Posted on July 15, 2025
One of the nation’s oldest and most respected developers of new works for the theatre, PlayGround will mark the conclusion of its 30th Anniversary Season with a four-city gala celebration taking place simultaneously in New York City (Carmine’s Upper West Side), Chicago (Osteria Via Stato), Los Angeles (Rossoblu) and San Francisco (Verdi Club) on Monday, […]
Posted on July 3, 2025
See what PlayGround Writers, Company Members,and Alumni are up to this July! Congratulations to Jonathan Spector on winning the Tony Award for Best Play Revival for his play, Eureka Day at this year’s 2025 Tony Awards. Eureka Day premiered on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre as part of Manhattan Theatre Club’s season last […]
Posted on July 3, 2025
PlayGround presents Season 31 PLAYGROUND FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL August 1-24, 2025 Live at Potrero Stage + Simulcast Acknowledging the Legacy of the Land We Inhabit PlayGround acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush (RAH-my-toosh) Ohlone (oh-LOW-nee) and Lisjan (lih-SHAH-n) Ohlone, the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula and East Bay, […]
Posted on June 10, 2025
(SAN FRANCISCO) PlayGround closes out the summer season with the fourth annual FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL, August 1-24, at Potrero Stage and simulcast. This four-week “fringe style” new works festival features 17 productions and 58 performances by talented theatre artists from across the country including PlayGround artists based in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York and […]
Posted on June 6, 2025
PlayGround is thrilled to announce the five playwrights who will receive paid commissions to adapt their award-winning short plays into evening-length works over the next year: Anne Brady, Madeleine Butler, Laura Domingo, Baylee Shlichtman, and Camron Wright! Each playwright will take part in the 2025-26 residency and receive readings and other development opportunities over the […]
Posted on June 1, 2025
See what PlayGround Writers, Company Members, and Alumni are up to this June! Kimberly Ridgeway is performing Lynn Nottage’s SWEAT at Palo Alto Players. The show runs June 13 – 29, 2025. Tickets can be found here. Michael Barrett Austin recently appeared in Madeline Butler’s ‘The Case of the Missing Messenger’ for The Best of […]
Posted on May 30, 2025
PlayGround presents Season 31 3rd ANNUAL ONE PLAYGROUND FESTIVAL May 30th – June 1st, 2025 Live at Potrero Stage + Simulcast On-Demand thru June 8th Acknowledging the Legacy of the Land We Inhabit PlayGround acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush (RAH-my-toosh) Ohlone (oh-LOW-nee) and Lisjan (lih-SHAH-n) Ohlone, the original […]
Posted on May 23, 2025
(updated 5/30/25) Registration is now open for the 3rd Annual ONE PLAYGROUND FESTIVAL, a three-day festival and conference, celebrating the national PlayGround community! The entire PlayGround community, theatre-makers from across the country, and the general public are invited to attend Potrero Stage or participate online May 30-June 1, 2025. The Festival will be available On-Demand […]
Posted on May 19, 2025
Wow has time flown!! It’s time for the final “interview” with one of the playwrights featured in the PlayGround’s 29th Festival of New Works! Unlike traditional playwright interviews, we asked our writers to reply to our questions with either a single word, an image, an obvious lie, or a rhyming couplet (or whatever they wanted if they weren’t […]
Posted on May 19, 2025
Howdy folx!! It’s time for another “interview” with one of the playwrights featured in the PlayGround’s 29th Festival of New Works! Unlike traditional playwright interviews, we asked our writers to reply to our questions with either a single word, an image, an obvious lie, or a rhyming couplet (or whatever they wanted if they weren’t in the mood). […]