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
Available ON-DEMAND
Admission-Free (donations gratefully accepted)

TICKETS READ THE PRESS RELEASE

Schedule By Date:

Friday, August 1, 2025: 6:00PM La Cucaracha; J. Lynn Jackson, 8:00PM Frank’s, Frank Demma

Saturday, August 2, 2025: 12:00PM First Contact, Levani Ko; 2:00PM La Cucaracha, J. Lynn Jackson; 4:00PM Frank’s, Frank Demma; 6:00PM Man of Tomorrow, Reg Clay; 8:00PM The Miss Rose Show, Ken Prestininzi

Sunday, August 3, 2025: 2:00PM La Cucaracha, J. Lynn Jackson; 4:00PM Frank’s, Frank Demma; 6:00PM First Contact, Levani Ko; 8:00PM Man of Tomorrow, Reg Clay

Monday, August 4, 2025: 6:00PM First Contact, Levani Ko; 8:00PM The Miss Rose Show, Ken Prestininzi

Thursday, August 7, 2025: 6:00PM Escape from Tehran by Stephanie Liss; 8:00PM Mine for the Tribe, Chris Smith

Friday, August 8, 2025: 6:00PM Anak ni Tapia: Leaving Mother, Lani T. Montreal; 8:00PM Lifedebt, JJ Sutton

Saturday, August 9, 2025: 12:00PM Daddy’s Girl, Bill Savage; 2:00PM Anak ni Tapia: Leaving Mother, Lani T. Montreal; 4:00PM Mine for the Tribe, Chris Smith; 6:00PM The Miss Rose Show, Ken Prestininzi; 8:00PM Escape from Tehran, Stephanie Liss

Sunday, August 10, 2025: 12:00PM Anak ni Tapia: Leaving Mother, Lani T. Montreal; 2:00PM The Miss Rose Show, Ken Prestininzi; 4:00PM Escape from Tehran, Stephanie Liss 6:00PM Lifedebt, JJ Sutton; 8:00PM Daddy’s Girl, Bill Savage

Monday, August 11, 2025: 6:00PM Escape from Tehran, Stephanie Liss; 8:00PM Daddy’s Girl, Bill Savage;

Thursday, August 14, 2025: 6:00PM Made In America?, Yide Cai; 8:00PM What’s Your Protest Song?, Melanie DuPuy

Friday, August 15, 2025: 6:00PM Man of Tomorrow, Reg Clay; 8:00PM Made In America?, Yide Cai

Saturday, August 16, 2025: 12:00PM Belly of the Beast, Aisha Rivera; 2:00PM Mine for the Tribe, Chris Smith: 4:00PM Made In America?, Yide Cai; 6:00PM Belly of the Beast, Aisha Rivera; 8:00PM Lifedebt, JJ Sutton

Sunday, August 17, 2025: 2:00PM Belly of the Beast, Aisha Rivera; 4:00PM Lifedebt, JJ Sutton; 6:00PM Mine for the Tribe, Chris Smith; 8:00PM Man of Tomorrow, Reg Clay

Monday, August 18, 2025: 6:00PM Visions of an Innovator, Brittany Mellerson:  8:00PM What’s Your Protest Song?, Melanie DuPuy

Thursday, August 21, 2025: 6:00PM What I Remember Most about the End of the World, Nino Greene; 8:00PM AI’s Cult, Melina Cohen-Bramwell

Friday, August 22, 2025: 6:00PM AI’s Cult, Melina Cohen-Bramwell; 8:00PM Visions of an Innovator, Brittany Mellerson

Saturday, August 23, 2025: 12:00PM Everyone’s a Hamlet, Michelle Haner & Tom Bentley-Fisher; 2:00PM What’s Your Protest Song?, Melanie DuPuy: 4:00PM AI’s Cult, Melina Cohen-Bramwell; 6:00PM Visions of an Innovator, Brittany Mellerson; 8:00PM What I Remember Most about the End of the World, Nino Greene

Sunday, August 24, 2025: 12:00PM Everyone’s a Hamlet, Michelle Haner & Tom Bentley-Fisher; 2:00PM AI’s Cult, Melina Cohen-Bramwell; 4:00PM Visions of an Innovator, Brittany Mellerson; 6:00PM What I Remember Most about the End of the World, Nino Greene; 8:00PM Everyone’s a Hamlet, Michelle Haner & Tom Bentley-Fisher

Schedule by Title:

AI’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; Fri, Aug 1, 4PM; Sun, Aug 3, 4PM

La Cucaracha, 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 17, 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 Yo Protest Song?  improvised by Melanie DuPuy and Cast
Thurs, Aug 14, 8PM; Mon, Aug 18, 8PM; Sat, Aug 23, 2PM

Past Free-Play Festivals: