PlayGround-LA presents Season 12

MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND

“Origin Story”
October 9th, 2023 7pm PT
Broadwater Second 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.

To learn about the legacy of the land you inhabit, visit Native-Land.ca | Our home on native land. To read the complete Land Acknowledgment Policy, click here.

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.

To read the complete Anti-Racist Policy, click here.

Monday Night PlayGround Memberships

We are deeply grateful to our 2023-24 Monday Night PlayGround Members, whose direct support helps to underwrite artists fees for the Monday Night series across all four regions: Tim Bishop, Ms. Linda B Breaux-Smith, Summer Broyhill, Ben Cain, Sidney Glass & Eleanor Clement Glass, Joan Cleveland, Ms. Marilyn Berg Cooper, Krystyna Finlayson, Dr. Jan Gilman, Michael Tonjum & Jan Gilman, Hollis Greenwood, Ms. Anne M. Krause, Ms. Kristy Lin Billuni, Mr. John Lindner, Dr. Sheila McCormick, Molly Noble & Bob Guilbault, Ms. Vicki Oswald, Mrs. Elizabeth Poston, Mr. George Rose, Michelle Ruscetta, Miyoko Sakatani, Nancy W. Smith, and Michael E Tuton. Thank you!

To learn more about the Monday Night PlayGround membership program, click here.

BECOME A MEMBER TODAY!

Love Language of Origin
by Michael P. Adams
Directed by Frieda de Lackner
Rashid…………………..…Andrew Joseph Perez
Madison……………………………………Mae Ruling
Dr. Krantz……………………………..Richard Ruyle

DNA You and Me Becoming We Inc.
by Esther Banegas Gatica
Directed by Angela Sonner
Maria…………………Alejandra Jaime
AI Agent….…………………..Josef Bette
Cindy.………………………..Eliza Frakes

The Pig Formerly Known as Porcine Subject Two-Seventy-Nine
by Rachel Harner
Directed by Jim Kleinmann
Scientist………………………...Melissa Ortiz
Assistant/Pig Son………………Brent Rose
Babe/Pig Dad………………………Tony Kim

Backstory
by Peter Pasco
Directed by Mark Anthony Vallejo
Actor……………….…Christine Liao
Jane…………………….Emily Kuroda
Woman……………..Tamiah Bantum

Politics: A Mind Bending Reflection
by Maria D. Smith
Directed by Paris Crayton III
Cathy J. Jenkins……………………………………Krystal Mosley
Reese…………………………………………………………Jon Gentry
Veronica/Door/Woman………..Marie-Françoise Theodore

Terrible Things
by Scott Mullen
Directed by Cybelle Kaehler
 Tess………………………….Carolyn Deskin
Laney……………………….Isabel Siragusa

Stage Manager – Sofia Dutcher

House Manager – Julie Lippert-Pasco

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD

Following tonight’s performance, we invite your participation in this month’s 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 award-winning incubator programs.

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 week, we’ll tally up the top vote-getter and automatic semi-finalist for our season-ending Best of PlayGround. 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

MICHAEL P. ADAMS (Love Language of Origin), he/him, is a playwright, actor, director, and producer. His plays have been produced in Los Angeles, Memphis, Albuquerque, Spokane, and Tucson, among others. Michael is a member of the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights and part of the Playground-LA writers’ pool. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Jose State University.

ESTHER BANEGAS GATICA (DNA You and Me Becoming We Inc.), she/her, is a Honduran bilingual playwright, actress, director, and translator. She’s a graduate of Teatro Prometeo from Miami Dade College. She’s obtained a BFA from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She’s taught and performed with/at: Miami Hispanic International Theatre Festival, Syracuse Stage, the Gluck Foundation, and Fort Worth Fringe. Esther is a recent graduate from the University of California, Riverside with an MFA in writing for the performing arts. She is a Line Producer for Lime Arts productions and part of Playground LA, as well as part of Black Voice News. Follow her work on Instagram @esteyg

RACHEL HARNER (The Pig Formerly Known as Porcine Subject Two-Seventy-Nine), she/her, is a playwright and screenwriter who hails from the rainy backwoods of Washington State. Her short plays and monologues have been produced in Boston, New York, and Los Angeles. She has several pilots and features in development across multiple genres and was recently hired to write her first rom-com. This is her first Monday Night Playground and she couldn’t be more excited! Thanks to Jim, Melissa, Brent, Tony, Sofija, and Christian for bringing this strange pig play to life! @rachelharner

SCOTT MULLEN (Terrible Things), he/him, is in his eighth season with Playground-LA. His short plays have been performed in every continent except South America – including the South Pole. His first full-length play, CARL FLUNT WOULD PROTECT YOU FROM TRUCKS, had its premiere in March at Madlab Theatre in Columbus, Ohio.

PETER PASCO (Backstory), he/El, is from the Boogie Down just like J-LO, Kerry Washington, and Cardi. He’s an actor who moved to LA to work in tv and film. Things are going sooo well he started writing plays during the pandemic. Yup, so he moved to LA to write plays. LA of all places! He was in IAMA’s Emerging Playwrights Group in 22/23, and his work has been accepted into intensives at the Workshop Theater. His plays have been semifinalists for the Blue Ink and the O’Neill. AND has been rejected by countless residencies and programs. He would say more but he has a last minute self tape.

MARIA D. SMITH (Politics: A Mind Bending Reflection), she/her, Born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Maria D. Smith credits her southern Black upbringing for her approach to the art of storytelling. Having recently graduated with her MFA in writing for the stage and screen from Northwestern University, Maria has had her work featured in the Theater Masters TAKE TEN MFA Festival and the Black Lives, Black Voices Festival. In August 2022, she completed a writer’s residency at the Story 27 Production’s Writer’s Colony hosted by television mogul Mara Brock Akil. In May 2023, Maria became Congo Square Theatre’s Samuel G. Roberson “Next Up” Fellowship Winner for the 2023/2024 season. Always a southern girl at heart, Maria is now located in Los Angeles, California, where she is pursuing storytelling full-time.

ACTORS

TAMIAH BANTUM (Backstory, “Woman”) is a queer, mixed-race, Australian-born actor, best known for her role of Pixie in Amazon’s With Love, Storm in 2k Games’ Marvel’s Midnight Suns and Jasmine in The Out-Fit. Tamiah began her career on stage at the age of 12, as a theatre actor in her hometown of Perth. She trained in both Perth and New York, earning her Bachelor of Arts in Acting and now works primarily in Los Angeles in film, television and motion capture. A proficient action actor, creature performer and martial artist, Tamiah strives to bring an eclectic skill set to every role.

JOSEF BETTE (DNA You and Me Becoming We Inc., “AI Agent”), he/him, 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.

CAROLYN DESKIN (Terrible Things, “Tess”), she/her, she/her, is an actor/director signed with Puddle Management and BBA Talent.

ELIZA FRAKES (DNA You and Me Becoming We Inc., “Cindy”) (she/her) is an actor and writer currently living in Los Angeles. Her newest play, Certain Death and Other Considerations, premiered to critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2023, and is now running at the Echo Theater in Los Angeles. Her most recent credits include playing The Surrogate in Certain Death and Other Considerations, PA Julie on General Hospital, and Maz in Maz and Bricks at Corrib Theatre. She is thrilled to be a company member with Playground LA.

JON GENTRY (Politics: A Mind Bending Reflection, “Reese”), he/him, was born and raised in Houston, Texas. Theater credits include Pipeline (Art of Acting Studio), A Play is A Poem (Mark Taper Forum), Clybourne Park, Marcus; or, the Secret of Sweet, A Christmas Carol (ACT), Romeo and Juliet, All’s Well That Ends Well (Shakespeare Santa Cruz), Masao & The Bronze Nightingale (CASA 0101) Trouble in Mind (Aurora Theater Company). TV/Film: Ten, Outlaw Empires (Discovery). MFA: American Conservatory Theater. BA: Harvard. Social Media: @gentryjon

ALEJANDRA JAIME (DNA You and Me Becoming We Inc., “Maria”), she/her, is a Los Angeles based actor. Excited to be back for another season of playground LA. TV/Film credits include: The mosquito coast, Latasha Harlins (2023). Theatre credits: A Midsummer Nights Dream “Hippolyta” (Will Geer Theatricum Rep.), The Seagull “Medvedenko” (Hollywood Fringe 23), Marabella “Fina” (Cal Arts). Enjoy! TX Rep: the blanco agency. Instagram: @alejandra_jay_
www.AlejandraJaime.com

TONY KIM (The Pig Formerly Known as Porcine Subject Two-Seventy-Nine, “Babe/Pig Dad”), he/him, is very excited to be a part of Season 12!! 4th year with Playground-LA and couldnt be more grateful. Thanks for coming to support live theater.

 EMILY KURODA (Backstory, “Jane”), she/her is best known for her work on Gilmore Girls, but has performed in numerous theaters across the world.

CHRISTINE LIAO (Backstory, “Actor”), she/her, is a Los Angeles based actor. Her best known role thus far is as the restaurant cashier in the comedy sketch, The ABC Who Can’t Read Chinese. You can also find her in Fine China on HBO platforms, the video game Life is Strange: True Colors and Moon Massage, which screened earlier today at Tacoma Film Festival. When she’s not acting, you might find her at an indoor rock climbing gym, a boba shop, or perched on a tree or rock in the great outdoors.

KRYSTAL MOSLEY (Politics: A Mind Bending Reflection, “Cathy J. Jenkins”), she/her, comes all the way from Chicago, currently residing in LA and is super excited about the production this evening! Some of her credits include: 10 Virgins with Chicago Dramatist, Ruined with Eclipse Theatre and Blood Wedding with Pursuit Productions. She would like to thank the PlayGround-LA cast, friends and family for their continued support!

MELISSA ORTIZ (The Pig Formerly Known as Porcine Subject Two-Seventy-Nine, “Scientist”), she/her, recently relocated to Los Angeles from the SF Bay Area. She is the Producing Artistic Director for ShotzLA. Favorite roles include: Ariel in Shoot Me When… (SF Playhouse), Gemma in F L I G H T (PlayGround Solo Fest), Regan in King Lear (SF Shakes), Anna in Anna Considers Mars(PlayGround), and Lizzy in The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley (Marin Theatre Company). She is a PlayGround-LA Company Member. Melissa received her MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory. She loves her family and insanely talented husband.

ANDREW JOSEPH PEREZ (Love Language of Origin, “Rashid”), he/him, is an actor, fight choreographer, and audiobook narrator with over 50 titles to his name. He’s been with Playground on and off almost since the moment he arrived in LA in 2014 and has performed (relatively) locally with Coachella Valley Rep, South Coast Rep, The Gary Marshall Theatre, Sacred Fools, A Noise Within, Musical Theatre West, Casa 0101. Info at andrewjperez.com

BRENT ROSE (The Pig Formerly Known as Porcine Subject Two-Seventy-Nine, “Assistant/Pig Son”) he/him, is an actor, writer, journalist, improviser, producer, host, photographer, surfer, snowboarder, diver, trapeze artist, virgo, musician, nice little gentleman and he’s happy to be here. brentrose.com / @brentdangerrose (insta)

MAE RULING (Love Language of Origin, “Madison”) she/her, is a Los Angeles-based actress and a proud member of SAG-AFTRA. She is delighted to be returning to the stage with her fellow Playground LA company members.

RICHARD RUYLE (Love Language of Origin, “Dr. Krantz”) he/him, is an actor, playwright, and civil engineer. Regional acting credits include Over The Tavern at La Mirada Theatre, Sideman at Ensemble Theatre in Santa Barbara, Monster at East West Players, and Heathen Valley at San Jose Stage Company. His one act plays have been produced at the Attic Theatre and Moving Arts. Playground plays he has authored include IC, Do You Hear…?, Heart of a Dog, A Gift, and Straight Shot.

ISABEL SIRAGUSA (Terrible Things, “Laney”), she/her, is an actor and filmmaker with a BA from Yale University in Theater Studies and an MBA from the University of Cambridge. Selected film credits include Capps Crossing, The Trade, The Ark (San Diego Comic-Con) and Pater Mater. Favorite theatre credits include Desdemona in Othello (African American Shakespeare Company) and the one-woman show Fragile Decisions (The Marsh). Isabel also performed at SF SketchFest and with Clowns Without Borders. In her free time, she studies jiu-jitsu and is in pre-production for a dark comedy on climate change, dating, and motherhood. Isabelsiragusa.com

MARIE-FRANCOISE THEODORE (Politics: A Mind Bending Reflection, “Veronica/Door/Woman”), she/her is an award-winning actress, interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker. Her TV/Film work include prominent roles on Only Murders in the Building, Single Drunk Female, The Morning Show, Station 19, The Orville and How to Get Away with Murder. Marie-Françoise was short-listed for the Sundance Screenwriter Labs for three consecutive years with her feature screenplay adaptation of The Street, the million selling award-winning novel by Ann Petry. Her most recent short film “Twerk Yoga” is a humorous take on a mature woman’s second coming-of-age journey can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MiAQnfsrN4 Marie-Françoise holds a MA from Columbia College Chicago.

DIRECTORS

PARIS CRAYTON III (Politics: A Mind Bending Reflection), he/him, is an award-winning playwright, actor, and director. He has written over 50 plays, 21 of which have been produced around the country. He was one of ArtsATL “30 under 30” and Atlanta Journal Constitution’s “Artist to watch.” Creative Loafing named him 2014’s “Best Local Playwright” Critics have called him “a powerful dramatist” and praised him as “One of the most important playwrights of our time.” His plays have been presented and/or workshopped by The Lark, Classical Theatre of Harlem, Aurora Theatre, Clark University, Working Title Playwrights, Stage Door Players, Rising Sage Theatre, 3 Hill Productions, Atlanta Black Theatre Festival, Beth Marshall Presents, Indianapolis Fringe Festival and more

CYBELLE KAEHLER (Terrible Things), she/her, is a film and theatre director who strives to tell meaningful queer and female focused stories. She has worked at New Swan Shakespeare Festival and Playground-LA, and recently directed and produced the new play “Restoration” at Hollywood Fringe. She graduated from UC Irvine with degrees in Drama and Film, where she was co-president of Brick Theatre Company, a student collective focused on LGBTQ+ works. Her latest short film, Tombé, won Best Student Film at the Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood and at LA Sun Film Fest. She is currently a production assistant on Quixote Nuevo, running now at South Coast Repertory! cybellekaehler.com insta: @cybellerose

JIM KLEINMANN (The Pig Formerly Known as Porcine Subject Two-Seventy-Nine; 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-eight 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.

FRIEDA DE LACKNER (Love Language of Origin), she/her, is a theater and short film director and producer. She recently turned Scott Mullen’s play, 172 Push-Ups, from Playground LA, into a short film starring Playground actors Krystal Mosley, Christina Wren, Jahnavi Alyssa, and Jon Gentry.

ANGELA SONNER (DNA You and Me Becoming We Inc.), she/her, is thrilled to be Directing with Playground again this year and this time as a company member! Angela is currently stage managing at Noise Within for their current production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with previews starting Oct 8th. In her free time, Angela loves seeing children theatre around Los Angeles with her 4 year old daughter. @angelasonner

MARK ANTHONY VALLEJO (Backstory), he/him, is a director, stage combatant, and educator. Selected credits include: Faith (Latino Theatre Center in collaboration with East Los Angeles College, AD) La Comedia of Errors (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, AD and choreographer), La Victima (Latino Theatre Center @ The Los Angeles Theatre Center, Co-director), Mr. Popper’s Penguins (musical version @ South Coast Repertory Theatre, AD) and George Bizet Carmen (Music On Site, AD). He is born and raised in East Los Angeles. Honored to be runner up for the Metropolitan Opera Directing Fellowship this year.

PRODUCTION

SOFIA DUTCHER (Stage Manager)

JULIE LIPPERT-PASCO (Front of House)

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. The 12th annual Best of PlayGround Gala will take place on Monday, April 08, 2024, live at the Broadwater Theaters and simulcast via Vimeo Live. PFor more information, visit http://playground-la.org.

PLAYGROUND CONTRIBUTORS

PlayGround is deeply grateful for the generous contributions of the many individuals, foundations, gifts of $125 or more committed between October 1, 2022 & October 9, 2023.

GOVERNMENT, CORPORATE, & FOUNDATION DONORS

Alameda County Arts Commission • Amazon • Art Space Development Corporation • Berkeley Civic Arts • The Bernard Osher Foundation • Bill Graham Supporting Foundation of the Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund • California Arts Council • California Humanities • California Nonprofit Performing Arts Grant Program • Creative Capacity Fund • The Fleishhacker Foundation • Grants For The Arts • Koret Foundation • Lenore & Howard Klein Foundation • The Leo J. & Celia Carlin Fund • Los Angeles County Arts Commission • Negley Flinn Charitable Foundation • NIAC • Nvidia • Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation • Planet Earth Arts • San Francisco Arts Commission • The Shubert Foundation • The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation • Zellerbach Family Foundation

INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS

SEASON SPONSORS ($5000+)

Daniel E. Cohn & Lynn Brinton, Emilie T. & Gordon C. Brooks, Lara Gilman & Jim Kleinmann

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ($2500–$4,999)

Meriko Borogove, John H. Gilman, Carlie Wilmans, Anonymous

PRODUCERS CIRCLE ($1000-$2499)

Mr. Randy Adams, David Goldman, Eric Craig Moody, Nitin, David Steele, Anonymous (2)

PLAYWRIGHTS CIRCLE ($500-$999)

Ruth & Robert Brayton, Steve & Gretchen Debenham, Keith Goldstein and Donna Warrington, Regina S. Guggenheim, Jennifer & Sean Jeffries, Paul & Pam Kleinmann, Linda Kremer, Gregg & Jennifer Le Blanc, Dr. Gary W. London, Pam MacKinnon, Molly Noble and Bob Guilbault, Pam & John Walker, Janine Wilburn, Mr. Maury Zeff, Anonymous (3)

PATRON ($250-$499)

Mary E. Baird, Wendy Bear, Cindy Gilman Redburn and Chris Redburn, Jerome Solberg, Jon & Susan Sweedler, Jon Tracy, Anonymous

ASSOCIATE MEMBER ($125-$249)

Ms. Lynda H Barber, Gerhard and Kathleen Bette, Jack Codd, Fair & Levit Family, Mr. Eric Garcia, Anirvan Ghosh, Cindy Goldfield, Gina Harris, Mr. Stanley William Hathaway, Abbe S. Kalos & Kitt Saginor, Gregg Le Blanc, Jonathan Luskin, Ms. Lisa A. Mammel, Tobi Marcus, Paris McCarthy, Doug Peckler & Evelyn Jean Pine , Jesus Reyes, Mary Ann and Malcolm Rodgers, Emily Brauer Rogers, Kathryn Ryan, Diane Sampson, Christine Sheppard, Ms. Susan Terris, Bex White, Mr. Christian Edward Wilburn, Susannah Wise & Scott Lebus, Anonymous (2)

To contribute to PlayGround, visit https://playground-la.org/contribute or contact PlayGround Associate Director of Development Lana Richards at lana@playground-sf.org or by phone at (415) 992-6677.

PLAYGROUND-LA WRITERS POOL

Michael P. Adams+, Tamadhur Al-Aqeel, Damian Alejandro Arteaga, Esther Banegas Gatica+, Jaisey Bates, Evan Baughfman+, Emily Bauer Rogers+, Summer Broyhill, Allie Costa+, Joe Luis Cedillo, Sandra Cruze, Stacy Davies, Amy Ellenberger, Lauren Gorski+, Grant Gottschall, Shoshanna Green, Rachel Harner, Briggs Hatton+, Susan C. Hunter, M.J. Kang+, Michael B. Kaplan+, Mildred Inez Lewis+, Rhea MacCallum+, Scott Mullen+, Peter Pasco, Lina Patel, Margo Wade Rofé, Jessica June Rowe+, Cara Sanchez, Baylee Schlichtman, Mark Sherstinsky+, Ayesha Siddiqui+, Maria D. Smith, Adrian Thomas, Evelyn Wu-Coffey, Carolina Pilar Xique

+ Past Best of PlayGround playwright.

PLAYGROUND-LA COMPANY

Jahnavi Alyssa, Jerome Beck, Julia Belanova, Josef Bette, Sylvia Cervantes Blush, Summer Broyhill, Ben Cain, Hugo Carbajal, Jordan Carlson, Jordan Covington, Tom Dang, Frieda de Lackner, Hillary DeMartino, Carolyn Deskin, Rogelio Douglas III, Angel Dumapias, Eliza Frakes, Eric Geller, Danny Gomez, Cassie Grilley, Christian Haines, Julio Hanson, Matthew Henerson, Mark Jacobson, Alejandra Jaime, Alexia Jasmene, Kurt Kanazawa, Stephanie T. Keefer, Tony Kim, Emily Kuroda, Christopher Gary Lawson, Christine Liao, Lea Madda, Jackie Marriott, Gabi Mayorga, Paris McCarthy, Sherry Michaels, Krystal Mosley, Rachel Berney Needleman, Melissa Ortiz, Andrew Perez, Tansu Philip, Gary Poux, Tiana Randall-Quant, Maiya Reaves, Jesus Reyes, Ivan Rivas, Debba Rofheart, Tahmus Rounds, Mae Ruling, Collette Rutherford, Anthony Rutowicz, Richard Ruyle, Janet Song, Angela Sonner, William Warren, Charlotte Williams, Jonathan Wray

PRODUCTION & STAFF

Jim Kleinmann, Co-Founder & Artistic Director 
Paris McCarthy, Associate Artistic Director 
Christian Haines, Co-Executive Producer
Melissa Ortiz, Co-Executive Producer
Sylvia Blush, Associate Producer 
Tiana Randall-Quant, Associate Producer 
Abel Marquez, 2023-24 Directing Apprentice
Julie Lippert-Pasco, 2023-24 Producing Fellow
Sofia Dutcher, Stage Manager

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