Posted on March 10, 2021
Following the success of last year’s first-ever PlayGround Zoom Fest, PlayGround’s 2021 Festival of New Works returns to the digital realm with even more radical accessibility! The three-week online Festival (May 10-30) will feature the digital premieres of PERFECT by Jonathan Luskin (he/him) and SAPIENCE by Diana Burbano (she/her), the YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS PROJECT: a full […]
Posted on March 5, 2021
The people have spoken… The February People’s Choice Award goes to Eteya Trinidad for her short play, LA PLANCHADA, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on February 15 on Zoom. Congratulations, Eteya! Courtesy of Eteya, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! LA PLANCHADA By […]
Posted on March 5, 2021
See what PlayGround Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to as we get ready for the March 15th Monday Night PlayGround on Zoom! Madeline Daly Puccioni’s MONTICELLO 2020, which asks what if… Thomas Jefferson had retained the paragraph in his Declaration of Independence which would have ended America’s slave trade with the British, and […]
Posted on February 26, 2021
PlayGround Fellowship August 1, 2021 – July 31, 2022. PlayGround is excited to announce the next round of applications for their paid Producing Fellowships designed to foster the next generation of leadership for the American Theatre. We are looking for Bay Area individuals passionate about theatre and looking to make an impact on the field […]
Posted on February 23, 2021
In the age of internet challenges, the Bay Area’s leading playwright incubator, PlayGround, is introducing a challenge of their own. On the tail end of our 25th anniversary, we are introducing the PlayGround 25-Day Challenge! The rules are simple: 100 Donors must contribute $250 (or more) in just 25 days to match a $25K challenge […]
Posted on February 19, 2021
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.”― Nelson Mandela Fear is one of the oldest and strongest human emotions, but it is the act of facing said fear that great stories are born from. This challenge of courage or perhaps even foolhardiness is what 36 San […]
Posted on February 12, 2021
PlayGround-SF presents Season 27 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “LORE“ February 15, 2020 7pm PT via Zoom Live Stream Zagriate by Chris Steele Directed by Susi Damilano Dino/Morther……………………………………………………Ezra Reeves Guy/Father………………….……………………….….……Jomar Tagatac Mel/Young Dino AKA Lyra……………………Kaylamay Suarez Paz The Memory Bank By Lauren Gorski Directed by Jeunee Simon Mo…………………….………………..……………………Michael Asberry Ayesha……………………….………..…………………………Alicia Mason The Legend of the Rhino […]
Posted on February 5, 2021
PlayGround has announced and officially opened the submission window for their 13th annual Young Playwrights Contest, a showcase celebrating the best of budding new voices for the stage. Four finalists will be selected from plays submitted by high schoolers from any of the 9 Bay Area counties, inspired by this year’s theme, “Justice”, a relevant […]
Posted on February 5, 2021
PlayGround has announced a 3rd round of selected teams to participate in their continued Innovator Incubator. This year’s teams include three companies new to the Incubator, and six returning candidates. Last year’s initiative saw the inception of three brand new production companies joining three returning companies, and provided a comprehensive and integrated suite of more […]
Posted on February 5, 2021
See what PlayGround Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to as we get ready for the February 15th Monday Night PlayGround on Zoom! Robert Sicular starts rehearsals/recording February 9th for San Jose Stage Company’s virtual production of Peter Callender’s astonishing and moving new play, Strange Courtesies. This sure-to-be widely produced work will be having […]