Posted on November 1, 2024
The people have spoken… The October’s People’s Choice Award goes to Jediah Craig for his play Ratification Panic Room, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on October 21st live at the David Brower Center and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Jediah! Courtesy of Jediah, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from the […]
Posted on November 1, 2024
See what PlayGround Writers, Company Members, and Alumni are up to this November! Michael Barrett Austin is appearing in Aurora Theatre Company’s production of Noel Coward’s ‘Fallen Angels’ through November 17th. More info available here. Kristy Lin Billuni’s short play, “The Cherry Tree” will appear 11/15 and 16 in Oakland Public Theater’s Four Seasons Political […]
Posted on October 25, 2024
The topic for the November 18 Monday Night PlayGround is: DREAMS & NIGHTMARES “You see things; and say Why? But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not?” — George Bernard Shaw Aspiration! Deflation. Largest hopes, deepest fears. Dreams and nightmares appear while we sleep and also while we’re awake – motivating […]
Posted on October 18, 2024
PlayGround presents Season 31 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND “The American Experiment” October 21st, 2024 7pm PT The 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 […]
Posted on October 11, 2024
What happens when Christmas gets stolen from Whoville, again?? Can Santa’s niece successfully infiltrate the North Pole to satisfy Interpol? Enjoy these riotous riffs and many more for one weekends only: A VERY HITCHCOCK CHRISTMAS, VOLUME III!, PlayGround’s third annual “twisted” holiday” show, inspired by the iconic films of Alfred Hitchcock. Made up of five […]
Posted on October 1, 2024
See what PlayGround Writers, Company Members, and Alumni are up to this October! Kimberly Ridgeway is directing THE THANKSGIVING PLAY at the Altarena Playhouse (Alameda, CA) from October 25 – November 24, 2025. More info available here. Julia McNeal is performing in Yaga! at Marin Theatre in Mill Valley, from October 10th through November 3rd. Krystle […]
Posted on September 20, 2024
“The establishment of our new Government seemed to be the last great experiment for promoting human happiness.” – George Washington, January 9, 1790 Join us in kicking off our 30th Anniversary Season with a Monday Night full of the stories you thought you knew and the stories you never knew – until now – inspired […]
Posted on September 19, 2024
PlayGround has announced the 6th annual Innovators Showcase, a three-week festival of new works by the 2024 Innovator Incubator cohort. The Festival runs November 4-24, 2024 at Potrero Stage and simulcast. The Innovator Incubator was launched in 2019 to foster new innovative theatre companies and productions with a strong commitment to historically marginalized or excluded […]
Posted on September 17, 2024
PlayGround, a leading national playwright incubator and theatre community hub, is pleased to share plans for its 30th Anniversary Season – PlayGround’s signature Monday Night PlayGround, the nation’s longest-running and largest staged reading series – performed in-person and simulcast in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City and Chicago, October 14, 2024 through April 7, […]
Posted on September 7, 2024
Welcome to the 2024 four-city PlayGround 30th Anniversary Gala! Tonight, PlayGround marks its third decade of incubating new plays and playwrights by hosting simultaneous parties in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The PlayGround 30th Anniversary Gala will celebrate the company’s monumental history of launching over 350 significant new playwrights and over […]