Posted on April 1, 2023
See what PlayGround-NY Writers and Company are up to this April! Jully Lee will be in the world premiere of COLEMAN ’72 by Charlie Oh, directed by Chay Yew at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, CA. April 23 – May 14. Learn more and get tickets here. Betsy Rosen is making her Broadway debut […]
Posted on March 26, 2023
PlayGround-NY presents Season 2 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND PLANET EARTH ARTS NEW PLAY FESTIVAL Topic: “GRIEF AND HOPE FOR PLANET EARTH” March 27th, 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 […]
Posted on March 10, 2023
The people have spoken… The February People’s Choice Award goes to Kathryn Ryan for her short play, Hannah and Greyson, presented as a staged reading Simulcast & On-Demand via Vimeo Live on February 27th. Congratulations, Kathryn! Courtesy of Kathryn, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! HANNAH AND GREYSON […]
Posted on March 3, 2023
See what PlayGround-NY Writers and Company are up to this March! Betsy Rosen is making her Broadway debut in LIFE OF PI as Richard Parker, the Bengal Tiger, as well as many other puppetry animals in the show. Previews begin March 9th at the Schoenfeld Theater, with Opening on March 30th. Tickets are available on […]
Posted on March 3, 2023
Are you a New York-based early-career or aspiring professional playwright? Have you ever wanted to see your plays performed on stage by leading local professional actors? Do you respond well to deadlines? PlayGround is seeking applications for the third PlayGround-NY Writers Pool. Only members of the Writers Pool are invited to submit for the Monday […]
Posted on February 28, 2023
“Your grief for what you’ve lost lifts a mirror up to where you’re bravely working.” – Rumi. Playwright incubator PlayGround-NY in partnership with Planet Earth Arts has announced the prompt for the sixth and final Monday Night PlayGround staged reading event of its 2nd season and the 7th annual Planet Earth Arts New Play Festival, […]
Posted on February 24, 2023
PlayGround-NY presents Season 2 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “ADAPT A CLASSIC FOLKTALE OR MYTH” February 27th, 2023 7pm ET Live Watch Party at The Producers Club plus Vimeo Live Simulcast & On Demand Three Blind Mikes by Todd Cerveris Directed by Aileen Wen McGroddy Mike……………….……Mark Peters Mikey..…………………Nick Sholley Michael..…………………Yuchi Chiu Mickey..…………………Alex Shafer The Mermaid’s Proposal […]
Posted on February 4, 2023
The people have spoken… The January People’s Choice Award goes to Josh Drimmer for his short play, The Whisper, presented as a staged reading Simulcast & On-Demand via Vimeo Live on January 23rd. Congratulations, Josh! Courtesy of Josh, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! THE WHISPER by Josh […]
Posted on February 3, 2023
“只要你心诚志坚,念念回首处,既是灵山.” Zhǐyào nǐ xīn chéng zhì jiān, niàn niàn huíshǒu chù, jìshì língshān. “Nothing in this world is difficult, but thinking makes it seem so. Where there is true will, there is always a way.” – The Monkey King, from Journey to the West, a classic Chinese mythology story Playwright incubator PlayGround-NY has announced the […]
Posted on February 2, 2023
See what PlayGround-NY Writers and Company are up to this February! As well as being a writer, Jack Feldstein is an animator, who created an online series called ANIMATED NEW YORKERS. Here’s the latest episode hot off the press, featuring composer Greta Gertler Gold. View the post here. Dana Leslie Goldstein‘s full-length play DAUGHTERS of the […]