Posted on June 16, 2026

Jim Kleinmann

One PlayGround Gala Celebrating 25th Anniversary of the June Anne Baker Prize

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

Donna Fondjo

Company in the News June-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 […]

Posted on May 15, 2026

Donna Fondjo

30th Annual PlayGround Festival of New Works Playbill

PlayGround presents Season 32 30th ANNUAL PLAYGROUND FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS May 15th-31st, 2026 Live at Potrero Stage + Simulcast On-Demand through June 7th 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 […]

Posted on May 8, 2026

Jonathan Josephson

Anne Brady: 2026 Festival of New Works Interview

Welcome to the fourth installment of our Playwright Spotlight series – 2026 Festival of New Works! Today we’re featuring PlayGround-CH alum Anne and her play Disloyal, which will receive a staged reading at Potrero Stage and Simulcast on May 31st at 3pm PT.  Advance reservations are required: visit playground-sf.org/festivalreadings for details. What was the seed of your play? […]

Posted on May 6, 2026

Jonathan Josephson

WINNERS OF THE 2026 YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST

PlayGround is pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 Young Playwrights Contest, an open-submission competition that provides winning high school playwrights with a professional staged reading during the PlayGround Festival of New Works. The winning plays and playwrights of this year’s contest are Tales of the City: A Waymo Carol by Rover Dijkstra (Galileo […]

Posted on May 4, 2026

Jonathan Josephson

Company in the News May-2026

See what PlayGround-SF Writers and Company Members are up to this month including: Joey Alvarado, Rolanda Bell, Kristy Lin Billuni, Robyn Brooks, Zoe Chien, Natalia Delgado, Carolyn Doyle, L Duarte, Carla Gallardo, Maria Jenson, Eiko Moon-Yamamoto, Rebecca Pingree, Mark Rafael, Kimberly Ridgeway, Miyoko Sakatani, Kenny Scott, Louel Senores, Stan Stone, and Lisa Gaye Thompson! 3Girls […]

Posted on May 4, 2026

Jordan Don

Baylee Shlichtman: 2026 Festival of New Works Interview

Welcome to the third installment of our Playwright Spotlight series – 2026 Festival of New Works! Today we’re featuring PlayGround-LA alum Baylee Shlichtman and her play Good Romans, which will receive a staged reading at Potrero Stage and Simulcast on May 17th at 3pm PT.  Advance reservations are required: visit playground-sf.org/festivalreadings for details. What was the seed of your […]

Posted on May 1, 2026

Jordan Don

Madeleine Butler: 2026 Festival of New Works Interview

Welcome to the second installment of our Playwright Spotlight series – 2026 Festival of New Works! Today we’re featuring PlayGround-SF alum Madeleine Butler and her play The Case of the Missing Messenger, which will presented as a staged reading at Potrero Stage and Simulcast on May 24th at 3pm PT. Advance reservations are required: visit playground-sf.org/festival for details. […]