PlayGround-LA presents Season 13

MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND

“The Shakespeare Sequels”
Presented in association with Independent Shakespeare Co.
January 20th, 2024 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.

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Monday Night PlayGround Memberships

We are deeply grateful to our 2024-25 Monday Night PlayGround Members, whose direct support helps to underwrite artists fees for the Monday Night series across all four regions:

Dr. & Mrs. Sam & Naomi Abramovitz, Sharon Baldwin, Tim Bishop, Ms. Linda B Breaux-Smith, Emilie T. & Gordon C. Brooks, John Brown, Summer Broyhill, Madeleine Butler, Ben Cain, Joan Cleveland, Ms. Sheila Collins, Ms. Marilyn Berg Cooper, Logan Varas De Valdes, Cathy Earnest, Krystyna Finlayson, Hollis Greenwood, Ms. Elizabeth Groenewegen, Gail Hillebrand & Hugh Barroll, Brandy T Jones, Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Le Blanc, Alice Lehmann, Ms. Kristy Lin Billuni, Linda G Marks, Dr. Sheila McCormick, Dan Morley, Ms. Annette Oliveira, Mr. George Rose, Jessica June Rowe, Michelle Ruscetta, John J. Ruskin, Miyoko Sakatani, Mark Sherstinsky, Nancy W. Smith, Stan Stone, Cathy M Stonie, Michael Tonjum & Jan Gilman, Mary Lou Torre, Kim Tram, Vicki Victoria, Dr. Eidell Wasserman, and Ms. Cindy Womack. Thank you!

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Awaken from Midsummer
by Damian Alejandro Arteaga
Directed by Andy Lowe
Puck………………..Julio Hanson
Helena…………..Krystal Mosley
Demetrius…….Danny J Gomez

Good Romans
by Baylee Shlichtman
Directed by Tanvi Agrawal
Octavian…………....Greg Bryan
Octavia……………..Jahnavi Alyssa

The Revenge of the Shrew
by Cara Sanchez
Directed by Tiana Randall-Quant
Katherine……..Grace Su
Bianca……………Jo Yuan
Rosina………..Mae Ruling

The Storm After the Storm
by Rachel Harner
Directed by Vivi Le
Prospero………Tahmus Rounds
Ferdinand…..Charles Gonzales
Miranda…………Jahnavi Alyssa

Thirteenth Night
by Summer Broyhill
Directed by Collette Rutherford
Olivia………….Mae Ruling
Viola……….Nemma Adeni

I Don’t Eat Pie
by Amy Ellenberger
Directed by Ivan Rivas
Erin……………..Carene Rose Mekertichyan
Luke…………………………Anthony Rutowicz
Waiter…………………….Matthew Henerson

Stage Manager – Devin Harris

This performance is produced under agreement with SAG-AFTRA.

PlayGround is a member of Theatre Bay Area, A.R.T.-New York, League of Chicago Theatres, and Theatre Communications Group.

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-sf.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://tickets.playground-sf.org/TheatreManager/1/login?donationquick=23). 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

DAMIAN ARTEAGA (Awaken From Midsummer), he/him, is an accomplished playwright, actor and director in Southern California. This is his second year as part of the Writer’s Pool. During his first year his plays Reefer Girl, and Land Amongst Sky, were performed. His play The Family with a Short Fuse was even chosen as Best of Playground(LA). His plays have seen staged readings at CSUF’s One Act Play Festival (S.D.H.I.F.L and Izzy,) The Larking House Playwright Intensive (The Hole,) and The Redlands Theatre Festival (Smiling for Non-Smilers.) He hopes to inspire the next generation of playwrights.

BAYLEE SHLICHTMAN (Good Romans), she/her, writes weird and magical plays about navigating relationships and autonomy. She has had her work produced or developed with AlterTheatre Ensemble, Breath of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble, Curtis Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre/ LA, The Larking House, Long Beach Shakespeare Company, New Relic Theatre, Playground-LA, Secondary Location Productions, South Texas College Latinx New Play Festival, UC Irvine, Urbanite Theatre, The Vagrancy Theatre, The Wayward Artist, and The Workshop Theatre among others.

RACHEL HARNER (The Storm After The Storm), she/her, is a playwright and screenwriter whose short plays and monologues have been professionally produced in Boston, New York, and Los Angeles, including as part of PlayGround-LA’s “Best Of” showcase. As a screenwriter, her pilots have received accolades from a variety of competitions and fellowships and she’s currently developing several film and TV projects across a variety of genres. A graduate of Harvard University, Rachel promises this is the only time she’ll mention it.

CARA SANCHEZ (The Revenge Of The Shrew), she/her, is thrilled to be part of another season with Playground-LA! Her plays, The Beauty Who Created The Beast, Body, Soul, Heart, and Witches, have been performed at the Monday Night Playground performances. Body, Soul, Heart was a finalist for Playground-LA’s Best of Playground ’24. Recently, she participated in the Embark playwriting program with The Wayward Artist and OCPA, which culminated in a staged reading of The Life and Undeath of Lucy Westenra. She also had a workshop reading of her play, The Dybbuk: A Reimagining, through The Larking House Theatre’s Playwright’s Intensive last year.

SUMMER BROYHILL (Thirteenth Night), she/her, is an actor, dancer, singer, musician, educator, 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), and in numerous regional productions, short films, and web series. Her solo play DREAM Lover debuted at the Playground San Francisco Solo Play Festival in 2022. MFA: Old Globe/ University of San Diego Graduate Acting Program. She is a proud third-year member of the Playground-LA Writers Pool. summerbroyhill.com, @summerbroyhill on Instagram.

AMY ELLENBERGER (I Don’t Eat Pie), she/her, is a Los Angeles based playwright, producer, and actor. She is a founding member and current Artistic Producing Director of the site-specific theatre company Chalk Rep. With a passion for sustainability, she volunteers at Cottonwood Urban Farm and is a member of the San Fernando Valley Climate Reality Project. She holds a B.F.A from Otterbein College and an M.F.A. from UC San Diego.

ACTORS

NEMMA ADENI (Thirteenth Night, “Viola”), she/her, is an actor and writer of mixed Yemeni and Indian origin, based in LA. Her superpowers include a knack for dialect and language (she speaks Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, Gujurati, and conversational French, Mandarin and Spanish) and genre-fluid improv. Her versatile style has led to both dramatic and comedic credits in film and theater. Most recently, her work with Golden Thread Theater’s ReOrient Festival of one act plays appeared on the KQED list for Best Bay Area Theater in 2023. Since then, she has starred in several short films, including “Witness”, a bilingual Urdu-English short supported by the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity. She holds a degree in Computer Science from Princeton University, so she can portray computer hackers pretty accurately (in case you were wondering).

JAHNAVI ALYSSA (The Storm After The Storm, “Miranda”; Good Romans, “Octavia”), she/her, has sung, danced, acted, fiddled and choreographed on stages across the country. Most recently in LA she was seen as Shelby Latcherie in Kentwood Player’s “Steel Magnolias”, Anne Redferne in Downtown Repertory’s sensationally reviewed “Witch!”, 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.) Find her online: @jahnavialyssa

GREG BRYAN (Good Romans, “Octavian”), he/him, Greg’s recent stage credits include Mark Taper Forum, Geffen Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, and recently appeared on screen in YOUNG SHELDON, MOSQUITO COAST, DEAD TO ME. www.gregbryan.com

DANNY J GOMEZ (Awaken From Midsummer, “Demetrius”), he/him, A professional actor who was paralyzed from the waist down in a 2016 mountain bike accident that nearly killed him. He is best known for roles in such hit shows as NCIS: Hawai’i, New Amsterdam, All Rise, and feature film Martinez Margaritas and Murder . He is a two-time Easterseals Disability Film Challenge winner, for the films I/0 (2019) and Check Mate (2018), and has been a finalist in other years. He was awarded the Christopher Reeves Acting Scholarship in 2020. Most recently, Danny completed a successful Off-Broadway run in the play All of Me which garnered rave reviews.

CHARLES GONZALES (The Storm After The Storm, “Ferdinand”),  he/him, returns to Playground in the new year excited for his upcoming animated feature Kayara. Known for Voice acting, he was originally trained for the stage. He is glad to get back to his roots and work in the realm of Shakespeare again.

JULIO HANSON (Awaken From Midsummer, “Puck”), he/him, is a Panamanian/African-American actor, singer, dancer, and writer from Inglewood, CA. Julio has appeared in film, television, and stage. Julio graduated from UCLA, CSUDH, CSULA, and most recently obtained a doctorate from Pepperdine University, researching the Power of Artistic Activism. Julio has performed with Grammy-recognized Toni Braxton, Prince, Kelis, and La Ley to name a few. Julio is commissioned playwright and works with the next generation of artists as the principal of Loyola Village Fine and Performing Arts Magnet in Los Angeles, California.

MATTHEW HENERSON (I Don’t Eat Pie, “Waiter”), he/him, has worked locally at the Ahmanson, A Noise Within, Deaf West, Laguna Playhouse, the Mark Taper Forum, Musical Theatre West, and South Coast Repertory, regionally at ACT, American Shakespeare Center, Denver Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Northern Stage, San Diego Musical Theatre, San Diego Repertory, and at Shakespeare festivals in Arizona, Colorado, Marin, San Francisco, Santa Cruz and Utah. Tours: Flashdance the Musical (first national.) Film and television work includes One Day at a Time, The Fosters, Modern Family, Disney’s A Christmas Carol, Mars Needs Moms, and Jungle Book, as well as a recurring role on NCIS: Origins.

KRYSTAL MOSLEY (Awaken From Midsummer, “Helena”), she/her, is very excited to return to the Broadwater Theatre as a company member of Playground LA. Originally from Chicago, Krystal has performed with Theatres such as Aurora Theatre/Broadway Factor (Swindlers), Palmbeach Dramaworks (Intimate Apparel) and Chicago Dramatist (10 Virgins). Krystal can be seen in the television series “The Wicked City” on All Blk Network and Amazon Prime , “Young and the Restless” on CBS and“The Neon Highway” on Netflix. Currently, Krystal can be seen on “Bold and the Beautiful “ on CBS as well as the Short Flim “172 -Push UPs”. She would love to thank cast, Family and friends for their continued support!

CARENE ROSE MEKERTICHYAN (I Don’t Eat Pie, “Erin”), she/her, is an artist, organizer, educator, and proud Black Armenian Angeleno. Selected stage: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, JULIUS CAESAR, …LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF COLOUR, THE TEMPEST, KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE, PERICLES, (Independent Shakespeare Co.), HUNNYSWEET, MAMA MAMA CAN’T YOU SEE (Coin & Ghost), TROY (Hero Theatre), THE THREE MUSKETEERS (PVPA), SEÑOR PLUMMER’S FINAL FIESTA (Rogue Artists Ensemble), MACBETH (Northern Stage). She is the Artistic Associate for Social Justice at Independent Shakespeare Co. and Program Coordinator at Support Black Theatre. She received her training from Dartmouth College and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). @carenerose

TAHMUS ROUNDS (The Storm After The Storm, “Prospero”), he/him, A professional actor for over 30 years, Tahmus has appeared in many television shows, including How I Met Your Mother, Bones, Grey’s Anatomy, Parks and Recreation, Criminal Minds, and 911 Lonestar. Among other theatre credits, he is a former Blue Man in Blue Man Group, performing over 1000 shows in Chicago, Boston and New York. He is excited and honored to be in this 15th season of PlaygroundLA!

MAE RULING (The Revenge Of The Shrew, “Rosina”; Thirteenth Night, “Olivia”), she/her, is delighted to be returning to the stage with her Playground family. Recently, she performed in the table reading of the screenplay competition winner at the Ojai Film Festival. Mae also completely production on her own short film about Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. Thank you for being here!

ANTHONY RUTOWICZ (I Don’t Eat Pie, “Luke”), he/him, is honored to be in the playground once again. Anthony just finished recharging the ol batteries from the 2024 Festival run of the feature Film ‘Hanky Panky’. When Anthony is not doing a million other things, Anthony enjoys a good climb every now and then.

GRACE SU (The Revenge Of The Shrew, “Katherine”), she/her, “Grace has courage, imagination, and a wicked sense of humor.” – John Patrick Shanley | Born in Knoxville, TN and raised in Silicon Valley, Grace Su is a Taiwanese American actress working bicoastally between Los Angeles and New York. She has worked with the likes of Al Pacino, Jim Carrey, Lady Gaga, and John Patrick Shanley to name a few. Check her out in the award-winning independent films STAYCATION and HIDE BEHIND or as ADA Pepper Levine on FRASIER. www.gracesu.com

JO YUAN (The Revenge Of The Shrew, “Bianca”), she/they, is an Asian-American actor of Chinese, Taiwanese, and Korean descent from Orange County. With training in Meisner, on-camera acting, voiceover, and comedy (including long-form improv, sketch, and Clown), Jo brings a versatile and authentic approach to each role. Highlights of her career include selections for ABC’s Workshop Week, NBCUniversal’s Launch with East West Players, and an invitation to Macmillan Audio’s Digital New Narrators program (2024). Jo’s voiceover work spans Netflix, Disney+, Paramount+, and Amazon Prime. More at www.jo-yuan.com

DIRECTORS

ANDY LOWE (Awaken From Midsummer), he/him, began as A “California Young Playwrights” finalist, earning production of his play at the Old Globe at age 18. He founded San Diego’s Asian American Repertory Theater; Directing & Producing through ten seasons as Artistic Director till 2005. Inaugural Coordinator of the “Theatre-In-Residence Program” at the La Jolla Playhouse 2007-12. Director of Production & Casting for EWP the past 12 years. He also directs/develops new plays, musicals & immersive experiences; notably 2011 “Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog” Live adaptation & R&D projects for Disney Imagineering. Fight Choreographer for productions at Laguna Playhouse, UC Riverside, USC, and Nominated for an Ovation in 2019 for MAN OF GOD.

TANVI AGRAWAL (Good Romans), they/them, is a producer, director, and MBA student at UCLA, specializing in entertainment and technology. They grew up in NYC, where their passion for theater blossomed at a young age. After acting for nearly a decade, Tanvi transitioned to directing at UC Berkeley’s Department of Theater and Performance studies (TDPS). They assisted many productions in the SF Bay Area before participating in PlayGround’s Directing Apprenticeship. They now also serve as a Board Member.

VIVI LE (The Storm After The Storm), she/her, is an Actor and Theatre Director based in Los Angeles, CA. Despite having little access to the arts, she overcame socio-economic and cultural barriers, eventually receiving scholarships to attend UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television, where she studied Theater and Art History. You may know her as Assistant Director of ON THIS SIDE OF THE WORLD at East West Players, as well as being on crew at various Playhouses around LA including: The Geffen Playhouse, East West Players, and Pacific Resident Theatre. Her talents extend to Comedy & Improv, receiving the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) Diversity Scholarship and The Improv Space Diversity Scholarship. Find her on Instagram @viviaile

TIANA RANDALL-QUANT (The Revenge Of The Shrew), she/they, is an actor, facilitator, educator, and one of three newly appointed Artistic Directors to Ammunition Theatre. She has been a part of Playground LA since 2018 and made her Playground SF debut in 2023 for the Playground Festival premiere of “Starlight”. She is grateful for this creative home to play with other artists.

SUMMER BROYHILL (Thirteenth Night), she/her, is an actor, dancer, singer, musician, educator, 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), and in numerous regional productions, short films, and web series. Her solo play “DREAM Lover” debuted at the Playground-SF Solo Play Festival in 2022. She is a proud third-year member of the Playground-LA Writers Pool, where five of her short plays have been produced with one, “Glue”, winning the People’s Choice Award. MFA: Old Globe/ University of San Diego Graduate Acting Program. summerbroyhill.com, @summerbroyhill on Instagram.

IVAN RIVAS (I Don’t Eat Pie) he/him, is a proud company member of PlayGround LA, Rogue Machine Theatre, and Downtown Rep/Sierra Madre Shakespeare Festival.

PRODUCTION

JIM KLEINMANN (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.

PARIS MCCARTHY (Executive Producer) is thrilled to be taking on the role of Executive Director this season. She holds a BA from Saint Louis University and an MFA from UNLV but truly PlayGround is where she has found her artistic home in 2013.

SCARLETT REDMOND (Casting Associate), she/her, is a Los Angeles-based SAG-AFTRA Actress, Voiceover Artist, and Casting Associate. Training: Emerson College (BFA), Stella Adler (NYC), John Rosenfeld Studios, and UCB LA. She’s a proud pup mama to a scruffy rescue named Chester Cheeseman and loves coffee, estate sales, and true crime podcasts. She’s a member of the PlayGround-LA Company.

DEVIN HARRIS (Stage Manager), he/him, is very excited to be working with PlayGround! Having just graduated USC, he’s excited to be doing theater in the real world! You can usually find him up on a ladder or at some shady open mic. Previous credits include: La Cage Aux Folles, Pasadena Playhouse (Assistant Lighting Designer), Happy Fall, Rogue Artist Ensemble (Assistant Lighting Designee), Eight Ball Theater (Production Manager). Enjoy the show!

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 13th annual Best of PlayGround Gala will take place on Monday, April 14, 2025, live at the Broadwater Theaters and simulcast via Vimeo Live. For more information, visit http://playground-la.org.

PLAYGROUND CONTRIBUTORS

PlayGround is deeply grateful for the generous contributions of the many individuals, foundations, corporations and government agencies whose contributions make our work possible. This list reflects gifts of $125 or more committed between December 1, 2023 & December 6, 2024.

GOVERNMENT, CORPORATE, & FOUNDATION DONORS

Alameda County Arts Commission • Amazon • American Rescue Plan Act & CARES Act • Art Space Development Corporation • Avenue Greenlight • 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 • Disney • Grants For The Arts • KFF • Koret Foundation • LA County Arts Commission • Lenore & Howard Klein Foundation • The Leo J. & Celia Carlin Fund • Negley Flinn Charitable Foundation • NIAC • Nvidia • NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund • Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation • Planet Earth Arts • Rock Paper Scissors Landscape Inc. • Rye Financial Services • San Francisco Arts Commission • The Shubert Foundation • The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

SEASON SPONSORS ($5000+)

Dan Cohn & Lynn Brinton, Paul Haahr, Lara Gilman & Jim Kleinmann

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ($2500+)

Emilie T. & Gordon C. Brooks, John H. Gilman, Sam Latham, Anonymous

PRODUCERS CIRCLE ($1000-$2499)

Randy Adams, Meriko Borogove, David Goldman, Keith Goldstein & Donna N. Warrington, Just Play Productions, Linda Kremer, Ronald Whittier Family Foundation, Daniele Nathanson , Nitin, Molly Noble and Bob Guilbault, Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock, John J. Ruskin, Tom Swift, Malachy Walsh and Heather Robison, Janine Wilburn, Anonymous

PLAYWRIGHTS CIRCLE ($500-$999)

Linda Ayres-Frederick, Phoenix Theatre SF, Hillary DeMartino, Paulette Donsavage, Regina S. Guggenheim, Ms. Kathryn A Hecht, Diane Leonard, Kathy Roberts & Aaron Loeb, Dr. Gary W. London, Diane Sampson, Marian Scheuer Sofaer & Abraham D. Sofaer, Jeffrey Trescott, Anonymous

PATRON ($250-$499)

Nina Ball & Jon Tracy, Chris and Cindy Redburn, Jon & Susan Sweedler, Christian Wilburn, Maury Zeff, Anonymous (3)

ASSOCIATE MEMBER ($125-$249)

Sam & Naomi Abramovitz, Mary E. Baird, Ms. Portia F. Bock, Cass Brayton, Sheila Collins, Joyce Dieda, Clint Fleener, Michael Fried, Mrs. Judith Lynn Garcia, Anonymous, Gina Harris, Ms. Sharlene Hartman, Mr. Stanley William Hathaway, Gail Hillebrand & Hugh Barroll, Tanuja Devi Jagernauth, Ms. Mildred Inez Lewis, Anonymous, Paris McCarthy, Kimberly Ridgeway, Ms. Jessica Rofé, Margo Rofé, Carolina Rojas Moretti, Katie Ryan, Louel Senores, Alex M. Shafer, Christine Sheppard, Stan Stone, Lisa Gaye Thompson, Scott Lebus & Susannah Wise

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 Arteaga,Suzan Averitt, Esther Banegas Gatica+, Blaire Battle, Evan Baughfman+, Emily Brauer Rogers+, Summer Broyhill, Timothy Bryant, Jackie Cloud, Allie Costa+, Paris Crayton III, Sandra Cruze, Isabella Dionne, Amy Ellenberger, Lauren Gorski+, Rachel Harner+, Steve Harper, Paris Herbert-Taylor, Aaron Higareda+, Michael B. Kaplan+, Mikee Loria, Rhea MacCallum+, Abel Marquez, Scott Mullen+, Peter Pasco, Carolina Rojas Moretti+, Cara Sanchez, Mark Sherstinsky+, Baylee Shlichtman, Jessica Skinner, Maria D. Smith, Lisa Sutton, Adrian A Babatunde Thomas, Evelyn Wu-Coffey+

+ Past Best of PlayGround playwright.

PLAYGROUND-LA COMPANY

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

PRODUCTION & STAFF

Jim Kleinmann, Co-Founder & Artistic Director
Paris McCarthy, Executive Producer
Tiana Randall-Quant, Associate Producer
Scarlett Redmond, Casting Associate

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