Posted on June 1, 2026
See what PlayGround-LA Writers and Company Members are up to this month including: Allie Costa, Evan Baughfman, Paris Herbert-Taylor, Jon Gentry, Greg Cuellar, Jonathan Josephson, Tim Bryant, Andrew W. Lowe, and Abel Marquez. Tim Bryant’s (He/Him/His) play THE MAN WHO CAME FROM UP THERE will be presented in an evening of staged readings on June […]
Posted on May 15, 2026
PlayGround closes out the summer season with the fifth annual FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL, July 31st – August 23rd, 2026, at Potrero Stage and simulcast. This four-week “fringe style” new works festival features 21 productions and 61 performances by talented theatre artists from across the country including PlayGround artists based in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, New […]
Posted on May 1, 2026
See what PlayGround-LA Writers and Company Members are up to this month including: Michael P. Adams, Damian Alejandro Arteaga, Evan Baughfman, Tim Bryant, Allie Costa, Jordan Maria Don, Jon Gentry, Mildred Inez Lewis, Debba Rofheart, and Jo Yuan Michael P. Adams, Jordan Maria Don and Jo Yuan (@itsme.joyuan) will all be featured in Double Take […]
Posted on April 24, 2026
Applications are now being accepted for PlayGround’s first annual TWISTED HOLIDAY FESTIVAL, November 27-December 20, at Potrero Stage in San Francisco and simulcast. This four-week “fringe style” new works festival will feature up to 20 productions and 60 performances of new holiday-themed works (with a twist!) by talented theatre artists from across the country including […]
Posted on April 22, 2026
Show your support for your favorite New Works Festival project by becoming an Executive or Associate Producer! Festival Producers enjoy exclusive perks, including their name on the title card of their chosen play with a tax-deductible contribution of just $500 or $250, respectively. This is a great way to support the writers, directors, and actors you […]
Posted on April 10, 2026
PlayGround, a leading national playwright incubator, has announced three new offerings as a part of its revamped education program for adults. The workshops and masterclasses will be lead by acclaimed playwrights Steve Yockey (Emmy Nominee & Multiple NNPN Rolling World Premieres), Rachel Bublitz (NNPN Rolling World Premiere, Funny Like An Abortion) and Bay Area producer/dramaturg […]
Posted on April 5, 2026
PlayGround-LA presents Season 14 BEST OF PLAYGROUND(LA) ’26 April 6th, 2026 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 […]
Posted on March 27, 2026
See what PlayGround-LA Writers and Company Members are up to this month including: Esther Banegas Gatica, Allie Costa, Jonathan Josephson, Mildred Inez Lewis, and Rachel Borders! Esther Banegas Gatica‘s play DNA YOU AND ME BECOMING WE INC. first created in the Monday Night PlayGround-LA series, will be playing at the Frida Kahlo 10-minute play festival […]
Posted on March 20, 2026
LOS ANGELES – PlayGround, a leading national playwright incubator and theatre community hub, is pleased to share the lineup for Best of PlayGround(LA) ‘26. Originally developed among 24 new short plays through PlayGround-LA’s Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series, these plays will receive a special one-night encore performance on April 6, 2026 at 7pm PT […]
Posted on March 6, 2026
CALL FOR PLAYWRIGHTS: PLAYGROUND’S 2026-27 WRITERS POOLS San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago Applications Due April 30, 2026 San Francisco – PlayGround, a leading national playwright incubator and theatre community hub, is pleased to share the latest call for applicants to the 2026-27 Writers Pools in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. […]