Posted on November 26, 2024
“Maybe Christmas… doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more.” – Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas Tis the season for holiday cheer, family gatherings, and who-knows-what-else! Whether your holidays tend to bring on heartfelt reflections, meaningful connections, or endless confections, our writers are ready to dig into the wintery […]
Posted on November 23, 2024
PlayGround-NY presents Season 4 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “DREAMS & NIGHTMARES” November 25th, 2024 7pm ET Live at The Producers Club + 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 […]
Posted on November 8, 2024
The people have spoken… The October People’s Choice Award goes to Saiya Floyd for her short play Personal Justice Delayed, presented as a staged reading at The Producers Club and via livestream on October 28th. Congratulations, Saiya! Courtesy of Saiya, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! Personal Justice […]
Posted on November 1, 2024
“You see things; and say Why? But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not?” — George Bernard Shaw Aspiration! Deflation. Largest hopes, deepest fears. Dreams and nightmares (this month’s prompt!) appear while we sleep and also while we’re awake – motivating us, scaring us, pushing us to be or become our […]
Posted on November 1, 2024
See what PlayGround-NY Writers and Company are up to this November! Michael Hagins‘ play, The Room of Falsehood is Back by POPULAR DEMAND and on a monthly basis…it’s THE ROOM….of Falsehood! The cult classic film now becomes Shakespearean, as the love story of the ages is adapted for the stage. The story, written and directed […]
Posted on October 25, 2024
PlayGround-NY presents Season 4 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT” October 28th, 2024 7pm ET Live at The Producers Club + 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 […]
Posted on October 1, 2024
See what PlayGround-NY Writers and Company are up to this October! Uma Incrocci‘s short play The Oyster (which debuted at PlayGround-LA) will be performed at Southeast Missouri State University Oct 24 -26 as part of an evening featuring the top ten short plays from the 2024 Lanford Wilson Playwright Festival. Patience Haggin’s play Titus Covidius, […]
Posted on September 20, 2024
“The establishment of our new Government seemed to be the last great experiment for promoting human happiness.” – George Washington, January 9, 1790 Join us in kicking off our 4th Season with a Monday Night full of the stories you thought you knew and the stories you never knew – until now – inspired by […]
Posted on September 17, 2024
PlayGround, a leading national playwright incubator and theatre community hub, is pleased to share plans for its 30th Anniversary Season – PlayGround’s signature Monday Night PlayGround, the nation’s longest-running and largest staged reading series – performed in-person and simulcast in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City and Chicago, October 14, 2024 through April 7, […]
Posted on September 1, 2024
See what PlayGround-NY Writers and Company are up to this September! JULLY LEE will be in two staged readings this month: CHINESE REPUBLICANS by Alex Lin, directed by Chay Yew at the Roundabout Theatre on September 13 and CALLIGRAPHY by Velina Hasu Houston at Pan Asian Repertory, directed by Kalina Ko (PGNY Associate Producer!) on […]