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
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this March! Two of Starina Johnson’s plays that originated with PlayGround-LA, Daniel the Brave and Guiding Light, have been included in a short play festival at The Wallis. Tickets now on sale here. RECKONING features writers that illuminate, confront, and surprise audiences with witty […]
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 February 3, 2022
See what PlayGround-LA Writers and Company Members are up to this February! Evan Baughfman’s plays, BLUNK and THE WRITING BUG, will be featured in Jakespeare Virtual Theatre Company’s one-minute play festival, “One Moment in Time” on February 12th. Learn more at https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/60058 Mark Sherstinsky’s play, THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE, will be staged by […]
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 14, 2022
See what PlayGround-LA Writers and Company Members are up to this January! Brianna Barrett designed the cover art for the Jan/Feb issue of the Dramatist Magazine. She’s also featured in one of the articles, On Motivation. Allie Costa‘s short film Mermaid Story was selected for a festival in Ireland that was simulcast globally. She has […]