Posted on November 11, 2026

Jonathan Josephson

The Mitzvah Project in association with PlayGround Presents THE OBLIGATION, January 7-17, 2027 at Marin Shakespeare Company

Acclaimed actor Victor Talmadge brings four sharply contrasting voices to life in The Obligation, Roger Grunwald’s riveting solo drama of conscience, complicity and survival. Directed by Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award winner Nancy Carlin, the play interweaves the stories of a Polish Jew coming of age during World War II, a half-Jewish lieutenant in […]

Posted on November 6, 2026

Jonathan Josephson

PlayGround Education’s 2026-27 Workshops & Masterclasses

PlayGround has announced three new offerings as a part of its revamped education program for adults! This season’s workshops and masterclasses will be lead by acclaimed playwrights Howard Ho (How Hamilton Works, The Music Theory of Lin-Manuel Miranda), Melissa Hillman (Bay Area producer/dramaturg), Octavio Solis (Quixote, La Posada Magica), Lauren Gunderson (The Book of Will, […]

Posted on November 4, 2026

Ben Chau-Chiu

Company in the News November 2026

See what PlayGround-SF Writers and Company Members are up to this month including: Jeunée Simon, Allie Costa Rob Dario, Ross Peter Nelson, Rachel Bublitz, GG Grilli, Dom Refuerzo, Eiko Moon-Yamamoto, Michael Barrett Austin, J Jha, and Evelyn Jean Pine! Jeunée Simon will be onstage at Berkeley Rep in York Walker’s COVENANT directed by Taylor Reynolds. […]

Posted on October 30, 2026

Blaire Battle

The October People’s Choice Award goes to…

The people have spoken… The October People’s Choice Award goes to Kimberly Ridgeway for her play, The Infiltrator, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on October  19, 2026 live at Ashby Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Kimberly! Courtesy of Kimberly, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from the […]

Posted on October 30, 2026

Jonathan Josephson

Dec 7 Monday Night PlayGround Topic Announcement: Twisted Holiday Stories

PlayGround has announced its December Monday Night topic: Twisted Holiday Stories. PlayGround-SF’s Monday Night will be performed on December 7, 2026 at 7pm live at San Francisco’s Potrero Stage & simulcast online. Inspired by our now five-year Twisted Holiday project and the resulting “A Very Hitchcock Christmas” evening of Hitchcock film spoofs with a holiday […]

Posted on October 17, 2026

Ben Chau-Chiu

PlayGround-SF Playbill October 2026

PlayGround presents Season 33 prePLAY “The Trial Run” October 18, 2026 2pm PT PlayGround Playspace & Simulcast   MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND “AMERICA 250: The Dreamers, The Builders, & The Leaders” October 19, 2026 7pm PT Ashby Stage & Simulcast Acknowledging the Legacy of the Land We Inhabit PlayGround acknowledges that we are on the unceded […]

Posted on October 2, 2026

Ben Chau-Chiu

Company in the News October 2026

See what PlayGround-SF Writers and Company Members are up to this month including: Lisa Morse, Patrick Russell, Emilie Talbot, Annette Amelia Oliveira, Louel T Senores, Eiko Moon-Yamamoto, Alanna McFall, Tim Bryant, Mary Baird, Greg Lam, Norman Gee, Rudy Guerrero, Michael Barrett Austin, Lizzie Calogero, Dom Refuerzo, and Miyoko Sakatani! Emilie Talbot and Eiko Moon-Yamamoto will be […]

Posted on September 25, 2026

Jonathan Josephson

Oct 19 Monday Night PlayGround Topic Announcement: AMERICA 250: The Dreamers, The Builders & The Leaders

PlayGround presents Season 33 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND October 19, 2026, 7pm PT Ashby Stage (Berkeley) & Simulcast Topic: AMERICA 250: The Dreamers, The Builders, & The Leaders Admission-Free (Suggested Donation: $10-$30) The plays and playwrights include:Land of Opportunity by KT Frances Hartline Lady Liberty is Deadass by Daniel Martinez Jr. The Infiltrator by Kimberly Ridgeway […]

Posted on September 18, 2026

Ben Chau-Chiu

ANNOUNCING PLAYGROUND’S 33rd SEASON

PlayGround, a leading national playwright incubator and theatre community hub, is pleased to share plans for its 33rd anniversary season. The season announcement coincides with the release of the 2026-27 Writers Pools, 112 early-career playwrights in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, who will participate in PlayGround’s signature incubator program, […]