Posted on December 3, 2024

Jim Kleinmann

This Holiday Season, Give Back to PlayGround!

At our 30th Anniversary Gala this year, Broadway playwright Jonathan Spector shared, “I don’t know if I would be a playwright today if it weren’t for PlayGround.”  For 30 years, PlayGround has provided hundreds of writers their very first opportunity to hear their words out loud. Of course we hope all our playwrights make it to Broadway, but […]

Posted on November 29, 2024

Jim Kleinmann

The November People’s Choice Award goes to…

The people have spoken… The November People’s Choice Award goes to Lauren Gorski for her play, Her Name Was Lola, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on November 11th live at Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Lauren! Courtesy of Lauren, we’re pleased to share the first two pages […]

Posted on November 8, 2024

Jim Kleinmann

November 11th Monday Night PlayGround-LA Playbill

PlayGround-LA presents Season 13 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND “Dreams & Nightmares” November 11th, 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 […]

Posted on October 25, 2024

Jim Kleinmann

The October People’s Choice Award goes to…

The people have spoken… The October People’s Choice Award goes to Steve Harper for his play, Excuse Me, Sir, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on October 14th live at Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Steve! Courtesy of Steve, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from […]

Posted on April 1, 2024

Jim Kleinmann

Join PlayGround-LA’s 2024-25 Writers Pool!

Are you a Los-Angeles-based early-career or aspiring professional playwright? Have you ever wanted to see your plays performed on stage by leading local professional actors? Do you respond well to deadlines? PlayGround-LA is seeking applications for the 2024-25 (Season 13) Writers Pool. Only members of the Writers Pool are invited to write for the Monday […]

Posted on February 29, 2024

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround Announces Innovator Incubator Cohort 6

PlayGround has announced the 6th annual cohort for the Innovator Incubator program. The Innovator Incubator was launched in 2019 to foster new innovative theatre companies and productions with a strong commitment to historically marginalized or excluded communities. The multi-year intensive incubation program provides access and opportunity for emerging theatre companies, by offering financial support, fiscal […]

Posted on February 9, 2024

Jim Kleinmann

3rd Annual Free-Play Festival Applications Open!

Don’t miss your chance to be part of PlayGround’s third annual Free-Play Festival! Applications are due by April 30, 2024. The Free-Play Festival is a three-week non-curated fringe-style platform to highlight new works from the national PlayGround community and beyond, offering each artist team three public performances in a state-of-the-art San Francisco theatre, in person […]

Posted on November 28, 2023

Jim Kleinmann

Join PlayGround This #GivingTuesday!

PlayGround has had a busy year. With Monday Night PlayGround programs running in-person and streaming online in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and the Bay Area, we are supporting 400+ writers, directors, actors and stage managers across the country as they create over 140 bold new works for the stage in a supportive community of […]

Posted on November 3, 2023

Jim Kleinmann

The October People’s Choice Award goes to…

The people have spoken… The October People’s Choice Award goes to Maria D. Smith for her play Politics: A Mind Bending Reflection, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on October 9th live at the Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Maria! Courtesy of Maria, we’re pleased to share the […]