Posted on December 26, 2023
PlayGround has announced the lineup for its seventh annual PlayGround Solo Performance Festival, a curation of the best in Bay Area solo performance, running January 26-February 11, 2024 (Fri-Sun at 7pm PT), presented live at San Francisco’s Potrero Stage and simulcast online. The festival of new solo work features 8 double-bill performances by eight California […]
Posted on December 17, 2023
PlayGround presents Season 30 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “Surviving the Holidays” December 18th, 2023 7pm PT Live at Potrero Stage + Simulcast & On-Demand 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 […]
Posted on December 8, 2023
PlayGround presents Season 30 A Very Hitchcock Christmas December 10 & 16-17 2023 7pm PT Live at Potrero Stage + Simulcast & On-Demand 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 […]
Posted on December 8, 2023
The people have spoken… The November People’s Choice Award goes to Robyn Brooks for her play Indigo Dusk, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on November 20th live at the Potrero Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Robyn! Courtesy of Robyn, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from the award-winning […]
Posted on December 5, 2023
See what PlayGround Writers, Company Members and Alumni are up to this December! Ben Chau-Chiu is assistant directing A.C.T.’s A Christmas Carol! It’s the last year to see this version of the show. Come see fellow company members Brian Herndon, Khalia Davis, Cindy Goldfield, Howard Swain, and Jomar Tagatac onstage, with Rebecca Ennals in the […]
Posted on November 28, 2023
PlayGround has had a busy year. With Monday Night PlayGround programs running in-person and streaming online in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and the Bay Area, we are supporting 400+ writers, directors, actors and stage managers across the country as they create over 140 bold new works for the stage in a supportive community of […]
Posted on November 24, 2023
“You guys give up? Or are you thirsty for more?”- Kevin McCallister, Home Alone (1990) Come celebrate the holidays PlayGround-style at our next round of Monday Night PlayGround, December 18, 7PM PT, live at Freight & Salvage and simulcast online, featuring original short plays inspired by the prompt “Surviving the Holidays”. PlayGround’s sister companies, PlayGround-LA, PlayGround-NY, and PlayGround-Chicago […]
Posted on November 24, 2023
PlayGround has announced the cast for its second annual “twisted” holiday show, “A VERY HITCHCOCK CHRISTMAS”, running December 10 & December 16-17 at Potrero Stage and simulcast, with on-demand access through New Year’s. The evening-length program features returning short plays by Jeffrey Lo, Alexis Standridge, and Eteya Trinidad, and three new short plays by Shoshanna […]
Posted on November 19, 2023
PlayGround presents Season 30 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “The Legacy of the Land We Inhabit” Presented in partnership with the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone Sponsored by Avenue Greenlight & California Humanities November 20, 2023 7pm PT Live at Potrero Stage + Simulcast & On-Demand Acknowledging the Legacy of the Land We Inhabit PlayGround acknowledges that […]
Posted on November 3, 2023
The people have spoken… The October People’s Choice Award goes to Lisa Gaye Thompson for her play America Chavez: Particle Flyer, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on October 16th live at the Freight & Salvage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Lisa! Courtesy of Lisa, we’re pleased to share the first two […]