PlayGround-NY presents Season 1

MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND

Topic: “WHODUNNIT”
November 22nd 2021 7pm EST
Vimeo Live Simulcast & On Demand

A Mice Infestation
by Maggie Wilson
Directed by Gabby Farrah
Ren……….…………………………………..……………..………..Sarah Guilbault
Jay……………………………………………….…………………………..Tyler Kent
Larry…………………………………………….….……………..Jordan Covington
Michelle………………………………………………………………..Rebecca White

That Ever I Was Born to Set It Right
by Leela Velautham
Directed by Frieda de Lackner
Hamlet.……………………….……..……………………..…………Aaron Wilton
Horatio………………………..…….………………………………….…Jen Anaya

Double Take
by Kate Thomas
Directed by Rebecca Aparicio
Sam……………………………..………………………….………….…Nick Sholley
Anna…………………….………….………………….Blythe de Oliveira Foster

Kimchi Slap
by Nina Ki
Directed by Jim Kleinmann
Brian Park…………………………………………………..…………..……Austin Ku
Kim Seonwoo…………………………………………..………………….Phoenix Lee
Kim Sun-Woo………………………………………………………………….Intae Kim
Kim Sunoo………………………………………………………...MeeWha Alana Lee

Whodunnit
by Stanley William Hathaway
Directed by Sylvia Certvanes Blush
Emmett Barr…………………………..…………………………….…….Alex Shafer
Bebe Nelson…………..…………………………………………..…….Julia Brothers
Oliver Barr…………….…………………………………………………Phillip Pineno

B & E (&DSM)
by Alex Moon
Directed by Paris Crayton III
Burglar…………………………………………………………….Marilee Talkington
Hostage…………………………………………………………………..Andrew Sellon
Buxom Lad……………………………………………………………….Michael Curry
Homeowner……………………………………………………………….BW Gonzalez
Husband VO………………………………………………………………….…Intae Kim

Stage Manager – Sarah Gasser

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PlayGround is a member of Theatre Bay Area and Theatre Communications Group,
and an Associate Member of the National New Play Network (NNPN).

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD

Following tonight’s performance, we invite your participation in this month’s People’s Choice Award. Through the People’s Choice Award, our audience can play a direct impact in furthering the career of a promising new playwright. To vote, make a People’s Choice Award tax-deductible donation on behalf of your favorite play(s)/playwright(s) from the evening. Every donated dollar counts as a vote while directly supporting PlayGround’s award-winning incubator programs.

Cast your vote for your favorite play(s) by making a People’s Choice donation via Zelle (info@playground-sf.org), Venmo (our account ID is @playgroundsf and if they ask for the last four digits of my phone, it’s 8541) or on our website at https://tickets.playground-sf.org/TheatreManager/1/online?donationquick=168 (you can also visit the Monday Night PlayGround page for the People’s Choice donation button). Add a note/memo with your gift to indicate your favorite play(s) or email your selection to boxoffice@playground-sf.org.

At the end of next week, we’ll tally up the top vote-getter and automatic semi-finalist for our season-ending Best of PlayGround. It’s a powerful way of showing your support for new writers and their work, while helping PlayGround continue doing what we do!

ACKNOWLEDGING THE LEGACY OF THE LAND WE INHABIT

PlayGround-NY acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Munsee Lanape, the original inhabitants of the territory colonially known as the five burroughs of New York City. As the past and present Indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Munsee Lanape have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. We recognize the historic injustice of the forcible removal of the Munsee Lanape people from their ancestral lands, and that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the Ancestors, Elders and Relatives of the Munsee Lanape Communities and by affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples. We honor the storytellers of the Lanape and are grateful for our ability to share and uplift Indigenous stories and those of other historically marginalized communities.

To learn about the legacy of the land you inhabit, visit Native-Land.ca | Our home on native land. To read the complete Land Acknowledgment Policy, click here.

PLAYGROUND’S ANTI-RACIST POLICY

PlayGround recognizes the impact of racial oppression within society and the American Theater and that we have been complicit in White Supremacy culture. Our goal is to co-create safety for our community by identifying and interrupting instances of racism and all forms of oppression when we witness them, through specific actions rooted in the principles of anti-racism and accessibility. In its endeavor to address the implications of our history, PlayGround is committed to its compliance with the following fundamental rights:
● The recognition of inherent dignity and worth of each human being.
● The recognition of equality of all human beings.
● Recognition of rights of ethnic, racial, cultural, linguistic and religious groups.
● Equality and non-discrimination.

PlayGround’s Anti-Racist Policy applies to: all members of the PlayGround community, including employees, independent contractors, volunteers, audience members, donors, and general members of the community.

To read the complete Anti-Racist Policy, click here.

BIOGRAPHIES

PLAYWRIGHTS

STANLEY WILLIAM HATHAWAY (Whodunnit) is from New York City. Stanley was raised in New York City. He was educated in New York City. He has taken Playwriting Classes at HB Studio, and Primary Stages, and is an active member in a Workshop. Stanley been writing plays for some time now and has written a number of One-act plays, and a few Full length plays.

NINA KI (Kimchi Slap) is a Queerean (Queer + Korean) American playwright who graduated from NYU Tisch with a BFA in Dramatic Writing. Her plays have been read, recorded, and presented nationwide, including with MCC Theater, Queens Theatre, Brave New World Repertory, Yale Summer Cabaret, and The Parsnip Ship. Her play “Moon Bear” was given special consideration for the Relentless Award, and her play “Ravage” was a finalist for The Playwright’s Realm’s Writing Fellowship. To contact her or learn more about her work, please visit her website at www.nina-ki.com.

ALEX MOON (B&E (&DSM)), he/they/any, is a genderqueer theatre artist who’s worked with organizations such as The American Repertory Theatre; Speakeasy Stage Co; Boston University; Emerson College; Theatre Collaborative, and more. Most recently, their short play “HANOI JANE PISS TARGET” was selected as part of the 46th Annual Concord Theatricals Off-Off Broadway Festival, and his play “G-Town” was a finalist for the 2021 National Playwrights Conference. They’re also a member of PlayGround-NY’s inaugural writers pool, a double major in Dramatic Writing and Classics at NYU, and a scourge to notebook pages everywhere.

KATE THOMAS (Double Take) is a Kleban Prize Finalist, Jonathan Larson Grant Finalist, and Prospect Theater Company Lab Writer. Her musicals include, ALL THE KIDS ARE DOING IT (Provincetown Playhouse, O’Neill Finalist, NAMT Semifinalist, IWU, Tisch) and FORGET ME NOT (New York Theatre Barn, The Dare Tactic, Open Jar, O’Neill Semifinalist, NAMT Semifinalist, Tisch). She was a 2018-2019 Athena Theatre Company Playwriting Fellow, and her plays include DIRTY JULY (Monsterpiece Theater Collective, New York Theater Festival), GENUINELY HERE (Edge Fest Semifinalist, Athena Theatre Company) and SHOOTING JANINE (Athena Theatre Company, Symphony Space). She is a winner of the PMCA Emerging Playwright Competition.

LEELA VELAUTHAM (That Ever I Was Born to Set It Right) , originally from the UK, is doing a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology. She was a member of Playground’s Playwright Residency Program (2020-21), has been featured in the Best of Playground 24 and 25, and won the 2011 University of Oxford’s New Writing Festival for her play ‘Schroedinger’s Hat’.

MAGGIE WILSON (The Mice Infestation), she/her, is a playwright from Cayucos living in Brooklyn. Her musical JOCKAMO, that she co-created with blues singer Wayne Harris, just played to sold-out houses in Berkeley, California at The Marsh’s Festival of New Musical Voices. Her mother-daughter two hander, FROM THE BATH, was recently named a Jane Chambers finalist and received a developmental reading at HERE Arts in NYC. For more on Maggie www.MaggieWil5on.com.

ACTORS

JEN ANAYA (That I Was Ever Born to Set It Right, “Horatio”), they, are a multipassionate artist, ritual space maker, doula and energy healer born and raised in the desert of Yavapaiv Apache, Cocopah and O’odham land. A proud jack of all trades, they have performed in rock bands, web series, art installations, plays, operas, films, solo shows, healing rituals and musicals everywhere from La Mama (Fandango For Butterflies (And Coyotes)) to The Kitchen, Harvard Art Lab to Radio City Music Hall, the mountains of Greece to Harpa in Iceland. Jen is a founding member of Constellation Chor, current FORGE Fellow and an enormous fan of Elsa, Diana and this gorgeous piece. Jen was featured in the digital premiere of Sapience by Diana Burbano as part of the 2021 PlayGround Zoom Fest.

JULIA BROTHERS (Whodunnit, “Bebe Nelson”), she/her, is an actor dedicated to new works, finding the funny on stage and in life, and had been a company member of SF Playground for over a decade and now lives in NYC. Upcoming: Women In Jeopardy at Arizona Theatre Company, Jan/Feb 2022.

JORDAN COVINGTON (A Mice Infestation, “Larry”) was enchanted by the magic of the theatre at an early age, and he has no intention of breaking from its spell. He honed his performance chops with a laundry list of large ensemble stage musicals including: Chorus Line (Richie), In The Heights (Benny), and West Side Story. With that, he has won audiences with honest passion and a deep respect for the craft. Fascinated by all aspects of the craft Jordan studied directing, acting, editing, and screenwriting throughout his collegiate career and now has relocated to Los Angeles to leave a mark in his newest frontier. ya you can follow his journey on his IG @jawdincov

MICHAEL A. CURRY (B&E (&DSM), “Buxom Lad”) is a native of Pittsburgh, PA. He received his B.A in Drama from Morehouse College and is currently receiving his M.F.A at The University Of Connecticut. He’s excited to be working with PlayGround again. For updates on his happenings follow him on Instagram: @Kingcurry0730.

BLYTHE DE OLIVEIRA FOSTER (Double Take, “Anna”) is happy to collaborate with Playground! Credits include: ACT, Berkeley Rep, SF Playhouse, Aurora, Shotgun Players, Marin Theatre Company, TheatreWorks, Word for Word, foolsFURY, Hollywood Fringe, Classic Stage Company, Lion Theatre, The Tank, Repertorio Español, The Bushwick Starr. A graduate of Columbia University’s MFA Program, Blythe taught at UCSB and in Bay Area public schools, worked with LAUNCH PAD and in community engagement with Holcombe Waller’s “Requiem Mass: A Queer Divine Rite”. Blythe is writing a play about her family’s immigration journey from Brazil. She studied with Kristin Linklater and offers Linklater Voice coaching. www.blythefoster.com

BW GONZALEZ (B&E (&DSM), “Homeowner”), she/her, was last seen in Arrested Development on Netflix as Lupe. Ms. Gonzalez has also worked for the following theatre companies: American Repertory Theatre, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Huntington Theatre Company, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Denver Theatre Center, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, LA Women’s Shakespeare, Center Repertory Theatre. At the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ms. Gonzalez performed such notable roles as Lady Macbeth, (Macbeth) Masha (The Three Sisters), Cassandra (Trojan Women) and Ariel (The Tempest). Other plays include, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, and Good Person of Szechuan as Shen Te/Shui Ta.

SARAH GUILBAULT (A Mice Infestation, “Ren”), she/they, is a writer and performer currently living in Harlem. She recently completed a Master’s in Performance Studies at NYU with a focus on ghostly traces and touch in postal correspondence. Some favorite roles include Marianne in Constellations, Paulina in Death and the Maiden, and Duchess in the Duchess of Malfi. Their current performance work focuses on uncanny encounters, diffusions of queer intimacies, and grief. Sarah takes inspiration from close friendships, epistolary correspondences, and a healthy dose of buffoonery.

TYLER KENT (A Mice Infestation, “Jay”) is thrilled to be making theater again. Selected theater: PlayGround SF; Metropolitan Playhouse; Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Theatreworks Silicon Valley; The Old Globe; SITI Company; Shotgun Players. 15 audiobooks on Audible. MFA The Old Globe.

INTAE KIM (Kimchi Slap, “Kim Sun-woo”/ B&E (&DSM), “Husband VO”) is thrilled to be making his Playground NY debut! Intae first crashed onto the scene with a head-turning performance in HBO’s inaugural APA Visionaries Competition winner, MONDAY. Since then, he has exhibited a versatility on stage, on screen, and in the booth with his work on projects as varied as Jordan Peele and Charlie Sanders’ zany WEIRD CITY, ABC’s pulpy HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER, and, most recently, in this season of HBO’s SUCCESSION. He is repped by 3Arts Entertainment and Momentum Talent Agency.

AUSTIN KU (Kimchi Slap, “Brian Park”) is an NYC-based actor/performer, and 2021 Grammy Award nominee! Recent: THE KENNEDY CENTER AT 50 (live and on PBS), TAKE ME TO THE WORLD: A SONDHEIM 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION (NY Times “Best Performances of 2020”). Off-Broadway: SOFT POWER at The Public Theater, PACIFIC OVERTURES at Classic Stage Company, and more. Many regional/touring credits and other awards/nominations. Many TV/film credits, including the upcoming Shonda Rhimes INVENTING ANNA series and Judd Apatow’s THE BUBBLE film (both for Netflix). Training: The Boston Conservatory. Find him at www.Austin-Ku.com and @secretaustinman.

MEEWHA ALANA LEE (Kimchi Slap, “Kim Sunoo”) is an actor whose journey began when her late son, Alan, a film student and classically trained pianist, left this world. Acting has helped sustain her from the demise of grief. It is her third career following one as a college professor and and one as a brand design strategy executive for three global corporations. Since she started this journey a few years ago, MeeWha is a member of AEA and SAG AFTRA, has appeared in Off-Broadway plays and award-winning short films such as NETTLES and FIVE STARS, the upcoming Sony studios’ feature film, UMMA (title role), and TV shows such as AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS and THE CHAIR.

PHOENIX LEE (Kimchi Slap, “Kim Seonwoo”) is an actor from South Korea based in Queens, NYC. Trained at HB Studios with Austin Pendleton, Aleksey Burago, Helen Gallagher, Mark Blum, William Esper Studio, Russian Arts Theater & Studios with Aleksey Burago. Credits include off-Broadway theater and films. Phoenix would like to thank Playground, New York, all cast and crew for this opportunity.

PHILLIP PINENO (Whodunnit, “Oliver Barr”) is an NYC performer who’s worked in multiple artistic disciplines. Seen recently in Sis! White Male! – Center at West Park; Enemy of the People – Smith Street Stage; Emerson at Big Mart – Plant Connections; The Dick and Anita Holiday Hour – Theater for the New City; and in various productions with Hokum Arts. Phillip is also a co-creator of the comedy series Planners.

ANDREW SELLON‘s (B&E (&DSM), “Hostage”), he/him, favorite roles include Polonius in Hamlet, The Fool in King Lear, Vanya in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Bazzard in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Charlie in The Foreigner, and all 35 roles in I Am My Own Wife. He’s best known to TV audiences as Mr. Penn/The Ventriloquist/Scarface in Seasons 4/5 of Fox’s Gotham. Other Film/TV: Begin Again, The Smurfs, The Blacklist, Divorce, The Good Fight, Halston. Audiobooks include: Turncoat, The Kevin Show. Andrew is on the graduate creative writing faculty at Western Colorado University and University College/DU, where he teaches writing and performance. Website: www.andrewsellon.com

ALEX SHAFER (Whodunnit, “Emmett Barr”) moved to New York from the SF/Bay Area in 2018. He is so happy to be working with PlayGround again, as they open in NYC. Theatre highlights here in NY are Catapult! at Theatre for a New City, The Cradle Will Rock at Theatre 2020. Some theatre highlights the SF/Bay Area include Colonel McKean in 1776 at ACT, Dan/Jack in Value Over Replacement with Playground, Michael Flaherty in Playboy of the Western World at Cinnabar, Gaev in The Cherry Orchard at Hapgood, and various roles in Coast of Utopia at Shotgun.

NICK SHOLLEY (Double Take, “Sam”), he/him, is happy to be back with PlayGround, where he cut his chops as actor and performer more than 20 years ago in San Francisco. Most recently, he appeared as Pastor Owen in the soon-to-be-released feature “Holy Irresistible.”

MARILEE TALKINGTON (B&E (&DSM), “Burglar”) is an actor, writer, director, and disability activist. You can see Marilee recurring on shows on Apple TV+ (SEE), NBC (New Amsterdam & Law & Order SVU), CBS (NCIS) & the CW. Some of her all time favorite theater credits include originating the lead role in Berkeley Rep’s Imaginary Comforts, directed by Tony Taccone; originating 5 roles in X’s & O’s also at Berkeley Rep; Esther in Arthur Miller’s The Price; Master Sunflower in Taylor Mac’s, Lily’s Revenge. IG: @anartistwarrior

REBECCA WHITE (The Mice Infestation, “Michelle”) is thrilled to be PlayGround-ing! Theater: Hadrian’s Wall (Best Actress, NY Fringe), The Taming (Shaker Bridge), 8 roles + guitar for A Christmas Carol (Merrimack Rep), Awake & Sing! (Aurora), The Exonerated (dir. Bob Balaban), World Premiere of T.I.C. (Magic Theater), & NY premiere of Talking to Terrorists. Film/TV: Homeland (Showtime), Falling Water (USA), Eye Candy (MTV), Person of Interest (CBS), The Waiting Room (dir. Oscar-winner Graham Moore & Ben Epstein), Limit (Golden Honu, Hawaii’s BIFF). Graduate: Brown University & The Shakespeare Lab (Public Theater). She singer-songwrites as Bexarkana. instagram/fb: @bexarkana

AARON WILTON (That Ever I Was Born to Set It Right, “Hamlet”) is elated to be working with PlayGround again where he is part of the acting company. Notable stage productions include George Street Playhouse’s “Inspecting Carol” (with Peter Scolari & Dan Lauria), Aurora Theatre Company’s “John Gabriel Borkman” (with Karen Grassle) and the lead in Hudson Stage Company’s “After All” (with Broadway’s Walter Charles & Susan Pellegrino). Film: Jexi, The Boat Builder. TV: Criminal Minds, Sunset Glory. Video Games: Watch Dogs 2, Godfather 2, Mafia: Definitive Edition, Battlefield: Hardline. Commercials: Taco Bell, Xfinity, Wells Fargo, Blue Shield, Tejava, Charles Schwab, Chase, EA Games, Cisco, Adobe, Pixar.

DIRECTORS

REBECCA APARICIO (Double Take) is an NYC-based director and writer. Upcoming: Beastgirl (Kennedy Center), Jack and The Beanstalk (The American Repertory Theatre), and Salomé vs. John (City Artists Corp Grant). As a director, she’s developed work with American Repertory Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, McCarter Theatre, Musical Theatre Factory, Classical Theatre of Harlem, Ars Nova, and more. Past Fellowships: Roundabout Theatre’s Inaugural Directing Group, MTC Directing Fellow, The COOP’s Clusterf**k, and two SDCF Observership Awards. www.RebeccaAparicio.com

SYLVIA CERVANTES BLUSH (Whodunnit) is a PlayGround LA company member and a Southern Cali native. She’s participated in ReEncuentro 2021 as a panelist on Latinx/e Counter-Narratives: Staging Resistance and Reclaiming Culture. In 2019 she directed “Don Carlos: Prince of Asturias” for the United Solo Festival NY. Virtual directing credits: “Pilar and Paloma”, “I Kissed Chavela Vargas”, “This Bitch”, and “Miss Most Pressing Issue”. In the before times she’s directed: “Refugee Hotel”, “Mala Hierba”, “Electricidad”, and “Bill’s Shorts 1 and 2”.

PARIS CRAYTON III (B&E (&DSM)), he/him, is an award-winning playwright, actor, and director. He has written over 40 plays, 21 of which have been produced around the country. Critics have called him “a powerful dramatist” and praised him as “One of the most important playwrights of our time.” His plays have been presented and/or work shopped by The Lark, NewYorkRep, KU Theatre, Classical Theatre of Harlem, Aurora Theatre, and more. His directing credits include; Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Pure Artistry); The Old Settler (New African Grove); Mama Bear (Out of Box Theatre); Brothers of Affliction (Rising Sage Theatre); The Aftermath (Drew University); Chasing Gods (Davidson College); and many others. He is thrilled to work with DeSales University and this INCREDIBLE cast and crew. For more info visit: www.ParisCrayton3.com

FRIEDA DE LACKNER (That Eve I Was Born to Set It Right) is a director/producer/writer/actor who has been with PlayGround-LA since the beginning. She recently directed the staged reading for the script that won the Ojai Film Festival’s screenplay competition, which included many PlayGround members.

GABBY FARRAH (A Mice Infestation), she/her, is a Brooklyn-based theater director and producer, originally from Boston, Massachusetts. She has worked at PlayCo, NYTW Next Door, Page 73, The Kennedy Center, The Huntington, Theater in Quarantine, Playground-NY, The Brick, MAD House, Eggtooth Productions, and Clubbed Thumb, where she is currently the Producing Fellow. She received her BA from Smith College, where she was awarded the Samuel A. Eliot Jr. & Julia Heflin Award for Directing.

JIM KLEINMANN (Kimchi Slap; Artistic Director), he/him, co-founded PlayGround in 1994, along with playwright Brighde Mullins and director Denise Shama, and has served as Artistic Director since 1996. For PlayGround, he has provided artistic and administrative leadership for the past twenty-four seasons, developing PlayGround’s unique array of new playwright and new play incubator programs, including Monday Night PlayGround, the PlayGround Festival of New Works, the full-length play Commissioning Initiative, the New Play Production Fund, Potrero Stage: PlayGround Center for New Plays, and most recently the Innovator Incubator.  For PlayGround, he has directed more than one hundred short and full-length plays, including works by Garret Jon Groenveld, Aaron Loeb, Geetha Reddy, Lauren Yee, Katie May, and many others. Recent directing and dramaturgy credits include David Steele’s Vignettes on Love and Ruben Grijalva’s Value Over Replacement. He is a veteran arts administrator with more than thirty years of experience, including stints leading Traveling Jewish Theatre, Smuin Ballet and Berkeley Symphony, and received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

PRODUCTION

SARAH GASSER (Stage Manager) joined PlayGround in 2017 and has staged managed for the Monday Night PlayGround series and PlayGround Festival. She stagemanages for companies around the Bay Area, including Brava and Bay Area Children’s Theatre. In her administrative capacities, she assists with PlayGround’s marketing, social media, communications, and website, as well as serving as assistant to the Artistic Director.

PLAYGROUND-NY is the second regional expansion of the celebrated Bay Area playwright incubator and theatre community hub, PlayGround(SF). PlayGround, California’s leading playwright incubator, provides unique development opportunities for the Bay Area’s, Los Angeles’ and now New York’s best new playwrights, including the monthly Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series, annual PlayGround Festival of New Works, full-length play commissions and support for the production of new plays by local playwrights through the New Play Production Fund. To date, PlayGround has supported over 250 early career playwrights, developing and staging more than 1,000 of their original short plays through the Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series and the PlayGround Festival. PlayGround has also commissioned 90 new full-length plays by 60 of these writers through its Commissioning Initiative and, through the innovative New Play Production Fund, has directly facilitated the premiere of 34 plays at theatres of every size, including three that have gone on to NYC and other major theater communities. Most recently, PlayGround renovated and relaunched the former Thick House Theater in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill as Potrero Stage, a state-of-the-art center for new plays, home to PlayGround’s expanding artistic programs and some of the Bay Area’s most distinguished new play developers and producers. Over the past twenty-seven years, PlayGround has served to identify some of the most important new local voices for the theatre. PlayGround’s alumni have gone on to win local, national, and international honors for their short and full-length work, including recognition at the Humana Festival, O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, The Lark’s Playwrights’ Week, New York International Fringe Festival, and others. PlayGround received the 2009 Paine Knickerbocker Award for outstanding contributions to Bay Area theatre, 3 BATCC Awards for Best Original Script for PlayGround commissions, a 2014 National Theatre Company Grant from the American Theatre Wing (founder of the Tony Awards®), and a 2016 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award.

PLAYGROUND-NY WRITERS POOL

Sam Affoumado, Anthony Anello, Maria Arreola, Karina Billini, Lilly Camp, Nelson Diaz-Marcano, Barry Eitel, Jessica Fleitman, Bailey Garcia, Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin, Ruth Geye, Stanley William Hathaway, Libby Heily, David Hilder, Nina Ki, Christian Missonak, Alex Moon, Louis DeVaughn Nelson, Matthew Park, Lila Perlman, Phanesia Pharel, Jacob Marx Rice, Rachael Richman, Natalie Sacks, Fernando Segall, Matthew Stephen Smith, Niara Smith, Cece Suazo, Kate Thomas, Charles Velasquez-Witosky, Leela Velautham, Annie Jin Wang, Catherine Weingarten, Cate Wiley, Maggie Wilson, Lauren Wimmer

PRODUCTION & STAFF

Jim Kleinmann, Co-Founder & Artistic Director
Annie Stuart, Associate Artistic Director
Sarah Gasser, Resident Stage Manager

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