Posted on October 31, 2025
The people have spoken… The October People’s Choice Award goes to Mark Sherstinsky, for his play, COUPLES THERAPY, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on October 13th live at Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Mark! Courtesy of Mark, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from the award-winning […]
Posted on October 31, 2025
“I’ll blow the Gershwin up because I AM the loudest WITCH IN OZ! And, no one’s gonna turn my volume doooown!” – Forbidden Broadway The topic for the November 24 Monday Night PlayGround-LA has been announced: MUSICAL PARODY! The event will also serve as PlayGround’s annual “musical theatre night.” We love musicals, we really do. […]
Posted on October 11, 2025
PlayGround-LA presents Season 14 PlayGround-LA: Murder Mystery October 13, 2025 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 past and […]
Posted on October 6, 2025
See what PlayGround-LA Writers and Company Members are up to this October! Esther Banegas Gatica is playing Tita in MOJADA: A MEDEA in Los Angeles by Luis Alfaro by Full Circle Players. Alfaro takes the chilling ancient Greek tale of Medea and re-imagines it in a Los Angeles Mexican-American immigrant community. After sacrificing nearly everything […]
Posted on September 29, 2025
What happens when RALPHIE Parker and Ethan GRINCH meet on an Amtrak and devise a plan to help each other achieve their biggest holiday desires? Or, how can we bear with the fact that Santa was found dead in a couple’s apartment; but was St. Nick’s untimely death a result of self-defense…or murder?? Enjoy these […]
Posted on September 19, 2025
“The game is afoot.” ― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Adventure of the Abbey Grange The topic for the October 20 Monday Night PlayGround-LA has been announced: MURDER MYSTERY! The event will also serve as PlayGround’s second annual evening of one-person plays. From Sherlock Holmes adventures to true crime podcasts, “who done it” stories are as […]
Posted on September 1, 2025
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this September! Ivan Rivas is producing a one night only benefit reading of THE BRAMFORD by PlayGround-LA alum Lauren Gorski in service of Planned Parenthood on September 7th at the iconic The Village Studios. Cast includes Kaitlyn Dever, Kyle Allen, J. August Richards and […]
Posted on August 22, 2025
On the third Monday each September, PlayGround brings together its vibrant community of artists and supporters that spans the nation for a very special evening: the annual One-PlayGround Gala. Held simultaneously across San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, the One-PlayGround Gala is more than just a dinner. It’s a way for attendees to […]
Posted on August 15, 2025
PlayGround has announced the 2025-26 Producing Fellows, a vibrant and diverse class of 4 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 August 5, 2025
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this August! Damian Alejandro Arteaga’s play, Growing Starseed, will be featured in Little Fish Theatre’s Pick of the Vine Festival. Nine California playwrights will tell stories about finding and even redefining home through humor, drama, and heart. Among these playwrights are also PlayGround-LA writers […]