Posted on January 24, 2025
“I keep reminding people that an editorial in rhyme is not a song. A good song makes you laugh, it makes you cry, it makes you think.” – Pete Seeger Folk music has been inspiring, uniting, and igniting communities for generations. Join us for our annual “musical theatre night” as PlayGround writers incorporate some of […]
Posted on January 20, 2025
PlayGround-LA presents Season 13 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND “The Shakespeare Sequels” Presented in association with Independent Shakespeare Co. January 20th, 2024 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 […]
Posted on January 13, 2025
“We know what we are but not what we may be.” – Ophelia, Hamlet In the spirit of past PlayGround topics such as “Shakespeare’s Prequels” and last year’s “Shakespeare Multiverse, ” PlayGround writers are set to take on a new sector of the Bard’s not-previously-explored canon: THE SHAKESPEARE SEQUELS. What happens after that joyous wedding […]
Posted on January 3, 2025
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this January! Kevin Phan For 3 nights only: January 17th – 19th at 8:00pm at the The Pico Theatre: Step into the twisted world of a dysfunctional demon family tasked with managing the entrance to the Underworld. As Earth’s growing anguish threatens their realm’s […]
Posted on December 27, 2024
The people have spoken… The December People’s Choice Award goes to Summer Broyhill for her play, GLUE, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on December 9th live at Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Summer! Courtesy of Summer, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from the award-winning script. […]
Posted on December 20, 2024
“We know what we are but not what we may be.” – Ophelia, Hamlet In the spirit of past topics such as “Shakespeare’s Prequels” and last year’s “Shakespeare Multiverse, ” PlayGround writers are set to take on a new sector of the Bard’s not-previously-explored canon: THE SHAKESPEARE’S SEQUELS. What happens after that joyous wedding at […]
Posted on December 6, 2024
PlayGround-LA presents Season 13 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND “Holiday Surprise” December 9th, 2024 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 December 3, 2024
At our 30th Anniversary Gala this year, Broadway playwright Jonathan Spector shared, “I don’t know if I would be a playwright today if it weren’t for PlayGround.” For 30 years, PlayGround has provided hundreds of writers their very first opportunity to hear their words out loud. Of course we hope all our playwrights make it to Broadway, but […]
Posted on December 1, 2024
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this December! Evan Baughfman’s spooky Christmas tale, THE YETI’S CLAW, will be a part of Frigid New York’s Holiday Spirits, staged readings of creepy holiday plays. (THE YETI’S CLAW was originally written and performed for PlayGround Season 11). Holiday Spirits takes place December 7th & […]
Posted on November 29, 2024
The people have spoken… The November People’s Choice Award goes to Lauren Gorski for her play, Her Name Was Lola, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on November 11th live at Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Lauren! Courtesy of Lauren, we’re pleased to share the first two pages […]