PlayGround-NY presents Season 4
MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND

Topic: “If I Had A Song: Folk Inspired Short Musicals”
February 24, 2025 7pm ET
Live at The Producers Club + Simulcast

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.

MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND MEMBERSHIPS

We are deeply grateful to our 2024-25 Monday Night PlayGround Members, whose direct support helps to underwrite artists fees for the Monday Night series across all four regions: Dr. & Mrs. Sam & Naomi Abramovitz, Sharon Baldwin, Tim Bishop, Ms. Linda B Breaux-Smith, Emilie T. & Gordon C. Brooks, John Brown, Summer Broyhill, Madeleine Butler, Ben Cain, Joan Cleveland, Ms. Sheila Collins, Ms. Marilyn Berg Cooper, Logan Varas De Valdes, Krystyna Finlayson, Krystyna Finlayson, Ms. Elizabeth Groenewegen, Gail Hillebrand & Hugh Barroll, Brandy Jones, Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Le Blanc, Alice Lehmann, Ms. Kristy Lin Billuni, Linda G Marks, Dr. Sheila McCormick, Yvonne McIntyre, Dan Morley, Molly Noble & Bob Guilbault, Ms. Annette Oliveira, Mr. George Rose, Jessica June Rowe, Michelle Ruscetta, John J. Ruskin, Miyoko Sakatani, Mark Sherstinsky, Nancy W. Smith, Stan Stone, Cathy M Stonie, Vicki Victoria, Dr. Eidell Wasserman, and Ms. Cindy Womack. Thank you!

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Stage Manager – Sarah Gasser

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PlayGround is a member of Theatre Bay Area, A.R.T.-New York, League of Chicago Theatres, and Theatre Communications Group, and a Partner Organization of the National New Play Network (NNPN).

BIOGRAPHIES

PLAYWRIGHTS

TRÉ CALHOUN (Randall), he/him, is originally from Ohio, and he recently moved to NYC from Seattle, where he resided for four years. He acted in Seattle productions with Taproot, Book-It, Washington Ensemble Theatre, and more. His solo rap-musical, 25-35, debuted in Seattle, and his plays Superpowers, The Other Town, The Black Eye Society: A Cycle, and Dirt + Dew were performed around town. He co-wrote Pony World Theatre’s American Archipelago. His play, Hand, was commissioned by Mirror Stage. BA: Cornell University. MFA Playwriting: Columbia University.

BAILEY JORDAN GARCIA (Alice’s Restaurant), they/he, is a playwright/actor/producer based in NYC. As a playwright, Bailey’s worked with places such as Atlantic Theatre Company, The Blank, Boston Theatre Company, Cry Havoc, First Kiss, Ohio University, StageQ, and many others! They’re currently a member of Purple Light Production’s Pallet Cohort and under commission for a full-length for PlayGround-NY as well as a 60-minute touring production for Appalachian Center for the Arts (touring schools in January 2026). They’re also the proud co-founder of Fresh Binder Productions, a theatrical home for emerging TGNC playwrights. baileyjordangarcia.com

DANA LESLIE GOLDSTEIN (Hello In There), she/her, is a playwright and lyricist/librettist who has won the New England New Play Competition, Harold and Mimi Steinberg Playwriting Prize, Different Voices New Play Award, ACTF New Play Award and numerous development grants. Her work has been seen at Manhattan Theatre Club, Cherry Lane, Culture Project, Women’s Project, York, Theatre80, New Dramatists, Vineyard Playhouse, Brave New World, Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga, Clamour (FL), American Stage Company (FL), Left Edge (CA), Pacific Theatre (Canada), TischAsia (Singapore), Baggage Productions (Australia), Red Brick Theatre (UK), NYMF, on Ellis and Liberty Islands, at the UN, etc. www.danalesliegoldstein.com Agent: Michael Moore, Michael@MichaelMooreAgency.com

SIO HORNBUCKLE (The Overview Effect), they/he, is a playwright and director living in Brooklyn. Their plays have been developed by November Theatre, Playwrights Foundation, and Columbia University NOMADS, and their short play EOL won Best Play at the Secret Theatre’s Act One: One Act Festival. They direct the sketch duo DUKES.

LE’KEE ANTONIO HORTON (Cravings), he/him, is an enthusiastic and passionate storyteller, fresh to New York. Deeply inspired by the macabre, Le’Kee bends genres to create colorful stories that reflect the world around us today.

UMA INCROCCI (All’s Fair), she/her, has been a member of the PlayGround Writing Pool since 2018. Her play To Keep and Bear had a workshop at the New Ground Theater Festival at the Cleveland Playhouse in June 2024. Her short plays have been performed around the country, and recently, in Adelaide, Australia. You can catch her TV movies Romance with a Twist, Nature of Love, and A Christmas Carousel on the Hallmark Channel.

ACTORS

 TIA CASSMIRA (Randall, “Azelia”), she/her, is a Trinidadian-American artist born and raised in Queens, New York. She graduated from Mason Gross School of the Arts with her BFA in Acting. In addition to studying in London at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, she has also completed the British American Drama Academy’s Midsummer in Oxford and Midsummer Conservatory Program. She can be found miming alongside Broken Box Mime and serving on the 2025 Expand the Canon Research Committee. Recent credits include In (beyond) Doomsday Scrolling, Sex & the Abbey by Diana Ly (Mathilda), and All the Daughters of Viola’s House (Viola & others). Tiacassmira.com.

GRACIE CONNELL (All’s Fair, “Thyme”), she/her, is an actor, voiceover artist, writer, Basset Hound Enthusiast, and overall funny-girl based out of New York City.

SARAH GUILBAULT (Hello In There, “Tina”), she/her, is a curious nuisance; a hopeful clown.

SHARLENE HARTMAN (Hello In There, “Loretta”), she/her, has been acting, singing, dancing, writing & directing for most of her life. It all started out in San Francisco with a broken collarbone and a lisp. Her credits include Off-Broadway, Indie Films, Television, Live Industrials, Nightclubs, Commercials, Voice Acting, Skit Comedy and Rap Songs. Although her heart belongs to the theatre, most recently she’s been having a love affair with film. Her latest, ROCKAWAY, and LUNCH WITH LESLIE, are currently in festivals, receiving numerous awards. She loves creating a character. AEA & SAG-AFTRA

WILLOW LAUTENBERG (All’s Fair, “Parsely”), she/her, is an actress-playwright-singer. Off-Broadway: What It Means to Be Free (Theatre Row), Spare Rib (New World Stages). Selected Regional/Tours: Shrek The Musical, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Animal Farm. Playwright: Incarcerated (NewYorkRep commission), What It Means to Be Free (play & screenplay – finalist, Harlem Intl Film Fest). BFA Acting/Writing Minor, Emerson College. @willowthesingingtree

TALEN MARSHALL (Randall, “Randall”), he/him, born and raised in Decatur Alabama recently moved to New York here from Milwaukee. Wisconsin is a member of actors equity and saag actor. Welcome him here to this amazing opportunity that is thrilled to be a part of Louis. Credit are as follows at the medicine theater of Wisconsin he played Malcolm X in the play the meeting and he also was in Chicago fire Most men are losers and he is currently on the ongoing Amazon TV series union house hotel.

ALEX MOGGRIDGE (All’s Fair, “Cat”), he/him, has appeared in theatres across the globe, including Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival, Long Wharf Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre , American Conservatory Theater, Artists Repertory Theatre, Pittsburgh Irish Classical Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Royal Bath Theatre, and Utah Shakespeare Festival. In New York, he was in the company of the Broadway production of Betrayal, starring Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz and directed by Mike Nichols. Alex’s film and TV credits include Batman Begins, The Defenders, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Person of Interest, and Trauma. Alex is also a writer. His plays have appeared Off Broadway and regionally.

RICHARD PEREZ (Alice’s Restaurant, “Emile”), he/him, is an actor born and raised in Brooklyn NY. He has a BFA in Theatre from Sarah Lawrence College and also trained at The British American Drama Academy. Recently he won Best Actor at the International Puerto Rican Film Festival for the role of Frankie in the short film Heels. He is also super excited to be making his Off-Broadway debut in Pocket Park Kids presented by the New York Children’s Theatre Company.

MARK PETERS (Alice’s Restaurant, “Man”), he/him, just completed a successful run of Oud Player on the Tel at HERE Arts Center. He played King Lear in A Fool’s Lear, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s play at IRT in Manhattan. Other NYC credits: The Count — La Ronde, IRT; DeGuiche — Cyrano with Gabriel Barre at St. Clement’s; Vanya — Uncle Vanya. Regional credits include: Sharky — The Seafarer, Nantucket; Frank — The Country Girl; Doc — Come Back, Little Sheba (musical) oppo­site Donna McKechnie; Emile — South Pacific; Perón — Evita; Ahab — Moby-Dick (musical ­ Katsaros-St. Germain), Boston; the revues Side by Side by Sondheim and Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill.

ANGELA PIERCE (Alice’s Restaurant, “Waitress”), she/her, is delighted to be working with PlayGround-NY. TV and Film include: Manifest; The Blacklist, NCIS New Orleans, Love Life, The Deuce, Blue Bloods, Criminal Minds, Law & Order (SVU and Criminal Intent), 30 Rock, Private Practice, Delinquent, and You Don’t Know Jack. On and Off-Broadway include: Lincoln Center Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout, Circle In The Square, The Public, The Flea, The Mint, Irish Rep, along with several Tony-awarded regional theaters. She’s an Obie Award winner; Boston Film Festival, Seattle Times, and Arizona Theatre Award “Best Lead Actress” winner; Connecticut Critics Circle Drama Desk Nominee -Outstanding Lead Performance. You can hear Angela on numerous voice projects including Grand Theft Auto with RockStar Video Games. She’s a SAG-AFTRA and AEA member, BFA graduate of The Juilliard School~Drama Division and Alumni Board Member of The Acting Company. Visit: angelakpierce.com @angelapierceny Angela is also co-creator and co-host of Someone’s Thunder Podcast ~ someonesthunder.com @someonesthunderpodcast available on Apple Podcast and Spotify Podcast.

FRANK NICHOLAS POON (Cravings, “Mick”), he/him, is an Asian-American Producer, Performer, Creative Writer, and Storyteller. FNP has produced nationally featured work in film and theatre, collaborating with award-winning producers and culturally celebrated production organizations. Film: Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock (Netflix), Story of Plastic (Emmy–winner 2021). Theatre: jazz singer (Abron Arts Center), Magic in Plain Sight (Target Margin Theater), Marguerite (2021 BroadwayWorld Off/Off-Off Broadway Award, APAC). He was the Marketing Director of HB Studio. BA Arizona State University. @franknpoon. franknpoon.com

JACKIE RIVERA (Randall, “Cosmo”), they/them, is a non-binary actor and community-based performance artist. Select NY credits: Helen. at LaMama, Fragments, Lists, and Lacunae (with Judith Butler) at New York Live Arts, and Diane in Hurricane Diane at KTC, Ithaca. They are a bicycle touring theater artist and transportation justice advocate currently a core member of eco theater Superhero Clubhouse and the Program Director of their Ghost Bike Fellowship. Pratt Institute MFA, Performance + Performance Studies. More at jackie-rivera.com

JAMES SUAREZ (The Overview Effect, “Tom”), he/him, is always excited to work with PlayGround-NY and this is his fifth time! Other credits include Loud and With Feeling (Wells/Andi), She Sings Me Home, and Anastasia. Recently he’s been making his way around the New York Cabaret scene at 54 Below and more. You can find out more     @jamo_suarez on Instagram.

STEPHANIE TOUSSAINT (The Overview Effect, “Sarah”), she/her, is thrilled to be reading for PlayGround-NY once more! Her recent credits include As You Like It (Hamlet Isn’t Dead), Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hip to Hip Theatre), Burning Cloud (Chain Theatre), Look How Far You’ve Come (New York Theatre Festival), Two Takes (Frederick Loewe Theatre), Just Us (Gene Frankel Theatre), The Witching Hour (The Kraine Theatre), Dogeaters (Two River Theater), as well as several indies and shorts. MFA Columbia. @stephaniejeane

ELI WASSERTZUG (Cravings, “Val”), they/them, is an NYC-based actor and singer originally from the DC area with a BA in Drama from Vassar College. They are a resident artist with The Firebird Project, a member of the Artists Advisory Committee for Notch Theatre Company, and a summer teaching artist for Traveling Players Ensemble; they have also recently appeared in the city with The Players Theatre and No Exit Theatre Collective. Eli aims to create inclusive, collaborative, and spectacular theater that challenges entrenched systems of power, especially gender.

ETHAN WILLIAMS (The Overview Effect, “Cal”), he/him, is an actor and theater-maker. His New York credits include Heaven Is The Arrivals Gate At the Airport In My Hometown (Exponential Fest), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Clementine Players), All’s Well That Ends Well (Highside Workshop), and Sylvia, Beginning to End and Onward (IHRAF). Other theater credits include John Deserves to Die (Fresh Ink Theatre Company), Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Studio Theatre), and Red (Unified Theatre Company). Ethan graduated from Emerson College with a BFA in Acting.

DIRECTORS

AMELIA XANTHE BOSCOV (Alice’s Restaurant), she/her, is a Brooklyn-based director, writer, and producer. Originally from Philadelphia, her work focuses on women and the LGBTQ community through an uplifting and often surreal lens. Amelia’s work screened at international film festivals, won the Pond5 Filmmaker First Award, NYU’s King Screenwriting Award, Broad Humor’s Best Produced Screenplay, Philadelphia Young Playwrights Award, and Toronto LGBT’s Best Cinematography, among other awards.

ANYA JOSEPHS (Hello In There), they/she, is a director and author. In addition to their previous PlayGround productions, some favorite past directorial credits include Therein Lie Creeping Things Innumerable, Titus Andronicus, and Much Ado About Nothing. Anya’s writing can be found in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Fantasy Magazine, and widely anthologized.

AUSTIN KU (Cravings), he/they, is a Grammy-nominated new works enthusiast. Broadway: Directing Observer, Yellowface and Oh, Mary! Off-Broadway: Director, Parity (Pan Asian Rep’s NuWorks). Off-Off Broadway: Director, Who You Kiss for Fun (Frank Silvera Writers’ Workshop, virtual); Assistant Director, Tomorrow We Love (Chain Theater) and Rose Does Rico (NYTF). Staged readings & concerts: Director, Parity (MoCA Rehearses), Jie Jie (PlayGround-NY – People’s Choice Award), Everest (NAAP’s Discover: New Musicals) and more; Assistant Director, Michael John LaChiusa’s Queen of the Mist in concert (PEAK Performances). Austin is also an award-winning stage and screen actor, and a food lover. Boston Conservatory graduate. | Austin-Ku.com/directing | @secretaustinman

CHRISTINE MCBURNEY (All’s Fair), is an on camera & stage director, actor & producer as well as a private acting coach and a teaching artist for Hudson Valley Shakespeare. She was a 2024 finalist for the inaugural Tina Packer Women of Will Directing Fellowship at Shakespeare & Co. Upcoming: THE ALTO KNIGHTS (Barry Levinson, director), FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD (Short, director), and a solo show about finding her Italian father. Member: SDC, SDC Observership Class 2019-21, Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, Directors Lab West, Directors Lab North, SAG-AFTRA, AEA. Awards include NEH & others. She splits her time between New York and Cleveland. www.christinemcburney.com.

ATTILIO RIGOTTI (Randall), he/him, is a Chilean theater-maker, game designer, and teacher. Along with Orsolya Szánthó, he founded GLITCH, a company combining digital and physical mediums with new forms of storytelling. Their technology design has been featured in collaborations with Kaki King, Kennedy Center, and The Juilliard School, and their video design work has been part of several Broadway and off-Broadway productions. Attilio’s work as a director recognized by the NY Times, Vulture, and American Theatre Magazine. He was also an Associate Artist with Theater Mitu, a NYTW Artistic Fellow, and has thrice been awarded the O-1 visa for extraordinary artistic achievement.

ABIGAIL ROSEN (The Overview Effect; Executive Producer), she/her, is a director and producer from Washington, DC. She recently achieved her first Off-Broadway credit with BABY (Out of the Box Theatrics), and works for People’s Theatre Project in Upper Manhattan. In addition to her theatrical pursuits, Abigail is also a self-published voice actor, a legitimately published writer, a singer, a guitar player, and a pretty bangin math tutor. She regrets that she cannot play tennis.

PRODUCTION

JIM KLEINMANN (Artistic Director & Co-Founder), 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-eight 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.

SARAH GASSER (Stage Manager) joined PlayGround in 2017 and has staged managed for the Monday Night PlayGround series and PlayGround Festival. In the Bay Area, she has stage managed for Brava and Bay Area Children’s Theatre, among others.

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 350 early career playwrights, developing and staging more than 1,500 of their original short plays through the Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series and the PlayGround Festival. PlayGround has also commissioned 100 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 36 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 Steinberg Awards, Glickman Awards (including 6 of the past 10), 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.

STREAMING NOW AND COMING SOON

PLAYGROUND CONTRIBUTORS

PlayGround is deeply grateful for the generous contributions of the many individuals, foundations, corporations and government agencies whose contributions make our work possible. This list reflects gifts of $125 or more committed between December 1, 2023 & December 16, 2024.

GOVERNMENT, CORPORATE, & FOUNDATION DONORS

Alameda County Arts Commission • Amazon • American Rescue Plan Act & CARES Act • Art Space Development Corporation • Avenue Greenlight • Berkeley Civic Arts • The Bernard Osher Foundation • Bill Graham Supporting Foundation of the Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund • California Arts Council • California Humanities • California Nonprofit Performing Arts Grant Program • Creative Capacity Fund • Disney • Grants For The Arts • KFF • Koret Foundation • LA County Arts Commission • Lenore & Howard Klein Foundation • The Leo J. & Celia Carlin Fund • Negley Flinn Charitable Foundation • NIAC • Nvidia • NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund • Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation • Planet Earth Arts • Rock Paper Scissors Landscape Inc. • Rye Financial Services • San Francisco Arts Commission • The Shubert Foundation • The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

SEASON SPONSORS ($5000+)

Paul Haahr, Lara Gilman & Jim Kleinmann

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ($2500+)

Emilie T. & Gordon C. Brooks, Daniel E. Cohn & Lynn Brinton, John H. Gilman, Nitin, Anonymous (2)

PRODUCERS CIRCLE ($1000-$2499)

Randy Adams, Meriko Borogove, Jediah Craig, David Goldman, Keith Goldstein & Donna N. Warrington, Regina S. Guggenheim, Just Play Productions, Linda Kremer, Ronald Whittier Family Foundation, Daniele Nathanson , Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock, John J. Ruskin, Tom Swift, Malachy Walsh, Janine Wilburn, Anonymous

PLAYWRIGHTS CIRCLE ($500-$999)

Linda Ayres-Frederick, Phoenix Theatre SF, Jim Brayton & Debbie Marr, Mr. Richard Davis – Lowell, Hillary DeMartino, Paulette Donsavage & Deeje Cooley, Kate Hecht, Diane Leonard, Kathy Roberts & Aaron Loeb, Dr. Gary W. London, Molly Noble and Bob Guilbault, Diane Sampson, Marian Scheuer Sofaer & Abraham D. Sofaer

PATRON ($250-$499)

Nina Ball & Jon Tracy, Ruben & Keli Grijalva, Brandy T Jones, Jonathan Luskin, Dolores Martinez, Rebecca Martinez, Christopher Reber, Chris and Cindy Redburn, Christian Wilburn, Anonymous (5)

ASSOCIATE MEMBER ($125-$249)

Naomi & Sam Abramovitz, Mary E. Baird, Ms. Portia F. Bock, Cass Brayton, Sheila Collins, Joyce Dieda, Clint Fleener, Michael Fried, Patience Haggin, Gina Harris, Ms. Sharlene Hartman, Mr. Stanley William Hathaway, Gail Hillebrand & Hugh Barroll, Tanuja Devi Jagernauth, Abbe S. Kalos & Kitt Saginor, Gregg Le Blanc, Pam MacKinnon, Paris McCarthy, Kimberly Ridgeway, Ms. Jessica Rofé, Margo Rofé, Carolina Rojas Moretti, Katie Ryan, Christine Sheppard, Stan Stone, Lisa Gaye Thompson, Susannah Wise & Scott Lebus, Anonymous

To contribute to PlayGround, visit https://playground-sf.org/contribute or contact PlayGround Associate Director of Development Lana Richards at lana@playground-sf.org or by phone at (833) 992-6677.

PlayGround-NY Writers Pool 2024-25

Claire Abramovitz, Kamila Boga, Tré Calhoun, Todd Cerveris, Maisa Chiang, Chelyn Cousar, Eleanor Evans-Wickberg, Madi Fabber, Aaron Fentress, Saiya Floyd, Bailey Garcia, Dana Leslie Goldstein, Melinda Gros, Patience Haggin, Michael Hagins, Nay Harris, Bram Hartman, Miz Hashimoto, Stanley Hathaway, Ashley Hazzard, Howard Ho, Wade Hollomon, Sio Hornbuckle, LeKee Horton, Uma Incrocci, Nathaniel Johnson, Sohyun Kim, Jenny King, Janelle Lawrence, Danielle Moore, Lyra Nalan, Vicky Pham, Jacob Markx Rice, Katie Ryan, Réal Vargas Alanis, Camron Wright.

PlayGround Resident Playwrights

Michael Adams, Anthony Anello, Robyn Brooks, Bailey Jordan Garcia, Garret Groenveld, Juliet Kang Huneke, Karissa Murrell Myers, Lyra Nalan, Jacob Marx Rice, Kimberly Ridgeway, Louel Señores, Christian Wilburn.

PlayGround-NY Company

Kayla Amani, Jen Anaya, Sergio Mauritz Ang, Rebecca Aparicio, Julia Brothers, Nathaniel Claridad, Sheila Collins, Gracie Connell, Julia Crowley, Sarah Guilbault, Neal Gupta, Noor Hamdi, SouJee Han, Amy Hart Nguyen, Monica Ho, Mary Hodges, Tyler Kent, Nikhaar Kishnani, Kalina Ko, Nico Krell, Austin Ku, Jully Lee, MeeWha Lee, Timothy Lee, AJ Lily, Ana Margineanu, Alex Moggridge, Ed Moreno, Norm Munoz, Wiley Naman Strasser, Graceson Nunez, Attilio Rigotti, Charlique C. Rolle, Abigail Rosen, Betsy Rosen, Paris Ruiz, Alex Shafer, Nick Sholley, Olivia Songer, Illana Stein, Kimberly Van Vo, Rebbekah Vega-Romero, Rebecca White, Laith Zuaiter.

PlayGround Staff

Jim Kleinmann, Co-Founder & Artistic Director
Lana Richards, Associate Director of Development
Jonathan Josephson, Director of Marketing & Communications
Norman Gee, Associate Producer
Katja Rivera, Associate Producer
Zoe Chien, Associate Producer
Tessa Corrie, Co-Casting Director
Patricia Cotter, Co-Casting Director
Brittany Mellerson, Resident Designer
Katie Brown, 2024-25 Producing Fellow
Leon Jones, 2024-25 Producing Fellow
Zoe Lesser, 2024-25 Producing Fellow
Joey Reyes, 2024-25 Producing Fellow
Amal Mazen Salem, 2024-25 Producing Fellow
Sarah Showich, 2024-25 Producing Fellow
K’Zhane McGill, Box Office Mananager
Liam Kirk, Resident Stage Manager

PlayGround Ambassadors

Julia Brothers, Jordan Carlson, Ben Chau-Chiu , Julia Crowley, Sheri Flanders, Claire Ganem, Eric Geller, Monica Ho, Tony Kim, Christine Liao, AJ Lily, Ely Sonny Orquiza, Andrew Perez, Ivan Rivas, Miyoko Sakatani, Braedyn Youngberg.

PlayGround Equity Workgroup

Diana Burbano, Victoria Evans Erville, Norman Gee, Jim Kleinmann, Brittany Mellerson, Tiana Randall-Quant, Katja Rivera, M. Graham Smith.

PlayGround Board

Stephanie Prentice, Chair
James A. Kleinmann, President
Emilie Talbot, Vice President
Nitin, Treasurer
Christian Wilburn, Secretary
Regina Guggenheim, Chair Emeritus
Tanvi Agrawal
Linda Amayo-Hassan
Julia Brothers
Ben Cain
Howard Ho
Toby Inoue
Rebecca Martinez
Kendall Phillips
Jessica June Rowe

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