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 […]
Posted on January 11, 2026
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
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, […]
Posted on January 1, 2026
See what PlayGround-LA Writers and Company Members are up to this January including: Andy Lowe, Allie Costa, Evan Baughfman, Jully Lee, Scarlett Redmond, and Steve Harper. Andy Lowe will be performing for Rogue Artists Ensemble’s December event, “Puppetry and Prose” A Literary Salon with a Puppet Twist! Do you love going to literary readings and […]
Posted on December 29, 2025
PlayGround, a leading national playwright incubator, has announced five new offerings as a part of its revamped education program for adults. The workshops and masterclasses will be lead by acclaimed playwrights Jonathan Spector, (Tony Award-Winner, Eureka Day), Lydia R. Diamond (Broadway: Toni Stone, Stick Fly), Steve Yockey (Emmy Nominee & Multiple NNPN Rolling World Premieres), […]
Posted on December 19, 2025
“This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.” -Plato The topic for the January 12th Monday Night PlayGround-LA has been announced: TALES OF THE CITY! Playwrights in the PlayGround-LA Writers Pool are invited to generate an original short play, fictional or fact-based, historical or contemporary, that is specific to the […]
Posted on December 12, 2025
The people have spoken… The November People’s Choice Award goes to Damian Alejandro Arteaga, for his play, Jesus Christ!, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround-LA on November 24th live at Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Damian! Courtesy of Damian, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from the […]