One PlayGround Festival

A three-day festival and conference, celebrating the national PlayGround community!

3rd Annual One PlayGround Festival

May 30-June 1, 2025
Potrero Stage & Simulcast Online
Admission free ($10-$30 donation req’d for advance reservations)

Festival Schedule

Friday, May 30
7pm – Opening Session: Recess LIVE, featuring excerpts by PlayGround playwrights from across the country, performed on-the-spot by members of the national PlayGround community

Saturday, May 31
10:00am-10:30am – Welcome: Artistic Director Jim Kleinmann
10:30am-11:30am – Opening Plenary: “Making Art in Times of Crisis,” with Devin Christor, Norman Gee, Abigail Rosen & Chris Steele; moderated by PlayGround Artistic Director Jim Kleinmann

11:40am-12:50pm – Morning Discussion/Workshop: “Writing for PlayGround”

12:50pm-1:40pm – Lunch on your own

1:40pm-2:50pm – Afternoon Discussion/Workshop: “Directing and Acting for PlayGround”

3pm-4pm – Closing Plenary: “A Starter’s Guide to Self-Producing”, with Melina Cohen-Bramwell, Jon Gentry, Rebecca Pingree, & Kaz Valtchev, moderated by PlayGround Company Member Lana Richards

7pm – Best of the Best of PlayGround ’25

Isabella Speaks by Saiya Floyd (NY)
Grandma’s First Festivus by Laura Domingo (SF)
Disloyal by Anne Brady (Chicago)
Son of a Kaiju by Mikee Loria (LA)

Sunday, June 1
10am-12:30pm – PlayGround All-Company Gathering (not open to the public)