Posted on March 6, 2026
CALL FOR PLAYWRIGHTS: PLAYGROUND’S 2026-27 WRITERS POOLS San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago Applications Due April 30, 2026 San Francisco – PlayGround, a leading national playwright incubator and theatre community hub, is pleased to share the latest call for applicants to the 2026-27 Writers Pools in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. […]
Posted on March 3, 2026
See what PlayGround-NY Writers and Company Members are up to this March including: ANGEL KATTHI, AUSTIN KU, JULLY LEE, KATHRYN RYAN, NATALIE SACKS, and JAMES SUAREZ! JULLY LEE is Iris in Roundabout’s world premiere of CHINESE REPUBLICANS by Alex Lin, directed by Chay Yew. Now playing through April 5. TICKETS AUSTIN KU will be Assistant […]
Posted on February 12, 2026
(SAN FRANCISCO) – Applications are now being accepted for PlayGround’s fifth annual FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL, July 31-August 23, at Potrero Stage and simulcast. This four-week “fringe style” new works festival will feature up to 20 productions and 60 performances by talented theatre artists from across the country including PlayGround artists based in the Bay Area, Los […]
Posted on February 10, 2026
The people have spoken… The December People’s Choice Award goes to Gaurav Mishra (Enyn) for their play Bushwick Mary, presented as a staged reading at The Producers Club and via livestream on January 26, 2026. Congratulations, Gaurav! Courtesy of Gaurav, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! Bushwick Mary by […]
Posted on February 4, 2026
See what PlayGround-NY Writers and Company Members are up to this February including: Bram Hartman, Alex Shafer, Angel Katthi, Uma Incrocci, Bailey Jordan Garcia, and Katie Ryan! Bram Hartman‘s new one act play, THE SOUND OF BEING FOUND, will premiere in February at the Chain Theatre’s Winter One Act Festival. Bram will direct. Synopsis: “After […]
Posted on January 30, 2026
“Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere.” – Margaret Wise Brown, Goodnight Moon (illustrations by Clement Hurd) The topic for the March 9 Monday Night PlayGround-NY has been announced: BEDTIME STORIES. Playwrights in the PlayGround-NY Writers Pool have been invited to generate an original short play intended for young audiences (Theatre for Young Audiences, TYA) […]
Posted on January 25, 2026
PlayGround-NY presents Season 5 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND “Tales of the City” January 26, 2026 7pm ET The Producers Club & Vimeo Live 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 […]
Posted on January 23, 2026
PlayGround has announced the lineup for its first annual PlayGround Comedy Festival, an eclectic lineup of innovative performances including stand-up, sketch, improv, comedic plays, and more! Performances run March 6-29, 2026 (Thurs-Mon), presented live at San Francisco’s Potrero Stage and simulcast online. The festival features 18 hilarious acts and 60 performances produced by Lee Archer, […]
Posted on January 9, 2026
PlayGround has announced the lineup for its ninth annual PlayGround Solo Performance Festival, a curation of the best in solo performance, running January 16-February 8, 2026 (Thurs-Mon), presented live at San Francisco’s Potrero Stage and simulcast online. The festival of new solo work (the largest in PlayGround’s history!) features 17 solo performers and 58 performances, […]
Posted on January 1, 2026
See what PlayGround-NY Writers and Company Members are up to this January including: Dana Leslie Goldstein, Tia Cassmira, Jully Lee, Bailey Jordan Garcia, andAustin Ku. In January, Dana Leslie Goldstein‘s short play HUNGRY will be presented by Breakthrough Theatre Company in Winter Park, FL. Dana’s full-length play GO DOWN, MOSES will have a concert reading […]