Posted on February 2, 2018
Monday Night PlayGround returns on February 19, with 6 new ten-minute plays inspired by this month’s topic “Tall Tales.” Beginning on February 2, the PlayGround Writers Company has four-and-a-half days to spin their completely unbelievable, totally true stories. Six scripts will be chosen to receive a professional script-in-hand staged reading at Berkeley Rep on February […]
Posted on February 1, 2018
Save the date! Our annual gala fundraiser, the PlayGround Benefit & Awards Night, celebrating and supporting the Bay Area’s best new playwrights, will take place on Monday, April 9, at our San Francisco home, Potrero Stage. Join us for a festive evening of mini performances, hand-crafted cocktails, and sumptuous edibles as we mark the first […]
Posted on February 1, 2018
Lauren Yee is a finalist for the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for Female Playwrights for her play THE GREAT LEAP, which is slated for performance at the Denver Center, Seattle Rep, and The Atlantic Theatre company later this year. The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, established in 1978, is given annually to recognize women who […]
Posted on January 25, 2018
PlayGround is pleased to announce the topic and guidelines for our 10th anniversary Young Playwrights Project contest. The topic for 2018 is “Tall Tales” and the submission guidelines can be found here. Submissions will be due by 11:59 PM on April 9, 2018 and finalists will be announced on or before April 23rd. High school […]
Posted on January 19, 2018
The people have spoken… The January People’s Choice Award goes to Karen T. Hartline for her short play, ANYTHING HELPS, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on January 15, at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Congratulations, Karen! Courtesy of Ms. Hartline, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from the award-winning script. […]
Posted on January 10, 2018
A huge thanks to all those who contributed to the PlayGround Year-End Campaign last month! We’d like to thank you in person and hope you’ll join us at our annual PlayGround Donor Thanks Reception, taking place on Monday, February 19, 7pm-8pm, at Berkeley Rep prior to that night’s Monday Night PlayGround. Want to secure your […]
Posted on January 10, 2018
The people have spoken… The December People’s Choice Award goes to Alanna McFall for her short play, There’s No Place Like Hell for the Holidays, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on December 18 at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Congratulations, Alanna! Courtesy of Ms. McFall, we’re pleased to share the first […]
Posted on January 9, 2018
What does the future look like if we continue to do nothing about climate change? Can the actions of a single person make a difference for the future of our planet? We asked the PlayGround Writers Pool to tackle this question for our annual Planet Earth Arts New Play Festival collaboration. On December 21, the […]
Posted on January 9, 2018
Monday Night PlayGround writers Jerome Joseph Gentes, Madeline Puccioni, L. Z. Zephyr and writers’ pool alum Laylah Muran De Assereto each have short plays in THE GRATEFUL DEADLY, an original anthology from Oakland’s Playland Productions, March 8-17, 2018 at The Ex Theatre, 156 Eddy, SF. Tickets at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3208157. Mark Routhier is directing THE LIEUTENANT OF […]
Posted on January 3, 2018
PlayGround will present a celebration of the best in Bay Area solo performance, running January 11-28 at Potrero Stage. The PlayGround Solo Performance Festival features 36 performances by 8 local artists over three weeks, and will include new works by Lisa Evans, Malcolm Grissom, Marjorie Hazeltine, Michael Phillis, Katie Rubin, Thomas Robert Simpson, Nina Wise, […]