Posted on November 29, 2021
In an interview with TheaterMania, playwright Mansa Ra (fka Jiréh Breon Holder) referred to those who have returned to the theatre in 2021 as “artistic first responders.” We found that phrase incredibly impactful and resonant. Over the last two years, we have celebrated our first responders, our nurses and doctors, grocery store employees, and sanitation workers who have […]
Posted on November 21, 2021
PlayGround-NY presents Season 1 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “WHODUNNIT” November 22nd 2021 7pm EST Vimeo Live Simulcast & On Demand A Mice Infestation by Maggie Wilson Directed by Gabby Farrah Ren……….…………………………………..……………..………..Sarah Guilbault Jay……………………………………………….…………………………..Tyler Kent Larry…………………………………………….….……………..Jordan Covington Michelle………………………………………………………………..Rebecca White That Ever I Was Born to Set It Right by Leela Velautham Directed by Frieda de Lackner […]
Posted on November 5, 2021
See what PlayGround-NY Writers and Company Members are up to this November! Louis DeVaughn Nelson has two interdisciplinary works combining theatre and dance that are happening this November! First up, SIS! WHITE MALE! an interdisciplinary performance as part of the PARDON THE INTERRUPTION: A Curated Performance Series. It will be held at The Center at […]
Posted on November 5, 2021
The people have spoken… The October People’s Choice Award goes to Jacob Marx Rice for his short play, Six Weeks, presented as a staged reading Simulcast & On-Demand via Vimeo Live on October 25th. Congratulations, Jacob! Courtesy of Jacob, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! Six Weeks by […]
Posted on October 29, 2021
“Truth will come to light; murder cannot be hid long.” -Shakespeare Following the successful opening of its inaugural season, New York playwright incubator PlayGround recently announced the prompt for the November Monday Night PlayGround short play staged reading event. Thirty-six New York City writers had just four-and-a-half days to generate their original scripts inspired by […]
Posted on October 23, 2021
PlayGround-NY presents Season 1 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “REBIRTH” October 25th 2021 7pm ET Vimeo Live Simulcast & On Demand Sunset Living by Sam Affoumado Directed by Jim Kleinmann Michael Schafer……….…………………..……………..………..Andrew Sellon Olivia Schafer…………………………..…………………………..Roberta Pikser Justino…………………………………………….….……………..Enormvs Muñoz Valerie…………………………………………………………………………..Polly Lee Athbrhreith [rebirth] by Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin Directed by Olivia Songer Siobhan.……………………….……..……………………..…………Julia Brothers Aoife………………………..…….………………………………………..…Truett Felt I Have […]
Posted on October 1, 2021
See what PlayGround-NY Writers are up to as we begin the 2021-22 season! Nina Kim’s play BROKEN ENGLISH will be a part of IAMA Theatre Company’s Pass the Mic Festival. Pass the Mic is a virtual play festival intended to “Pass the Mic” and amplify voices of the Global Majority consisting of an evening of […]
Posted on September 25, 2021
“Perhaps that is where our choice lies—in determining how we will meet the inevitable end of things, and how we will greet each new beginning.” – Elana K. Arnold On the eve of the return to in-person theatre and the company’s expansion to New York, playwright incubator PlayGround has chosen the prompt of “rebirth” as […]
Posted on September 7, 2021
PlayGround-NY, the first East Coast expansion of the celebrated California-based playwright incubator, is pleased to share plans for our inaugural season. The company will shortly announce the Season 1 Writers Pool, 36 early-career NYC-based playwrights competitively selected from more than 90 applications received this summer. Over the course of the upcoming 2021-22 season, these writers […]
Posted on April 2, 2021
PlayGround, a premiere playwright incubator and theatre community hub, has created paid development opportunities for local playwrights in San Francisco since 1994 and Los Angeles since 2012… and, as of this October, now New York City! This latest expansion of PlayGround’s mission to support the development of new voices for the theatre, with a deep […]