Posted on July 1, 2024
See what PlayGround Writers, Company Members, and Alumni are up to this July! Lizzie Calogero will be playing a delightful assortment of characters in the SF Mime Troupe’s summer show, American Dreams. We’re free in Bay Area parks throughout July and August, and we’re loud and funny! Not silent mime! Info available here. Jonathan Spector‘s […]
Posted on June 18, 2024
PlayGround will mark its third decade of incubating new plays by hosting simultaneous parties in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco on Monday, September 16, 2024. The events, which will also be livestreamed, will feature a starry array of playwright alumni, including many of the busiest names in theatre today. The PlayGround […]
Posted on June 14, 2024
PlayGround closes out the summer season with the third annual FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL, August 9-25, at Potrero Stage and simulcast. This three-week “fringe style” new works festival features 11 productions from highly sought-after theatre artists from across the country including four PlayGround artists based in the Bay Area and Los Angeles. Ranging in subject from the […]
Posted on June 7, 2024
See what PlayGround Writers, Company Members, and Alumni are up to this June! Jeunée Simon has the pleasure of performing in a new play by Naomi Iizuka, Garuda’s Wing, a mesmerizing blend of personal intimacy and international intrigue! Garuda’s Wing is a magical experience, a spellbinding trance that begins in Borneo and takes us back […]
Posted on May 31, 2024
One PlayGround Festival Multi-day Festival and Conference Celebrating the National PlayGround Community May 31-June 2, 2024 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 […]
Posted on May 29, 2024
Registration is now open for the 2nd Annual ONE PLAYGROUND FESTIVAL, a three-day festival and conference, celebrating the national PlayGround community! The entire PlayGround community and theatre-makers from across the country are invited to attend Potrero Stage or participate online May 31-June 2, 2024 (general public may attend May 31-June 1). The Festival will be […]
Posted on May 15, 2024
On Friday evening, May 24, PlayGround will host a Potrero Hill Community Celebration, including the unveiling of a new land acknowledgment mural by Indigenous & San Francisco artist Natalie Contreras, developed in partnership with the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (ARO), the original and continuing stewards of the lands upon which PlayGround’s home theatre, Potrero Stage, […]
Posted on May 10, 2024
PlayGround presents Season 30 28th ANNUAL PLAYGROUND FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS May 7-26, 2024 Live at Potrero Stage + Simulcast On-Demand thru May 31 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 9, 2024
PlayGround is thrilled to announce the lineup for PlayGround’s 2nd Annual Best of the Best of PlayGround. This unique showcase is a culmination of the 2023-24 Monday Night seasons hosted in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. The line-up includes Bessie in Medias Res by Robyn Brooks (San Francisco), Love Language of Origin […]
Posted on May 7, 2024
Hear from by Jacob Marx Rice, playwright of A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS May 18 & May 19, 2025, at 7pm PT. The Festival Premiere Presentation is directed Directed by Tracy Ward Potrero Stage & Simulcast/On-Demand thru May 31 Admission: $0-$50 (donations gratefully accepted) or Festival Sponsorship A Thousand Natural Shocks follows Kennedy, who is doing okay! Her depression […]