Posted on December 29, 2023
The people have spoken… The December People’s Choice Award goes to Damian Alejandro Arteaga for his play, The Family with a Short Fuse, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on December 11th live at Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Damian! Courtesy of Damian, we’re pleased to share the […]
Posted on December 28, 2023
“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” – Hamlet Act 1 Scene 5, William Shakespeare What if King Hamlet had discovered his brother’s plans before the treacherous poisoning? Or if Romeo had arrived just a few minutes later to discover Juliet awakening? PlayGround playwrights take us […]
Posted on December 8, 2023
What happens when Santa’s Sleigh gets shot down over rough waters, or two impressionable elves take the theories of a diabolical Professor Rudolph just a little too far? Enjoy these riotous riffs and many more in A VERY HITCHCOCK CHRISTMAS! This “twisted” holiday show features six cinnamon-spiced, deliciously dark short plays inspired by Rear Window, […]
Posted on December 8, 2023
PlayGround-LA presents Season 12 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND “Surviving the Holidays” December 11th, 2023 7pm PT 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 December 8, 2023
The people have spoken… The November People’s Choice Award goes to Evelyn Wu-Coffey for their play Guest Slippers, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on November 13th live at Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Evelyn! Courtesy of Evelyn, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from the […]
Posted on December 2, 2023
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this December! Aaron Higareda, playwright and producer, will present a fall staged reading series with AKA productions in downtown Riverside on December 2nd & 3rd at 7pm. Featuring University of California, Riverside Undergraduate Students, MFA Students, Alum such as PlayGround’s Esther Banegas Gatica, and […]
Posted on November 28, 2023
PlayGround has had a busy year. With Monday Night PlayGround programs running in-person and streaming online in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and the Bay Area, we are supporting 400+ writers, directors, actors and stage managers across the country as they create over 140 bold new works for the stage in a supportive community of […]
Posted on November 24, 2023
“You guys give up? Or are you thirsty for more?”- Kevin McCallister, Home Alone (1990) Come celebrate the holidays PlayGround-style at our next round of Monday Night PlayGround, December 11, 7PM PT, live at Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast online, featuring original short plays inspired by the prompt “Surviving the Holidays”. PlayGround-LA’s sister companies, PlayGround, PlayGround-NY, and […]
Posted on November 12, 2023
PlayGround-LA presents Season 12 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND “The Legacy of the Land We Inhabit” November 13th, 2023 7pm PT 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 […]
Posted on November 3, 2023
The people have spoken… The October People’s Choice Award goes to Maria D. Smith for her play Politics: A Mind Bending Reflection, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on October 9th live at the Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Maria! Courtesy of Maria, we’re pleased to share the […]