Posted on November 15, 2020

Jim Kleinmann

Nov 16 Monday Night PlayGround Playbill

PlayGround presents Season 27 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “Hero’s Journey” November 16, 2020 7pm PT via Zoom Live Stream A Modern Odyssey by Akaina Ghosh Directed by Ely Sonny Orquiza The Narrator.…………………..………………….……………Michael Barrett Austin The Protagonist………..……………………………..………………………..Ezra Reaves The Therapist/The Voicemail………………………………………..Karen Offereins The Mother……………………………………………..…………………………Mary Baird Refusal of the Call by Amissa Miller Directed by Katherine Hamilton […]

Posted on November 5, 2020

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround Company in the News Nov 2020

Read on to learn more about PlayGround Company Member and Alumni recent news, current happenings, and upcoming events while we prepare for the November 16th Monday Night PlayGround. Julia Brothers voted early and was a poll worker in NYC on Nov 3rd. She just did a workshop at ACT with The Kilbanes on their new […]

Posted on October 27, 2020

Jim Kleinmann

How to Apply for the 4th Annual PlayGround Solo Fest

The PlayGround Solo Performance Festival is PlayGround’s annual celebration of the best in California solo performance. Now going on its fourth year, the next Solo Fest will take place January 22-February 7, 2021 via Zoom live stream, with nine double-bill performances over three weeks. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PlayGround invites submission of proposals by California-based artists for participation […]

Posted on October 26, 2020

Jim Kleinmann

The October People’s Choice goes to…..

The people have spoken… The October People’s Choice Award goes to Tom Bruett  for his short play, HOA POLICY, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on October 19, on Zoom. Congratulations, Tom! Courtesy of Mr. Bruett, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy!   HOA Policy […]

Posted on October 22, 2020

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PlayGround presents 2nd Annual Innovators Showcase

PlayGround has announced an expanded lineup of programming for this year’s 2nd annual INNOVATORS SHOWCASE, featuring new works by the 2020 Innovator Incubator Cohort: Analog Theatre, The Forum Collective, Juneteenth Theatre Justice Project, Kunoichi Productions, The Moonrisers, Poltergeist Theatre Project, and Theatre Cultura. The Innovator Incubator was launched in 2019 to foster new innovative theatre […]

Posted on October 19, 2020

Jim Kleinmann

Oct 19 Monday Night PlayGround Playbill

PlayGround presents Season 27 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “Suffrage” October 19, 2020 7pm PT via Zoom Live Stream HOA Policy by Tom Bruett Directed by Susies Damilano Connie.…………………..…………………….………………Suzanne Grodner Samantha………………………………….……………………..Julia Brothers Woodhull and the Jailer by Reg Clay Directed by Jim Kleinmann Victoria Woodhull…………………………………..……………………Melissa Ortiz The Jailer……………………………..……………………………Patrick Kelly Jones Tucker…………………………………….……………………………..Michael Asberry Brick into Mirrors by […]

Posted on October 1, 2020

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround Company in the News October 2020

Read on to learn more about PlayGround Company Member and Alumni recent news, current happenings, and upcoming events while we prepare for the October 19th Monday Night PlayGround. On October 24, a staged reading of Evelyn Jean Pine and Katja Rivera’s play, THE INVISIBLE PROJECT, with dramaturgy by Linda Maria Giron, will be zoomed as […]

Posted on September 22, 2020

Jim Kleinmann

Season 27 of Monday Night PlayGround Moves Online!

PlayGround, California’s leading playwright incubator and theatre community hub, has announced that the 27th season of its celebrated Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series will move online this year, beginning October 19 at 7pm PT and continuing on third Mondays through March 2021 (in Los Angeles, the PlayGround-LA Monday series will similarly move online, beginning […]