Posted on February 24, 2023
“Your grief for what you’ve lost lifts a mirror up to where you’re bravely working.” – Rumi. Playwright incubator PlayGround-LA in partnership with Planet Earth Arts has announced the prompt for the sixth and final Monday Night PlayGround staged reading event of its 11th season and the 7th annual Planet Earth Arts New Play Festival, […]
Posted on February 10, 2023
PlayGround-LA presents Season 11 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND ADAPT A CLASSIC FOLKTALE OR MYTH” February 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 […]
Posted on February 3, 2023
“只要你心诚志坚,念念回首处,既是灵山.” Zhǐyào nǐ xīn chéng zhì jiān, niàn niàn huíshǒu chù, jìshì língshān. “Nothing in this world is difficult, but thinking makes it seem so. Where there is true will, there is always a way.” – The Monkey King, from Journey to the West, a classic Chinese mythology story Playwright incubator PlayGround-LA has announced the […]
Posted on February 1, 2023
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this February! Teri Blackand Break A Leg Productions are holding their annual Love Festival live and in-person for the first time. They are showcasing six new works by 6 talented playwrights – 4 from locally in NYC and 2 from California, including PlayGround-LA’s Joni Ravenna. […]
Posted on January 20, 2023
The people have spoken… The January People’s Choice Award goes to Bailey Jordan Garcia for their play Good Bones; or The Writing Workshop of Brutus, Cassius, Casca, and Marc Antony on the Eulogy of Julius Caesar, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on January 9th live at the Broadwater Second Stage and […]
Posted on January 7, 2023
PlayGround-LA presents Season 11 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “RESOLUTION” January 9th, 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 […]
Posted on January 1, 2023
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this January! Lea Madda will be appearing in Samuel Hunter’s A Bright New Boise at Dezart Performs in Palm Springs this coming January 2023. Learn more here. Evan Baughfman‘s story, POND PERSON, set on a frozen pond on Xmas morning, will soon be published […]
Posted on December 23, 2022
The people have spoken… The December People’s Choice Award goes to Jessica June Rowe for her play The Deal, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on December 12th live at the Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Jessica! Courtesy of Jessica we’re pleased to share the first two pages […]
Posted on December 23, 2022
“A new heart for a New Year.” ― Charles Dickens Playwright incubator PlayGround-LA has announced the selected plays and playwrights for its fourth Monday Night PlayGround staged reading event of its 11th season. Thirty-seven Los Angeles writers had just four-and-a-half days to generate their original scripts inspired by the prompt “RESOLUTION” as they vied for […]
Posted on December 9, 2022
PlayGround-LA presents Season 11 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “HOLIDAY SPIRIT” December 12th, 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 Angeles. As the […]