Posted on April 18, 2026

Jim Kleinmann

Become a PlayGround Festival Producer!

Do you wait all year to see the six chosen plays for Best of? Or maybe you like to discover something new in the Festival Readings? Show your support for your favorite Festival project by becoming an Executive or Associate Producer! Festival Producers enjoy exclusive perks, including their name on the title card of their […]

Posted on April 14, 2026

Jim Kleinmann

Applications Open for PlayGround’s Inaugural Twisted Holiday Theatre Festival

Applications are now being accepted for PlayGround’s first annual TWISTED HOLIDAY FESTIVAL, November 27-December 20, at Potrero Stage in San Francisco and simulcast. This four-week “fringe style” new works festival will feature up to 20 productions and 60 performances of new holiday-themed works (with a twist!) by talented theatre artists from across the country including […]

Posted on April 10, 2026

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround Education’s Spring/Summer Workshops & Masterclasses

PlayGround, a leading national playwright incubator, has announced three new offerings as a part of its revamped education program for adults. The workshops and masterclasses will be lead by acclaimed playwrights Steve Yockey (Emmy Nominee & Multiple NNPN Rolling World Premieres), Rachel Bublitz (NNPN Rolling World Premiere, Funny Like An Abortion) and Bay Area producer/dramaturg […]

Posted on March 27, 2026

Donna Fondjo

Company in the News April-2026

See what PlayGround-SF Writers and Company Members are up to this month including: Michael Barrett Austin, Carolyn Doyle, Nancy Carlin, Ruben Grijalva, Gwen Loeb,  Ross Nelson, Miyoko Sakatani, Emilie Talbot, and Lisa Gaye Thompson! In 2023, Gwen Loeb started a nonprofit, World Builders Incubator (WBI), in order to speed the pace of progress with narrative […]

Posted on March 6, 2026

Jonathan Josephson

Playwrights: Apply for the 2026-27 Writers Pool

CALL FOR PLAYWRIGHTS:  PLAYGROUND’S 2026-27 WRITERS POOLS San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago Applications Due April 30, 2026 San Francisco – PlayGround, a leading national playwright incubator and theatre community hub, is pleased to share the latest call for applicants to the 2026-27 Writers Pools in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. […]

Posted on March 6, 2026

Donna Fondjo

2026 Comedy Festival Playbill

PlayGround presents Season 32 2026 Comedy Fest March 6th – March 29th, 2026 Live at Potrero Stage + Simulcast & On-Demand 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 March 5, 2026

Jonathan Josephson

The March People’s Choice Award goes to…

The people have spoken… The March People’s Choice Award goes to Daniel Martinez, Jr. for his play, Not that Kind of Monster, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on March  2, 2026 live at Potrero Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Daniel! Courtesy of Daniel, we’re pleased to share the first […]

Posted on March 3, 2026

Jordan Don

Company in the News March-2026

See what PlayGround-SF Writers and Company Members are up to this March including: MICHAEL BARRETT AUSTIN, MELINA COHEN-BRAMWELL, CAROLYN DOYLE, EIKO MOON-YAMAMOTO, LISA MOORE, EVELYN JEAN PINE, CATHLEEN RIDDLEY. KATJA RIVERA, MIYOKO SAKATANI, AMY SASS and KEN SONKIN! MIYOKO SAKATANI will performing with her creative partner Loic Pichot in “Culturally Distressed Live” on March 27-29th […]

Posted on February 27, 2026

Donna Fondjo

March 2nd Monday Night PlayGround-SF Playbill

PlayGround presents Season 32 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND “Bedtime Stories” March 2nd, 2026 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 […]