Posted on December 3, 2024
At our 30th Anniversary Gala this year, Broadway playwright Jonathan Spector shared, “I don’t know if I would be a playwright today if it weren’t for PlayGround.” For 30 years, PlayGround has provided hundreds of writers their very first opportunity to hear their words out loud. Of course we hope all our playwrights make it to Broadway, but […]
Posted on November 29, 2024
The people have spoken… The November’s People’s Choice Award goes to Jennifer Le Blanc for her play Let’s Try This Again, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on November 18th live at Potrero Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Jennifer! Courtesy of Jennifer, we’re pleased to share the first two pages […]
Posted on November 22, 2024
“Maybe Christmas… doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more.” – Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas Tis the season for holiday cheer, family gatherings, and who-knows-what-else! Whether your holidays tend to bring on heartfelt reflections, meaningful connections, or endless confections, our writers are ready to dig into the […]
Posted on November 21, 2024
PlayGround has announced the lineup for its eighth annual PlayGround Solo Performance Festival, a curation of the best in Bay Area solo performance, running January 24-February 9, 2025 (Fri-Sun), presented live at San Francisco’s Potrero Stage and simulcast online. The festival of new solo work features 18 double-bill performances by twelve California artists over three […]
Posted on November 16, 2024
PlayGround presents Season 31 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND “Dreams & Nightmares” November 18th, 2024 7pm PT 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 […]
Posted on November 15, 2024
In preparation for PlayGround’s upcoming “twisted” holiday show, A Very Hitchcock Christmas, PlayGround is turning Potrero Stage into a cinema for a free HITCHCOCK FILM FESTIVAL, featuring Notorious (1946), Rope (1948), Rear Window (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), and The Birds (1963), presented over two days, November 30-December 1, 2024. Reserve your free tickets […]
Posted on November 15, 2024
PlayGround presents its third annual “twisted” holiday show: A VERY HITCHCOCK CHRISTMAS, inspired by the iconic films of Alfred Hitchcock. Performances are December 7-8 at 7:00 p.m. PST in person and streaming. A VERY HITCHCOCK CHRISTMAS features the plays; Santa on a Rope by Shoshanna Green, To Catch a Grinch by Daniel Arzola (World Premiere), […]
Posted on November 1, 2024
The people have spoken… The October’s People’s Choice Award goes to Jediah Craig for his play Ratification Panic Room, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on October 21st live at the David Brower Center and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Jediah! Courtesy of Jediah, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from the […]
Posted on November 1, 2024
See what PlayGround Writers, Company Members, and Alumni are up to this November! Michael Barrett Austin is appearing in Aurora Theatre Company’s production of Noel Coward’s ‘Fallen Angels’ through November 17th. More info available here. Kristy Lin Billuni’s short play, “The Cherry Tree” will appear 11/15 and 16 in Oakland Public Theater’s Four Seasons Political […]
Posted on October 25, 2024
“You see things; and say Why? But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not?” — George Bernard Shaw Aspiration! Deflation. Largest hopes, deepest fears. Dreams and nightmares (this month’s prompt!) appear while we sleep and also while we’re awake – motivating us, scaring us, pushing us to be or become our […]