Posted on March 20, 2026
PlayGround-NY, a leading national playwright incubator and theatre community hub, is pleased to share the lineup for Best of PlayGround(NY) ‘26. Originally developed among 24 new short plays through PlayGround-NY’s Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series, these plays will receive a special one-night encore performance on April 20, 2026 at 7pm ET at The Producers […]
Posted on March 19, 2026
The people have spoken… The March People’s Choice Award goes to Bram Hartman for their play Freddie Fartfinger Saves the Day, presented as a staged reading at The Producers Club and via livestream on March 9, 2026. Congratulations, Bram! Courtesy of Bram, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! […]
Posted on March 9, 2026
PlayGround-NY presents Season 5 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND “Bedtime Stories” March 9, 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 five boroughs […]
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 […]