Posted on August 12, 2022
PlayGround-LA, Los Angeles’s leading incubator for a new generation of playwrights, is pleased to share plans for our eleventh season. The company has recently selected the Season 11 Writers Pool, competitively chosen from open applications of short plays. Over the course of the upcoming 2022-23 season, these writers will generate over 150 original short plays, […]
Posted on April 1, 2022
Help celebrate the best writers and short works from the PlayGround-LA tenth season! Join us for the BEST OF PLAYGROUND-LA GALA, in person at the Broadwater Main Stage & online Simulcast/On-Demand on Monday, April 11th, 2022 at 7pm PT. The Best of PlayGround-LA Gala features a special in-person and simulcast presentation of six short plays […]
Posted on April 1, 2022
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 2022-23 (Season 11) Writers Pool. Only members of the Writers Pool are invited to write for the Monday […]
Posted on March 11, 2022
PlayGround-LA presents Season 10 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “Child’s Play: Adapted Nursery Rhymes” March 14, 2022 7pm PT Broadwater Black Box & 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 […]
Posted on March 4, 2022
The people have spoken… The February People’s Choice Award goes to Briggs Hatton for his short play, The Love Meter, presented as a staged reading at the Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast online on February 14th. Congratulations, Briggs! Courtesy of Briggs, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! Love Meter […]
Posted on February 28, 2022
“Ring around the rosie / pocket full of posies / Ashes! Ashes! / We all fall down!” – English Nursery Rhyme PlayGround-LA concludes its 10th season of Monday Night PlayGround live at The Broadwater Black Box, as well as simulcast online on Monday, March 14th at 7pm PT. The evening will feature six original short […]
Posted on February 13, 2022
PlayGround-LA presents Season 10 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “What the World Needs Now” February 14, 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 […]
Posted on January 28, 2022
The people have spoken… The January People’s Choice Award goes to Rhea MacCallum for her short play, Eliminate the Backlog, presented as a staged reading at the Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast online on January 10th. Congratulations, Rhea! Courtesy of Rhea, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! Eliminate the […]
Posted on January 28, 2022
“What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of. What the world needs now is love, sweet love. No not just for some, but for everyone.” – Songwriters: Hal David, Burt Bacharach. Original Recording Artists: Jackie DeShannon. PlayGround-LA has announced the topic for its next […]
Posted on January 9, 2022
PlayGround-LA presents Season 10 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “Keep Moving Forward” January 10, 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 […]