PlayGround-LA presents Season 10

BEST OF PLAYGROUND-LA GALA

April 11, 2022 7pm PT
Broadwater Main Stage & Vimeo Live Simulcast

ACKNOWLEDGING THE LEGACY OF THE LAND WE INHABIT

PlayGround-LA acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Chumash, Tongva, and Kizh (“keech”), the original inhabitants of Los Angeles. As the past and present Indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Chumash, Tongva and Kizh Nation (Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians) have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. We recognize the historic injustice of the forcible removal of the Chumash, Tongva and Kizh people from their ancestral lands, and that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the Ancestors, Elders and Relatives of the Chumash, Tongva and Kizh Communities and by affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples. We honor the storytellers of the Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians and are grateful for our ability to share and uplift Indigenous stories and those of other historically marginalized communities.

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PLAYGROUND-LA’S ANTI-RACIST POLICY

PlayGround-LA recognizes the impact of racial oppression within society and the American Theater and that we have been complicit in White Supremacy culture. Our goal is to co-create safety for our community by identifying and interrupting instances of racism and all forms of oppression when we witness them, through specific actions rooted in the principles of anti-racism and accessibility. In its endeavor to address the implications of our history, PlayGround-LA is committed to its compliance with the following fundamental rights:

• The recognition of inherent dignity and worth of each human being.
• The recognition of equality of all human beings.
• Recognition of rights of ethnic, racial, cultural, linguistic and religious groups.
• Equality and non-discrimination.

PlayGround-LA’s Anti-Racist Policy applies to: all members of the PlayGround-LA community, including employees, independent contractors, volunteers, audience members, donors, and general members of the community.

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In the Terrarium
By Briggs Hatton
Directed by Paris McCarthy
Ms. Kendall ……………………………Emily Kuroda
Jimmy………………………………Jordan Covington
Godzilla…………………………..Anthony Rutowicz

Brown Eyed Killer
By M.J. Kang
Directed by Sylvia Cervantes Blush
Mother…………………………………Alexia Jasmene
Dog……………………………………….Julia Belanova
Wife…………………………………Hillary DeMartino
Random Bald Guy…………………..Gabi Mayorga
Washed Up Voice Actor….Tiana Randall-Quant

The Passing Storm
By Jessica June Rowe
Directed by Jully Lee
George/Climber #1……………..Tahmus Rounds
Maya/Climber #2…………………Carolyn Deskin
Andrew………………………………………Josef Bette

The Intervention
By Ayesha Siddiqui
Directed by Rondrell McCormick
Sun……………………………………………….Ben Cain
Venus…………………………………………Lea Madda
Mars…………………………………………..Gary Poux
Earth…………………………………Summer Broyhill

South Hope St.
By Aaron Higareda
Directed by Jim Kleinmann
Sergio…………………………………..Hugo Carbajal
Eddy……………………………………..Danny Gomez
Noah / Noah Look Alike……Anthony Rutowicz

Miss Rebecca Is Here With the New Rules
By Scott Mullen
Directed by Jesus Reyes
Anne…………………………………….Jahnavi Alyssa
Pia………………………………………..Gabi Mayorga
Miss Rebecca………………….Stephanie T. Keefer

Stage Manager – Harrison Butler

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD & NEW PLAY COMMISSION

Following tonight’s performance, we invite your participation in the Best of PlayGround-LA People’s Choice Award. Through the People’s Choice Award, our audience can play a direct impact in furthering the career of a promising new playwright. To vote, make a People’s Choice Award tax-deductible donation on behalf of your favorite play(s)/playwright(s) from the evening. Every donated dollar counts as a vote while directly supporting PlayGround-LA’s New Play Commissioning program.

Cast your vote for your favorite play(s) by making a People’s Choice donation via Zelle (info@playground-la.org), Venmo (our account ID is @playgroundsf and if they ask for the last four digits of the phone, it’s 8541) or on our website at https://playground-la.org/monday). Add a note/memo with your gift (you can use the donor acknowledgment section when donating on our website) to indicate your favorite play(s) or email your selection to boxoffice@playground-sf.org.

At the end of the next two weeks, we’ll tally up the top vote-getter and recipient of this year’s PlayGround-LA New Play Commission, a full-length expansion and adaptation of their award-winning Best of PlayGround-LA Gala short play. It’s a powerful way of showing your support for new writers and their work, while helping PlayGround-LA continue doing what we do!

BIOGRAPHIES

PLAYWRIGHTS

BRIGGS HATTON (In the Terrarium), he/him, is a Los Angeles-based WGA screenwriter, playwright, and solid dude, who is thrilled to return for his second season with PlayGround-LA. His short play “Happy Holidays” was recently commissioned by NY’s Atlantic Theater School. In TV, he worked for two seasons on the TBS comedic game show “The Misery Index,” and previously worked for four seasons on the NBC cult-favorite sitcom “Community.” He’s written and performed at U.C.B. LA, Second City Chicago, and Improv Olympic Chicago. He holds an M.A. in Humanities from the University of Chicago and a degree in Theater and Creative Writing from Northwestern University.

AARON HIGAREDA (South Hope St.), he/him, is an emerging playwright from southern California. He is currently the Data and Membership Specialist at Theatre Bay Area. Aaron has had workshop productions with CASA 0101 and El Teatro Campesino and most recently self-produced a zoom staged reading of his first full length play “You don’t even speak Spanish!”. He holds a B.A. in Theater: Writing for the Performing arts from the University of California, Riverside, and will be entering UC Riverside’s Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts M.F.A. program in the fall of 2021.

M.J. KANG (Brown Eyed Killer), she/her, is a playwright, actor, director and storyteller. She’s had 10 plays produced. Her plays have been produced at Tarragon Theater, Theater Passe Muraille, Son of Semele, Pan Asian Rep, and Factory Theater. This season, she is in the playwrights groups at Company of Angels, The Barrow Group, Vagrancy Theater and Playground-LA. She’s been commissioned by Shotgun Players, Portland Playhouse, AFO Solo Shorts, and Blyth Festival Theater among others. She played Kwan Won-Ji on CBS’ Seal Team and has been on TV, film, new media videos and national commercials.

SCOTT MULLEN (Miss Rebecca Is Here With the New Rules), he/him, is a playwright and occasional screenwriter, whose short plays have been produced over 600 times around the world. Most recently he co-wrote the TV movie LINE SISTERS, which aired on Lifetime this past weekend.

JESSICA JUNE ROWE (The Passing Storm), she/her, is an author, playwright, editor, and perpetual daydreamer. She is on the Editorial Board of Exposition Review and has served as both Editor-in-Chief and Fiction Editor. A Best of the Net nominee, her writing has been published in multiple journals and appeared on multiple stages around Los Angeles. One of her poems is stamped into a sidewalk in Valencia, where she currently lives. She also really loves chai lattes. Find her on Twitter @willwrite4chai.

AYESHA SIDDIQUI (The Intervention), she/her, is a playwright of Pakistani-American descent. Works include: Water Lily (Sundance Institute Playwriting Intensive, 2019) and Baba, Jee (Father, Yes)(Hollywood Fringe Scholarship Winner, 2018). Her newest play, Jaldee/Hurry, is in development with The Vagrancy 2020-21 Writers’ Group.

ACTORS

JAHNAVI ALYSSA (Miss Rebecca Is Here With the New Rules, “Anne”), she/her, has sung, danced, acted, fiddled and choreographed on stages across the country. Most recently she was seen in Portland as Reza in Once (Broadway Rose Theatre Company), in Los Angeles reading the lead roles in Seven Bridges Road and Hot Tragic Dead Thing (Living Room Series), and in Salt Lake City playing Qfwfq in The Distance of the Moon (Sackerson Theatre Co.) She also recently produced the first iteration of her dream project, The Secret Player, in which she stars as a badass musician/fighter with a disdain for guns. For more information about Jahnavi, click HERE!

JULIA BELANOVA (Brown Eyed Killer, “Dog”), she/her, loves the PlayGround community! Last year, she appeared as Wookie in PlayGround SF’s online production of Sapience by Diana Burbano. She recently filmed her first TV credit: a recurring role on the FX network. She grew up on the stages of the Bay Area, including TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, San Francisco Playhouse, and Custom Made Theatre Company. She attended Harvard University, where she created a musical about Shirley Temple Black as her senior thesis. As an artist and activist, Julia is proud to serve as Program Coordinator of the Anita Hill-led Hollywood Commission. Find her online: @jebelanova or juliabelanova.com

JOSEF BETTE (The Passing Storm, “Andrew”), he/him, is originally from Chicago, IL, LA transplant since 2011. He is happy to be part of the PlayGround LA community since 2019 and his film credits include “Chasing the Blues” and “Parked” on Amazon Prime.

SUMMER BROYHILL (The Intervention, “Earth”), she/her, is an actor, dancer, choreographer, director, musician, singer, improviser, and writer. She has performed on Broadway (Hairspray), National tours (Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Hairspray), Off Broadway (Killer Therapy, The Day Before Spring, and The Independents, a New York Times Critics’ Pick), and in numerous regional productions, short films, and web series. Her solo play “DREAM Lover” debuted at the Playground San Francisco Solo Play Festival last month. MFA: Old Globe/ University of San Diego Graduate Acting Program. summerbroyhill.com, @summerbroyhill on IG.

BEN CAIN (The Intervention, “Sun”), he/him, is currently on the Amazon show “Panic”, the Hulu show “Cruel Summer” and the Peacock show “Bel-Air”. Always happy to be on the PlayGround!

HUGO CARBAJAL (South Hope St., “Sergio”), he/him, has been a theatre artist for over 20 years. An actor, director, and teacher. Served as a performer educator with Educational Theatre at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland for 8 years. He has also worked with companies such as Cal Shakes, Hartford Stage, Huntington Theatre, The Alley, SF Mime Troupe, Shotgun Players, Cuttingball Theatre, TeatroVision, and Bay Area Children’s Theatre, among others. Currently a professor of drama at Los Medanos College and CSU Chanel Islands. Currently pursuing a career on TV and Film in Los Angeles. Look for him on shows like SWAT, Bosch, Good Girls, Brooklyn Nine Nine, and more.

JORDAN COVINGTON (In the Terrarium, “Jimmy”), he/him, is new to LA in hopes to further pursue his acting career. He loves performing on stage including musicals: In The Heights (Benny), Chorus Line (Richie), and West Side Story. He has now ventured into film and is currently working on his own feature length film. His talents vary from singing, dancing, piano, drums, and stand up comedy. If you would like to follow his journey follow Jordan on is Instagram @jawdincov.

HILLARY DEMARTINO (Brown Eyed Killer, “Wife”), she/her. Hillary is excited to be working with Playground! Her most recent creative endeavors include studying Shakespeare with Charles Pasternak (Porters of Hellgate) and singing backup vocals for a local musician.

CAROYLN DESKIN (The Passing Storm, “Maya/Climber #2), she/her, is a Los Angeles based performer and director. She’s recently completed her new short film, Headed Home, which she submitted to AFI conservatory for their directing program. She is currently directing a new comedic web series. And she can be seen on various stages throughout town performing comedic bits.

DANNY J. GOMEZ (South Hope St., “Eddy”), he/him, is a professional actor/model based in Los Angeles, California. Since 2018, he has acted in award-winning films and multiple television shows, including NBC’s hit series “New Amsterdam.” His work on national advertisements for Target, Facebook, and Zappos have all been successes as well. In 2019, Danny was the “Person With Determination” male winner of ModelHunt’s international model search– a worldwide competition with more than 700+ total applicants. He recently was awarded the Christopher Reeve Acting Scholarship at the 2020 Media Access Awards.

ALEXIA JASMENE (Brown Eyed Killer, “Mother”), she/her. Alexia Jasmene is an LA based Trans Actor/Musician/Comedian/Poet (Wouldn’t you know it?) who is classically trained with Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA and had a robust theatre career in Chicago. She worked with companies such as American Theatre Company as Millie in “Picnic”, About Face Theatre as Sandra in a staged reading of “Transcripts”, The New Coordinates as Eleanor in “Kinfolk”, Side Show Theatre as Nastasia in a staged reading of “Pro Am”, and even in the world premiere of “Naming True” as Amy at Urbanite Theatre in Sarasota, FL. This is her second time playing two roles in Playground theatre’s playwright showcase and third time at The Broadwater after performing a staged reading of excerpts of Natalie Nicole Dressel’s plays “There Is Evil In This House” and “Granny-A Memory Play” for Ghosts and Memories. She’s excited to touch back to her roots as she is pursuing TV, Film, and Voice Acting as a new transplant to LA hoping to open hearts and change minds playing courageously vulnerable women.

STEPHANIE T. KEEFER (Miss Rebecca Is Here With the New Rules, “Miss Rebecca”), she/her: Classically trained actor and filmmaker, Stephanie T. Keefer is based in Los Angeles. She graduated from U. C., Irvine with a Theater B.A., an M.A. in English and had the privilege to study with legendary Polish theatre director Jerzy Grotowski. Badami Productions broadcast her award-winning short film ONE DANCE nationally on CBS and FOX. Stephanie’s other shorts have also garnered nominations and awards, screening in festivals nationwide. She works in film, television, theater and voice over and has been seen on Netflix, Amazon Prime, CBS, NBC, and FX. To find out more about Stephanie’s work visit imdb.me/stephanietkeefer

EMILY KURODA (In the Terrarium, “Ms. Kendall“), she/her, worked at Theatreworks (Language Archives, Calligraphy), New York Theatre Workshop (Endlings), Pan Asian(Brothers Paranormal), American Repertory Theater(Endlings), Page 73(Today is My Birthday), Actors Theater of Louisville(we, the invisibles), Huntington Theater(Tiger Style, Woman Warrior), Artists at Play (Two Mile Hollow), South Coast Rep (Fast Company, Ballad of Yachiyo and Our Town), Alliance (Tiger Style), East West Players, Kirk Douglas, Mark Taper Forum, Public Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Rep, Singapore Repertory, Berkeley Repertory, The Doolittle, LATC, Zephyr, LA Women’s Shakespeare Company, and the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival. Recent TV: “All Rise,” “The Good Doctor,” “The Resident,” “Drop Dead Diva,” “Gilmore Girls.” Recent Films: “Take the 10,” “Party Boat,” “Red and Sensei.” Awards: – Dramalogue Ikebana, The Maids, Minamata, The Golden Gate, and Visitors from Nagasaki – LA Commendation (About Love) – Garland Straight As a Line. Entertainment Today (Winter People).

LEA MADDA (The Intervention, “Venus”), she/her, is a multidisciplinary theater artist, educator, and broadcast media producer. She holds an MFA in Acting from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television – where she trained in the Suzuki/Viewpoints methods under the tutelage of J Ed Araiza and Ellen Lauren of the SITI Company. Recent theater credits include The Sound of Music (Alaska CAP), Anne, A New Play (Museum of Tolerance), and Haiti (Theatricum Botanicum). Madda is also an active voiceover artist, providing the English dubbing for international shows on NETFLIX, Amazon Prime, and HBO. From 2020 to 2021, Madda produced and hosted Depressed and Sh*t, currently streaming across all podcast apps.

GABI MAYORGA (Brown Eyed Killer, “Random Bald Guy”; Miss Rebecca Is Here With the New Rules, “Pia”), she/her, is an actress, teacher and director. She was born in Jalisco, Mexico and grew up in the New Mexican desert. She received her BFA in acting from the Theatre School at DePaul University and performed on Chicago stages such as The Steppenwolf Garage and The Goodman Theatre. She’s acted in commercials and independent films, taught theatre to young students and enjoys making short films.

TIANA RANDALL-QUANT (Brown Eyed Killer, “Washed Up Voice Actor”), she/her, is a born and raised Angeleno trying to change the narrative that “LA is not a theatre town”. Her goal is to create theatre that gives a glimpse into a world full of love and healing. Her creative focus revolves uplifting the voices of the underrepresented and marginalized, particularly that of queer Black women. Her biggest inspirations include Audre Lorde, Rihanna, and her sister Jade. She is also a proud co-drafter of the new LA ARTS Document, and a proud co-founder of BLKLST, an organization focused on anti-racism and accountability in Los Angeles Theatre. She can also be found making fun comedy and gaming content with The 354 Squad on Youtube.

GARY POUX (The Intervention, “Mars”), he/him, is thrilled to join his PlayGround-LA fam onstage once again.

TAHMUS ROUNDS (The Passing Storm, “George/Climber #1”), he/him, can (barely) be seen in the feature film TED K, and as always, is stoked to be in this company of talented, amazing artists.

ANTHONY RUTOWICZ (In the Terrarium, “Godzilla”; In My Lady’s Chamber, “Richard”), he/him, is forever grateful for the Theatre spirit and heart of NYC. His time spent in the city during the summer of 2014 reaffirmed his decision to be a lifelong storyteller. Since then, Anthony has participated in various Theatre projects around Los Angeles as well as some TV/Film stuff. Has been playing with Playground LA for about 5-7 years now. Thanks for tuning in. And as always, stay safe, y’all.

DIRECTORS

SYLVIA CERVANTES BLUSH (Brown Eyed Killer) , ella/she, is coming off of a workshop reading of Eliana Pipes “Dream Hou$e” which is on its way to the east coast for a rolling world premiere at three theaters. Next week, she’ll join former PlayGrounder Forrest Hartl as an actor in his feature film “Free Lunch”. Lastly she is taking on a new role as Reader of Admissions Applications for UCLA’s Theater Department. Virtual directing credits: Pilar and Paloma, I Kissed Chavela Vargas, This Bitch, and Miss Most Pressing Issue. In the before times she’s directed: Refugee Hotel, Mala Hierba, Electricidad, and Bill’s Shorts 1 and 2.

JIM KLEINMANN (South Hope St.; Artistic Director & Co-Founder), he/him, co-founded PlayGround in 1994, along with playwright Brighde Mullins and director Denise Shama, and has served as Artistic Director since 1996. For PlayGround, he has provided artistic and administrative leadership for the past twenty-four seasons, developing PlayGround’s unique array of new playwright and new play incubator programs, including Monday Night PlayGround, the PlayGround Festival of New Works, the full-length play Commissioning Initiative, the New Play Production Fund, Potrero Stage: PlayGround Center for New Plays, and most recently the Innovator Incubator. For PlayGround, he has directed more than one hundred short and full-length plays, including works by Garret Jon Groenveld, Aaron Loeb, Geetha Reddy, Lauren Yee, Katie May, and many others. Recent directing and dramaturgy credits include David Steele’s Vignettes on Love and Ruben Grijalva’s Value Over Replacement. He is a veteran arts administrator with more than thirty years of experience, including stints leading Traveling Jewish Theatre, Smuin Ballet and Berkeley Symphony, and received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

JULLY LEE (The Passing Storm; Associate Producer), she/her, is the artistic director of COLD TOFU, the nation’s first and longest running Asian American improv company, as well as a producing director with Playground-LA. This spring, she is directing a workshop with The Vagrancy as part of their Blossoming series on a new play by M.J. Kang (also a member of Playground-LA). As an actor, Jully has a recurring guest star role on YOUNG SHELDON with a new episode airing March 10, and will be at the Colorado New Play Summit 2/20-3/5 working on a new play by Kimber Lee at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. jullylee.com

PARIS MCCARTHY (In the Terrarium; Associate Artistic Director), she/her, is thrilled to be back directing in person for the first time this year!

RONDRELL MCCORMICK (The Intervention), he/him: Film/Tv/Media: Weakend (Netflix-Proof Of Concept); The Wesley’s (web series); The Old Saturday (short film-Cannes); Effigy (short film-pre production); Theater: Between Dog And Wolf (Theatre Of NOTE); Vol. 1 A Post Racial America (Boston Court Pasadena); Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids (Orlando Shakespeare Festival / San Diego Repertory Theatre); Training: B.F.A., North Carolina A&T State University; M.F.A., American Conservatory Theater. Currently, check out “The Fire In-Between,” one of six new plays featured in Antaeus Theatre Company’s The Zip Code Plays: Los Angeles, Season.

JESUS REYES (Miss Rebecca Is Here With the New Rules; Associate Producer), he/him, is an Associate Producer for PlayGround-LA and the Community Partnerships Director at Center Theatre Group. At CTG he designs and implements free in-person and online community programs and commissions short plays for the library play readings series. Jesus is a freelance director and writer from East L.A.

PRODUCTION

HARRISON BUTLER (House Manager; Assistant Stage Manager), he/him, is delighted to be working with playground LA. He is a performer, Director, instructor, and stage technician. Most recently he was the executive Director of the Theatre Of Arts Conservatory in Hollywood. He has produced and directed plays at the arena stage Including The Laramie Project, Eurydice, Our lady of 121st St., The Shape of Things, Lone Star and Laundry and Bourbon. He was a producer and stage manager of the star-studded stand-up comedy series Comedy Night at The Arena. He is currently working on writing and producing a feature film about the immigrant experience.

TAMMY MORA (Stage Manager)

PLAYGROUND-LA is the first regional expansion of the celebrated Bay Area playwright incubator and theatre community hub, PlayGround. PlayGround was launched in San Francisco in 1994 by co-founders Jim Kleinmann, Brighde Mullins and Denise Shama. In 1996, Kleinmann became PlayGround’s first Artistic Director. Since its founding, PlayGround has developed and staged over 1,000 original ten-minute plays by 250 Bay Area and Los Angeles early-career writers and has commissioned/developed more than 100 full-length plays. In the process of staging those works, PlayGround has helped to identify some of the leading emerging writers and, at the same time, has engendered the creation of a true community of theatre artists, bringing together hundreds of local actors, directors and playwrights. Each month, Oct-Mar, PlayGround-LA announces a topic to the thirty-six writers of the PlayGround-LA Writers Pool. Writers have four-and-a-half days to generate their original short plays and the top six are cast with leading local professionals and rehearsed for just 1.5 hours before being presented as script-in-hand staged readings on the second Monday of the month via Zoom live stream. At the end of each season, six of the thirty-six works developed in the Monday night series are selected for a one-night celebration, the Best of PlayGround Gala. The 10th annual Best of PlayGround Gala will take place on Monday, April 11, 2022, live at the Broadwater Theaters and simulcast via Vimeo Live. PlayGround-LA is a fiscally sponsored project of PlayGround. For more information, visit http://playground-la.org.

PLAYGROUND-LA CONTRIBUTORS

PlayGround-LA is deeply grateful for the generous contributions of the many individuals whose support makes our playwright incubator programs possible. The list below reflects gifts made between April 1, 2021 and April 11, 2022.

Playwrights Circle ($500+)
In Memory of M. David MacCallum, Jr., Les Ostrov, Julianne Spencer, Nancy; Carty Spencer, J.B. Strasser

Patron ($250-$499)
Dr. Elaine Baskin, Kenneth R. Krechmer, Tiffany Mualem, Ben Watkins, Anonymous (2)

Associate Member ($125-$249)
Miss Rebecca Harris

Supporting Member ($75-$124)
Frieda de Lackner, Angela Agard, Steven Haft, Susan C. Hunter, Lara Gilman, Jim Kleinmann, Rob Roy & Kazue McGregor, Mrs. Judith Menzel, Jesus Reyes, Tahmus Rounds, Steven Rubio, Lolli Pop Rutkowski, Robin L. Wimsatt, Anonymous

Contributing Member ($25-$74)
Janice G Bail, Evan Baughfman, Sylvia Bill Blush, Ben Cain, Sunah Cherwin, Sheilah F Clarke-Ekong, Sidney Glass, Eleanor Clement Glass, Laura MacCallum, Rhea MacCallum, Paris McCarthy, Daniel Melling, Marti Mimiaga, Kam O’Horo, Ms. Adrienne Whitney Papp, Joni Ravenna, Debba Rofheart, Emily and Gene Rogers, Dale Underwood & Kirsti Aho, Doeri Welch, Anonymous (2)

Friends (Up to $24)
Dr. Leslie Allee, Theresa Amy, Miss Eleanor Anova, MaryTheresa Capriles, Creativity Lover, Angela Cummings, Reena Dutt, Alanna R Gabriele, Lauren Gorski, Miranda Helly, Juls Hoover, Julianne Jigour, Gail MacGowan, Penny Mikesell, Tahirih Moeller, Doug O’Neill, Lorrie O’Shatz, Vanessa Parish, LB Pines, Melanie Claire Queponds, Jess Roat, Roland Ruiz, Cathy M Stonie, Lisa Thompson, Anonymous (2)

To contribute to PlayGround-LA, visit https://playground-la.org/contribute.

PLAYGROUND-LA WRITERS POOL

Michael P. Adams, Brianna Barrett, Evan Baughfman, Rachel Borders, Emily Brauer Rogers, Diana Burbano+, Malick Ceesay, Sarah Congress, Bridgette Connelly, Allie Costa+, Lauren Gorski+, Briggs Hatton, Elayne Heilveil, Aaron Higareda, Susan Hunter, Uma Incrocci, Julianne Jigour+, Starina Johnson+, M.J. Kang, Arthur Keng+, Ken Levine, Mildred Lewis+, Rhea MacCallum+, Liza McGowan, Tahirih Moeller, Scott Mullen+, Nicholas C. Pappas+, Peter Pasco, Joni Ravenna, Eric Reid, Jessica June Rowe+, Richard Ruyle, Mark Sherstinsky+, Ayesha Siddiqui, Nicki Spencer+, Daysha Veronica+
+ Past Best of PlayGround playwright.

PLAYGROUND-LA COMPANY

Jahnavi Alyssa, Julia Belanova, Josef Bette, Sylvia Cervantes Blush, Hugo Carbajal, Jordan Carlson, Jordan Covington, Frieda de Lackner, Carolyn Deskin, Rogelio Douglas III, Danny Gomez, Christian Haines, Julio Hanson, Mark Jacobson, Kurt Kanazawa, Stephanie T. Keefer, Emily Kuroda, Christopher Gary Lawson, Jully Lee, Christine Liao, Lea Madda, Jackie Marriott, Gabi Mayorga, Paris McCarthy, Rondrell McCormick, Sherry Michaels, Krystal Mosley, Tiffany Mualem, Melissa Ortiz, Tansu Philip, Gary Poux, Tiana Randall-Quant, Maiya Reaves, Jesus Reyes, Ivan Rivas, Debba Rofheart, Tahmus Rounds, Mae Ruling, Collette Rutherford, Anthony Rutowicz, Lamar Usher, Carla Vega, William Warren, Charlotte Williams, Christina Wren, Demetrius Wren

PRODUCTION & STAFF

James A. Kleinmann, Co-Founder & Artistic Director
Paris McCarthy, Associate Artistic Director
Jully Lee, Associate Producer
Jesus Reyes, Associate Producer
Tammy Mora, Resident Stage Manager

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