PlayGround presents Season 31

MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND

“Sci Fi”
March 17th, 2025 7pm PT

David Brower Center & Simulcast

Acknowledging the Legacy of the Land We Inhabit

PlayGround acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush (RAH-my-toosh) Ohlone (oh-LOW-nee) and Lisjan (lih-SHAH-n) Ohlone, the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula and East Bay, respectively. As the past and present Indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone and Lisjan have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. We recognize the historic injustice of the forcible removal of the Ohlone people from their ancestral lands, and that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the Ancestors, Elders and Relatives of the Ramaytush and Lisjan Communities and by affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples. We honor the storytellers of the Ohlone and are grateful for our ability to share and uplift Indigenous stories and those of other historically marginalized communities.

To learn about the legacy of the land you inhabit, visit Native-Land.ca | Our home on native land. To read the complete Land Acknowledgment Policy, click here.

PlayGround’s Anti-Racist Policy

PlayGround recognizes the impact of racial oppression within society and the American Theater and that we have been complicit in White Supremacy culture. Our goal is to co-create safety for our community by identifying and interrupting instances of racism and all forms of oppression when we witness them, through specific actions rooted in the principles of anti-racism and accessibility. In its endeavor to address the implications of our history, PlayGround is committed to its compliance with the following fundamental rights:

• The recognition of inherent dignity and worth of each human being.
• The recognition of equality of all human beings.
• Recognition of rights of ethnic, racial, cultural, linguistic and religious groups.
• Equality and non-discrimination.

PlayGround’s Anti-Racist Policy applies to: all members of the PlayGround community, including employees, independent contractors, volunteers, audience members, donors, and general members of the community.

To read the complete Anti-Racist Policy, click here.

Monday Night PlayGround Memberships

We are deeply grateful to our 2024-25 Monday Night PlayGround Members, whose direct support helps to underwrite artists fees for the Monday Night series across all four regions:

Dr. & Mrs. Sam & Naomi Abramovitz, Sharon Baldwin, Julie Berthold, Tim Bishop, Linda B Breaux-Smith, Emilie T. & Gordon C. Brooks, John Brown, Summer Broyhill, Madeleine Butler, Ben Cain, Sidney Glass & Eleanor Clement Glass, Joan Cleveland, Sheila Collins, Marilyn Berg Cooper, Logan Varas De Valdes, Betsy Dudak, Cathy Earnest, Ann Ehrmann, Krystyna Finlayson, Michael Tonjum & Jan Gilman, Hollis Greenwood, Elizabeth Groenewegen, Gail Hillebrand & Hugh Barroll, Brandy T Jones, Roxy Jones, Jacqueline Whittier Kubicka, Emily Kuroda, Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Le Blanc, Alice Lehmann, Karen & Matt Levesque, Kristy Lin Billuni, Melinda Lopez, Linda G Marks, Dolores Martinez, Dr. Sheila McCormick, Yvonne McIntyre, Cynthia L Morishige, Dan Morley, Molly Noble & Bob Guilbault, Annette Oliveira, Emily Brauer Rogers, George Rose, Jessica June Rowe, Michelle Ruscetta, John J. Ruskin, Miyoko Sakatani, Jennifer Schultz & Eric Rosenzweig, Mark Sherstinsky, Nancy W. Smith, Stan Stone, Cathy M Stonie, Mary Lou Torre, Kim Tram, Vicki Victoria, Dr. Eidell Wasserman, Bex White, Janine Wilburn, and Cindy Womack. Thank you! 

To learn more about the Monday Night PlayGround membership program, click here.

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New Body, Same Soul
by Sarena Kuhn
Directed by Miyoko Sakatani
Russ……………………Leon Goertzen
Kimmy……………………….Roshni Datta
Mills…………….Julie Kuwabara

Conversation
by Nino Greene
Directed by Jim Kleinmann
3.1…………………….Annette Oliveira
3.2………………….Eiko Moon-Yamamoto

The Teletransportation Paradox
by Laura Domingo
Directed by James Mercer II
Philip…………………….Ron Campbell
Daniel…………………………….Khary Moye
Home Tech………..Tessa Koning-Martinez

Nature’s Final Solution
by George Rose
Directed by Ely Sonny Orquiza
Wanda………….Jacinta Kaumbulu
Brad……………………………….GG Grilli
Ronald…………….Justin Hernandez

RIVAL
by KT Frances Hartline
Directed by Emilie Talbot
Nanny…………………..Mary Baird
Miranda……………….Zoe Chien

The Trial Run
by Daniel Martinez Jr.
Directed by Gabby {G} Momah
Dax……………………Louel Senores
Sebastian……….Michael Barrett Austin
Cassie…………….Melanie Marshall

Stage Manager and Box Office Manager – K’Zhane McGill
Broadcaster – Alanna McFall

This performance is produced under agreement with SAG-AFTRA.

PlayGround is a member of Theatre Bay Area, ART/New York, the League of Chicago Theatres and Theatre Communications Group.

Biographies

PLAYWRIGHTS

LAURA DOMINGO (The Teletransportation Paradox), she/her, is a Native Hawaiian/Filipina writer and actor based on Oakland, CA. She has written screenplays for three Best Film winners for the 48-Hour Film Project (2019 – San Jose; 2020 – U.S. West; and 2021 – San Jose), and her short plays won runner-up in 2023 and 2024 for Silicon Valley Shakespeare’s 48-Hour Play Festival. She is part of the writing pool with SF-based sketch comedy company Killing My Lobster.

KT FRANCES HARTLINE (RIVAL, she/her, is a Berkeley-based playwright and screenwriter. After working as a New York City public school teacher, she was editor for two New York-based magazines and wrote for Oakland and Parents Press. Her plays have appeared in festivals around the country, including It’s Alarming, a Heideman Award finalist which premiered at Monday Night PlayGround. Her screenwriting accolades include AFF Second Rounder and Finalist in the International PAGE Awards. She is now in Roadmap Writers’ Career Writer Program. Her greatest joy is squeezing into a hardcore punk show and watching the son she homeschooled absolutely shred on drums.

NINO GREENE (Conversation), he/him, recently completed both a mid-life crisis and an MFA in Creative Writing. This is his first season as a member of the SF PlayGround Writers Pool.

SARENA KUHN (New Body, Same Soul), she/her, is a writer and civil engineer living in San Francisco. She writes plays, short fiction, and piano ballads. This is her second season in the PlayGround Writers’ Pool.

DANIEL MARTINEZ JR. (The Trial Run), he/him, is an award winning playwright and actor based in San Jose, CA. This is his third season in the Writers Pool and he feels so lucky to get to write stories with some amazing people. Daniel recently debuted his one-act play, Vodka Cran. Daniel has also been featured in Best of Playground. Daniel debuted his latest one-man play, What’s in a Name?, in Playground’s Solo Festival this past January. Daniel was also recently named a semi-finalist in Nosotros’ Ya Tu Sabes Monologue Slam, for his comedic monologue “Honey Walnut Shrimp.” He’s excited you’re here!

GEORGE ROSE (Nature’s Final Solution), he/him, is a fourth generation Berkeley native. This is his final year as managing director of Willard Middle School’s Metal Shop Players, where for the last thirty years he and his students have produced original works in an old Metal Shop they converted into a black box theater. It has been his pleasure to see many of his students grow up and enter into theatrical careers. This is the first time a play of his has been selected for Monday night PlayGround, and he is grateful for the opportunity to share this work with an audience.

ACTORS

MICHAEL BARRETT AUSTIN (The Trial, “Sebastian”), he/him, is a PlayGround member, who appeared in Apertures of Love in Times of War at the PlayGround Festival last spring. Other recent performances include the Marin Theatre workshop of The Bridge (a new musical by Patricia Cotter and the Kilbanes), Fallen Angels at The Aurora (SFBATCC nomination for featured performance), A Christmas Carol at Center Rep and the Chinglish at SF Playhouse (SFBATCC nomination for principal performance). Favorite projects include The Kilbanes’ musical As You Like It (SF Shakespeare Festival), The Elephant Man (Hillbarn), Finks (TheatreWorks) and Red Hot Patriot with Kathleen Turner (Berkeley Rep). Michael toured America with The National Theatre for Children and Italy with Shakespeare at Stinson, and has appeared on television, film and in countless commercials. He is a contributing player with ARC, an alumnus of Just Theater and TheatreFirst and the proud husband of Emily and father to Lucille. www.michaelbarrettaustin.com

MARY BAIRD (RIVAL, “Nanny”), she/her, is no stranger to PlayGround and is thrilled to be back. She is also a member of ARC (Actors Reading Collective) and they are currently choosing their reading series and planning a future full production.

RON CAMPBELL (The Teletransportation Paradox, “Philip”), he/him,  is a veteran of over 150 productions on 4 continents as a performer in the circus, cabaret and in traditional theatre and film. With PlayGround he has been honored to be in both the writers and performers pools and also the solo festival with his one man How To Fail opening April 17th at The Actors Gang in Los Angeles.

ZOE CHIEN (RIVAL, “Miranda”), she/her, is an actor and arts administrator with a BFA in Theater from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she trained at The Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute, Playwrights Horizons Theater School, and the Stonestreet Studios for Television and Film. Zoe is the Associate Director of 3Girls Theatre Company, and is a PlayGround Associate Producer. She feels lucky to be in this industry in a time when so much art is being made in response to our social and political climate, and is proud to represent her mixed-race (Taiwanese and Italian-American) community. zoechien.com

ROSHNI DATTA (New Body, Same Soul, “Kimmy”) she/her, is a stage/film actress, dancer/choreographer and radio jockey where she goes by RJ Rosh She has previously acted in various Bay Area theater productions such as Jollywood Express, The Jungle Book, Hayavadan, Mahabharat, Rumors, Kingdom of Cards, State of Denial, and Rehearsal for Murder. She is a trained classical dancer and has acted in and co-created various short films & music videos. In her free time she enjoys writing poetry and rapping.

LEON GOERTZEN (New Body, Same Soul, “Russ”) he/they, has worked at theaters in the northern and southern California, including Capital Stage, East West Players, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Will and Company, Magic Theatre, Asian American Theater Company, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Road Theatre Company, Cutting Ball Theater, Aurora Theater Company, Bay Area Playwright’s Festival, California Conservatory Theatre and New Conservatory Theater. Film credits include Quitters (with Kieran Culkin and Mira Sorvino) and Beauty and The Blade. Leon is a graduate of the School of Drama at UNC School of the Arts and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, and Ferocious Lotus Theatre Company.

GG GRILLI (Nature’s Final Solution, “Brad”), he/him, is an actor, director, writer, producer, filmmaker, and teacher. He’s worked at theaters in the Bay Area, New York City, and around the country for over three decades. Recent projects include directing MACBETH and INTO THE WOODS with students from Bentley School at the Lesher Center. He was the Founding Artistic Director of BrickaBrack, a multidisciplinary ensemble company, from 2012 – 2020. PlayGround member since 2008! gggrilli.com

JUSTIN HERNANDEZ (Nature’s Final Solution, “Ronald”), he/him, has recently performed in Apertures of Love at Potrero Stage (2024 PlayGround Festival of New Works) and Our Town at Ross Valley Players. He will be playing the role of Austin in True West at the Town Hall Theatre in June. He is a graduate of SF State and The Actor Training Program under the direction of George Maguire and Carla Spindt.

JACINTA KAUMBULU (Nature’s Final Solution, “Wanda”), she/her, is a Bay Area actor. She is thrilled to return to PlayGround and perform in Monday Night PlayGround: Sci-Fi. Her future upcoming performance projects include Fat Ham by James Ijames, directed by Margo Hall; as the understudy for the roles of Tedra and Rabby, at SF Playhouse Opening March 2025; and Daryo’s All-American Diner by Conrad Panganiban, directed by Mallory Somera at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, in May 2025.

TESSA KONING-MARTINEZ (The Teletransportation Paradox “Home Tech”) she/her, is a long-time Bay Area actor who has worked with The Eureka, The Magic, Z-Space, El Teatro Campesino, The New Mexico Rep, Marin Theater Company, San Jose Repertory, S.C.O.T.U.S., 3-Girls, Thick Description and Word for Word among others, and has originated roles in plays by Josefina Lopez, Cherrie Moraga, and Octavio Solis. Most recently she had the great pleasure of directing a reading of her father’s play “The Blood-Red Cafe.” Member of  Actors’ Equity.

JULIE KUWABARA (New Body, Same Soul, “Mills”), she/her, is thrilled to be back with PlayGround SF, where she appeared in Apertures of Love in Times of War as Gabrielle/Miyo. She has graced stages with SF BATCO, Yale Repertory Theatre, San Francisco Playhouse, Magic Theatre, Shotgun Players, Central Works, Bindlestiff Studio, and many others. Recently, she delighted audiences as a villainous force in SF BATCO’s “Cuckoo Edible Magic” and as the Sheepman in Word For Word’s “Strange Library” (December 2024). Julie sends massive hugs to her husband, family, and friends for their unwavering support throughout her journey.

MELANIE MARSHALL (The Trial Run, “Cassie”), she/her, will next appear in Killing My Lobster’s BAD LOBSTER: sketch comedy all about sin, vice, and everything nice, playing April 17 – 26 at Eclectic Box. She is a longtime PlayGround company member.

EIKO MOON-YAMAMOTO (Conversation, “3.2”), she/they,  is a multi-hyphenate artist. Eiko is an Ilchom ose/ Issei, born in Japan with roots in Korea and Hawaii. She champions historically excluded voices in the American theatre canon and has developed new works with Playwrights Foundation, The Magic Theatre, Play On Shakespeare, Z Space, The Ground Floor at Berkeley Rep, San Francisco Playhouse, FaultLine Theater, and Company One. Recent productions: A NOH CHRISTMAS CAROL at Theatre of Yugen, PACIFIC OVERTURES at Kunoichi Productions/ Theatre of Yugen, and THE TRUER HISTORY OF THE CHAN FAMILY by Eugenie Chan. Graduate of UCLA. Member of SAG-AFTRA. www.eikoyamamoto.com | @eikoyh

KHARY MOYE (The Teletransportation Paradox, “Daniel”) he/him, is happy to be returning to PlayGround for another Christmas Show!! His previous credits include Two Trains Running with Marin Theatre Company, Toni Stone with A.C.T, IHO with Berkeley Repertory Theatre Company and A Streetcar Named Desire with African American Shakespeare Company. His next project will be Fat Ham with SF Playhouse. He is thankful to his family/friends and girlfriend for always being so supportive of his dreams. A special shout out goes to his father Adrian Clements who always said, “In Order to Catch a Dream, you have To Chase One” Thank you Dad and you are missed every day. Love you.

ANNETTE AMELIA OLIVEIRA (Conversation, “3.1”) has played women (and men) who are wise, fierce, sometimes losing marbles, often Latinx, from coast to coast.  She’s performed in Shakespeare plays at Marin’s redwood-ringed Curtain Theatre. She played every role imaginable for SF’s Shoestring Radio Theatre. Now specializing in audiobooks, she has recorded for Penguin-Random House, Scholastic and Audible. Check out her website at annettenarrates.com.

LOUEL SENORES (The Trial Run, “Dax”), he/him, is a Berkeley-based actor and stage manager. You may have last seen him in Tea Party (One of Our Own), Dream Hou$e (Shotgun Players) or you can come see him in The Engine of our Disruption playing at Central Works now! It’s also possible you didn’t see him stage-managing Yerma (Shotgun Players) and Water by the Spoonful (SF Playhouse). He’s a proud company member of PlayGround and Berkeley Interactive Theater, which specializes in delivering custom-made EDIB workshops for universities and other intact organizations. When he’s not doing theater, Louel is likely to be found managing a frozen yogurt shop, karaoke-ing with strangers online, playing video games, and/or dueling other nerds with foam weapons. LouelSenores.com

DIRECTORS

JIM KLEINMANN (Conversation; Artistic Director & Co-Founder), he/him, co-founded PlayGround in 1994, along with playwright Brighde Mullins and director Denise Shama, and has served as Artistic Director since 1996. For PlayGround, he has provided artistic and administrative leadership for the past twenty-eight seasons, developing PlayGround’s unique array of new playwright and new play incubator programs, including Monday Night PlayGround, the PlayGround Festival of New Works, the full-length play Commissioning Initiative, the New Play Production Fund, Potrero Stage: PlayGround Center for New Plays, and most recently the Innovator Incubator. For PlayGround, he has directed more than one hundred short and full-length plays, including works by Garret Jon Groenveld, Aaron Loeb, Geetha Reddy, Lauren Yee, Katie May, and many others. Recent directing and dramaturgy credits include David Steele’s Vignettes on Love and Ruben Grijalva’s Value Over Replacement. He is a veteran arts administrator with more than thirty years of experience, including stints leading Traveling Jewish Theatre, Smuin Ballet and Berkeley Symphony, and received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

JAMES MERCER II (The Teletransportation Paradox), any pronouns with respect, is an actor, writer, producer, teacher, and budding director from Philly-adjacent now making art in the Bay Area. This is their Playground debut after apprenticing. Recent credits include Angels In America Pt. 1 & 2 (Oakland Theatre Project), Blue Door (Aurora Theatre Company), the ripple the wave that carried me home (Berkeley Rep), and ACT’s final two productions of A Christmas Carol. They helped develop new works with Berkeley Rep’s Ground Floor, A.C.T., and Playwright’s Foundation. James is a Co-Associate Artistic Director with the African-American Shakespeare Company, where they are making their stage directing debut with ShaXspeare Reimagined, when they also co-produced. School at Steppenwolf (Group 21), American Conservatory Theatre (MFA).

GABBY {G} MOMAH (The Trial Run), is a Black trans nonbinary storyteller and is excited to be making their directorial debut with PlayGround tonight! Favorite shows as a performer include Wolf Play at Shotgun Players, Schoolgirls; Or the African Mean Girls Play at Berkeley Rep, Cardboard Piano at NCTC and sketch comedy shows with Killing My Lobster. G is a Resident Artist of Crowded Fire Theater and trained at Stanford, SF Mime Troupe, Brown/Trinity Rep, and The Actors Space.

MIYOKO SAKATANI (New Body, Same Soul), she/her, is thrilled to be making her Directing debut for the March Monday Night PlayGround! She is a proud SF PlayGround company member and is currently a PlayGround Ambassador. Miyoko is a SAG-AFTRA-e actor, singer, writer, and producer and she recently performed her second solo show with PG SoloFest. As founding director of Playland Productions, Miyoko has produced and co-directed films and stage plays. Endless love and deepest gratitude to Richard, Shanti and dearest friends.

ELY SONNY ORQUIZA (Nature’s Final Solution), he/him, a 2023 YBCA 100 Honoree, is a multidisciplinary Queer Filipino artistic director, stage director, and arts educator native to San Francisco Bay Area, the unceded territory of the Ramaytush Ohlone People. Through theater and the performing arts Orquiza illuminates the experiences of the Asian diaspora, explores the politics of Queer/ness, and gives voice to the narratives of People from the Global Majority. As an artist, Orquiza draws on his heritage and lived experiences to create stunning theatrical productions that captivate audiences and spark meaningful conversations about equity and representation. Through his art and advocacy, he is breaking down barriers and elevating marginalized voices for the American Theatre. For more: elysonnyorquiza.org

EMILIE TALBOT (RIVAL), she/they, is a Bay Area based actor, director, and teacher. She is a longtime PlayGround company member as both an actor and director and has serves on the PlayGround Board. Recently she worked with the Prague Shakespeare Company in the Czech Republic and has appeared appeared on numerous stages across the country and the Bay Area. Film and Television work includes 13 Reasons Why, Sonder, A Wake, Starting Over, and the recently completed Little Mother Lies. She was awarded Best Actress of the Year by the New York Film Awards, and 2023 Best Performance of Festival by the Actors Awards. She is a member of the Actor’s Reading Collective (ARC). emilietalbot.com

PRODUCTION

K’ZHANE MCGILL (Stage Manager, Box Office Manger).

PLAYGROUND, founded in 1994 by Jim Kleinmann, Brighde Mullins and Denise Shama, has grown into one of this nation’s leading playwright incubators and theatre community hubs, with a core commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, helping to uplift and center artists from historically underrepresented communities. Over three decades, PlayGround has supported more than 300 early-career playwrights, developing and staging over 1,500 of their original short plays through PlayGround’s signature programs, Monday Night PlayGround and the PlayGround Festival of New Works. PlayGround has also commissioned 100 new full-length plays by 60 of these writers through its Commissioning Initiative and has directly facilitated the premiere of 36 of those works through its innovative New Play Production Fund. Over the past 29 years, PlayGround has developed a unique model for identifying and nurturing some of this country’s best new writers, while helping them to build a significant body of original work and lasting connections with the artistic collaborators they need to know to ensure their success. PlayGround expanded to Los Angeles in 2012, to NYC in 2021, and to Chicago in 2022.

In 2015, PlayGround signed a long-term lease to operate the former Thick House Theater (San Francisco), where PlayGround has produced its festival since 2008. Following a successful $300,000 renovation, PlayGround reopened the theatre in February 2017 as Potrero Stage: PlayGround Center for New Plays. In addition to supporting PlayGround’s expanding new play programs (including the PlayGround Solo Performance Festival launched in 2018, as well as Free-Play Festival and “Twisted” Holiday Show, both launched in 2022), the theatre serves as home for some of the Bay Area’s leading new play developers and producers. In 2019, PlayGround launched the Innovator Incubator, fostering theatrical innovation and next generation innovative theatre companies. The program culminates in the annual Innovators Showcase, which takes place each November, featuring over half-a-dozen new works, from developmental readings to full premieres, by the year’s Innovator Incubator cohort. PlayGround has fostered 13 new companies through this program.

Following the closure of theaters due to the pandemic in 2020, PlayGround was one of the first theatres in the country to shift all of its programming online, with the launch of the PlayGround Zoom Fest and a unique partnership with the performers union, SAG-AFTRA. With the return of in-person performance, PlayGround recommitted to radical accessibility with admission-free programming and online simulcast and on-demand streaming of all performances.

PlayGround’s alumni have gone on to win local, national, and international honors for their short and full-length work, including recognition at the Steinberg Awards, Glickman Awards (including 6 of the last 10), Humana Festival, O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, New York International Fringe Festival, and others. PlayGround received the 2009 Paine Knickerbocker Award for outstanding contributions to Bay Area theatre, 3 BATCC Awards for Best Original Script for PlayGround commissions, a 2014 National Theatre Company Grant from the American Theatre Wing (founder of the Tony Awards®) and a 2016 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award.

In addition to its company of playwrights, PlayGround maintains a company of leading local directors, actors, designers and technicians whose work is regularly seen on the top professional stages in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago and at regional theatres across the country. PlayGround has actively positioned itself as a hub, bringing together hundreds of individuals and organizations representing the best in local theatre. For more information about PlayGround, visit https://playground-sf.org.

POTRERO STAGE is a 99-seat state-of-the-art performance space located in the heart of San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood, operated by PlayGround, and serving as home to some of the Bay Area’s leading new play developers and producers, including PlayGround, Crowded Fire, Golden Thread, and Playwrights Foundation, among others. While the venue is closed during the COVID pandemic, Potrero Stage will highlight the best in online programming by PlayGround, Potrero Stage resident companies and other Potrero Stage producers. For more information, visit https://potrerostage.org.

Coming Soon!

PLAYGROUND CONTRIBUTORS

PlayGround is deeply grateful for the generous contributions of the many individuals, foundations, corporations and government agencies whose contributions make our work possible. This list reflects gifts of $125 or more committed between February 1, 2024 & February 17, 2025.

GOVERNMENT, CORPORATE, & FOUNDATION DONORS

Alameda County Arts Commission • Amazon • Art Space Development Corporation • Avenue Greenlight • Berkeley Civic Arts • Bill Graham Supporting Foundation of the Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund • California Arts Council • Creative Capacity Fund • Disney • Grants For The Arts • KFF • Koret Foundation • LA County Arts Commission • Lenore & Howard Klein Foundation • The Leo J. & Celia Carlin Fund • Negley Flinn Charitable Foundation • NIAC • Nvidia • Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation • Rye Financial Services • San Francisco Arts Commission • The Shubert Foundation • The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

SEASON SPONSORS ($5000+)

Lara Gilman & Jim Kleinmann

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ($2500+)

Emilie T. & Gordon C. Brooks, Daniel E. Cohn & Lynn Brinton, John H. Gilman, Isabella Johnson, Nitin

PRODUCERS CIRCLE ($1000-$2499)

Randy Adams, Meriko Borogove, Jediah Craig, David Goldman, Keith Goldstein & Donna N. Warrington, Regina Guggenheim, Just Play Productions, Linda Kremer, Ronald Whittier Family Foundation, Daniele Nathanson, Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock, John J. Ruskin, Tom Swift, Malachy Walsh & Heather Robison, Anonymous

PLAYWRIGHTS CIRCLE ($500-$999)

Linda Ayres-Frederick, Phoenix Theatre SF, Jim Brayton & Debbie Marr, Richard Davis – Lowell, Paulette Donsavage, Kate Hecht, Toby Inoue, Diane Leonard, Molly Noble & Bob Guilbault, Diane Sampson, Marian Scheuer Sofaer & Abraham D. Sofaer, Jon & Susan Sweedler, Janine Wilburn, Maury Zeff, Anonymous (2)

PATRON ($250-$499)

Nina Ball & Jon Tracy, Ruben & Keli Grijalva, Patience Haggin, Brandy T Jones, Abbe S. Kalos & Kitt Saginor, Dr. Gary W.  London, Rebecca Martinez, Christopher Reber, Chris & Cindy Redburn, JM Solberg, Anonymous (2)

ASSOCIATE MEMBER ($125-$249)

Dr. & Mrs. Sam & Naomi Abramovitz, Ms. Portia F. Bock, Cass Brayton, Thomas Patrick Broyhill, Joyce Dieda, Clint Fleener, Michael Fried, Gina Harris, Stanley William Hathaway, Gail Hillebrand & Hugh Barroll, Tanuja Devi Jagernauth, Jean Jensen, Gregg Le Blanc, Mildred Inez Lewis, Pam MacKinnon, Clover Rutkowski, Mark Peters, Ms. Jessica Rofé, Margo Rofé, Carolina Rojas Moretti, Kathy Sarconi, Stan Stone, Bex White, Susannah Wise & Scott Lebus, Anonymous

To contribute to PlayGround, visit https://playground-sf.org/contribute or contact PlayGround Associate Director of Development Lana Richards at lana@playground-sf.org or by phone at (833) 992-6677.

PlayGround-SF Writers Pool 2024-25

Linda Ayres-Frederick, Tanika Baptiste, Daniel Baxter, Nico Bocalan, Robyn Brooks, Madeleine Butler, Melina Cohen-Bramwell, Jediah Craig, rob dario, Laura Domingo, Elizabeth Flanagan, Reed Flores, Antonio Greene, Garret Groenveld, KT Frances Hartline, Grace Hoffman, Everett Holland, Christine C. Hsu, Carl Johnson, Ruth Kirschner, Sarena Kuhn, Greg Lam, Jennifer Le Blanc, Kristy Lin Billuni, Daniel Martinez Jr., Richard Perez, Bridgette Portman, Kimberly Ridgeway, George Rose, Louel Señores, Alexis Standridge, Stan Stone, Lisa Gaye Thompson, Kaz Valtchev, Livian Yeh, Maury Zeff.

PlayGround Resident Playwrights

Michael Adams, Anthony Anello, Robyn Brooks, Bailey Jordan Garcia, Garret Groenveld, Juliet Kang Huneke, Karissa Murrell Myers, Lyra Nalan, Jacob Marx Rice, Kimberly Ridgeway, Louel Señores, Christian Wilburn.

PlayGround Company

Molly Aaronson-Gelb, Angel Adedokun, Patrick Alparone, Linda Amayo-Hassan, Liz Anderson, Rinabeth Apostol, Michael Asberry, Michael Barrett Austin, Mary Baird, April Ballesteros, Tanika Baptiste, Aldo Billingslea, Millie Brooks, Julia Brothers, Nicole Apostol Bruno, Lizzie Calogero, Ron Campbell, Joy Carlin, Nancy Carlin, Zoe Chien, Ben Chau-Chiu, Tessa Corrie, David Cramer, Will Dao, Anne Darragh, Roshni Datta, Natalia Delgado, Dodds Delzell, Livia Gomes Demarchi, Carolyn Doyle, Leticia Duarte, Nora el Samahy, Rebecca Ennals, Gisela Feied, Britney Frazier, Michael French, Claire Ganem, Sarah Gasser, Norman Gee, Douglas B. Giorgis, Linda Giron, Amy Glazer, Cindy Goldfield, BW Gonzalez, Gabriel Grilli, Rudy Guerrero, Rosie Hallett, Katherine Hamilton, Eric Fraisher Hayes, Brian Herndon, Champagne Hughes, J Jha, Colin Johnson, Jennifer King, Dean Koya, Danielle Levin, Amy Lizardo, Jeffrey Lo, Gwen Loeb, George Maguire, Melanie Marshall, Alicia Mason, Leontyne Mbele-Mbong, Julia McNeal, Sam Misner, Brady Morales-Woolery, Lisa Morse, Khary L. Moye, Molly Noble, Karen Offereins, Annette Oliveira, Soren Oliver, Ely Sonny Orquiza, Tony Ortega, Doyle Ott, June Palladino, Carla Pantoja, Louis Parnell, Jed Parsario, Michael Phillis, Krystle Piamonte, Rebecca Pingree, Stephanie Prentice, Ezra Reaves, Virginia Reed, Cathleen Riddley, Kimberly Ridgeway, Katja Rivera, Adrian Roberts, Stacy Ross, Adam Roy, Katie Rubin, Patrick Russell, Miyoko Sakatani, Louel Senores, Robert Sicular, Dave Sikula, Jeunee Simon, M. Graham Smith, Ken Sonkin, Lauren Spencer, Teddy Spencer, Chris Steele, Howard Swain, Jomar Tagatac, Emilie Talbot, Danielle Thys, Isabel Anne To, Jon Tracy, Dane Troy, Mark Rafael Truitt, Liam Vincent, Ian Walker, Maryssa Wanlass, Tracy Ward, Reggie D. White, Christian Wilburn, Wayne Wong, Elena Wright, Hector Zavala.

PlayGround Staff

Jim Kleinmann, Co-Founder & Artistic Director
Lana Richards, Associate Director of Development
Jonathan Josephson, Director of Marketing & Communications
Norman Gee, Associate Producer
Katja Rivera, Associate Producer
Zoe Chien, Associate Producer
Tessa Corrie, Co-Casting Director
Patricia Cotter, Co-Casting Director
Brittany Mellerson, Resident Designer
Katie Brown, 2024-25 Producing Fellow
Jacinta Kaumbulu, 2024-25 Producing Fellow
Zoe Lesser, 2024-25 Producing Fellow
Joey Reyes, 2024-25 Producing Fellow
Amal Mazen Salem, 2024-25 Producing Fellow
Sarah Showich, 2024-25 Producing Fellow
K’Zhane McGill, Box Office Mananager
Liam Kirk, Resident Stage Manager

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

Stephanie Prentice, Chair
James A. Kleinmann, President
Emilie Talbot, Vice President
Nitin, Treasurer
Christian Wilburn, Secretary
Regina Guggenheim, Chair Emeritus
Tanvi Agrawal
Linda Amayo-Hassan
Julia Brothers
Ben Cain
Howard Ho
Toby Inoue
Rebecca Martinez
Kendall Phillips
Jessica June Rowe

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