Posted on January 14, 2022
See what PlayGround Writers and Company Members are up to this January! Michael J. Asberry is going into tech rehearsal for SWEET WATER TASTE with the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre (Orlando Shakes), opening on 1/7/22. Evelyn Jean Pine’s short play, OAKLAND 1982: YOU, ME, AND RiCKEY, will be the first play ever published in the online […]
Posted on January 12, 2022
PlayGround has announced the lineup for its fifth annual PlayGround Solo Performance Festival, a curation of the best in Bay Area solo performance, running January 28 to February 13 presented live at San Francisco’s Potrero Stage and simulcast online. The festival of new work features 9 double-bill performances by 11 California artists over three weeks, […]
Posted on January 7, 2022
The people have spoken… The December People’s Choice Award goes to Jennifer Le Blanc for her play Nutcracker Sweets, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on December 20th at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, and simulcast online. Congratulations, Jennifer! Courtesy of Jennifer, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from the […]
Posted on December 28, 2021
“Keep moving, for it may well be that the greatest song has not yet been sung, the greatest book has not been written, the highest mountain has not been climbed. This is your challenge! Reach out and grab it… but there is something we can learn from the broken grammar of that mother, that we […]
Posted on December 20, 2021
PlayGround presents Season 28 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “NOT SO SILENT NIGHT“ December 20, 2021 7pm PT Freight & Salvage + Simulcast 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 of the […]
Posted on December 15, 2021
PlayGround is excited to announce two (2) immediate openings 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 while developing the skill set to do so for a […]
Posted on December 3, 2021
See what PlayGround Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this December! Ezra Reaves and Akaina Ghosh are in “PLOT POINTS IN OUR SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT” by Miranda Rose Hall, at NCTC!. The play performs until December 19th, tickets and more information are available online on NCTC. Julia Brothers will be basking in the sun […]
Posted on December 3, 2021
The people have spoken… The November People’s Choice Award goes to Alanna McFall’s They Dun It, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on November 15th at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, and simulcast online. Congratulations, Alanna! Courtesy of Alanna, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! […]
Posted on November 30, 2021
As the lights go up, Peet’s and Starbucks roll out their snowflake-embossed cups and ugly sweaters re-emerge from the closet, it’s clear… the holiday season has begun! PlayGround offers its own take on the holidays with a new round of Monday Night PlayGround, featuring original short plays inspired by your favorite (and perhaps not-so-favorite) holiday […]
Posted on November 29, 2021
In an interview with TheaterMania, playwright Mansa Ra (fka Jiréh Breon Holder) referred to those who have returned to the theatre in 2021 as “artistic first responders.” We found that phrase incredibly impactful and resonant. CONTRIBUTE Over the last two years, we have celebrated our first responders, our nurses and doctors, grocery store employees, and […]