Posted on April 3, 2024
PlayGround is thrilled to announce the selected plays and playwrights for our annual ten-minute play fest, BEST OF PLAYGROUND(NY) ’24, including first-time festival writers Claire Abramovitz, Anthony Anello, Howard Ho, Lyra Nalan, and returning “Best of” alumni Bailey Jordan Garcia and Vicky Pham. PlayGround will celebrate these artists and their place within the next generation […]
Posted on April 1, 2024
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 fourth PlayGround-NY Writers Pool. Only members of the Writers Pool are invited to submit for the Monday […]
Posted on April 1, 2024
See what PlayGround-NY Writers and Company are up to this April! Danielle E. Moore’s musical INK & PAINT, which highlights some of the first women to work in Disney’s story department in the 1930s and beyond, is a finalist for the SheLA festival, which will take place at the Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles in […]
Posted on March 31, 2024
The people have spoken… The March People’s Choice Award goes to Howard Ho for his short play Jie Jie, presented as a staged reading live at The Producers Club and simulcast on March 25th. Congratulations, Howard! Courtesy of Howard, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! Jie Jie by […]
Posted on March 22, 2024
PlayGround-NY presents Season 3 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “RECLAIMING HERSTORY” MARCH 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 known […]
Posted on March 8, 2024
See what PlayGround-NY Writers and Company are up to this March! Dana Leslie Goldstein’s short play POWERLESS (written for PlayGround-NY) will be part of the EstroGenius Festival’s reading series at Under St. Mark’s, NYC. Another of Dana’s plays – NOT A MERMAID – will be produced in the Estrogenius Short Play Festival, directed Eva […]
Posted on March 8, 2024
The people have spoken… The February People’s Choice Award goes to Uma Incrocci for her short play What They Say About Us Anyway, presented as a staged reading live online on February 26th. Congratulations, Uma! Courtesy of Uma, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! What They Say About Us […]
Posted on February 25, 2024
PlayGround-NY presents Season 3 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “FLASHBACK: 1994” February 26th, 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 known […]
Posted on February 23, 2024
PlayGround is excited to announce immediate openings to join the 2024-2025 Producing Fellowship, designed to foster the next generation of leadership for the American Theatre. We are looking for individuals passionate about theatre and looking to make an impact on the field while developing the skill set to do so for a living. Candidates must […]
Posted on February 23, 2024
“When we see women differently, we see the world differently.” – Tania Katan, #ItWasNeverADress creator & PlayGround alumna Celebrate Women’s History Month with a Monday Night full of the stories you thought you knew and the stories you never knew – until now – inspired by the prompt “Reclaiming Herstory”! Join us on Monday, March […]