Posted on December 23, 2022
The people have spoken… The December People’s Choice Award goes to Jessica June Rowe for her play The Deal, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on December 12th live at the Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Jessica! Courtesy of Jessica we’re pleased to share the first two pages […]
Posted on December 23, 2022
“A new heart for a New Year.” ― Charles Dickens Playwright incubator PlayGround-LA has announced the selected plays and playwrights for its fourth Monday Night PlayGround staged reading event of its 11th season. Thirty-seven Los Angeles writers had just four-and-a-half days to generate their original scripts inspired by the prompt “RESOLUTION” as they vied for […]
Posted on December 9, 2022
PlayGround-LA presents Season 11 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “HOLIDAY SPIRIT” December 12th, 2022 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 9, 2022
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this December! Forrest Hartl produced his son’s first film, Black Hand Reaper, which won Best Narrative Short at the Eau Claire International Film Festival. Evan Baughfman‘s story, POND PERSON, set on a frozen pond on Xmas morning, will be published in “‘Twas the Fright […]
Posted on December 9, 2022
The people have spoken… The November People’s Choice Award goes to Lina Patel for her play Karma, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on November 14th live at the Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Lina! Courtesy of Lina we’re pleased to share the first two pages from the award-winning […]
Posted on December 7, 2022
“Bah,” said Scrooge, “Humbug.” ― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol Playwright incubator PlayGround-LA has announced the selected plays and playwrights for its third Monday Night PlayGround staged reading event of its 11th season. Thirty-seven Los Angeles writers had just four-and-a-half days to generate their original scripts inspired by the prompt “HOLIDAY SPIRIT” as they vied for […]
Posted on November 29, 2022
Dear Friends, In the last year, PlayGround has triumphantly returned to in-person performances in the Bay Area and Los Angeles, all while growing our community with the second year of PlayGround New York, and our newest expansion to Chicago in September. Because we are a proud artistic home for so many, this year we reached […]
Posted on November 13, 2022
PlayGround-LA presents Season 11 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “GIVE AND TAKE” November 14th, 2022 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 […]
Posted on November 4, 2022
See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to this November! Michael P. Adams’s play “Liberal State,” originally written for PlayGround’s “Fearless” theme, is being produced as part of the John DeSotelle Studio Series Festival in NYC. The festival runs from November 4-6. Learn more here. Evan Baughfman’s play, LETHAL VACATION, a mash-up […]
Posted on October 28, 2022
The people have spoken… The October People’s Choice Award goes to Lauren Gorski for her play Who’s a Good Boy?, presented as a staged reading at Monday Night PlayGround on October 17th live at the Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast via Vimeo Livestream. Congratulations, Lauren! Courtesy of Lauren we’re pleased to share the first two pages […]