PlayGround-NY presents Season 4

MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND

Topic: “THE SHAKESPEARE SEQUELS”
January 20, 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.

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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

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

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

CLAIRE ABRAMOVITZ (The Real Mah Jong Ladies of Venice, Italy), she/they/any, is an emerging playwright living and working in New York City. She has recently returned to America from two years living in Jerusalem and learning as an Arts and Culture Fellow at the Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies. She holds a bachelors degree in English, Theatre, and Jewish Studies from Oberlin College. In addition to all her studies, she is a published author and playwright. Her play To Rot in His Bones was a semifinalist in the 2021 Jewish Plays Project Annual Jewish Playwriting Contest. In her spare time she writes poetry, song parodies, jokes, keeps a list of fake band names, and makes soup for at least thirty. Her dream is to open a soup restaurant/comedy club.

MADI FABBER (Learning to Trust and Love Again),

SAIYA FLOYD (Isabella Speaks), she/her, is a Japanese-American writer based in Brooklyn. She studied screenwriting at Boston University. Her short play Five Star First Date was part of Pan Asian Repertory Theatre’s NuWorks festival, and she co-wrote the short film Sorry Dumpling, which was featured at the LA Shorts Fest. Saiya’s scripts have been recognized in the top 50 of the Launch Pad, and she has been a winner of WeScreenplay Diverse Voices, and a finalist at the Austin Film Festival.

MICHAEL HAGINS (The Braggard’s Wife),he/him, is an African-American Playwright, Director, Fight Director, Actor, and Producer. Michael is a Member of Dramatists Guild and an Advanced Actor-Combatant for the Society of American Fight Directors. Michael was born in Brooklyn, New York, but raised in a small town in Florida for his childhood. He has used the racism and prejudice he dealt with at an early age to fuel his writing, which he has done since the age of 9. Michael is an avid lover of Shakespeare (he has done every play in the Shakespeare Canon) and has performed, directed and taken part in over 1,000 plays and films over his artistic career.

STANLEY WILLIAM HATHAWAY (Iago),

HOWARD HO (August, Us), he/him, is a playwright/composer. His play RESET was produced by Moving Arts and was an O’Neill Finalist. Other works include BEETHOVEN’S THIRD (Samuel French OOB Winner), VARIOUS EMPORIA (O’Neill Finalist), WHERE I’M FROM (Samuel French OOB Finalist), END OF THE LINE (Samuel French OOB Finalist), and PARITY (Pan Asian Rep’s NuWorks). He has over 120,000 subscribers on Youtube (youtube.com/HowardHoMusic) and is recognized by Lin-Manuel Miranda for his musical analyses. He has sound designed 50+ productions, earning Ovation Award and SF Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle nominations. He holds degrees from UCLA and USC. Instagram: @howardwho

ACTORS

DESIRÉE BAXTER (Isabella Speaks, “Mother Superior“), she/her, Desirée Baxter is an NYC-based actor and classical singer. Roles: Countess/All’s Well That Ends Well, Parent Lear/Lear, Gertrude/ Hamlet, Ranevskya/The Cherry Orchard, Marmee/Little Women, Hope/Be a Good Little Widow and Dauber/The Cradle Will Rock. Thriving in a collective where all voices – past and present – are sought out and amplified, Desirée is an active member of Hedgepig Ensemble, reimagining the classics, creating storytelling with gender equity at its core; and The Drawing Board, a lab for playwrights, screenwriters and actors. AEA, SAG-AFTRA, AGMA. www.DesireeBaxter.com

JULIA BROTHERS (Learning to Trust and Love Again “Hermione“; August, Us “Ms. Park“), she/they, is a longtime member of PlayGround from the Berkeley days, Julia loves working on new works. World premieres include Russian Troll Farm (Darko Tresnjak, dir); God in the Kilbane’s rock opera Weightless (Under the Radar, ACT, Z Space); Elaine May’s George is Dead (with Marlo Thomas) and every San Francisco and New York Monday night PlayGround!!! www.juliabrothers.com

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

JULIA CROWLEY (Learning to Trust and Love Again, “Perdita“), she/her, is a New York City and New England based performer. She can be seen starring in the film Artificial (2024) which premiered in the Workers Unite Film Festival, and Orphans (2022) which played in festivals across New York state. Julia can also be spotted playing the villain in the romance web-series The Billionaire Escort, streaming online now. Regional theater work includes starring as Charlotte in the New England premier of Hysterical! at Thrown Stone Theater Company. She’s a graduate of Vermont’s Bennington College where she studied drama and dance. Julia is a proud company member of PlayGround-NY.

TXAI FROTA (August, Us “Agrippa“), he/him, is a New York based actor originally from the Boston area. He graduated from Hunter College and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts NY where he was the recipient of the Charles Jehlinger award and workshopped plays with playwrights John Cariani and Daniel Goldfarb. He studies with Scott Freeman at The Freeman Studio, has taken Improv at UCB, is an alumni of INTAR’s Unit 52 and the 24 Hour Plays: Nationals. Credits include: Waiting for Lefty (SOHO SHAKES), Richard III (SOHO SHAKES), The Fire This Time Festival (Kraine Theatre), Reasons to Be Pretty (Secret Theatre) and more.

SARAH GUILBAULT (Isabella Speaks, “Isabella“), she/her, is a curious nuisance; a hopeful clown.

GEORGE HENRY HARRIS III (Isabella Speaks, “Duke“), he/him, is thrilled to be working again with Playground NYC. A proud member of AEA, he has taken part in several staged readings with Playground NYC and The Actors Studio. Past Regional credits include Pippin, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Dreamgirls, and Hairspray among others. At all times, giving thanks to God. @GeorgeHenryHarris

WILLOW LAUTENBERG (The Real Mah Jong Ladies of Venice, Italy, “Jessica“), 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

AHMAD MAHER (August, Us, “Octavian“), he/him, is an Egyptian actor who has worked in various countries including Egypt, Sweden, and across the United States. Credits include – Theatre: Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World (The Public Theatre); The Ally (Mixed Blood); Waiting for Lefty and Richard III (SoHo Shakespeare Company); INVASION! (Ancram Center for the Arts – Berkshire Theatre Critics Award); Good Things Happen (Lenfest Center for the Arts); Jesus, Son of Man (Thanasis Theatre). Commercial: Google (DDB House); Länsförsäkringar (Bleck Film); Lidl (Est E Ban); Nicotinell (Sun Days) ABB Motion (SiteSing). www.ahmad-maher.com | IG: @itssahmadmaher | to ماري.

AARON MCDANIEL (Learning to Trust and Love Again, “Leontes“), he/him, Aaron McDaniel is an actor and fight choreographer whose credits include The Woodsman (New World Stages), Newsies! The Musical (Papermill Playhouse), Aladdin (New Amsterdam), A Man for All Seasons (Shakespeare Theater of NJ). Film: Death Streamer (Dir. Charles Band), Collide (Dir. Dan Phan) TV: The Food that Built America, A Crime to Remember

ALEX MOGGRIDGE (Iago, “Iago“), 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.

MARK PETERS (Iago, “Brabantio“), 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 (The Real Mah Jong Ladies of Venice, Italy, “Daniella”), 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.

CHARLIE RODRIGUEZ (The Braggard’s Wife, “Petruchio“), he/him, has a BA in Drama from Texas Women’s University and a MFA in Acting from University of Arkansas and has studied Shakespeare at the Royal Academy of Dramatic arts. He has performed both in the US and the UK. He is represented by the bicoastal agency Media Artist Group (MAGtalent). He just finished filming a supporting role for the film Lucky Lu by award winning director director Lloyd Lee Choi His Insta is @elmejorcalosrodriguez

EMILY TUCKMAN (The Real Mah Jong Ladies of Venice, Italy, “Stella“), she/her, is a SAG/EQUITY actor whose favorite roles include Duchess of York in Richard III (Soho Shakespeare Company), Jackie-O in House of Yes (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Guildenstern in The Hamlet Project (La Mama Etc.), Blanche in Streetcar Named Desire, and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (Misfits Theater Company.) She studied at Wil liamstown Theatre Festival, with Shakespeare and Co, and at Upright Citizens Brigade. Emily received a grant to study at Folger Shakespeare Institute. She is so thrilled to be performing in the reading tonight. www.emilytuckman.com

DIRECTORS

CASSIDY KEPP (The Real Mah Jong Ladies of Venice, Italy), she/her, Cassidy Kepp is a theatre artist who creates safe spaces in order to generate new work and reinvented classics that explores gender and sexuality. She has been practicing this with companies such as: The Chain, The Wild Project, Exit 11 Performing Arts, and Imaginarium Theatre Company. Recently she has done two readings at the Lincoln Center Clark Studio Theatre (Peer Gynt & Crush/ Slash). She has been assisting Jackson Gay on multiple projects and will be her Associate at Bucks County on Hard Road to Heaven, a new country musical.

CHARLIQUE C ROLLE (Learning to Trust and Love Again), she/her, a visionary multi-disciplinary creator, and storyteller seamlessly navigates the intersections of faith, arts, justice, and community development, amplifying Black and marginalized voices. As the Executive Director of Congo Square Theatre and President of the Black Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago, her impact resonates in innovative narratives. Recognized in Newcity’s Players (2022, 2024), Charlique is a catalyst for change, driving transformative works that catalyze collective liberation and transformation. A Bahamas native, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from Missouri Valley College, holds an MA in Ministry Leadership and a MBA from Concordia University Chicago. Charlique’s commitment extends beyond artistic expression; she leverages the arts for societal change, forging partnerships committed to creative freedom, sustainability, and longevity. She is not just a storyteller but a changemaker, utilizing diverse artistic modalities to deepen stories and propel them into action, actively elevating Black voices in the cultural landscape with unwavering dedication.

JIM KLEINMANN (Isabella Speaks; 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.

EM HAUSMANN (The Braggard’s Wife), they/them, is a Director/Theatre-Maker whose work focuses on new play development, queer + trans stories, and unique audience experiences. Recent Directing: SWIVES (First Kiss Theatre), SNOW BIRD (BAH), BEETHOVEN: LIVE IN CONCERT (Fort Salem Theater), BEST IN SHOW (The Paradise Factory), THE VERY LAST DANCE OF HOMELESS JOE (Theater for the New City). Em has worked as an associate/assistant for TheaterWorks USA, The Madison Theatre, Kitchen Sink, and New York Deaf Theatre. Em is a Resident Director with the Neurodivergent New Play Series and an Associate Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC). emhausmann.com @emhouseman

ABIGAIL ROSEN (Iago; 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.

ALEX PEPPERMAN (August, Us),

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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