Posted on November 21, 2024
PlayGround has announced the lineup for its eighth annual PlayGround Solo Performance Festival, a curation of the best in Bay Area solo performance, running January 24-February 9, 2025 (Fri-Sun), presented live at San Francisco’s Potrero Stage and simulcast online. The festival of new solo work features 18 double-bill performances by twelve California artists over three […]
Posted on November 16, 2024
PlayGround presents Season 31 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND “Dreams & Nightmares” November 18th, 2024 7pm PT Potrero Stage & 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 […]
Posted on November 15, 2024
In preparation for PlayGround’s upcoming “twisted” holiday show, A Very Hitchcock Christmas, PlayGround is turning Potrero Stage into a cinema for a free HITCHCOCK FILM FESTIVAL, featuring Notorious (1946), Rope (1948), Rear Window (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), and The Birds (1963), presented over two days, November 30-December 1, 2024. Reserve your free tickets […]
Posted on November 15, 2024
PlayGround presents its third annual “twisted” holiday show: A VERY HITCHCOCK CHRISTMAS, inspired by the iconic films of Alfred Hitchcock. Performances are December 7-8 at 7:00 p.m. PST in person and streaming. A VERY HITCHCOCK CHRISTMAS features the plays; Santa on a Rope by Shoshanna Green, To Catch a Grinch by Daniel Arzola (World Premiere), […]
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
“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 (this month’s prompt!) appear while we sleep and also while we’re awake – motivating us, scaring us, pushing us to be or become our […]
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 […]