Posted on August 21, 2023
The second annual PlayGround Free-Play Festival, a fringe-style free-admission three-week showcase of new works by Bay Area artists, concludes this week with the premiere of Ipsheeta Furtado’s DISTANCED DATES, presented by Network Effects Theater, August 25-27 at 7pm PDT at Potrero Stage and simulcast. We recently spoke with Ipsheeta to get a behind-the-scenes look at […]
Posted on August 17, 2023
PlayGround, California’s leading playwright incubator and theatre community hub, is pleased to share plans for its 30th season with the announcement of the Season 30 Writers Pool, 36 early-career Bay Area-based playwrights competitively selected from applications received this summer. Over the course of the upcoming 2023-24 season, these writers will generate over 150 original short […]
Posted on August 15, 2023
PlayGround, a leading playwright incubator, is now looking for the next generation of great directors. PlayGround invites early-career and aspiring directors resident in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York City, or Chicago to apply for the 2023-24 Directing Apprenticeship program. Up to three directing apprentices will be selected in each region to […]
Posted on August 14, 2023
The second annual PlayGround Free-Play Festival, a fringe-style free-admission three-week showcase of new works by Bay Area artists, continues this week with the premiere of Akaina Ghosh’s CHARACTER ASSASSINATION, August 18-20 at 7pm PDT at Potrero Stage and simulcast. We recently spoke with Akaina to get a behind-the-scenes look at their upcoming show. About the […]
Posted on August 11, 2023
PlayGround has announced its PlayGround Heroes, three individuals/organizations who have made a notable impact on PlayGround and the PlayGround community over the past three decades, to be honored at the One PlayGround Gala. PlayGround’s annual fundraiser will take place in-person and online on Monday evening, September 18 at San Francisco’s Potrero Stage, Los Angeles’ Broadwater […]
Posted on August 9, 2023
The second annual PlayGround Free-Play Festival, a fringe-style free-admission three-week showcase of new works by Bay Area artists, opens this week with a workshop presentation of Melina Cohen-Bramwell’s PLEASE DON’T SLOW ME DOWN. We recently spoke with Melina to get a behind-the-scenes look at his upcoming show. About the Play PLEASE DON’T SLOW ME DOWN […]
Posted on August 4, 2023
See what PlayGround-SF Writers, Company Members and Alumni are up to this August! See Nic Sommerfeld in “Out of Site: Sylvester, The Mighty Real”! This show will take place in the Haight where Sylvester first lived and later performed, elevating the hidden history of San Francisco’s very own international disco diva Sylvester who brought an […]
Posted on July 7, 2023
PlayGround closes out the summer season with the second annual FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL, August 11-27, at Potrero Stage and simulcast. The festival features the first-ever workshop of Melina Cohen-Bramwell’s PLEASE DON’T SLOW ME DOWN (Aug 11-13 7pm PDT), and the premieres of Akaina Ghosh’s CHARACTER ASSASSINATION (Aug 18-20 7pm PDT) and Ipsheeta Furtado’s DISTANCED DATES (Aug […]
Posted on July 1, 2023
See what PlayGround-SF Writers, Company Members and Alumni are up to this July! Catch Jed Parsario in SF Mime Troupe’s BREAKDOWN touring Northern California. Opens July 4th weekend-closes September, Memorial Day Weekday Weekend. Tickets available here. Kimberly Ridgeway has four exciting upcoming projects! She is performing in The Dignity Circle, Central Works Theatre (Berkeley, CA), […]
Posted on June 9, 2023
See what PlayGround-SF Writers, Company Members and Alumni are up to this June! Alexis Standridge’s play, “Ball Biddies” will be performing as part of the LezWritesBTQ program with 3GirlsTheatre. Play synopsis: “The Ball Biddies are ready to play ball and break hearts. This boisterous group of older gay women play a mean game of softball […]