Posted on July 20, 2018
PlayGround, the Bay Area’s leading playwright incubator, is now looking for the next generation of great directors. PlayGround will select 3-4 diverse aspiring and/or early-career directors to apprentice with PlayGround during the upcoming Monday Night PlayGround season, kicking off October 15 at Berkeley Rep, and continuing through March 18, 2019. Directing Apprentices will each assistant […]
Posted on July 18, 2018
See what PlayGround Writers and Alumni are up to, as we get ready for next season’s Monday Night PlayGround! Mercedes Segesvary is celebrating graduating from Cal State LA with an MFA in Dramatic Writing for TV/Film/Theatre! On July 30, her play, IF ONLY IT WERE TRUE, will receive a reading as part of the #MeToo […]
Posted on June 6, 2018
We recently sat down with playwright Bill Bivins to talk about his new play, Scapegoat, one of the two world premiere productions in this year’s PlayGround Festival of New Works at Potrero Stage (the other being Julie Jigour’s Bright Shining Sea), performing in rotating rep through June 17. PlayGround: When did you first start writing […]
Posted on June 6, 2018
We recently sat down with playwright Julie Jigour to talk about her new play, Bright Shining Sea, one of the two world premiere productions in this year’s PlayGround Festival of New Works at Potrero Stage (the other being Bill Bivins’ Scapegoat), performing in rotating rep through June 16. PlayGround: When did you first start writing […]
Posted on June 6, 2018
See what PlayGround Writers and Alumni are up to, as we continue to showcase new work at PlayGround’s 22 Festival of New Works! Jonathan Spector‘s play GOOD. BETTER. BEST. BESTED premieres at Custom Made Theater (in co-production with Just Theater), June 14 – July 7. Rachel Bublitz‘s full-length play Ripped won the 2018 Detroit New […]
Posted on May 9, 2018
See what PlayGround Writers and Alumni are up to, as we prepare for the 22nd Annual PlayGround Festival of New Work. Current PlayGround Writer, Akaina Ghosh, and PlayGround Alumni/Winner of the June Anne Baker Award, Amy Sass, are offering 20% off listed ticket prices for A DIFFERENT LONG STRETCH OF EARTH to the PlayGround family […]
Posted on April 3, 2018
See what PlayGround Writers and Alumni are up to, as we prepare for the 22nd Annual PlayGround Festival of New Work. Jonathan Spector‘s play EUREKA DAY won the 2018 Rella Lossy Award. The play will premiere at Aurora Theatre Company from April 13 through May 13, opening April 19 on the theatre’s mainstage. http://www.auroratheatre.org/eureka-day Aaron […]
Posted on March 22, 2018
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 find that setting and meeting deadlines helps in your creative output? You’re in luck! PlayGround is seeking applications for our 25th season (2018-19) Writers Pool. Member of […]
Posted on March 22, 2018
The people have spoken… The March People’s Choice Award goes to Kate Keleher for her short play, SIGN LANGUAGE , presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on March 19, at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Congratulations, Kate! Courtesy of Ms. Keleher, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from the award-winning script. […]
Posted on March 2, 2018
“If you don’t know what to do, there’s actually a chance of doing something new.” – Philip Glass On Monday evening, March 19, PlayGround concludes its 24th season of Monday Night PlayGround with a special “Musical Theatre Night,” inspired by and featuring the music of Philip Glass. The playwrights have just four-and-a-half days to generate […]