Posted on April 2, 2021
See what PlayGround Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to as we prepare for the PlayGround Zoom Fest next month! Madeleine Butler was invited to be part of the writers’ room for THE SINS & SECRETS OF TABARD LAKE, a serial radio drama created by Three Girls Theatre Company. Described as “pandemic noir, ” […]
Posted on April 2, 2021
PlayGround, a premiere playwright incubator and theatre community hub, has created paid development opportunities for local playwrights in San Francisco since 1994 and Los Angeles since 2012… and, as of this October, now New York City! This latest expansion of PlayGround’s mission to support the development of new voices for the theatre, with a deep […]
Posted on March 31, 2021
PlayGround, the Bay Area’s leading playwright incubator and theatre community hub, is pleased to announce that longtime Company Member Liam Vincent will be joining the PlayGround staff effective April 1 in the newly-created position of Director of Growth. Working with PlayGround Artistic Director & Co-Founder Jim Kleinmann and the PlayGround Board of Directors, he will […]
Posted on March 30, 2021
PlayGround is thrilled to announce the selected playwrights for our 25th annual ten-minute play festival, BEST OF PLAYGROUND 25, streaming live via Zoom, Saturday May 29 and Sunday May 30 at 7pm PT. The writers are: Akaina Ghosh, Anne Yumi Kobori, Bacilio Mendez II, Chris Steele, Eteya Trinidad, Leela Velautham, and Christian Wilburn. This year’s […]
Posted on March 24, 2021
On August 6 last year, PlayGround acknowledged to the leaders of #WeSeeYouWAT, the Living Document, and our community as a whole “our role and responsibility to eliminate white supremacy, actively build an anti-racist institution, end harmful behaviors and practices, and ensure PlayGround is a safe and welcoming space for all theatre practitioners to build on […]
Posted on March 22, 2021
Over the past year, nearly two-dozen donors helped raise $200,000 toward PlayGround’s 25th Anniversary Campaign, designed to help secure PlayGround’s future and build a more equitable theatre for all. With an ambitious $250,000 goal, the campaign will increase investment in three timely efforts: artist compensation, artistic initiatives, and arts facilities. But with the 25th Anniversary […]
Posted on March 20, 2021
The people have spoken… The March People’s Choice Award goes to Madeline Puccioni for her short play, 1913, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on March 15 on Zoom. Congratulations, Madeline! Courtesy of Madeline, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! 1913 by Madeline Puccioni […]
Posted on March 13, 2021
PlayGround presents Season 27 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “FEARLESS“ March 15, 2020 7pm PT via Zoom Live Stream For What Fears the Taster by Christopher Robin Magee Directed by Jim Kleinmann Empress………………………………………….………………Karen Offereins Taster………………….………………………………………….……Ezra Reaves Give Me The Sky By Anne Yumi Kobori Directed by Claire Ganem Billie Frechette…………………….……………………………Shannon Davis Johnnie Dillinger………………….…………………………Joseph O’Malley Melvin Purvis…………………………………………………………Chris […]
Posted on March 12, 2021
Are you a Bay Area-based early-career or aspiring professional playwright? Have you ever wanted to see your plays performed on stage by leading local professional actors? Do you respond well to deadlines? PlayGround is seeking applications for our 2021-22 Writers Pool. Members of the Writers Pool are invited to submit for the Monday Night PlayGround […]
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 […]