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 […]
Posted on October 18, 2024
PlayGround presents Season 31 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND “The American Experiment” October 21st, 2024 7pm PT The David Brower Center & 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 […]
Posted on October 11, 2024
What happens when Christmas gets stolen from Whoville, again?? Can Santa’s niece successfully infiltrate the North Pole to satisfy Interpol? Enjoy these riotous riffs and many more for one weekends only: A VERY HITCHCOCK CHRISTMAS, VOLUME III!, PlayGround’s third annual “twisted” holiday” show, inspired by the iconic films of Alfred Hitchcock. Made up of five […]
Posted on October 1, 2024
See what PlayGround Writers, Company Members, and Alumni are up to this October! Kimberly Ridgeway is directing THE THANKSGIVING PLAY at the Altarena Playhouse (Alameda, CA) from October 25 – November 24, 2025. More info available here. Julia McNeal is performing in Yaga! at Marin Theatre in Mill Valley, from October 10th through November 3rd. Krystle […]
Posted on September 20, 2024
“The establishment of our new Government seemed to be the last great experiment for promoting human happiness.” – George Washington, January 9, 1790 Join us in kicking off our 30th Anniversary Season with a Monday Night full of the stories you thought you knew and the stories you never knew – until now – inspired […]
Posted on September 19, 2024
PlayGround has announced the 6th annual Innovators Showcase, a three-week festival of new works by the 2024 Innovator Incubator cohort. The Festival runs November 4-24, 2024 at Potrero Stage and simulcast. The Innovator Incubator was launched in 2019 to foster new innovative theatre companies and productions with a strong commitment to historically marginalized or excluded […]
Posted on September 17, 2024
PlayGround, a leading national playwright incubator and theatre community hub, is pleased to share plans for its 30th Anniversary Season – PlayGround’s signature Monday Night PlayGround, the nation’s longest-running and largest staged reading series – performed in-person and simulcast in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City and Chicago, October 14, 2024 through April 7, […]
Posted on September 7, 2024
Welcome to the 2024 four-city PlayGround 30th Anniversary Gala! Tonight, PlayGround marks its third decade of incubating new plays and playwrights by hosting simultaneous parties in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The PlayGround 30th Anniversary Gala will celebrate the company’s monumental history of launching over 350 significant new playwrights and over […]
Posted on September 1, 2024
See what PlayGround Writers, Company Members, and Alumni are up to this September! Ben Chau-Chiu is the assistant director of Cal Shakes’ AS YOU LIKE IT, directed by Elizabeth Carter. Also working on the production are fellow PlayGround company members Rebecca Ennals, Leontyne Mbele-Mbong, Jed Parsario, Stacy Ross, Jeunee Simon, and Chris Steele! It’s very […]
Posted on August 26, 2024
(SAN FRANCISCO) PlayGround has announced two encore productions stemming from the third annual FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL: BEST OF FREE-PLAY will run September 6-7, at Potrero Stage and simulcast, and will feature BLACK BASTARD by Jon Joseph Gentry (Sep 6th 6pm & Sep 7th at 8pm) and STARE INTO THE VOID AND YOU’LL SEE STARS by Kaz […]