Monday Night PlayGround

PlayGround presents Season 31
MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND
March 17, 2025, 7pm PT
David Brower Center (Berkeley)
Topic: Sci-Fi

 “A robot may not injure a human or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.”
– The First Law of Robotics, I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

Technology – humanity’s greatest achievement, or our fiercest enemy? Don’t miss PlayGround’s first ever night of Sci-Fi as our playwrights tackle the big existential questions about the nature of humankind’s relationship to our creations.

The plays and playwrights include:

The Teletransportation Paradox by Laura Domingo
Conversation by Nino Greene
RIVAL by KT Frances Hartline
New Body, Same Soul by Sarena Kuhn
The Trial Run by Daniel Martinez Jr.
Nature’s Final Solution by George Rose

TICKETS MEMBERSHIPS PLAYBILL PEOPLE’S CHOICE

Each month, from October through March, PlayGround announces a topic to a pre-selected writers pool of Bay Area emerging professional playwrights, inviting submissions of original ten-page plays. The top short plays are selected and presented as script-in-hand staged readings on the third Monday of the month, featuring some of the Bay Area’s best directors and actors. All performances are offered in-person and live simulcast, as well as admission-free (donations gratefully accepted), for maximum accessibility. NEW: Purchase a tax-deductible Monday Night PlayGround Membership ($100) and guarantee simulcast and extended on-demand access to all twenty-four (24) Monday Night PlayGround performances in the SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York City, and Chicago (less than $5 per event or just $.69 per play). Payment plans available. ADVERTISERS: Become a Monday Night Season Sponsor and promote your business to the PlayGround community while helping support hundreds of local artists.