Posted on March 3, 2023
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this March! Evan Baughfman‘s play, FERRIS BUELLER 2: THE 4TH WALL, will be featured in “Like, Totally Rushing,” the newest show from Force of Nature Productions, in a few weeks, at the Brick House Theatre in North Hollywood! Six short plays, each a mash-up […]
Posted on March 3, 2023
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 2023-24 (Season 12) Writers Pool. Only members of the Writers Pool are invited to write for the Monday […]
Posted on February 24, 2023
The people have spoken… The February People’s Choice Award goes to Nicki Spencer for her play Ssssuperbly Normal, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on February 13th live at the Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Nicki! Courtesy of Nicki, we’re pleased to share the first two pages from […]
Posted on February 24, 2023
“Your grief for what you’ve lost lifts a mirror up to where you’re bravely working.” – Rumi. Playwright incubator PlayGround-LA in partnership with Planet Earth Arts has announced the prompt for the sixth and final Monday Night PlayGround staged reading event of its 11th season and the 7th annual Planet Earth Arts New Play Festival, […]
Posted on February 10, 2023
PlayGround-LA presents Season 11 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND ADAPT A CLASSIC FOLKTALE OR MYTH” February 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 Los […]
Posted on February 3, 2023
“只要你心诚志坚,念念回首处,既是灵山.” Zhǐyào nǐ xīn chéng zhì jiān, niàn niàn huíshǒu chù, jìshì língshān. “Nothing in this world is difficult, but thinking makes it seem so. Where there is true will, there is always a way.” – The Monkey King, from Journey to the West, a classic Chinese mythology story Playwright incubator PlayGround-LA has announced the […]
Posted on February 1, 2023
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this February! Teri Blackand Break A Leg Productions are holding their annual Love Festival live and in-person for the first time. They are showcasing six new works by 6 talented playwrights – 4 from locally in NYC and 2 from California, including PlayGround-LA’s Joni Ravenna. […]
Posted on January 20, 2023
The people have spoken… The January People’s Choice Award goes to Bailey Jordan Garcia for their play Good Bones; or The Writing Workshop of Brutus, Cassius, Casca, and Marc Antony on the Eulogy of Julius Caesar, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on January 9th live at the Broadwater Second Stage and […]
Posted on January 7, 2023
PlayGround-LA presents Season 11 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “RESOLUTION” January 9th, 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 past […]
Posted on January 1, 2023
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this January! Lea Madda will be appearing in Samuel Hunter’s A Bright New Boise at Dezart Performs in Palm Springs this coming January 2023. Learn more here. Evan Baughfman‘s story, POND PERSON, set on a frozen pond on Xmas morning, will soon be published […]