Festival of New Works

Our yearly Festival of New Works, over 29 years running, features performances of our top Monday Night plays through Best of PlayGround, two full-length premieres, a series of Staged Readings, and the finalists of our Young Playwrights Project.

29th PlayGround Festival of New Works

Performances of the Best New Plays by the Best New Writers!

May 6-25, 2025 at Potrero Stage & Simulcast
ON-DEMAND thru May 31 (extended on-demand for Festival Sponsors)
Admission-Free (donations gratefully accepted)

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May 6: Festival Kick-Off & Playwrights Panel
May 9:  The Red Fortune Cookie by Karissa Murrell Myers
May 10-11: Work/Shoot by Matthew Y. Morishige
May 12: Yi-An Bu Yi An (Madam Ease is not at Ease) by Lyra Nalan
May 16: Mycelium by Juliet Kang Huneke
May 17-18: The Passing Storm by Jessica June Rowe
May 19: Winter’s End by J.S. Puller
May 23: Young Playwrights Project
May 24-25: Best Of PlayGround(SF) ’25

PlayGround Festival Sponsors
Become a PlayGround Festival Sponsor with a donation of $100 or more and receive automatic reservations to all festival streaming performances with extended on-demand access through June 30. All Festival Sponsors will be acknowledged in the PlayGround Festival digital playbill. For more information, click here.