Posted on March 3, 2026

Jonathan Josephson

The February People’s Choice Award goes to…

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

Jordan Don

Company in the News March 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

Jordan Don

February 23 Monday Night PlayGround-LA Playbill

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

Jonathan Josephson

Applications Open for PlayGround’s 2026 National Free-Play Theatre Festival

(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

Jonathan Josephson

Company in the News February 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

Jonathan Josephson

Feb 23 Monday Night PlayGround Topic Announcement: Bedtime Stories

“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

Jim Kleinmann

The Lineup for the 1st Annual PlayGround Comedy Festival

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 11, 2026

Jordan Don

January 12 Monday Night PlayGround-LA Playbill

PlayGround-LA presents Season 14 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND “Tales of the City” January 12, 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. […]

Posted on January 9, 2026

Jim Kleinmann

Announcing Solo Fest 2026: 17 Performers, 58 Performances! Jan 16-Feb 8, 2026

PlayGround has announced the lineup for its ninth annual PlayGround Solo Performance Festival, a curation of the best in solo performance, running January 16-February 8, 2026 (Thurs-Mon), presented live at San Francisco’s Potrero Stage and simulcast online. The festival of new solo work (the largest in PlayGround’s history!) features 17 solo performers and 58 performances, […]