Posted on May 22, 2026
PlayGround is pleased to announce the recipients of the 25th Anniversary June Anne Baker Prize, one of the nation’s longest continuous running awards and commissions for early-career female/non-binary playwrights. New this year, PlayGround has expanded the Prize to include one playwright from each of the four regions where the company operates: Esther Banegas Gatica (Los […]
Posted on May 15, 2026
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
PlayGround closes out the summer season with the fifth annual FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL, July 31st – August 23rd, 2026, at Potrero Stage and simulcast. This four-week “fringe style” new works festival features 21 productions and 61 performances by talented theatre artists from across the country including PlayGround artists based in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, New […]
Posted on May 8, 2026
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
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
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
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
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. […]
Posted on April 27, 2026
Welcome to the first installment of our Playwright Spotlight series – 2026 Festival of New Works! Today we’re featuring PlayGround-CH alum Juliet Kang Huneke and her play Mycelium, which was selected as this year’s Premiere for the Festival of New Works. Mycelium will receive a fully-staged premiere at Potrero Stage and Simulcast on May 16th and […]
Posted on April 18, 2026
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 […]