THE 2025 PLAYGROUND FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL!

PlayGround will close out the summer season with the fourth annual FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL. This four-week “fringe style” new works festival has featured productions from highly sought-after theatre artists from across the country.

4th Annual FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL

Aug 1-24, 2025 at Potrero Stage & Simulcast
Admission-Free (donations gratefully accepted)
Tickets on sale June 20!

READ THE PRESS RELEASE

Schedule By Date:

Friday, August 1, 2025:
6PM La Cucaracha, 8PM Frank’s

Saturday, August 2, 2025:
12PM First Contact, 2PM La Cucaracha, 4PM Frank’s, 6PM Man of Tomorrow, 8PM The Miss Rose Show

Sunday, August 3, 2025:
2PM La Cucaracha, 4PM Frank’s, 6PM First Contact, 8PM Man of Tomorrow

Monday, August 4, 2025:
6PM First Contact, 8PM The Miss Rose Show

Thursday, August 7, 2025:
6PM Escape from Tehran; 8PM Mine for the Tribe

Friday, August 8, 2025:
6PM Anak ni Tapia: Leaving Mother, 8PM Lifedebt

Saturday, August 9, 2025:
12PM Daddy’s Girl, 2PM Anak ni Tapia: Leaving Mother, 4PM Mine for the Tribe, 6PM The Miss Rose Show, 8PM Escape from Tehran

Sunday, August 10, 2025:
12PM Anak ni Tapia: Leaving Mother, 2PM The Miss Rose Show, 4PM Escape from Tehran, 6PM Lifedebt, 8PM Daddy’s Girl

Monday, August 11, 2025:
6PM Escape from Tehran, 8PM Daddy’s Girl

Thursday, August 14, 2025:
6PM Made In America?, 8PM What’s Your Protest Song?

Friday, August 15, 2025:
6PM Man of Tomorrow, 8PM Made In America?

Saturday, August 16, 2025:
12PM Belly of the Beast, 2PM Mine for the Tribe, 4PM Made In America?, 6PM Belly of the Beast, 8PM Lifedebt

Sunday, August 17, 2025:
2PM Belly of the Beast, 4PM Lifedebt, 6PM Mine for the Tribe, 8PM Man of Tomorrow

Monday, August 18, 2025:
6PM Visions of an Innovator, Brittany Mellerson:  8PM What’s Your Protest Song?, Melanie DuPuy

Thursday, August 21, 2025:
6PM What I Remember Most about the End of the World, 8PM Al’s Cult

Friday, August 22, 2025:
6PM Al’s Cult, 8PM Visions of an Innovator

Saturday, August 23, 2025:
12PM Everyone’s a Hamlet, 2PM What’s Your Protest Song?, 4PM Al’s Cult, 6PM Visions of an Innovator, 8PM What I Remember Most about the End of the World

Sunday, August 24, 2025:
12PM Everyone’s a Hamlet, 2PM Al’s Cult, 4PM Visions of an Innovator, 6PM What I Remember Most about the End of the World, 8PM Everyone’s a Hamlet

Schedule by Title:

Al’s Cult by Melina Cohen-Bramwell
Thurs, Aug 21, 8PM; Fri, Aug 22, 6PM; Sat, Aug 23, 4PM; Sun, Aug 24, 2PM

Anak ni Tapia: Leaving Mother by Lani T. Montreal
Fri, Aug 8, 6PM; Sat, Aug 9, 2PM; Sun, Aug 10, 12PM

Belly of the Beast by Aisha Rivera
Sat, Aug 16, 12PM; Sat, Aug 16, 6PM; Sun, Aug 17, 2PM

Daddy’s Girl by Bill Savage
Sat, Aug 9, 12PM; Sun, Aug 10, 8PM; Mon, Aug 11, 8PM

Escape from Tehran by Stephanie Liss
Thurs, Aug 7, 6PM; Sat, Aug 9, 8PM; Sun, Aug 10, 4PM; Mon, Aug 11, 6PM

Everyone’s a Hamlet by Michelle Haner
Sat, Aug 23, 12PM; Sun, Aug 24, 12PM; Sun, Aug 24, 8PM

First Contact by Levani Ko
Sat, Aug 2, 12PM; Sun, Aug 3, 6PM; Mon, Aug 4, 6PM

Frank’s, a short play festival
Fri, Aug 1, 8PM; Sat, Aug 2, 4PM; Sun, Aug 3, 4PM

La Cucaracha by J. Lynn Jackson
Fri, Aug 1, 6PM; Sat, Aug 2, 2PM; Sun, Aug 3, 2PM

Lifedebt by JJ Sutton
Fri, Aug 8, 8PM; Sun, Aug 10, 6PM; Sat, Aug 16, 8PM; Sun, Aug 17, 4PM

Made In America? by Yide Cai
Thurs, Aug 14, 6PM; Fri, Aug 15, 8PM; Sat, Aug 16, 4PM

Man of Tomorrow by Reg Clay
Sat, Aug 16, 6PM; Sun, Aug 3, 8PM; Fri, Aug 15, 6PM; Sun, Aug 17, 8PM

Mine for the Tribe by Chris Smith
Thurs, Aug 7, 8PM; Sat, Aug 9, 4PM; Sat, Aug 16, 2PM; Sun, Aug 17, 6PM

The Miss Rose Show by Ken Prestininzi
Sun, Aug 2, 8PM; Mon, Aug 4, 8PM; Sat, Aug 9, 6PM; Sun, Aug 10, 2PM

Visions of an Innovator by Brittany Mellerson
Mon, Aug 18, 6PM; Fri, Aug 22, 8PM; Sat, Aug 23, 6PM; Sun, Aug 24, 4PM

What I Remember Most about the End of the World by Nino Greene
Thurs, Aug 21, 6PM; Sat, Aug 23, 8PM; Sun, Aug 24, 6PM

What’s Your Protest Song?  improvised by Melanie DuPuy and cast
Thurs, Aug 14, 8PM; Mon, Aug 18, 8PM; Sat, Aug 23, 2PM

Past Free-Play Festivals: