PlayGround Writers Pool 2026-27

Linda Ayres-Frederick, Robyn Brooks, Madeleine Butler, Jediah Craig, Garret Groenveld, KT Frances Hartline, Carl Andrew Johnson, Ruth Kirschner, Greg Lam, Justin P. Lopez, Daniel Martinez Jr, Marissa Martinez, Gillian O’Leary, Richard Perez, James Perry, Jan Probst, Richard Raya, Dom Refuerzo, Cathleen Riddley, Kimberly Ridgeway, George Rose, Sophie Ruf, Greg Sigur, Chris Steele, Stan Stone, Lisa Gaye Thompson, Deborah Tarchun, Maury Zeff.

PlayGround Resident Playwrights 2026-27

San Francisco: Monique Adams, Robyn Brooks, Garret Groenveld, KT Frances Hartline**, Vicky Pham, Richard Perez*, Evy Pine, Sophia Ruf, Stan Stone, Maury Zeff.

Los Angeles: Michael P. Adams, Damian Arteaga*, Esther Banegas Gatica**, Rachel Harner, Jonathan Josephson, Mildred Inez Lewis, Cara Sanchez, Baylee Shlichtman; Daysha Veronica, Jennie Webb.

New York: Ash, Tom Bruett, Saiya Floyd, Dana Leslie Goldstein, Bram Hartman, Howard Ho, Wade Lawrence Hollomon, Nina Ki, Uma Incrocci**, Gaurav Mishra, Lyra Nalan.

Chicago: Anne Brady, Betsy Dudak, Dana Hall*, Toby Inoue**, alfonzo solomon kahlil, Alex Kingsley, Bacillio Mendez II, Shail Modi, J.S. Puller, Matt Shultz, Katherine Swan.

* Playwrights under commission for the 2026-27 season
** June Anne Baker Award Winner

PlayGround Company

Linda Amayo-Hassan, Liz Anderson, Michael Asberry, Michael Barrett Austin, Mary Baird, April Ballesteros, Tanika Baptiste, Rolanda D. Bell Aldo Billingslea, Julia Brothers, Lizzie Calogero, Ron Campbell, Nancy Carlin, Joy Carlin*, Ben Chau-Chiu, Zoe Chien, Tessa Corrie, David Cramer, Will Dao, Anne Darragh, Roshni Datta, Natalia Delgado, Dodds Delzell, Carolyn Doyle, Leticia Duarte, Michael French, Claire Ganem, Norman Gee, Douglas B. Giorgis, Linda Giron, Amy Glazer*, Leon Goertzen, Cindy Goldfield, Gabriel Grilli, Rudy Guerrero, Karina Gutierrez, Rosie Hallett, Matthew Hanjoong, Eric Fraisher Hayes, Brian Herndon, J Jha, Jennifer King, Danielle Levin, Jeffrey Lo, Gwen Loeb, George Maguire*, Melanie Marshall, Alicia Mason, Leontyne Mbele-Mbong, Julia McNeal, Brittany Mellerson, Brady Morales-Woolery, Lisa Morse, Khary L. Moye, Molly Noble, Karen Offereins, James Aaron Oh, Annette Oliveira, Soren Oliver*, Ely Sonny Orquiza, Doyle Ott, June Palladino*, Louis Parnell, Jed Parsario, Krystle Piamonte, Rebecca Pingree, Stephanie Prentice, Virginia Reed*, Lana Richards, Cathleen Riddley, Kimberly Ridgeway, Katja Rivera, Stacy Ross*, Katie Rubin, Patrick Russell, Miyoko Sakatani, Louel Senores, Robert Sicular*, Dave Sikula, Jeunee Simon, M. Graham Smith, Ken Sonkin*, Chris Steele, Jenna Stein-Corman, Howard Swain*, Jomar Tagatac, Emilie Talbot, Danielle Thys, Isabel Anne To, Jon Trac, Mark Rafael Truitt, Maryssa Wanlass, Tracy Ward, Christian Wilburn, Wayne Wong, Elena Wright, Hector Zavala.

* Company Member Emeritus

PlayGround Staff

Jim Kleinmann, Co-Founder & Artistic Director
Lana Richards, Director of Development
Jonathan Josephson, Director of Marketing & Communications
Stephanie Prentice, Education Coordinator
Tanika Baptiste, MNP Executive Producer
Norman Gee, MNP Associate Producer
Katja Rivera, MNP Associate Producer
Zoe Chien, MNP Associate Producer & Casting Director
Brittany Mellerson, Resident Designer & Technical Director
Liam Kirk, Resident Stage Manager
K’Zhane McGill, Box Office Manager
Donna Fondjo, 2025-26 Producing Fellow
Jordan Don, 2025-26 Producing Fellow
Juliana Morgado Brito, 2025-26 Producing Fellow
Devin Cunningham, 2025-26 Producing Fellow

PlayGround Ambassadors

Julia Brothers, Jordan Carlson, Ben Chau-Chiu , Julia Crowley, Sheri Flanders, Claire Ganem, Eric Geller, Monica Ho, Tony Kim, Christine Liao, AJ Lily, Ely Sonny Orquiza, Andrew Perez, Ivan Rivas, Miyoko Sakatani, Braedyn Youngberg.

PlayGround Equity Workgroup

Diana Burbano, Victoria Evans Erville, Norman Gee, Jim Kleinmann, Brittany Mellerson, Tiana Randall-Quant, Katja Rivera, M. Graham Smith.

PlayGround Board of Directors

Stephanie Prentice, Chair
James A. Kleinmann, President
Christian Wilburn, Vice President
Nitin, Treasurer
Ben Cain, Secretary
Regina Guggenheim, Chair Emeritus

Tanvi Agrawal
Linda Amayo-Hassan
Julia Brothers
Howard Ho
Alex Kingsley
Rebecca Martinez
Kendall Phillips
Jessica June Rowe