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Posted on May 15, 2024

Jonathan Josephson

May 24 Potrero Hill Community Celebration: Land Acknowledgment Mural & Young Playwrights Project

On Friday evening, May 24, PlayGround will host a Potrero Hill Community Celebration, including the unveiling of a new land acknowledgment mural by Indigenous & San Francisco artist Natalie Contreras, developed in partnership with the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (ARO), the original and continuing stewards of the lands upon which PlayGround’s home theatre, Potrero Stage, […]

Posted on May 10, 2024

River Bermudez-Sanders

28th Annual PlayGround Festival of New Works Playbill

PlayGround presents Season 30 28th ANNUAL PLAYGROUND FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS May 7-26, 2024 Live at Potrero Stage + Simulcast On-Demand thru May 31 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 May 9, 2024

Jonathan Josephson

PlayGround’s 2nd Annual “Best of the Best” of PlayGround

PlayGround is thrilled to announce the lineup for PlayGround’s 2nd Annual Best of the Best of PlayGround. This unique showcase is a culmination of the 2023-24 Monday Night seasons hosted in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. The line-up includes Bessie in Medias Res by Robyn Brooks (San Francisco), Love Language of Origin […]

Posted on May 7, 2024

Jonathan Josephson

Hear from Jacob Marx Rice, playwright of A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS

Hear from by Jacob Marx Rice, playwright of A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS May 18 & May 19, 2025, at 7pm PT. The Festival Premiere Presentation is directed Directed by Tracy Ward Potrero Stage & Simulcast/On-Demand thru May 31 Admission: $0-$50 (donations gratefully accepted) or Festival Sponsorship A Thousand Natural Shocks follows Kennedy, who is doing okay! Her depression […]

Posted on May 3, 2024

Jonathan Josephson

Interview with Anne Yumi Kobori, playwright of APERTURES OF LOVE IN TIMES OF WAR

Get to know Anne Yumi Kobori, playwright of APERTURES OF LOVE IN TIMES OF WAR by (a Festival Premiere Presentation) May 11 & May 12 7pm PT – Reserve Tickets Here Potrero Stage & Simulcast/On-Demand thru May 31 Admission: $0-$50 (donations gratefully accepted) or Festival Sponsorship APERTURES OF LOVE IN TIMES OF WAR follows Ed, a Mexican-American […]

Posted on May 3, 2024

Emily Zhou

Company in the News May-2024

See what PlayGround Writers, Company Members, and Alumni are up to this May! Rebecca Pingree will ring in the final performance of SF Shakes on Tour As You Like It at the San Francisco Public Library May 11th at 2pm, perform in the west coast premiere of A Thousand Natural Shocks at Potrero Stage May […]

Posted on April 18, 2024

Jonathan Josephson

The full lineup for PlayGround’s 28th annual Festival of New Work

The full lineup for PlayGround’s 28th annual Festival of New Works, a preeminent showcase for the next generation of great playwrights, has been announced! This year’s festival, all performed live at Potrero Stage and simulcast, will feature premiere presentations of Anne Yumi Kobori’s Apertures of Love in Times of War and Jacob Marx Rice’s A […]

Posted on April 15, 2024

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PlayGround Festival: Kick-Off & Playwrights Panel Tuesday, May 7

PlayGround Festival: Kick-Off & Playwrights Panel Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 7:00 PM PDT – Potrero Stage Admission is free, Reserve your ticket here Hear from seven of the playwrights featured in this year’s Festival of New Works! Join Artistic Director Jim Kleinmann in conversation with PlayGround playwright alumni Robyn Brooks, Anne Yumi Kobori, Matthew […]

Posted on April 11, 2024

Jonathan Josephson

PlayGround’s 28th Annual Festival of New Works Staged Readings

SAN FRANCISCO – The lineup has been announced for PlayGround’s 28th annual Festival of New Works Staged Readings: Rivals of Mars by Bridgette Dutta Portman (Friday, May 10), Work/Shoot by Matthew Y. Morishige (Monday, May 13), The Passing Storm by Jessica June Rowe (Friday, May 17), and Crazy Jezebels by Bailey Jordan Garcia (Monday, May […]

Posted on April 4, 2024

Jim Kleinmann

Become a Festival Sponsor & Guarantee Your Ticket to 30+ New Plays!

PlayGround is part of an amazing community of artists—playwrights, directors, actors, designers—and audiences who come to support the very best that Bay Area theatre has to offer. The 28th annual PlayGround Festival of New Works, May 7-26, 2024 in-person at Potrero Stage and simulcast, is a celebration of all that PlayGround artists have accomplished over […]