Posted on December 9, 2022
PlayGround-LA presents Season 11 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “HOLIDAY SPIRIT” December 12th, 2022 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 December 9, 2022
The people have spoken… The November People’s Choice Award goes to Lina Patel for her play Karma, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on November 14th live at the Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Lina! Courtesy of Lina we’re pleased to share the first two pages from the award-winning […]
Posted on December 7, 2022
“Bah,” said Scrooge, “Humbug.” ― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol Playwright incubator PlayGround-LA has announced the selected plays and playwrights for its third Monday Night PlayGround staged reading event of its 11th season. Thirty-seven Los Angeles writers had just four-and-a-half days to generate their original scripts inspired by the prompt “HOLIDAY SPIRIT” as they vied for […]
Posted on November 13, 2022
PlayGround-LA presents Season 11 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “GIVE AND TAKE” November 14th, 2022 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 […]
Posted on October 28, 2022
The people have spoken… The October People’s Choice Award goes to Lauren Gorski for her play Who’s a Good Boy?, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on October 17th live at the Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Lauren! Courtesy of Lauren we’re pleased to share the first two pages […]
Posted on October 26, 2022
Monday Night PlayGround is all about potential: the potential of new writers for the stage, finding inspiration in a prompt, writing a short play, and then seeing that short play performed for the first time, live before other theatre makers and theatre-goers. The potential of new stories — comedic, dramatic and those that defy a […]
Posted on October 22, 2022
“Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment.” – William Shakespeare Playwright incubator PlayGround-LA has announced the prompt for the second Monday Night PlayGround staged reading event of its 11th season. Thirty-seven Los Angeles writers have just four-and-a-half days to generate their original scripts inspired by […]
Posted on October 16, 2022
PlayGround-LA presents Season 11 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “IN DISGUISE” October 17, 2022 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 September 23, 2022
“Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.” – Tennessee Williams Playwright incubator PlayGround-LA has announced the prompt for the first […]
Posted on August 16, 2022
PlayGround-LA, Los Angeles’ leading playwright incubator, is now looking for the next generation of great directors. PlayGround invites early-career and aspiring directors resident in Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, or Chicago to apply for the 2022-23 Directing Apprenticeship program. Up to three directing apprentices will be selected in each region to […]