PlayGround-LA presents Season 12

BEST OF PLAYGROUND(LA) ’24

April 8, 2024 7pm PT
Broadwater Second Stage & Online 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: Sam & Naomi Abramovitz, Tanvi Agrawal, Linda Amayo-Hassan, Sharon Baldwin, Jaisey Bates, Tim Bishop, Ms. Linda B Breaux-Smith, Emilie Brooks, Robyn Brooks, Summer Broyhill, Madeleine Butler, Ben Cain, Julie Campbell, Sidney Glass & Eleanor Clement Glass, Joan Cleveland, Ms. Marilyn Berg Cooper, Sandra Cruze, Dodds Delzell, Hillary DeMartino, Sharon Ebehardt, Ann Ehrmann, Ms. Cherielyn Ferguson, Krystyna Finlayson, Sheri Flanders, Conde Freeman, Michael Fried, Dr. Jan Gilman, Lara Gilman, Michael Tonjum & Jan Gilman, Hollis Greenwood, Ruben Grijalva, Regina Guggenheim, Dana Hall, Rachel Harner, Sharlene Hartman, Gail Hillebrand & Hugh Barroll, Lucy Hsu, Brandy T Jones, Ms. Anne M. Krause, Emily Kuroda, Douglas Le Blanc, Ms. Kristy Lin Billuni, Mr. John Lindner, Jonathan Luskin & Leslie Katz, Rhea MacCallum, George Maguire, Brian Markley, Linda Marks, Dr. Sheila McCormick, Bacilio Mendez II, Ms. Cynthia L Morishige, Dan Morley, Molly Noble & Bob Guilbault, Annette Oliveira, Maryl Olivera, Ms. Vicki Oswald, Bridgette Dutta Portman, Mrs. Elizabeth Poston, Madeline Puccioni, Mr. George Rose, Jessica June Rowe, Michelle Ruscetta, John J. Ruskin, Kathryn Ryan, Miyoko Sakatani, Louel Senores, Mark Sherstinsky, Nancy W. Smith, Stan Stone, Cathie Stonie, Mr. Richard Dana Swart, Mary Lou Torre, Kim Tram, Jeffrey Trescott, Michael E Tuton, Dr. Eidell Wasserman, Michael Waterson, Bex White, Christian Wilburn, Janine Wilburn, and Maury Zeff. Thank you!

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

BECOME A MEMBER TODAY!

The Pig Formerly Known as Porcine Subject Two-Seventy-Nine
by Rachel Harner
Directed by Sylvia Cervantes Blush
Scientist……………………………………Melissa Ortiz
Assistant/Pig Son………………..Anthony Rutowicz
Babe/Pig Dad………………………….Tahmus Rounds

Guest Slippers
by Evelyn Wu-Coffey
Directed by David Le
老婆 Lǎopó……………………….Janet Song
老公 Lǎogōng………………………Tony Kim
姊姊 Jiějie……………………….Christine Liao
弟弟 Dìdì…………………………..Edward Hong

DNA You and Me Becoming We Inc.
by Esther Banegas Gatica
Directed by Cybelle Kaehler
Maria …………...Alejandra Jaime
AI Agent………………..Josef Bette
Cindy………………………..L Duarte

Body, Soul, Heart
by Cara Sanchez
Directed by Mark Anthony Vallejo
Jenny………………………………..Jordan Carlson
Gwen……………………………….Summer Broyhill

Love Language of Origin
by Michael P. Adams
Directed by Jim Kleinmann
Rashid………………………Jon Gentry
Madison…………………….Mae Ruling
Dr. Krantz………………Richard Ruyle

The Family with a Short Fuse
by Damian Alejandro Arteaga
Directed by Frieda de Lackner
Dennis Turner……………………………….Eric Geller
Alyssa Turner………………………….Jackie Marriott
Sandra Turner…………………………..Jahnavi Alyssa
Alex Turner………………………………………Dean Koya

Stage Manager – Jay Dutcher

House Manager – Julie Lippert-Pasco

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

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.

DAMIAN ALEJANDRO ARTEAGA (The Family with a Short Fuse), he/him, is an accomplished playwright, actor, and director in Southern California. He recently graduated from Cal State Fullerton with his B.A. in theater with an emphasis in Playwriting, and a minor in Chicana/o Studies. His plays have seen staged readings at CSUF’s One Act Play Festival, including (S.D.H.I.F.L) and (Izzy). He has also participated in The Larking House Playwright Intensive to put on a staged reading of (The Hole). He hopes to inspire the next generation of playwrights and push the theater medium.

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 obtained a BFA from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She’s taught and performed with/at: the 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 screenwriter, playwright, and creative executive at Spycraft Entertainment. She has several TV series and features in development across a variety of genres, including a feature rom-com set on a cruise ship. Rachel is a producer on the iHeart podcast “Mission Implausible” and an assistant producer on the Freevee YA series CLASSIFIED. Rachel is the co-director of the Harvardwood Writers Program and a contributing playwright for ShotzLA. When she isn’t writing, Rachel loves to cook comfort food, shoot archery, and play a mountain dwarf pirate captain in Dungeons & Dragons.

CARA SANCHEZ (Body, Soul, Heart), she/her, is a graduate of Cal State Fullerton, where she studied theatre and film. Her ten-minute plays, “The Beauty Who Created The Beast”, “Body, Soul, Heart” and “Witches”, have been performed at the Monday Night Playground performances at Playground-LA. Other recent projects include a workshop reading of her full-length play, The Dybbuk: A Reimagining with The Larking House Theatre, and her murder mystery one-act, Stage Fright, produced at the CSUF Advanced Directing showcase. Her other works, Catching Violets and Finding Faith, have been performed at CSUF as well. She’s received a certificate of exceptional writing from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.

EVELYN WU-COFFEY (Guest Slippers), they/she, is a playwright, actor, and musician based primarily in Los Angeles. As a playwright, they have had their work produced by HOOLIGAN Theatre Company and Shakespeare Company at UCLA, participating in the latter’s inaugural New Works Cohort (2020-2021). Her short play “Ground” will premiere with Taipei Shorts 6 this April. EDUCATION: UCLA – B.M. Instagram: @evelynhueienwucoffey.

ACTORS

JAHNAVI ALYSSA (The Family with a Short Fuse, “Sandra Turner”), she/her, has sung, danced, acted, fiddled, and choreographed on stages across the country. Most recently in LA she was seen as 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.) 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. Find her online: @jahnavialyssa & www. jahnavialyssa.com

JOSEF BETTE (DNA You and Me Becoming We Inc., “AI Agent”), he/him, is originally from Chicago, IL, LA transplant since 2011. He has been happy to be part of the PlayGround LA community since 2019 and his film credits include “Chasing the Blues” and “Parked” on Amazon Prime.

SUMMERBROYHILL (Body, Soul, Heart, “Gwen”), 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, 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 in 2022. MFA: Old Globe/ University of San Diego Graduate Acting Program. She is a proud member of the Playground-LA Writers Pool. summerbroyhill.com, @summerbroyhill on Instagram.

JORDAN CARLSON (Body, Soul, Heart, “Jenny”), she/her, originally from Ohio, is happy to be a part of another Monday Night Playground. She just wrapped production on two short films and will be shooting another in March. If she had to pick a 1994 favorite, it would be Jeff Buckley’s Last Goodbye.

L. DUARTE (DNA You and Me Becoming We Inc., “Cindy”), they/them, is an actor, teaching artist, playwright and director. Recent projects include: Citizen with Word for Word – Z Space, House of Desires with Those Women Productions, August: Osage County with San Jose Stage Company, Julius Caesar with PacRep, The Review with Theatre Rhinoceros, Helen! With Theatre of Yugen, Into the Beautiful North & The King of Cuba with CentralWorks. L is a founding member of Latinx Mafia, a Bay Area collective of Latinx Teatristas, working to ensure Latinx stories are valued and accurately represented. Find out more at www.latinxmafia.com. L is a graduate of UCLA, UCSC, and has trained with A.C.T. and Shakespeare & Co.

ERIC GELLER (The Family with a Short Fuse, “Dennis Turner”), he/him, has been a member of Dancing Squirrels, a non-profit, children’s theater troupe that performs for ill and abused kids for the last twenty years. Eric specializes in immersive theater and has performed in Hollywood Fringe Fest award winners, “Unreal City” and “Vote For Murder.” Eric’s most recognized for hosting an archaeology/adventure series, “Cities of the Underworld,” for The History Channel. Eric’s from St. Louis, attended “Mizzou” and graduated from UC-Irvine.

Jon Gentry (Love Language of Origin, “Rashid”), he/him, was born and raised in Houston, Texas. Theater credits include 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: Somang, Ten, Outlaw Empires. MFA: American Conservatory Theater. BA: Harvard. Social Media: @gentryjon

EDWARD HONG (Guest Slippers, “弟弟 Dìdì“), he/him, is an actor who constantly obsesses over Cinnabons and watermelons, and is the proud father of 3 cats. He’s done a gaggle of acting things that help pay for his gluttonous addiction and maybe his living expenses.

ALEJANDRA JAIME (DNA You and Me Becoming We Inc., “Maria“), she/her, is glad to be back for another round of Playground! Recent TV/film credits include; Echo (Disney +), The Mosquito Coast (Apple TV), and Latasha Harlins (Visual Aptitude). Theatre Credits; (Will Greer Shakespeare Rep.) “Hippolyta”-A Midsummer Night’s Dream, (Hollywood Fringe) “Medvedenko”-The Seagull. For rep inquiries: Insta: @Alejandra_Jay_. IMDb: https://m.imdb.com/name/nm12485612/

TONY KIM (Guest Slippers, “老公 Lǎogōng”), he/him, is very excited to be a part of Season 12!! 4th year with Playground-LA and couldn’t be more grateful. Thanks for coming to support live theater.

DEAN KOYA (The Family with a Short Fuse, “Alex Turner”), he/him, has been with SF Playground since 2016 and is proud to make the jump to LA Playground! He was born and raised in Fiji and received his BA in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He began his professional acting career in the Bay Area in 2015 at the age of 31; and has been making his way into the LA acting scene since 2021. He is currently enrolled in the Acting Masterclass at Seydways Acting Studios.

CHRISTINE LIAO (Guest Slippers, “姊姊 Jiějie“), she/they, 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 and in the video game Life is Strange: True Colors. She is also in “The Lift with Sam Anderson”, which is currently making its film festival circuit.

JACKIE MARRIOTT (The Family with a Short Fuse, “Alyssa Turner”), she/her, is an award-winning actress. She has working experience in theater, film, commercials, and TV. She has written and is currently performing in her own web-based comedy series ” IN DEES STREETS” on YouTube.

MELISSA ORTIZ (The Pig Formerly Known as Porcine Subject Two-Seventy-Nine, “Scientist”), she/her, is a PlayGround and ShotzSF company member. Favorite roles: Yazmin in Water by the Spoonful, Anna in Anna Considers Mars, and Masha in The Seagull. She received her MFA from the National Theater Conservatory and studies at John Rosenfeld Studio where she’s also a TA. She sends thanks to her family, friends, and husband for their love and support.

TAHMUS ROUNDS (The Pig Formerly Known as Porcine Subject Two-Seventy-Nine, “Babe/Pig Dad), he/him, has been a professional actor for over 30 years. His stage credits include being a BlueMan in BlueManGroup Chicago, performing in over 1000 shows in Chicago, Boston, and New York. His TV credits include How I Met Your Mother, Bones, CSI, Criminal Minds, and most recently Upload on Amazon Prime.

MAE RULING (Love Language of Origin, “Madison”), she/her, is a Los Angeles-based actress and a proud member of SAG-AFTRA. She recently finished recording her fifth audiobook and post-production on a short film that she wrote and starred in about Carole Lombard and Clark Gable. Mae is delighted to be returning to the stage with her fellow Playground LA company members.

ANTHONY RUTOWICZ (The Pig Formerly Known as Porcine Subject Two-Seventy-Nine, “Assistant/Pig Son”), he/him, absolutely digs the playground and the folks involved with making it happen. Anthony has done other exciting things in life and continues to stay hungry. Check out the new wacky horror-comedy ‘Hanky Panky’ on VOD this 420 weekend. (“Blaze it!” Jk jk but seriously, smoke ‘em if ya got ‘em)

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.

JANET SONG (Guest Slippers, “老婆 Lǎopó”), she/her. Janet’s theatre credits include Kim’s Convenience (Laguna Playhouse); Rent, Urinetown (Coeurage Ensemble); Hannah and the Dread Gazebo (Fountain Theatre), and Tea, with Music (East West Players). Janet has also worked with Playwrights’ Arena, Rogue Machine, Lodestone, Boston Court, and the Celebration, among others. Film and TV include Kings, The Bling Ring, Palo Alto, Special, The Good Place, Modern Family, Euphoria, and Little Fires Everywhere. Janet is also the recipient of multiple Earphones Awards from AudioFile Magazine for audiobook narration. IG: @janetsongla

SYLVIA CERVANTES BLUSH (The Pig Formerly Known as Porcine Subject Two-Seventy-Nine), ella/she/her, has been directing with PlayGround-LA since its inception and is thrilled to close out the 12th season with a bang. Of late she’s directed for Bowdoin College, Pomona College, Dallas Theater Center, and Native Voices at the Autry.

FRIEDA DE LACKNER (The Family with a Short Fuse) 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.

CYBELLE KAEHLER (DNA You and Me Becoming We Inc.), 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, South Coast Repertory, 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. cybellekaehler.com insta: @cybellerose

JIM KLEINMANN (Love Language of Origin), 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.

DAVID LE (Guest Slippers), he/him, is a director based in Seattle and Los Angeles. He graduated with a BA in Theater, much to his parents’ dismay. Cultural identity, family, and the sense of belonging are often focal points in his work. He finds nothing more enjoyable than telling stories that speak to the current moment in some way – that challenge people’s beliefs about who they are, but also celebrate the culture and ideas that they are the culmination of. He has previously worked with Yun Theatre, REBATEnsemble, and Pork Filled Productions – the latter of which he is currently a producer for.

MARK ANTHONY VALLEJO (Body, Soul, Heart), 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 was born and raised in East Los Angeles. Honored to be runner-up for the Metropolitan Opera Directing Fellowship this year. Mark Anthony is honored to be sharing his work and collaborating with fine artists. He is currently working on Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz and Colossal by Andrew Hinderaker. (Insta- @markanthonydrama)

PRODUCTION

JAY 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 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 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 April 1, 2023 & April 8, 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+)

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

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ($2500+)

John H. Gilman, Carlie Wilmans, Anonymous

PRODUCERS CIRCLE ($1000-$2499)

Randy Adams, Meriko Borogove, David Goldman, Regina S. Guggenheim, Linda Kremer, Eric Craig Moody, Nitin, David Steele, Janine Wilburn, Anonymous (2)

PLAYWRIGHTS CIRCLE ($500-$999)

Steve & Gretchen Debenham, Hillary DeMartino, Keith Goldstein and Donna Warrington, Ms. Kathryn A Hecht, Paul & Pam Kleinmann, Gregg & Jennifer Le Blanc, Kathy Roberts & Aaron Loeb, Dr. Gary W. London, Pam MacKinnon, Danny & Dolores Martinez, Molly Noble and Bob Guilbault, Jeffrey Trescott, Pam & John Walker, Christian Wilburn, Maury Zeff, Anonymous (5)

PATRON ($250-$499)

James & Cassandra Carpenter, Sheila Collins, Kelly & Carlos Delgado, Philippa M Kelly & Paul Dresher, Jonathan Luskin, Dolores Martinez, Chris and Cindy Redburn, Diane Sampson, Jon & Susan Sweedler, Jon Tracy, Anonymous

ASSOCIATE MEMBER ($125-$249)

Mary E. Baird, Ms. Lynda H Barber, Ruth & Robert Brayton, Fair & Levit Family, Anirvan Ghosh, Dana Hall, Tobi Marcus, Michelle Nedboy, Doug Peckler & Evelyn Jean Pine, Kimberly Ridgeway, Mary Ann & Malcolm Rodgers, Kathryn Ryan, Christine Sheppard, Ms. Susan Terris, Mary Lou Torre, 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
Jay Dutcher, Stage Manager

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