PlayGround-LA presents Season 13

MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND

“If I Had a Song: Folk Inspired Short Musicals”
February 10th, 2025 7pm PT
The 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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Loud Veins
by Evan Baughfman
Directed by Ivan Rivas
Jack………………..Edward Hong
Dr. Garfield…….Carene Mekertichyan
The Reaper…….Eric Geller

Ox Tiger Rabbit
by Evelyn Wu-Coffey
Directed by Tom Dang
Ox, aka Wàipó; Rabbit ……Jo Yuan
Tiger…….Jenapher Zheng

Lost Drive
by Mikee Loria
Directed by Asa Fris
Neil……………..Dean Koya
Zoe……………..Vivi Le

Every Blow
by Summer Broyhill
Directed by Gabi Mayorga
Floriberto (Flori)……………..Jeff Torres
Valeria (Val)……………..Jacqueline Castañeda

The Project
by Isabella Madrigal
Directed by Jim Kleinmann
Carol………..Stephanie Keefer
Roseanne…………..Kyla Garcia
Millie…………….Karissa Merino

Hello in There
by Paris Herbert-Taylor
Directed by Frieda de Lackner
John………..Tahmus Rounds
Linda…………..Elizabeth Schmidt
Joe…………….Josef Bette

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

EVAN BAUGHFMAN (Loud Veins), he/him, is a playwright, author, and educator. He is a playwriting member of PlayGround-L.A., and is a company member with Force of Nature Productions. A number of Evan’s plays are published through Heuer Publishing, YouthPLAYS, Next Stage Press, and Drama Notebook. Evan has also found success writing horror fiction, his work found recently in anthologies by Graveside Press, Inkd Publishing, and No Bad Books Press. Evan’s own books include: The Emaciated Man, Vanishing of the 7th Grade, Bad for Your Teeth, and Try Not to Die in a Dark Fairy Tale. More info is available on New Play Exchange and at amazon.com/author/evanbaughfman

SUMMER BROYHILL (Every Blow), 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 six of her short plays have been produced with two, “Glue” and “Thirteenth Night”, winning the People’s Choice Award. MFA: Old Globe/ University of San Diego Graduate Acting Program. summerbroyhill.com, @summerbroyhill on Instagram.

PARIS HERBERT-TAYLOR (Hello In There), she/her, is a writer and producer developing for film, television, and stage. Her Christmas movie ’12 Dares Of Christmas’ is available to stream on Peacock.

MIKEE LORIA (Lost Drive), he/him, is a Fil-Am storyteller/actor based in SoCal. He is thrilled to make his Monday Night PlayGround-LA debut writing Lost Drive. Mikee earned a double B.A. in Theatre and Film from UC Berkeley, and is an alumnus of A.C.T’s Summer Training Congress. He is writing a feature-length screenplay in collaboration with World Builders Incubator. He looks forward to co-leading in the World Premiere of A Driving Beat at Flint Repertory Theatre in March of this year. IG: @mikeeloria

ISABELLA MADRIGAL (The Project), she/her, is an enrolled member of the Cahuilla Band of Indians and is of Turtle Mountain Chippewa descent. Isabella is the Co-Director of the Luke Madrigal Indigenous Storytelling Nonprofit, which creates films/theater that uplift Indigenous voices. A Harvard graduate, Isabella won the Hoopes Prize for her screenplay, Menil and Her Heart, based on her play that won the Yale Young Native Storytellers Contest in 2020. As an actress, Isabella is best known for Rutherford Falls and Marvel’s Echo. Isabella is a 2025 recipient of the California Arts Council Impact Grant and the First Peoples Fund Native Performing Arts Fellowship.

EVELYN WU-COFFEY (Ox Tiger Rabbit), they/she, is a Los Angeles and Taipei-based playwright, actor, and musician. Their works for the stage include “Ground”, “Guest Slippers”, “Little Brother Eldest Son”, and Push Pull. Her plays have been produced by Taipei Shorts, PlayGround-LA, and Shakespeare Company at UCLA. EDUCATION: UCLA – B.M. in Bassoon Performance, Theater Minor.

ACTORS

JOSEF BETTE (Hello in There, “Joe”) he/him, was born in Chicago, IL. He is currently based in Los Angeles. Attended the Theatre School at DePaul University. He can be seen most recently on TV in 1883 and in the film Dandelions.

JACQUELINE CASTAÑEDA (Every Blow, “Valeria”),  she/her is an artist and filmmaker. Jacqueline has written, produced, and starred in several shorts with her friends at Venture Works Film, receiving official selections at the LA Comedy Film Fest and LA Latinx Film Fest, among others. Her work touches on honoring women of color past and present, navigating the LA art scene as an artist of color, and finding balance and self acceptance. She affirms art is essential to promote a sense of growth, community, and activism. Keep up with her on Instagram, @post_moderngirl @ventureworks_film

KYLA “TUCAYA” GARCIA (The Project, “Roseanne”), she/her, (Taíno) is an actor, poet, director, and artivist based on unceded Tongva land. She has performed on stages worldwide (from the Globe in London to Theatre Row in NYC) and is a proud member of Native Voices theatre company. Career highlights include: original cast of Sovereignty at Arena Stage directed by Molly Smith (where she performed for RBG and Gloria Steinem) and creating/performing her original solo show The Mermaid Who Learned How to Fly. Kyla is currently writing poems to dismantle patriarchy and shares them weekly on ig: @kylark, www.kylagarcia.com

ERIC GELLER (Loud Veins, “The Reaper”), 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 past twenty-five years. Eric specializes in immersive, improvisational theater and has performed in Hollywood Fringe Fest award winners, “Unreal City” and “Vote For Murder.” He’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.

EDWARD HONG (Loud Veins, “Jack”), he/him, is a Korean American artist and theatre critic for the Nerds Of Color who constantly obsesses over Cinnabons, watermelons, and is the proud father of his beloved feline fur babies. He’s been on a gaggle of primetime TV shows, indie films, video games, commercials, has dubbed over his own people in a variety of Netflix & Disney+ shows, and other miscellaneous things that help pay for his gluttonous addiction. He is currently repped by Ellis Talent Group and Mills Kaplan Entertainment.

STEPHANIE T. KEEFER (The Project, “Carol”), she/her, a native Angelino, is an actor and filmmaker. Keefer graduated from U. C., Irvine where she studied with legendary theatre director Jerzy Grotowski. Favorite roles are Hannah in The Night of the Iguana, Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Olivia in Twelfth Night. Her short films have garnered awards at festivals nationwide. She stars in the feature “A Girl, A Guy, A Space Helmet” currently on TUBI. See Stephanie’s work at IMDb.

DEAN KOYA (Lost Drive, “Neil”), 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 Acting Masterclass at Seydways Acting Studios.

VIVI LE (Lost Drive, “Zoe”), 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

CARENE ROSE MEKERTICHYAN (Loud Veins, “Dr. Garfield”), 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

KARISSA MERINO (The Project, “Millie”), she/her, is Mexican-American actor with film and television pursuits. She first fell in love with acting on stage and has recently felt a calling to return, bringing her to this project! She is a multifaceted artist. I am an MUA, singer and stylist. She enjoys fitness regimes and staying close to her community.

THAMUS ROUNDS (Hello in There, “John”), he/him, has been a stage and television actor for over 30 years, and was a Blue Man in Blue Man Group Chicago. His TV credits include How I Met Your Mother, Bones, and 911Lonestar. Tahmus is very excited to be in this 15th season of PlayGround-LA!

ELIZABETH SCHMIDT (Hello in There, “Linda”), she/her, Recent television credits: Ryan Murphy’s “Hollywood” (Netflix–recurring), “Strange Angel,” “For the People,” and “Grey’s Anatomy.” Film: “American Sniper” and “Incident on Highway 73” (best actress winner). Stage: Cal Shakes, Fulton Theatre, Mountain Playhouse, Lion Theatre/Theatre Row, & Garry Marshall Theatre. Elizabeth is a Northwestern University theatre program graduate and a proud co-founder and co-artistic director of InHouse Theatre Company, an intimate, site-specific theatre in Los Angeles. IG: @therealelizabethschmidt

JEFF TORRES (Every Blow, “Floriberto”), he/him, is a Mexican-American writer, director, and actor based in Los Angeles. He’s excited to bring these words to life and be a part of such a timely story.

JO YUAN (Ox Tiger Rabbit, “Ox, aka Wàipó; Rabbit “), 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

JENAPHER ZHENG (Ox Tiger Rabbit, “Tiger”), is a Chinese-American actor and multi-disciplinary artist from Alhambra, CA with her conservatory training from CalArts. Recently, she guest starred in the Season 14 premiere of NCIS:LA. Theatrical credits include MAN OF GOD at Geffen Playhouse, MEASURE STILL FOR MEASURE at Boston Court Pasadena, SEIZE THE KING at La Jolla Playhouse, KENTUCKY at East West Players, and readings of THE GREAT LEAP and TOKYO FISH STORY at the San Diego Old Globe and South Coast Rep, respectively. www.JenapherZheng.com

DIRECTORS

TOM DANG (Ox Tiger Rabbit), he/him, is an actor, director and writer based in Los Angeles, CA. Current Projects: As Actor: The Sympathizer (HBO) Angelyne (Peacock), Blue Bloods (CBS), Maika (Sundance), Accidental Getaway Driver (Sundance), The Resemblance (Netflix / Tribeca). As Director: Directors Lab West. He is happy to return for another installment of PlayGround-LA! www.tomdangofficial.com / @thenameistomdang

FRIEDA DE LACKNER (Hello in There), she/her, is a director and producer who works in film and theatre. She is passionate about telling stories that make a positive difference. Her latest short film, 172 Push-Ups, is an adaptation of Scott Mullen’s play and stars PlayGround actors Krystal Mosely, Christina Wren, Jahnavi Alyssa, Jon Gentry, and Jonathan Wray. It has screened at festivals across the country and will screen at Poppy Jasper in April. She is delighted to have been a PlayGround member since 2013.

ASA FRIS (Lost Drive), he/him, is a theatre artist born and raised in McKinney, TX. BFA in Theatre and BA in Psychology from SMU. Regional credits: The Chosen, Little Women, A Christmas Carol, Dial M For Murder (Milwaukee Repertory Theater), Native Gardens, The Odyssey (Dallas Theater Center). Additional credits: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Judgment at Nuremberg (SMU), Death of a Salesman (Panic! Productions), Guinea Pig Solo (Urban Theatre Movement), The Super Trio (Hollywood Fringe Festival), Spring Awakening (East Dallas Arts). Thanks to Jim, Paris, and all the other incredible folks at PlayGround who’ve made him feel so welcome. Take care. www.asajfris.com

GABI MAYORGA (Every Blow), she/her, is an actress, director and DIY filmmaker. She received her BFA from The Theatre School at DePaul University and acted on stages in Chicago, Cincinnati, North Carolina and LA. She’s directed and produced a series of short films and loves being part of the PlayGround-LA directing family.

IVAN RIVAS (Loud Veins), he/him, has directed at theaters in NYC and all across LA including Rogue Machine at the Matrix, Zephyr, 24th Street Theatre, Los Angeles LGBTQ Center, Whitmore/Lindley, PRT, The Broadwater, and the historic Pico House. Assistant directed at CTG and The Old Globe. And lovingly served as a Teaching Artist at the Pasadena Playhouse and Oregon Shakespeare Festival (also in the acting company). He is a proud alum of the USC school of Dramatic Arts and Directors Lab West.

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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