Posted on October 1, 2023
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this October! Eliza Frakes is putting up her new play “Certain Death and Other Considerations” at the Echo Theatre after a smash-hit world premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Tickets are only $10 and shows are on Sunday nights at 7:30pm, October 1st, 9th, […]
Posted on September 22, 2023
“A people without knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots” – Marcus Garvey, political activist PlayGround blasts into its 12th season of innovative new plays by taking you back to before the beginning! Join us for a new round of Monday Night PlayGround, featuring original short plays all […]
Posted on September 1, 2023
PlayGround is thrilled to announce the 30th season of Monday Night PlayGround, the nation’s longest-running and most celebrated staged reading series, now available in the SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, NYC and Chicago, both in-person and simulcast. The season kicks off at Hollywood’s Broadwater Theaters on October 9, 2023 and concludes April 1, 2024 at […]
Posted on September 1, 2023
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this September! Evan Baughfman’s newest horror story, MAN ON PORCH, is featured in “The Monsters Next Door,” an anthology from Critical Blast Publishing. The book is all about monsters living alongside humans… and the conflicts that arise from such cohabitation! Please, check out the […]
Posted on August 15, 2023
PlayGround, a leading playwright incubator, is now looking for the next generation of great directors. PlayGround invites early-career and aspiring directors resident in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York City, or Chicago to apply for the 2023-24 Directing Apprenticeship program. Up to three directing apprentices will be selected in each region to […]
Posted on August 12, 2023
PlayGround has announced its PlayGround Heroes, three individuals/organizations who have made a notable impact on PlayGround and the PlayGround community over the past three decades, to be honored at the One PlayGround Gala. PlayGround’s annual fundraiser will take place in-person and online on Monday evening, September 18 at San Francisco’s Potrero Stage, Los Angeles’ Broadwater […]
Posted on August 12, 2023
PlayGround-LA, Los Angeles’s leading incubator for a new generation of playwrights, is pleased to announce the Season 12 Writer Pool, competitively chosen from open applications of short plays, and its plans for the 2023-24 Season. Over the course of the upcoming 2023-24 season, these writers will generate over 150 original short plays, of which 36 […]
Posted on August 11, 2023
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this August! M.J. Kang acted in a short film, Ellen Needs Insurance – which was recently part of the L.A. Shorts International Film Festival. This film was made because the lead actor needed insurance. She cast all actors who needed SAG insurance too. With […]
Posted on August 4, 2023
PlayGround has announced the 2023-24 Producing Fellows, an expanded class of eight next-gen theatre leaders drawn from across the country and who will work with PlayGround’s artistic staff and producing team on the company’s award-winning incubator programs over the next year in the SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. Fellows gain hands-on […]
Posted on July 1, 2023
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this July! Mason Greer’s latest film: SHOUT is now an official selection at LA Shorts Fest and will mark the first academy award qualifying festival for this film. For more information, visit www.thiccboyproductions.com Joe Luis Cedillo just wrote, co-directed and performed in his play […]