Posted on May 9, 2024
PlayGround is thrilled to announce the lineup for PlayGround’s 2nd Annual Best of the Best of PlayGround. This unique showcase is a culmination of the 2023-24 Monday Night seasons hosted in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. The line-up includes Bessie in Medias Res by Robyn Brooks (San Francisco), Love Language of Origin […]
Posted on May 7, 2024
Hear from by Jacob Marx Rice, playwright of A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS May 18 & May 19, 2025, at 7pm PT. The Festival Premiere Presentation is directed Directed by Tracy Ward Potrero Stage & Simulcast/On-Demand thru May 31 Admission: $0-$50 (donations gratefully accepted) or Festival Sponsorship A Thousand Natural Shocks follows Kennedy, who is doing okay! Her depression […]
Posted on May 3, 2024
Get to know Anne Yumi Kobori, playwright of APERTURES OF LOVE IN TIMES OF WAR by (a Festival Premiere Presentation) May 11 & May 12 7pm PT – Reserve Tickets Here Potrero Stage & Simulcast/On-Demand thru May 31 Admission: $0-$50 (donations gratefully accepted) or Festival Sponsorship APERTURES OF LOVE IN TIMES OF WAR follows Ed, a Mexican-American […]
Posted on May 3, 2024
See what PlayGround Writers, Company Members, and Alumni are up to this May! Rebecca Pingree will ring in the final performance of SF Shakes on Tour As You Like It at the San Francisco Public Library May 11th at 2pm, perform in the west coast premiere of A Thousand Natural Shocks at Potrero Stage May […]
Posted on April 18, 2024
The full lineup for PlayGround’s 28th annual Festival of New Works, a preeminent showcase for the next generation of great playwrights, has been announced! This year’s festival, all performed live at Potrero Stage and simulcast, will feature premiere presentations of Anne Yumi Kobori’s Apertures of Love in Times of War and Jacob Marx Rice’s A […]
Posted on April 15, 2024
PlayGround Festival: Kick-Off & Playwrights Panel Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 7:00 PM PDT – Potrero Stage Admission is free, Reserve your ticket here Hear from seven of the playwrights featured in this year’s Festival of New Works! Join Artistic Director Jim Kleinmann in conversation with PlayGround playwright alumni Robyn Brooks, Anne Yumi Kobori, Matthew […]
Posted on April 11, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO – The lineup has been announced for PlayGround’s 28th annual Festival of New Works Staged Readings: Rivals of Mars by Bridgette Dutta Portman (Friday, May 10), Work/Shoot by Matthew Y. Morishige (Monday, May 13), The Passing Storm by Jessica June Rowe (Friday, May 17), and Crazy Jezebels by Bailey Jordan Garcia (Monday, May […]
Posted on April 4, 2024
PlayGround is part of an amazing community of artists—playwrights, directors, actors, designers—and audiences who come to support the very best that Bay Area theatre has to offer. The 28th annual PlayGround Festival of New Works, May 7-26, 2024 in-person at Potrero Stage and simulcast, is a celebration of all that PlayGround artists have accomplished over […]
Posted on April 1, 2024
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 2024-25 Writers Pool. Members of the Writers Pool are invited to submit for the Monday Night PlayGround […]
Posted on March 29, 2024
See what PlayGround Writers, Company Members, and Alumni are up to this April! April Ballesteros will be Assistant Stage Managing the World Premiere of Sign My Name To Freedom written by Michael Gene Sullivan and directed by Elizabeth Carter at ZSpace. Presented by San Francisco Bay Area Theater Company. Runs March 29, 2024 to April […]