PlayGround-NY presents Season 1

MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND

Topic: “What the World Needs Now…”
February 28th, 2022 7pm EST
Vimeo Live Simulcast & On Demand

Gratitude Bowl
By Lauren Wimmer
Directed by Lulu Guzman
A……….…………..…..……..Betsy Rosen
B……………………………..Gabi Mayorga
Relaxation App……..…Jahnavi Alyssa

In Pursuit of Prudence
By Sam Affoumado
Directed by Nathaniel P. Claridad
Professor Duke….William L. Warren
Pru…………………………Amanda Theis
Nico………………..…Jordan Covington

The Treachery of Images
By Annie Jin Wang
Directed by Jim Kleinmann
Friday……………Anthony Rutowicz
Red…………………………Phoenix Lee

The Last Wish
By Kate Thomas
Directed by Kalina Ko
Jane…….Rebbekah Vega-Romero
Mark…………………Alex Moggridge
Christine………Stephanie T. Keefer

Zoom Theatre for the End of the World
By Nina Ki
Directed by Neal Gupta
Marian…………….Roberta Pikser
Allondra..…………..Gabi Mayorga
Wanda………………Jeunée Simon
Darlene……………Subin Kara Ahn

This is Beauty
By Bailey Jordan Garcia
Directed by Abigail Rosen
She.………………..Sarah Guilbault
He……………..Christiano Delgado

Stage Manager – Sarah Gasser
Visual Design Consultant – Colin Johnson

This live stream is produced under a SAG-AFTRA New Media Agreement.

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-ny.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

SAM AFFOUMADO (In Pursuit of Prudence), he/him, recently directed his play, The Flogsta Scream, for the International Human Rights Festival at the Wild Project. (2021) One-Way Ticket, was presented at the William Inge Theatre Festival Playwrights’ Lab. (2018) Applause Theatre and Cinema Books published The Bully’s Eye, in the anthology, More 10-Minute Plays for Teens. (2015) Sam directed his play, Doctor Truth, for the “Loud and Proud Festival” at the LGBTQ+ Center. An excerpt from his play, The Panic Defense, was selected for Pride Plays 2020, co-produced by Playbill and Michael Urie and presented on Instagram. Upcoming: (March 27th) The Finalist, for the Emerging Artists Theater-New Work Series. Awards: Astor Fellowship, Samuel French OOB Festival (Semi-finalist), “Spotlight Award” featured in the directory section of The Best 10 Minute Plays of 2019, published by Smith & Krauss. Memberships: The Dramatists Guild, TRU, NPX, The Playwrights’ Center, Actors’ Equity, SAG-AFTRA. He is happy to be working with PlayGround-NY, where his plays, Sunset Living, and Good Grief, were virtually presented. http://www.samaffoumado.com/

BAILEY JORDAN GARCIA (This is Beauty), they/them, is a NYC-based playwright and actor earning a BFA in Playwriting from The New School. In May 2021, their full length The Pedo Punchers Play was a part of The Blank Theatre’s Living Room series. Also with The Blank, they became a winner of The Young Playwrights Festival in 2020 with their piece “What to Expect When You’re Expecting Our Lord and Savior” (which also won “Best Play” at the 2020 Players Theatre Short Play Festival). When they aren’t writing, Bailey can usually be found at Bethesda Fountain or cuddling with their 3-legged pup, Mushu. baileyjordangarcia.com

NINA KI (Zoom Theatre for the End of the World), xe/she/they, 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.

KATE THOMAS (The Last Wish) 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.

ANNIE JIN WANG (The Treachery of Images), she/her, is a first-generation Chinese-American dramaturg, writer, and designer based in Brooklyn. Recent credits include WHISPER HOUSE (The Civilians) and BLOODLINES (Fault Line Theater). You may have also seen her work at Shotgun Players, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Theater Mu, and the Croatian National Theatre. Her writing has been incubated with Fresh Ground Pepper. Currently she serves as the Associate Director for Programming and Communications at PlayCo, the Literary Manager of Ferocious Lotus Theatre Company, and the Artistic Associate at Theater Mu. MFA: Columbia University; BAs: Wellesley College

LAUREN WIMMER‘s (Gratitude Bowl), she/her, plays have been produced or developed at Cave Theatre Co., Dixon Place, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Panndora Productions, The Tank, Play by Play, The Dramatists Guild, Kennedy Center’s American College Theatre Festival, Theater for the New City, Swarm Artist Residency, The Workshop Theater, Campfire Theatre Festival, Ars Nova’s ANT Fest, Theatre Evolve, The Annoyance, Theater Masters, The Bechdel Group, Possibilities Theatre Company, and Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company. She’s a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Lauren’s been a Playwrights’ Center Core Apprentice and Sitka Fellow. Her work’s been published by Samuel French. B.A. Sarah Lawrence, M.F.A. Carnegie Mellon.

ACTORS

SUBIN KARA AHN (Zoom Theatre for the End of the World, “Darlene”), she/they/he, is a professional actor and director based in NYC. She started out taking private lessons for pop singing when she was 10, then got into Musical Theatre, which led her to study Theatre in Marymount Manhattan College. Some of her major acting credits include : NaHee.App (Supporting) in “Oo-Genesis” (exhibited at Ilmin Museum in South Korea) and Iris (supporting) in The Lesbian Play (The Tank). Her major directing credits include “Killing Time” (Manhattan Repertory Theatre) and “Sorry For Your Loss” (The Tank).

JAHNAVI ALYSSA (Gratitude Bowl, “Relaxation App”), she/her, has sung, danced, acted, fiddled and choreographed on stages across the country. Most recently she was seen in Los Angeles as Claire Clairmont in It’s Alive (Downtown Rep), in Portland as Reza in Once (Broadway Rose Theatre Company), and in Salt Lake City playing Qfwfq in The Distance of the Moon (Sackerson Theatre Co.). She is a proud Playground-LA company member and performs the Monday Night Playgrounds regularly, which are a joy. She also recently produced the first iteration of her dream project, The Secret Player, in which she stars as a badass musician/fighter with a disdain for guns. www.jahnavialyssa.com

JORDAN COVINGTON (In Pursuit of Prudence, “Nico”), he/him, is ecstatic to rejoin Playground NY for another Monday night! Jordan is an actor/dancer/singer who has performed in big production musicals including: In The Heights (Benny), Chorus Line (Richie), and West Side Story. After studying Musical Theater in college he has moved from the Bay Area to Los Angeles, immersing himself in film. Along with acting, Jordan also writes. Recently he wrote, produced, and starred in his own short and currently is in pre production for his feature length film. If you’d like to follow his journey his instagram is @jawdincov.

CHRISTIANO DELGADO (This is Beauty, “He”), he/him, is super excited to be reading in his third Monday night with PlayGround! And his first with NY!! When he is not onstage he is working at sweetgreen or walking dogs!! He hopes you enjoy the show!!

SARAH GUILBAULT (This is Beauty, “She”), she/they, is a writer and performer currently living in Harlem. Their work focuses on uncanny encounters, diffusions of queer intimacies, laughter and grief. She takes inspiration from close friendships, epistolary correspondences, and buffoonery.

STEPHANIE T. KEEFER (The Last Wish, “Christine”), she/her, is a classically trained actor and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She graduated from U. C., Irvine with a Theater B.A., an M.A. in English and had the privilege to study with legendary Polish theatre director Jerzy Grotowski. Badami Productions picked up her award-winning short film ONE DANCE, and broadcast it nationally on CBS and FOX. Stephanie’s other shorts have also garnered nominations and awards, screening in festivals nationwide. She works in film, television, theater and voice over and has been seen on Netflix, Amazon Prime, CBS, NBC, and FX. To find out more about Stephanie’s work visit imdb.me/stephanietkeefer

PHOENIX LEE (The Treachery of Images, “Red”), he/him, is an actor from South Korea based in NYC. He would like to thank PlayGround-New York, all cast and crew for this opportunity.

GABI MAYORGA (Gratitude Bowl, “B”; Zoom Theatre for the End of the World, “Allondra”), she/her, is an actress, teacher and director. She was born in Jalisco, Me xico and grew up in the New Mexican desert. She received her BFA in acting from the Theatre School at DePaul University and performed on Chicago stages such as The Steppenwolf Garage and The Goodman Theatre. She’s acted in commercials and independent films, taught theater to young students and enjoys making short films.

ALEX MOGGRIDGE‘s (The Last Wish, “Mark”), he/him, credits inlude: THEATER Broadway: Betrayal, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz; Regional: Metamorphoses, Treasure Island, Three Sisters, Chinglish (Berkeley Repertory Theatre); Eat Your Heart Out, I Will Be Gone, (Actors Theatre of Louisville/Humana Festival); Clybourne Park, It’s a Wonderful Life, Baskerville (Long Wharf Theatre); Three Sisters (Yale Repertory Theatre); Christmas Carol, Beard of Avon (American Conservatory Theater) and others. PLAYWRITING The Boatman (Flint Repertory Theatre), Simon Dawes Becomes a Planet (Access Theatre, New York) and others. FILM/TELEVISION Batman Begins; “The Defenders,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Person of Interest,” “Trauma”

ROBERTA PIKSER (Zoom Theatre for the End of the World, “Marian”), she/her, began her dance career in Washington, DC, where she trained and then performed with Erika Thimey’s Dance Theatre of Washington. After college, Ms. Pikser taught for, performed for, and was assistant to Ms. Thimey. After coming to New York, she performed in the United States and abroad with Eleo Pomare, Chuck Davis, The Merry-Go-Rounders, Story Time Dance Theater, the Alpha-Omega 1-7 Theatrical Dance Company, and the Ezibu Muntu dance company of Richmond, Virginia. Acting credits include the Negro Ensemble Company, the Delaware Theatre Company, the Halfpenny Playhouse of Kearney, New Jersey, and Stage Center and the Fan Theatre Company in Richmond, Virginia. Ms. Pikser was a recipient of a CETA grant, working for Hospital Audiences, for whom she created and performed a one woman show, involving both acting and dancing, around the five boroughs of New York.

BETSY ROSEN (Gratitude Bowl, “A”), she/her, is an actress, puppeteer, and teacher based in NYC. Recent credits include 9000 Paper Balloons (HERE Arts), the pilot series Smack Dab in the Middle of the Day Show, and the puppetry series Beautiful, Evil, Lost. Before the pandemic, Betsy toured Australia with Dead Puppet Society’s Laser Beak Man, which culminated in a run at the Sydney Opera House. New York credits: Lincoln Center, La Mama, The Drama League, St. Ann’s Warehouse. Regional credits: Cincinnati Playhouse, The Studio Theatre, Round House Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Folger Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, Taffety Punk, Imagination Stage (Helen Hayes Award). Betsy loves designing and directing puppetry for the stage, as well as collaborating on the development of new works.

ANTHONY RUTOWICZ (The Treachery of Images, “Friday), he/him, is forever grateful for the Theatre spirit and heart of NYC. His time spent in the city during the summer of 2014 reaffirmed his decision to be a lifelong storyteller. Since then, Anthony has participated in various Theatre projects around Los Angeles as well as some TV/Film stuff. Has been playing with Playground LA for about 5-7 years now. Thanks for tuning in. And as always, stay safe, y’all.

JEUNÉE SIMON (Zoom Theatre for the End of the World, “Wanda”), she/her, is an actor, director, and intimacy coordinator in the Bay Area. Recent acting credits include: Men On Boats u/s (American Conservatory Theater), Stoop Stories (Aurora Theatre Company), La Ronde (Cutting Ball Theater), It’ Can’t Happen Here u/s (Berkeley Repertory Theatre). Simon is a proud recipient of the 2017 RHE Artistic Fellowship and a 2019 Directing Apprentice with PlayGround. She will be next seen on stage in Lorraine Hansberry Theatre’s “Intimate Apparel”. www.jeuneesimon.com

AMINA THEIS Amina Theis (In Pursuit of Prudence, “Pru”), she/her, grew up in Vietnam, Thailand, and NYC. She is a graduate from Skidmore College, and has appeared in various productions throughout NYC including: Dragon in the River, Comedy of Errors, Arlecchino and the Cup of Love, and Agamemnon, as well as the national tour of West of Elsewhere. Selected college theatre credits include The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, Who Will Carry the Word, and Blood Wedding. Selected film credits include the Amazon Prime TV series The Adventures of Snow White and Rose Red, and Sally in Overgrown.

REBEKKAH VEGA-ROMERO (The Last Wish, “Jane”), she/her/ella, is a performer, poet, producer, and proudly triracial Latina bruja, who resides in her native NYC with her familiar, a black cat named Artie. A YoungArts award-winning writer, she graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor’s in English and Theatre. Rebbekah has performed at theatres across America from Boston (A Civil War Christmas/Huntington) to Seattle (Maria/West Side Story/5th Avenue). She produced the forthcoming short films “The Appraiser,” and “The Question,” which she also wrote and stars in. A typewriter poet with Ars Poetica, her poetry has been published in The Quaranzine Zine and Sixfold. Her tarot wisdom is available online through Ruby’s Realm Tarot. Rebbekah hopes her work will inspire other mixed-race girls to realize that “there’s a place for us.” Visit her virtually @RebbekahVR or www.RebbekahVegaRomero.com.

WILLIAM L. WARREN (In Pursuit of Prudence, “Professor Duke”), he/him, is a native of Gary, Indiana. He began his journey at the famed Second City Theater Improvisation Workshop in Chicago, Ill. William who is an actor and vocalist has performed in various musical productions, toured Canada with the Platters and performed as a backup vocalist with recording artist Billy Davis and Marilyn McCoo of The Fifth Dimensions, Stephanie Mills, Deniece Williams and Phillip Bailey of Earth Wind and Fire, among others. William is currently collaborating on a production of Igor Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and recently appeared in August Wilson’s Seven Guitars at The Long Beach Playhouse, the critically acclaimed The Little Foxes at Antaeus Theatre: Towne Street Theatre; IN RESPONSE; THE FERTILE RIVER at Baylor University, and 2019 NAACP Theatre Award nominee PERIPHERY at The Hudson Theatre.

DIRECTORS

NATHANIEL P. CLARIDAD‘s (In Pursuit of Prudence), he/him, directing credits include Weathervane Theatre, Southern Rep., Two River Theatre, PlayMakers Repertory Company, the One Minute Play Festival, New York Shakespeare Exchange, Peculiar Works Project, and a Drama League Resident in 2019 & 2016. He is also co-founder of Broadway Twisted, an annual event in North Carolina benefitting NCAAN and BC/EFA. Acting credits include Here Lies Love (The Public Theater), Taylor Mac’s 24 Decade History…(St. Ann’s Warehouse), numerous regional and international credits from the Kennedy Center to the Sydney Opera House. Upcoming: directing Mr. Popper’s Penguins at Imagination Stage, & A Class Act at Weathervane Theatre.

NEAL GUPTA (Zoom Theatre for the End of the World), he/him, is a NYC based director, actor, & cultural worker. Neal has worked as Associate Director with Arpita Mukherjee on Running by Danny Pudi (East West Players/Hypokrit), Bollywood Kitchen (Geffen Playhouse), Maya (NAMT), & Living Record Collection with Salty Brine. Selected Assistant Directing: A Prayer for the French Republic (David Cromer/MTC), A Small Fire, starring Bebe Neuwirth, (Philadelphia Theatre Co). Neal currently teaches at Rutgers University and ArtsBridge. Training: BFA Acting, Rutgers, Mason Gross. Shakespeare’s Globe. Interlochen Arts Academy.

LULU GUZMAN (Gratitude Bowl), she/her/ella, is a New York-based director who delights in telling stories old and new, adapted and devised. Her work celebrates bilingual tongues, same sex kisses, and unapologetic ladies. When she is not dwelling in a theater you may find her curating Pinterest boards or enjoying the company of friends. Plays: AS LONG AS THE LIGHT (The Eugene O’Neill) & COLLECTIVE RAGE: A PLAY IN FIVE BETTIES (Sarah Lawrence). Most recently she has worked as an AD on projects such as IS EDWARD SNOWDEN SINGLE (The Pool Plays) & AT THE WEDDING(LCT3). https://lguzman894.wixsite.com/mysite

JIM KLEINMANN (The Treachery of Images; 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, and 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.

KALINA KO (The Last Wish), she/her, is a Cantonese-American theater director, dramaturg, and generator. She is interested in the radical connection and community building of storytelling. Select credits include directing Paige Conway’s Tag (drafted) and Sophie Poole’s Ethanol (NOMADS), assisting Will Detlefsen on T. Adamson’s The Straights (The JACK, Brooklyn), and script assisting Hansol Jung on Wolf Play (Soho Rep) and Amy Jo Jackson on Hatchetation (National Music Theater Conference). She is currently the artistic apprentice at Roundabout Theatre Company and has worked two summers in the literary department at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Kalina graduated recently from Barnard College. www.KalinaKo.weebly.com

ABIGAIL ROSEN (This is Beauty), she/her, is a director, writer, and producer from Washington, DC. She recently achieved her first Off-Broadway credit with BABY (Out of the Box Theatrics), and works for the People’s Theatre Project in Upper Manhattan.

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.

CONTRIBUTORS

PlayGround-NY is deeply grateful for the generous contributions of the many individuals whose support makes this first season and our playwright incubator programs possible. The list below reflects gifts made between February 1, 2021 and February 28, 2022.

Associate Member ($125+)
Maura C. Berkelhamer, Anonymous (2)

Supporting Member ($75-$124)
Sarah Gasser, Mr. Stanley William Hathaway, Lara Gilman & Jim Kleinmann, Madeline Puccioni, Dale Underwood and Kirsti Aho

Contributing Member ($25-$74)
Mr. Sam Affoumado, Susan Culver, Sabrina Garcia, Miss Catherine Isaacs, Nick Sholley, Catherine Weingarten, Janine & Darryl Wilburn, Janet Williams, Anonymous

Friends (Up to $24)
Brigid Amos, Sunah Cherwin, Lily Chow, Frieda de Lackner, J Diamond, Jasmine Elshamy, Ms. Cherielyn Ferguson, Jake Friedman, Danielle Green, Claire Greising, Ms. Mildred Inez Lewis, Mr. Jacob Picheny, Susan Randell, Mr. Barry Reitman, Mr. Jess Roat, Ms. Aiyana Ruiz, Tori Serpico, Alex Shafer, Anonymous

To contribute to PlayGround-NY, visit https://playground-ny.org/contribute.

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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