Posted on March 20, 2026
LOS ANGELES – PlayGround, a leading national playwright incubator and theatre community hub, is pleased to share the lineup for Best of PlayGround(LA) ‘26. Originally developed among 24 new short plays through PlayGround-LA’s Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series, these plays will receive a special one-night encore performance on April 6, 2026 at 7pm PT […]
Posted on March 6, 2026
CALL FOR PLAYWRIGHTS: PLAYGROUND’S 2026-27 WRITERS POOLS San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago Applications Due April 30, 2026 San Francisco – PlayGround, a leading national playwright incubator and theatre community hub, is pleased to share the latest call for applicants to the 2026-27 Writers Pools in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. […]
Posted on March 3, 2026
The people have spoken… The February People’s Choice Award goes to Maya De La Torre, for her play, MAKE BELIEVE, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround-LA on February 23rd live at Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Maya! Courtesy of Maya, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from […]
Posted on March 3, 2026
See what PlayGround-LA Writers and Company Members are up to this March including: MICHAEL P. ADAMS, ANDRES AGUSTIN BARRERA, EVAN BAUGHFMAN, ALLIE COSTA, BRIGGS HATTON, JONATHAN JOSEPHSON, MATTHEW HENERSON, MILDRED INEZ LEWIS, ABEL MARQUEZ, SCARLETT REDMOND, TEDDY ALEXIS RODRIGUEZ, BAYLEE SHLICHTMAN, JANET SONG, and JO YUAN! JANET SONG continues her run in Poetry for the People: […]
Posted on February 23, 2026
PlayGround-LA presents Season 14 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND “Bedtime Stories” February 23, 2026 7pm PT The 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 […]
Posted on February 12, 2026
(SAN FRANCISCO) – Applications are now being accepted for PlayGround’s fifth annual FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL, July 31-August 23, at Potrero Stage and simulcast. This four-week “fringe style” new works festival will feature up to 20 productions and 60 performances by talented theatre artists from across the country including PlayGround artists based in the Bay Area, Los […]
Posted on February 3, 2026
Check out what company Playwrights, Actors, and Directors are up to this December including: Aaron Higareda, Allie Costa, Andrew Joseph Perez, Edward Hong, Jonathan Josephson, Frieda de Lackner, Grace Wilkerson, Janet Song, Jennie Webb, Jon Gentry, Mark Jacobson, Mildred Inez Lewis, and Teddy Alexis Rodriguez, PhD. Frieda de Lackner’s film, 172 Push-Ups, will screen at […]
Posted on January 30, 2026
“Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere.” – Margaret Wise Brown, Goodnight Moon (illustrations by Clement Hurd) The topic for the February 23 Monday Night PlayGround-LA has been announced: BEDTIME STORIES. Playwrights in the PlayGround-LA Writers Pool have been invited to generate an original short play intended for young audiences (Theatre for Young Audiences, TYA) […]
Posted on January 23, 2026
PlayGround has announced the lineup for its first annual PlayGround Comedy Festival, an eclectic lineup of innovative performances including stand-up, sketch, improv, comedic plays, and more! Performances run March 6-29, 2026 (Thurs-Mon), presented live at San Francisco’s Potrero Stage and simulcast online. The festival features 18 hilarious acts and 60 performances produced by Lee Archer, […]
Posted on January 23, 2026
The people have spoken… The January People’s Choice Award goes to Amy Ellenberger, for her play, SHOULD WE STAY OR SHOULD I GO, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround-LA on January 12th live at Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Amy! Courtesy of Amy, we’re pleased to share the first […]