PlayGround-LA presents Season 13

MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND

“Sci-Fi”
March 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.

To read the complete Anti-Racist Policy, click here.

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!

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

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Elon-27
by Scott Mullen
Directed by Frieda de Lackner
Katie………………..Natasha Galano
Jessa……………………….Grace Su
Elon-27…………….Jeff Torres

i hate your flowers
by Baylee Shlichtman
Directed by Tianna Randall-Quant
Betta Fish………………..Janet Song
Gardner…………………….Richard Ruyle

7G
by Isabella Madrigal
Directed by Gabi Mayorga
Grandma Ommie………………..Kyla Garcia
7G…………………………………..Zaya Kolia
Irina…………………….Karissa Merino

Body Shop
by Blaire Battle
Directed by Ivan Rivas
Red/F………………..Lea Madda
Red/M…………………………..Jerome Beck
Jules…………………..Alexia Jasmene

On Her Own Terms
by Allie Costa
Directed by Cybelle Kaehler
Kaya……………………………Vivi Le
Echo………………………Jahnavi Alyssa

Son of Kaiju
by Mikee Loria
Directed by Andy Lowe
Grogon……………………………Tony Kim
Jaeger…………………………Edward Hong
Blastoid……………………………Jo Yuan

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

BLAIRE BATTLE (Body Shop), they/she, is an actor, writer, and comedian. She is a graduate of UCLA’s school of Theater, Film, and Television, with a BA in theater and a certificate in writing for television. Blaire was a Screencraft semi-finalist for their tv pilot with long-time creative partner, Graham C. King. They also recently debuted their new play Rebis at Celebration Theater. Blaire has written and co-written a number of works with their production company, The Stranger Kind. including space fantasy webcomic Song of the Rainbow Sea, queer sci-fi rock opera Dreamverse, and post apocalyptic transgender radio play The Transient Bliss of Death by Fallout. @blaire.battle on ig and @thestrangerkind on all platforms.

ALLIE COSTA (On Her Own Terms), she/her, is an actor, writer, director, and singer working in film, TV, theatre, and voiceover. Her credits include Spring Awakening, 90210, Alien vs. Musical, Future Shock, Slayers: A Buffyverse Story, and You Me & Her. She’s also appeared in commercials and podcasts, narrated audio books and documentaries, and lent her voice to video games and animated projects. Her work has been produced internationally, including the critically acclaimed Two Girls, Don’t Shoot the Messenger Pigeon, Music of the Mind, Boxes Are Magic, and Can You Keep a Secret? Occasionally, she sleeps. http://www.alliecosta.com http://imdb.me/alliecosta

MIKEE LORIA (Son of Kaiju), 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 (7G), 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.

SCOTT MULLEN (Elon-27), he/him, has written over 300 short plays, which have been produced over 1000 times around the world, including at the North Pole.

BAYLEE SHLICHTMAN (i hate your flowers), she/her, writes weird and magical plays about navigating relationships and autonomy. She has had her work produced or developed with AlterTheatre Ensemble, Breath of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble, Curtis Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre/ LA, The Larking House, Long Beach Shakespeare Company, New Relic Theatre, PlayGround-LA, Secondary Location Productions, South Texas College Latinx New Play Festival, UC Irvine, Urbanite Theatre, The Vagrancy Theatre, The Wayward Artist, and The Workshop Theatre among others.

ACTORS

JAHNAVI ALYSSA (On Her Own Terms, “Echo”), she/her, has sung, danced, acted, fiddled and choreographed on stages across the country. Most recently in LA she was seen as Shelby Latcherie in Kentwood Player’s Steel Magnolias, 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.) Find her online: @jahnavialyssa

JEROME BECK (Body Shop, “Red/M”), they/them, is an LA based performer who has worked on both television and stage. In Chicago they worked at theaters such as the Goodman and the now defunct Victory Gardens. TV credits include : The Morning Show ( Apple TV), The Rookie ( ABC) , The Neighborhood (CBS) , and The Chi(showtime). They currently study and TA at John Rosenfeld Studios. They’re repped by Thruline Entertainment and Stewart Talent (Chicago)

KYLA “TUCAYA” GARCIA (7G, “Grandma Ommie”), 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

NATASHA GALANO (Elon-27, “Katie”), she/her, a Cuban-American actress and aspiring producer, brings resilience and depth to every role she takes on. Her talent shines on both stage and screen, most recently in Knox Goes Away, where she had the privilege of working under the direction of Michael Keaton. A graduate of the prestigious North Carolina School of the Arts, Natasha is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA. Off-screen, she finds joy in salsa dancing, has a deep love for ’90s action films, and is a passionate advocate for cancer outreach as a two-time survivor.

EDWARD HONG (Son of Kaiju, “Jaeger”), 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.

ALEXIA JASMENE (Body Shop, “Jules”), she/her, is a queer trans actor/musician/comedian/poet who believes in the power of stories to open the hardest minds and soften the hardest hearts. You can hear her voice as Valeria in the English dub of “Veneno” on Max, formerly HBOMax, or you may have seen her perform her self-written role of Dawn Langley Simmons in both renditions of “Tales of the Trancestors.” She’s worked in several theaters in Chicago, and today can be found working in Los Angeles on her queer western passion project, performing stand-up or performing her music or poems. Whichever medium she uses, Alexia hopes her work as a storyteller brings joy and healing to those it resonates with, wherever they may be in their journey.

TONY KIM (Son of Kaiju, Grogon), he/him, roud to be in his 4th year with PlayGround-LA, also has a feature play he is currently starring in called Helvetica at Ophelias Jump Theater. He is also a member with This Week This Week Sketch Comedy group.

ZAYA KOLIA (7G, “7G”), he/him, is an Assyrian actor from the Bay Area.  Credits include  Khadim in The North Pool at Bread & Butter, The Captain in Anything Goes at Hillbarn Theatre, Ludovic and Augenti in Passion, Harry and Martin in Cloud Nine at The Custom Made Theatre Company, and Azad in On the Periphery with Golden Thread and Crowded Fire Theatre company.. He now resides in LA where he just participated in the Hollywood Fringe Festival and a tour of Romeo and Juliet! He most recently originated the role of Danial in the world premiere of The Language of Wild Berries and Seth in the West Coast premiere of Bald Sisters. Zaya recently got back from Sacramento where he played Omid in English at Capital Stage, A role that has been special to him since he understudied it at Berkeley Rep.

VIVI LE (On Her Own Terms, “Kaya”), 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

LEA MADDA (Body Shop, “Red/F”), she/her, is an actor, director, and theater education advocate born and raised in Los Angeles. Madda holds an MFA in Acting from UCLA and has trained with the SCOT Company in Toga, Japan. She currently serves as the Director of Education at A Noise Within Theatre. Madda has directed a number of original devised works at TOA and at UCLA and recently directed a modern reimagining of Le Gallienne and Friebus’ Alice In Wonderland at The Archer School. Recent theater acting credits include: Hand to God (Coachella Valley Repertory), A Bright New Boise (Dezart Performs), The Sound of Music (Alaska CAP), Animal Farm (Theatricum Botanicum), among others.

KARISSA MERINO (7G, “Irina”), 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. She is an MUA, singer and stylist. She enjoys fitness regimes and staying close to her community.

RICHARD VANCE RUYLE (i hate your flowers, “Gardner”), 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.

GRACE SU (Elon-27, Jessa), she/her, “Grace has courage, imagination, and a wicked sense of humor.” – John Patrick Shanley | Born in Knoxville, TN and raised in Silicon Valley, Grace Su is an actress working bicoastally between Los Angeles and New York. She has worked with the likes of Al Pacino, Jim Carrey, Lady Gaga, and John Patrick Shanley to name a few. Check her out in the award-winning independent films STAYCATION and HIDE BEHIND or as ADA Pepper Levine on FRASIER. www.gracesu.com

JEFF TORRES (Elon-27, “Elon-27”), 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.

JANET SONG (i hate your flowers, “Betta Fish”), she/her, Janet’s recent TV credits include “Matlock” and “St. Denis Medical.” Upcoming projects include two play readings for Winterfest at EST/LA, Perspectives on the Wanli Emperor by Stephen Dierkes and Rooftop Koreans by J. Kwang Lee. For details, visit https://www.estlosangeles.org/winterfest-2025.

JO YUAN (Son of Kaiju, “Blastoid”), 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

DIRECTORS

CYBELLE KAEHLER (On Her Own Terms), she/her, is a film and theatre director who strives to tell meaningful queer and female focused stories. She has worked at South Coast Repertory, New Swan Shakespeare Festival, and PlayGround-LA. Her recent projects include directing and producing the new play Restoration at Hollywood Fringe, as well as directing Alice in Wonderland at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre Youth Education Series. 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. She is overjoyed to be spending her third season with PlayGround-LA! cybellekaehler.com insta: @cybellerose

FRIEDA DE LACKNER (Elon-27), 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.

ANDY LOWE (Son of Kaiju), he/him, began as A “California Young Playwrights” finalist, winning production of his play at the Old Globe at age 18. He founded San Diego’s Asian American Repertory Theater; Directing & Producing through ten seasons as Artistic Director till 2005. Inaugural Coordinator of the “Theatre-In-Residence Program” at the La Jolla Playhouse 2007-12. Director of Production & Casting for EWP the past 12 years. He also directs/develops new plays, musicals & immersive experiences; notably 2011 “Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog” Live adaptation & R&D projects for Disney Imagineering. Fight Choreographer for productions at Laguna Playhouse, UC Riverside, USC, and Nominated for an Ovation in 2019 for Man of God.

GABI MAYORGA (7G), 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.

TIANNA RANDALL-QUANT (i hate your flowers), she/they, is so excited to be directing for the first time this season. They have been with the company since 2018 as an actor and has been an associate producer since 2022. Tiana is a second generation Angeleno fighting the false narrative that LA is not a theatre town. They are pro-trans, pro-DEI, pro-Palestine. All of their creative work this year is dedicated to their late brother Dominic “Dom Poniac” Quant, who was killed in January in an act of senseless gun violence.

IVAN RIVAS (Body Shop), 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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