One PlayGround Festival

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

4th Annual One PlayGround Festival

June 5-7, 2026
Potrero Stage & Simulcast Online
Admission free ($10-$30 donation req’d for advance reservations)

TICKETS COMPANY MEMBERS ONLY: REGISTRATION

Festival Schedule

Friday, June 5
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, June 6
10:00am-10:30am – Welcome: Artistic Director Jim Kleinmann
10:30am-11:30am – Opening Plenary: “Building a National Career in the American Theatre,” with Aldo Billingslea, Julia Brothers, Charlique C. Rolle, and Will Dao; 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: “The Trials, Tribulations & Triumphs of Starting Your Own Theatre”, with Rebecca Pingree, J. Lynn Jackson, Julius Rea, Norman Gee, and Krystle Piamonte, moderator tba

7pm – Best of the Best of PlayGround ’26

Woosh! by Baylee Shlichtman (LA)
Marathon Dan by Uma Incrocci (NY)
Second City, First Draft by Dana Hall (CH)
Bridges of San Francisco County by Stan Stone (SF)

Sunday, June 7
10am-12:30pm – PlayGround All-Company Gathering (not open to the public)