PlayGround-LA presents Season 12

MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND

“The Legacy of the Land We Inhabit”
November 13th, 2023 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 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: Tim Bishop, Ms. Linda B Breaux-Smith, Summer Broyhill, Ben Cain, Sidney Glass & Eleanor Clement Glass, Joan Cleveland, Ms. Marilyn Berg Cooper, Krystyna Finlayson, Dr. Jan Gilman, Michael Tonjum & Jan Gilman, Hollis Greenwood, Ms. Anne M. Krause, Ms. Kristy Lin Billuni, Mr. John Lindner, Dr. Sheila McCormick, Molly Noble & Bob Guilbault, Ms. Vicki Oswald, Mrs. Elizabeth Poston, Mr. George Rose, Michelle Ruscetta, Miyoko Sakatani, Nancy W. Smith, and Michael E Tuton. Thank you!

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

BECOME A MEMBER TODAY!

The Unceded Wallet Of Megan Ramsey
by Michael B. Kaplan
Directed by Collette Rutherford
Steve…………………..…Christian Haines
Megan………………………Scarlett Redmond
Angelica…………………………Brianna Barrett
Greg…………………………………Mar Sudac

Guest Slippers
by Evelyn Wu-Coffey
Directed by Olivia Liang
姊姊 Jiějie……………….…Christine Liao
老婆 Lǎopó…………………….Janet Song
老公 Lǎogōng……………………….Tony Kim
弟弟 Dìdì………………………Kevin Phan

Land Amongst Sky
by Damian Alejandro Arteaga
Directed by Ivan Rivas
Jack Williams …………………Anthony Rutowicz
Xavi Martinez….…………………..Alejandro Cuauhtémoc
Anna.………………………..Hillary DeMartino

Grow
by Maria D. Smith
Directed by Cybelle Kaehler
Roxanne………………………….Krystal Mosley
Jermaine…………………………..Telvin Griffin
Vera…………………………..Jackie Marriott

Wild Heart
by Susan C. Hunter
Directed by Jim Kleinmann
Miguel.…………………………………..Greg Cuellar
P-22…………………………………………..Peter Pasco

The Watcher
by Rachel Harner
Directed by Angela Sonner
Darwin…………………….Eric Geller
Juliet…………………..…Julia Belanova
Cyrus………………………Alexia Jasmene
Kate…………………..Tiana Randall-Quant

Stage Manager – Jay Dutcher

House Manager – Julie Lippert-Pasco

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-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 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

DAMIAN ALEJANDRO ARTEAGA (Land Amongst Sky), 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.

RACHEL HARNER (The Watcher), she/her, is a playwright and screenwriter who hails from the rainy backwoods of Washington State. Her short plays and monologues have been produced in Boston, New York, and Los Angeles. She has several pilots and features in development across multiple genres and was recently hired to write her first rom-com. This is her first Monday Night Playground and she couldn’t be more excited! Thanks to Jim, Melissa, Brent, Tony, Sofija, and Christian for bringing this strange pig play to life! @rachelharner

SUSAN C. HUNTER (Wild Heart), she/her,  has been a member of PlayGround-LA since its inaugural season. Her plays have been produced across the country and, with collaborator Tom Shelton, she has received multiple national playwriting awards. Her creative productivity has been curtailed since the unexpected passing of her husband and producing partner, Michael Eiden, in May, 2021. She would like to express much appreciation to Jim, Jesus and the actors who bring her play to life tonight.

MICHAEL B. KAPLAN (The Unceded Wallet of Megan Ramsey), he/him, had his first play produced in the One-Act Marathon at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York. Since then he has worked primarily as a TV writer and producer on a dozen different prime time shows for ABC, NBC, FOX and the CW, including stints on such seminal shows as “Roseanne” and “Frasier.” He created “I’m in the Band” on Disney XD and “Dog with a Blog” on Disney Channel, serving as showrunner for both. He has been nominated for four Emmy Awards, winning one, and received a BET Comedy Award for his work as a writer on “Girlfriends.” He is the author of the “Betty Bunny” series of children’s books.

MARIA D. SMITH (Grow), she/her, Born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Maria D. Smith credits her southern Black upbringing for her approach to the art of storytelling. Having recently graduated with her MFA in writing for the stage and screen from Northwestern University, Maria has had her work featured in the Theater Masters TAKE TEN MFA Festival and the Black Lives, Black Voices Festival. In August 2022, she completed a writer’s residency at the Story 27 Production’s Writer’s Colony hosted by television mogul Mara Brock Akil. In May 2023, Maria became Congo Square Theatre’s Samuel G. Roberson “Next Up” Fellowship Winner for the 2023/2024 season. Always a southern girl at heart, Maria is now located in Los Angeles, California, where she is pursuing storytelling full-time.

EVELYN WU-COFFEY (Guest Slippers), they/she, is a playwright, actor, musician, and music educator 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). EDUCATION: UCLA – B.M. in Bassoon Performance. Instagram: @evelynhueienwucoffey

ACTORS

BRIANNA BARRETT (The Unceded wallet of Megan Ramsey, “Angelica”), she/her, Brianna graduated from Rollins College with a B.A. in theatre performance and minors in both Communications and Spanish. She has performed on the Annie Russell Stage, in the Fred Stone Theatre, the Orlando Shakes, and in productions at the Orlando and New Orleans Fringe Festivals. Some film credits include The Right Stuff, Before Selma, Love (and so on…), Huvyr, and more. Her goal is to create female-driven work that inspires and strengthens our empathy towards the world. When she’s not working, Brianna is most likely enjoying the ocean breeze with friends, baking sourdough bread, or reading a great book. 

JULIA BELANOVA (The Watcher, “Juliet”), she/they, loves being part of the PlayGround community! She recurs as Sasha in Mayans M.C. on FX/Hulu. A Bay Area native, Julia has performed at many theaters throughout Northern California, including San Francisco Playhouse, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Marin Shakespeare Company, Jewel Theatre Company, and Custom Made. An artist/activist, Julia proudly serves as Program Coordinator of the Anita Hill-led Hollywood Commission. In 2021, she was thrilled to play the role of Wookie in PlayGround-SF’s online production of Diana Burbano’s Sapience.

ALEJANDRO CUAHTÉMOC (Land Amongst Sky, “Xavi Martinez”), he/him, is a Mexican actor and singer. His most recent works include the musical HOPE, directed by José Luis Valenzuela and produced by LAVC Theater in collaboration with The Latino Theater Company; and SAMA SAMA, directed by Daphnie Sicre and produced by the East West Players. He is a Libra and his life anthem is MOLASSES by Hiatus Kaiyote.

GREG CUELLAR (Wild Heart, “Miguel”), he/him, is a Mexican-American actor. He recently voiced Ferdinand in THE TEMPEST starring Jay O. Sanders (Next Chapter Podcasts). Greg can be seen guest-starring on NEW AMSTERDAM (NBC) and BEAUTY OF A BLANK SPACE (2022 Audience Award at Austin Film Festival). Select NY Theatre: Dromio of Syracuse in COMEDY OF ERRORS (Classic Stage), Jeremy O. Harris’ THE FEELS…(KMS), I WANNA F*CK LIKE ROMEO AND JULIET (New Light Theatre), PLAY ON! Shakespeare Festival (CSC/OSF) and IT’S ONLY A PLAY opposite Broadway Legends Kristine Nielsen and Julie Halston, directed by Tony-nominated Kevin Cahoon (George Street Playhouse). Development with the Public and Page 73. Education: Columbia.

HILLARY DEMARTINO (Land Amongst Sky, “Anna”), she/her, is excited to be working with Playground! Her most recent creative endeavors include studying Shakespeare with Charles Pasternak (Porters of Hellgate) and singing backup vocals for a local musician.

ERIC GELLER (The Watcher, “Darwin”), 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.

TELVIN GRIFFIN (Grow, “Jermaine”), he/him, is very excited to be a part of Season 12!! 4th year with Playground-LA and couldnt be more grateful. Thanks for coming to support live theater.

CHRISTIAN HAINES (The Unceded Wallet of Megan Ramsey, “Steve”), he/him, loves Playground! Past PGSF shows include Sapience, Anna Considers Mars, Value Over Replacement and tons of Monday Nights. Other credits include Straight White Men (MTC) Reginald and Ruckus, The Moonrisers (Moonrisers), Operation Ajax (Little Fish ), Jihad Jones (Perspective) Death of a Salesman, This is Our Youth (ATSF) and a bunch more. Currently he is doing a bunch of student films, studying with UCB and trying to figure out LA. He holds an MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory and loves his wife, Melissa Ortiz. https://amiosco.wixsite.com/christianhaine

ALEXIA JASMENE (The Watcher, “Cyrus”), 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 (Guest Slippers, “老公 Lǎogōng”), he/him, wishes you a happy Thanksgiving and Holiday season. Thank you for supporting live and local theater.

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 the video game Life is Strange: True Colors. When she’s not acting, you might find her at a rock climbing gym, a boba shop, or perched on a tree or rock in the great outdoors.

JACKIE MARRIOTT (Grow, “Vera”), 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.

KRYSTAL MOSLEY (Grow, “Roxanne”), she/her, comes all the way from Chicago, currently residing in LA and is super excited about the production this evening! Some of her credits include: 10 Virgins with Chicago Dramatist, Ruined with Eclipse Theatre and Blood Wedding with Pursuit Productions. She would like to thank the PlayGround-LA cast, friends and family for their continued support!

PETER PASCO (Wild Heart, “P-22”), he/El, made it to the Broadway stage last year, and he was promptly escorted off by security. Apparently, it isn’t acceptable to take a selfie onstage before a show. Who knew? So what he breaks rules! That’s what he learned growing up in the Bronx. Earlier this year he was in the world premiere of “That must be the entrance to heaven” over at Urbanite Theatre in Florida. You can also find him at street corners begging for change to pay his SAG/AEA dues.

KEVIN PHAN (Guest Slippers, “弟弟 Dìdì”) he/him, is a queer Los Angeles-based actor, singer, and dancer. Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in acting from the University of Southern California (as well as a minor in Cinematic Arts), he is also a director, writer, and cast member of the sketch comedy troupe, Trifecta. TV: Better Things (FX), Chicago PD (NBC), Leverage: Redemption (Freevee), Angelyne (Peacock), Kickin’ It (Nickelodeon). Film: The Eye (Lionsgate). Regional Theatre: Earthquakes in London (Rogue Machine Theatre).

TIANA RANDALL-QUANT (The Watcher, “Kate”), she/her, is a born and raised Angeleno trying to change the narrative that “LA is not a theatre town”. Her goal is to create theatre that gives a glimpse into a world full of love and healing. Her creative focus revolves uplifting the voices of the underrepresented and marginalized, particularly that of queer Black women. Her biggest inspirations include Audre Lorde, Rihanna, and her sister Jade. She is also a proud co-drafter of the new LA ARTS Document, and a proud co-founder of BLKLST, an organization focused on anti-racism and accountability in Los Angeles Theatre. She can also be found making fun comedy and gaming content with The 354 Squad on Youtube.

SCARLETT REDMOND (The Unceded Wallet of Megan Ramsey, “Megan”), 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.

ANTHONY RUTOWICZ (Land Amongst Sky, “Jack Williams”), he/him, seems to always be attempting to pen the perfect bio. Anthony has done Theatre in many places. Been doing PlayGround Monday nights for 6-8 years. Was the resident bartender on Young Sheldon last season. Recently played a creep on a bus for the Prime Video Blumhouse movie ‘Run Sweetheart Run’.

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

MAR SUDAC (The Unceded Wallet of Megan Ramsey, “Greg”)

DIRECTORS

COLLETTE RUTHERFORD (The Unceded Wallet of Megan Ramsey), is pleased to be back directing live, in-person theatre with PlayGround. Recent directing projects include: Gallathea (Infinite Jest Theatre Company), Joan (Catworks Productions), Romeo & Rosalind (Inglewood Playhouse), and This is Not a Drill (SkyPilot Theatre). Other local projects include: Lysistrata Unbound (Not Man Apart/Odyssey Theatre Ensemble), The Blank Theatre’s annual Young Playwrights’ Festival, New American Theatre’s Festival of New One Acts, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Infinite Jest Theatre Company), An Ideal Husband (Kentwood Players) and Fefu and Her Friends (Odyssey Theatre Ensemble). ColletteRutherford.com

OLIVIA LIANG (Guest Slippers), she/her, is an actor whose work can be seen in “Kung Fu” on Max or “Legacies” on Netflix. She will always order fries for the table.

CYBELLE KAEHLER (Grow), 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. She is currently a production assistant on A Christmas Carol, running this December at South Coast Repertory! cybellekaehler.com insta: @cybellerose

JIM KLEINMANN (Wild Heart), 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.

ANGELA SONNER (The Watcher), she/her, Director. AEA Stage Manager. Site Director for Performing Arts Workshops (West LA). Children’s Theatre Enthusiast. Living and working in LA for over a decade. I am thrilled to be back directing for Playground this year! See you at the theatre!

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. The 12th annual Best of PlayGround Gala will take place on Monday, April 08, 2024, live at the Broadwater Theaters and simulcast via Vimeo Live. PFor more information, visit http://playground-la.org.

PLAYGROUND CONTRIBUTORS

PlayGround is deeply grateful for the generous contributions of the many individuals, foundations, gifts of $125 or more committed between October 1, 2022 & October 9, 2023.

GOVERNMENT, CORPORATE, & FOUNDATION DONORS

Alameda County Arts Commission • Amazon • Art Space Development Corporation • 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 • The Fleishhacker Foundation • Grants For The Arts • Koret Foundation • Lenore & Howard Klein Foundation • The Leo J. & Celia Carlin Fund • Los Angeles County Arts Commission • Negley Flinn Charitable Foundation • NIAC • Nvidia • Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation • Planet Earth Arts • San Francisco Arts Commission • The Shubert Foundation • The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation • Zellerbach Family Foundation

INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS

SEASON SPONSORS ($5000+)

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

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ($2500–$4,999)

Meriko Borogove, John H. Gilman, Carlie Wilmans, Anonymous

PRODUCERS CIRCLE ($1000-$2499)

Mr. Randy Adams, David Goldman, Eric Craig Moody, Nitin, David Steele, Anonymous (2)

PLAYWRIGHTS CIRCLE ($500-$999)

Ruth & Robert Brayton, Steve & Gretchen Debenham, Keith Goldstein and Donna Warrington, Regina S. Guggenheim, Jennifer & Sean Jeffries, Paul & Pam Kleinmann, Linda Kremer, Gregg & Jennifer Le Blanc, Dr. Gary W. London, Pam MacKinnon, Molly Noble and Bob Guilbault, Pam & John Walker, Janine Wilburn, Mr. Maury Zeff, Anonymous (3)

PATRON ($250-$499)

Mary E. Baird, Wendy Bear, Cindy Gilman Redburn and Chris Redburn, Jerome Solberg, Jon & Susan Sweedler, Jon Tracy, Anonymous

ASSOCIATE MEMBER ($125-$249)

Ms. Lynda H Barber, Gerhard and Kathleen Bette, Jack Codd, Fair & Levit Family, Mr. Eric Garcia, Anirvan Ghosh, Cindy Goldfield, Gina Harris, Mr. Stanley William Hathaway, Abbe S. Kalos & Kitt Saginor, Gregg Le Blanc, Jonathan Luskin, Ms. Lisa A. Mammel, Tobi Marcus, Paris McCarthy, Doug Peckler & Evelyn Jean Pine , Jesus Reyes, Mary Ann and Malcolm Rodgers, Emily Brauer Rogers, Kathryn Ryan, Diane Sampson, Christine Sheppard, Ms. Susan Terris, Bex White, Mr. Christian Edward Wilburn, Susannah Wise & Scott Lebus, 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
Sofia Dutcher, Stage Manager

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