Posted on April 2, 2021

Edna Raia

PlayGround Writers Pool Goes National!

PlayGround, a premiere playwright incubator and theatre community hub, has created paid development opportunities for local playwrights in San Francisco since 1994 and Los Angeles since 2012… and, as of this October, now New York City! This latest expansion of PlayGround’s mission to support the development of new voices for the theatre, with a deep […]

Posted on April 2, 2021

Jim Kleinmann

Best of PlayGround-LA Gala April 12th Playbill

PlayGround-LA presents Season 9 BEST of PLAYGROUND-LA GALA April 12th 2021 7pm PT via Zoom Live Stream Guiding Light by Starina Johnson Directed by Paris McCarthy Gabriel……………………………………………………………Stephanie T. Keefer Joseph………………………………………………………………..Jordan Covington Mary……………………………………………………………………….Christine Liao We Jump Broom by Mildred Inez Lewis Directed by Frieda De Lackner Nell……………………….………………………………………………Krystal Mosley Winny…………………………..………………..………………………Maiya Reaves Courage by Scott Mullen Directed by Ivan Rivas Reggie…………………………………………………………………..Mark Jacobson […]

Posted on April 2, 2021

Jim Kleinmann

Company in the News April 2021

See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to as we get ready for the April 12th Best of PlayGround-LA Gala.  Jerome Joseph Gentes‘ TigerBear Productions, the creative production company of PlayGround writer and board member, is collaborating on a special experience for Modernism Week 2021 in Palm Springs, CA. Attendees will tour the […]

Posted on March 22, 2021

Jim Kleinmann

Season 9’s Best of PlayGround-LA Gala

PlayGround-LA, Los Angeles’s incubator for a new generation of playwrights, caps off its ninth season on Monday evening, April 12, with Best of PlayGround-LA, a one-night gala celebration of the best playwrights and short plays selected from more than 150 submissions and 36 works developed as part of the season’s Monday Night PlayGround staged reading […]

Posted on March 19, 2021

Jim Kleinmann

The March People’s Choice Award Goes To…..

The people  have spoken… The March People’s Choice Award goes to Nicki Spencer for her short play, The Speck, presented as a staged reading via Zoom live stream on March 8th.  Congratulations, Nicki! Courtesy of Nicki, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy!   The Speckby Nicki Spencer Character […]

Posted on March 12, 2021

Edna Raia

Join the 2021-22 PlayGround-LA Writers Pool!

Are you a Los-Angeles-based early-career or aspiring professional playwright? Have you ever wanted to see your plays performed on stage by leading local professional actors? Do you respond well to deadlines? PlayGround-LA is seeking applications for the 2021-22 (Season 10) Writers Pool. Only members of the Writers Pool are invited to write for the Monday […]

Posted on March 5, 2021

Jim Kleinmann

Company in the News Mar-2021

See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to as we get ready for the March 8th Monday Night PlayGround on Zoom! Mildred Inez Lewis‘ “WE DREAMED OURSELVES” will be produced by the Dragon Eggs Short Play Incubator in the Bay Area. Her short play ECLOSION will be published by NextStage Press as part […]

Posted on March 5, 2021

Edna Raia

Monday Night PlayGround-LA March 8th PlayBill

PlayGround-LA presents Season 9 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “Fearless” March 8th 2021 7pm PT via Zoom Live Stream The Jump by Rachel Borders Directed by Frieda de Lackner Carl………………………………………………………..Rogelio Douglas III Alex………………………………………………………………..Christine Liao Jab, Cross, Hook by Mildred Inez Lewis Directed by Demetrius Wren Jenny……………………….……………………………..Christina Wren Freddie…………………………..………………..…………Julio Hanson Uncaged by Evan Baughfman Directed by Jim Kleinmann Rodney Fox……………………………………………………Tahmus Rounds […]

Posted on February 12, 2021

Jim Kleinmann

The February People’s Choice Goes To…..

The people  have spoken … The February People’s Choice Award goes to Nicki Spencer for her short play, For Mālama ʻĀina and Linda and Kyle from Booger Hole, presented as a staged reading on Zoom on February 8th.  Congratulations, Nicki! Courtesy of Ms. Spencer, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning […]