Posted on November 10, 2023
The people have spoken… The October People’s Choice Award goes to Kathryn Ryan for her short play, Supergirls, presented as a staged reading live at The Producer’s Club and Simulcast & On-Demand via Vimeo Live on October 23rd. Congratulations, Kathryn! Courtesy of Kathryn, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. […]
Posted on November 1, 2023
See what PlayGround-NY Writers and Company are up to this November! Danielle E. Moore’s Audrey: The New Musical, a concept musical inspired by the life of actress and activist Audrey Hepburn, is now available for international licensing via BroadwayDNA. Uma Incrocci’s short play A Hot Brick (from Playground LA 2020) will be a part of […]
Posted on October 21, 2023
PlayGround-NY presents Season 3 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “ORIGIN STORY” October 23rd, 2023 7pm ET Vimeo Live Simulcast & On Demand 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 […]
Posted on October 20, 2023
“The land knows you, even when you are lost.” – Robin Wall Kimmerer, “Braiding Sweetgrass” PlayGround welcomes you to join us for the next round of Monday Night PlayGround, presented on Monday, November 27th, 7PM ET, live at The Producers Club and simulcast online. Produced in partnership with the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (ARO) as […]
Posted on October 1, 2023
See what PlayGround-NY Writers and Company are up to this October! Howard Ho’s RESET is receiving its World Premiere at LA’s Moving Arts Theatre from Oct. 26-Nov. 20. RESET is a 2023 O’Neill National Playwrights Finalist and was developed in Moving Arts’ MADlab Writers Group. Get tickets here Claire Abramovitz’s short play “We’re Dead and […]
Posted on September 22, 2023
“A people without knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” – Marcus Garvey, Political Activist PlayGround-NY blasts into its 3rd season of innovative new plays by taking you back the beginning! Join us for a new round of Monday Night PlayGround, featuring original short plays all inspired by […]
Posted on September 1, 2023
PlayGround is thrilled to announce the 30th season of Monday Night PlayGround, the nation’s longest-running and most celebrated staged reading series, now available in the SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, NYC and Chicago, both in-person and simulcast. The season kicks off at Hollywood’s Broadwater Theaters on October 9, 2023 and concludes April 1, 2024 at […]
Posted on September 1, 2023
See what PlayGround-NY Writers and Company are up to this September! Erin Proctor’s queer sci-fi comedy TIME HOLE is running at The Tank from October 5-8 for three performances. Tickets are on sale now! Julia Brothers will be playing the fabulous porn star/feminist sex educator/author Nina Hartley in a workshop/creative weeklong session in Raquel Almazon’s […]
Posted on August 15, 2023
PlayGround, a leading playwright incubator, is now looking for the next generation of great directors. PlayGround invites early-career and aspiring directors resident in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York City, or Chicago to apply for the 2023-24 Directing Apprenticeship program. Up to three directing apprentices will be selected in each region to […]
Posted on August 14, 2023
PlayGround-NY, the first East Coast expansion of the celebrated California-based playwright incubator, is pleased to share plans for its third season and first fully in-person with the announcement of the Season 3 Writers Pool, 36 early-career NYC-based playwrights competitively selected from applications received this summer. Over the course of the upcoming 2023-24 season, these writers […]