Posted on August 26, 2024
PlayGround, a leading national playwright incubator and theatre community hub, is pleased to share plans for its 30th anniversary season. The season announcement coincides with the release of the 2024-25 Writers Pools, 144 early-career playwrights in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, who will participate in PlayGround’s signature incubator program, […]
Posted on July 26, 2024
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this August! Jon Gentry’s Black Bastard will return for two Encore performances on August 4th and August 10th at the Stephanie Feury Studio Theater after a sold-out run at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. The show then heads to San Francisco for a three-performance run […]
Posted on July 18, 2024
PlayGround has announced the 2024-25 Producing Fellows, a vibrant and diverse class of seven next-gen theatre leaders drawn from across the country and who will work with PlayGround’s artistic staff and national producing teams over the next year in the SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. Fellows gain hands-on experience in the […]
Posted on July 5, 2024
The PlayGround Solo Performance Festival is PlayGround’s annual celebration of the best in California solo performance. Now going on its eighth year, the next Solo Fest will take place January 24-February 9, 2025, performed live at Potrero Stage and simulcast online, with nine double-bill performances over three weeks. Only California-based artists eligible to submit. PlayGround is interested in […]
Posted on July 1, 2024
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this July! Frieda de Lackner’s film adaptation of Scott Mullen’s play 172 Push-Ups will have its premiere at the LA Shorts International Film Festival in July. The film stars Playground LA’s company members Krystal Mosley, Christina Wren, Jahnavi Alyssa, Jonathan Wray, and Jon Gentry. […]
Posted on June 18, 2024
PlayGround will mark its third decade of incubating new plays by hosting simultaneous parties in Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco on Monday, September 16, 2024. The events, which will also be livestreamed, will feature a starry array of playwright alumni, including many of the busiest names in theatre today. The PlayGround […]
Posted on June 14, 2024
PlayGround closes out the summer season with the third annual FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL, August 9-25, at Potrero Stage and simulcast. This three-week “fringe style” new works festival features 11 productions from highly sought-after theatre artists from across the country including four PlayGround artists based in the Bay Area and Los Angeles. Ranging in subject from the U.S. […]
Posted on June 14, 2024
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this June! Shoshanna Green is pleased to announce the season is underway at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum! Shoshanna is cast in both A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Winter’s Tale. If you’ve never been to Theatricum, it is a pretty special place. There are […]
Posted on May 9, 2024
PlayGround is thrilled to announce the lineup for PlayGround’s 2nd Annual Best of the Best of PlayGround. This unique showcase is a culmination of the 2023-24 Monday Night seasons hosted in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. The line-up includes Bessie in Medias Res by Robyn Brooks (San Francisco), Love Language of Origin […]
Posted on April 26, 2024
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this May! Amy Ellenberger with her theatre company, Chalk Rep, is opening the world premiere of PANG SPA by David Johann Kim in May at Atwater Village Theatre! All Playground members can use the code PSPLAYGROUND for discounted tickets. Information and tickets can be […]