Posted on October 30, 2021
The people have spoken… The October People’s Choice Award goes to Aaron Higareda for his short play, South Hope St., presented as a staged reading at The Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast on October 11th. Congratulations, Aaron! Courtesy of Aaron, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! SOUTH HOPE […]
Posted on October 29, 2021
“Truth will come to light; murder cannot be hid long.” -Shakespeare Following the successful opening of Season 10, Los Angeles playwright incubator PlayGround recently announced the prompt for the November Monday Night PlayGround short play staged reading event. Thirty-six Los Angeles writers had just four-and-a-half days to generate their original scripts inspired by the prompt […]
Posted on October 9, 2021
PlayGround-LA presents Season 10 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “REBIRTH” October 11th 2021 7pm PT Broadwater Second Stage & Vimeo Live Simulcast The Rebirth of Arrow Brooks™ by Rachel Borders Directed by Angela Sonner Mia Brooks…………………………………….………………..………..Melissa Ortiz Trevor Brooks……………………………..………………………………..Jon Gentry Doctor………………………………………….…………………………..Emily Kuroda The Consecration of Terrence G. by Mildred Inez Lewis Directed by Jully Lee Terrence […]
Posted on October 1, 2021
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to as we begin the 2021-22 season! Jully Lee is directing a live Zoom play reading of STAINS by Sarah Cho with Moving Arts’ MadLab Theatre Festival, playing on October 9th, as well as an excerpt from LONG by Charlie Oh, playing on Oct. 9th […]
Posted on September 25, 2021
“Perhaps that is where our choice lies—in determining how we will meet the inevitable end of things, and how we will greet each new beginning.” – Elana K. Arnold On the eve of the return to in-person theatre and PlayGround’s expansion to New York, Los Angeles playwright incubator PlayGround-LA has chosen the prompt of “rebirth” […]
Posted on September 7, 2021
PlayGround-LA, Los Angeles’s leading incubator for a new generation of playwrights, is pleased to share plans for our tenth season and a return to in-person performance. The company has recently announced the Season 10 Writers Pool, competitively selected from open applications of short plays. Over the course of the upcoming 2021-22 season, these writers will […]
Posted on August 27, 2021
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to as we get ready for Season 10 starting in October 2021. Daysha Veronica launches a new digital series under her self-confidence-building lifestyle brand, Yes Queen, called Love It or Lose It. The six-episode series follows Daysha as she works with fashion influencer and Pero […]
Posted on August 2, 2021
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to as we get ready for Season 10 starting in October 2021. Carla Vega wrote and will perform a new original work in Matriarch, a transformative theatre experience that explores the roles women play in our patriarchal society, and the urgent need to transform that dynamic. […]
Posted on July 16, 2021
PlayGround-LA, Los Angeles’ leading playwright incubator, is now looking for the next generation of great directors. PlayGround-LA will select 3-4 diverse aspiring and/or early-career directors to apprentice with PlayGround-LA during the upcoming Monday Night PlayGround season, kicking off on October 11th and continuing through March 2022. Directing Apprentices will assistant direct for a minimum of […]
Posted on July 16, 2021
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to as we get ready for Season 10 starting in October 2021. Evan Baughfman‘s audio plays, NOT INSIDE and ROOM FOR TWO, were recently produced by Cone Man Running Productions (Houston, Texas) as part of the “War of the Words” playwriting competition. The plays are […]