returns to the PianoFight stage for the first time since their sold-out 2020 debut. We’ve all come a long way, baby, and the last few years have been tough, so come and have some laughs with the Bay’s premier sketch comedy dream team. Learn more here.
Stephanie Prentice is thrilled to be playing Sonia Sotomayor in Marin Theatre Company’s JUSTICE: A New Musical. Book by Lauren M. Gunderson, Music by Bree Lowdermilk, and Lyrics by Kait Kerrigan. Show runs 2/16 – 3/12. Learn more here.
Jonathan Spector’s THIS MUCH I KNOW received the 2023 Will Glickman award for best new play to premiere in the Bay Area. Learn more here.
Eighteen years ago, nearly to the day, Tom Swift‘s Monday Night Playground Submission, entitled The Beginning, landed on the Berkeley Rep stage. Featuring PlayGround Company Member Liam Vincent, former Company Member Jason Frazier and directed by Sean Daniels (current Artistic Director of Arizona Theatre Company), The Beginning answered the question: How do you write a ten-minute love story? Now, years later, Swift has out The Middle and The End. His full-length play, A Marriage, has its world premiere at Theatrefirst, running from February 3 to February 19th. Derived, in part, from multiple Monday Night submissions and two Festival Plays, A Marriage was originally commissioned by PlayGround. If you were there for The Beginning – come see what happens at … The End. Learn more here.