Posted on September 11, 2026
PlayGround is thrilled to announced the second annual TWISTED HOLIDAY FESTIVAL, December 4th – December 20th, 2026, at Potrero Stage and simulcast. This three-week “fringe style” new works festival features 8 productions and 24 performances of new holiday-themed works (with a twist!) by talented theatre artists from across the country including a variety PlayGround artists. […]
Posted on September 5, 2026
The PlayGround Comedy Festival is our annual celebration of the best in comedic performance, including stand-up, improv, sketch, and comedic plays. The Comedy Festival will include up to 60 performances of 20 unique events taking place March 12-April 4, 2027, performed live at Potrero Stage and simulcast online. All performances will take place at Potrero […]
Posted on September 1, 2026
See what PlayGround-SF Writers and Company Members are up to this month including: Michael Barrett Austin, Ruby June Campbell, Nancy Carlin, J Jha, Charisse Loriaux, Marissa Martinez, Eiko Moon-Yamamoto, Lisa Morse, Molly Noble, Richard Perez, James W. Perry, Evelyn Jean Pine, Dom Refuerzo, Kimberly Ridgeway, Katja Rivera, Katie Rubin, Patrick Russell, Louel Señores, Emilie Talbot, […]
Posted on August 3, 2026
See what PlayGround-SF Writers and Company Members are up to this month including: Lindsey Abbott, Linda Ayers-Frederick, Mary Baird, Laura Domingo, Carolyn Doyle, Greg Lam, Alicia Mason, Lisa Morse, Eiko Moon-Yamamoto, Molly Noble, Doyle Ott,Jan Probst, Louel Señores, Stan Stone, Emilie Talbot and Maury Zeff! Three Tall-ish Tales are coming to Free-Play, penned by PlayGround-SF […]
Posted on July 31, 2026
PLAYGROUND FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL July 31 – August 23, 2026 Live at 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 and East Bay, respectively. […]
Posted on July 31, 2026
Join us for the ONE PLAYGROUND GALA (2026) Celebrating the June Anne Baker Prize 25th Anniversary September 14, 2026, 5:30pm-7:30pm PT American Conservatory Theater, 415 Geary St, San Francisco, CA 94102 Tickets: $150 or review Host levels PlayGround will honor four theatre luminaries at our annual four-city gala on Monday, September 14th. In conjunction with […]
Posted on July 21, 2026
PlayGround has announced the 2026-27 Producing Fellows, a vibrant and diverse class of four next-gen theatre leaders drawn from across the country and who will work with PlayGround’s artistic staff and national producing teams over the next year in the SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. Fellows gain hands-on experience in the […]
Posted on June 29, 2026
See what PlayGround-SF Writers and Company Members are up to this month including: Linda Ayers-Frederick, Greg Lam, Rebecca Pingree, Bridgette Dutta Portman, Geetha Reddy, Emilie Talbot and Maury Zeff! Greg Lam play The Shrewing of the Tame, Maury Zeff short play Girls Just Want to Have Patents, and Bridgette Dutta Portman play Once Upon a Dream will […]
Posted on June 16, 2026
PlayGround will honor four theatre luminaries at our annual four-city gala on Monday, September 14th. In conjunction with the 25th anniversary of PlayGround’s June Anne Baker Prize, one of the nation’s longest-running play commissions dedicated to the next generation of promising women/non-binary playwrights, PlayGround will recognize significant theatre artists and producers who have elevated womxn […]
Posted on June 1, 2026
See what PlayGround-SF Writers and Company Members are up to this month including: Monique Hafen Adams, Charisse Loriaux, Hector Zavala, Hechale Productions, Miyoko Sakatani, Greg Lam, Saffron Quinn, Jacinta Kaumbulu, and Eiko Moon-Yamamoto! Héctor Zavala and Hechale Productions’ PUENTES, is a bilingual youth acting intensive created by our dear in Mexico City for young artists […]