Posted on July 30, 2021
See what PlayGround Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to as we look forward to the 2021-22 season! Mary Baird has 3 upcoming events: Golden Stories of Our Past: Women’s Suffrage: September 10th at The Nevada Theatre, Nevada City (here’s the trailer); An Evening With Ellen: September 18th at The Odd Fellows in Nevada […]
Posted on July 29, 2021
Last September, representatives from the PlayGround leadership, staff, board, company, writers, audience and supporters came together as the PlayGround Equity Workgroup, meeting monthly to review and address the demands of #WeSeeYouWAT and the Living Document BIPOC Equity Action Plan, and to help review and establish PlayGround policies to assist in this critical work. In March, […]
Posted on July 18, 2021
“I think I will come up with my own story, if you would like to join me.” – Sasha, Sasha and the Angelier PlayGround has announced the recipient of its first-ever PlayGround People’s Choice New Play Commission: Christian Wilburn. First offered through PlayGround’s sister company PlayGround-LA beginning in 2018, the inaugural PlayGround People’s Choice New […]
Posted on July 9, 2021
See what PlayGround Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to as we look forward to the 2021-22 season! Lynn Aylward directed “What You Don’t See When You Look at Me,” a performance by Rising Voices, a theater group of justice-involved young women, at PianoFight Oakland on June 25, the first time the theater was […]
Posted on June 22, 2021
PlayGround has officially selected four new Producing Fellows — Lindsey Abbott, Daniel Benitez, Caroline Portante, and Wallace Yan — to join the PlayGround Producing Team for the 2021-22 Season! The paid Producing Fellowship is designed to foster the next generation of leadership for the American Theatre, with a priority towards individuals from historically marginalized communities. […]
Posted on June 17, 2021
On Monday, September 20, PlayGround will host its annual fundraising gala, commemorating twenty years of the June Anne Baker Prize and the incredible legacy of the twenty women playwrights who’ve received the Prize since 2002. Initiated by PlayGround benefactor John H. Gilman in memory of his late wife, the June Anne Baker Prize recognizes the […]
Posted on June 4, 2021
PlayGround Zoom Fest Premiere Presentations (originally presented via Zoom live-stream May 10-30), are now available for on-demand viewing through June 13! These fully-developed and produced Zoom Fest Premiere Presentations were the highlight of this year’s new works festival. They are now available for free on-demand viewing, and we invite you to make a donation via […]
Posted on June 4, 2021
See what PlayGround Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to as we wrap up PlayGround Zoom Fest and look forward to the 2021-22 season! Robert Sicular is proud to appear in an episodic reading of Shakespeare’s “Troilus and Cressida” presented by The Humanities Institute and Shakespeare Santa Cruz. This free event (registration required) will […]
Posted on May 26, 2021
Last year’s first-ever PlayGround Zoom Fest laid the groundwork for PlayGround to continue to deeply invest in their commitments to accessibility, equity, and artistic innovation. This year’s Zoom Fest is no different, featuring full-length digital premieres, dynamic developmental readings, evenings of bite-sized storytelling and all under a radically-accessible admission-free structure! This year’s Best of PlayGround […]
Posted on May 21, 2021
Last year’s first-ever PlayGround Zoom Fest laid the groundwork for PlayGround to continue to deeply invest in their commitments to accessibility, equity, and artistic innovation. This year’s Zoom Fest is no different, featuring full length digital premieres, dynamic developmental readings, evenings of bite-sized storytelling and all under a radically accessible admission-free structure! This year’s two […]