Posted on January 3, 2025
The people have spoken… The December People’s Choice Award goes to Jacob Marx Rice for his short play Oh Christmas Tree, presented as a staged reading at The Producers Club and via livestream on December 23rd. Congratulations, Jacob! Courtesy of Jacob, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! Oh Christmas […]
Posted on December 23, 2024
PlayGround-NY presents Season 4 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “HOLIDAY SURPRISE” December 23, 2024 7pm ET Live at The Producers Club + 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 […]
Posted on December 20, 2024
“We know what we are but not what we may be.” – Ophelia, Hamlet In the spirit of past topics such as “Shakespeare’s Prequels” and last year’s “Shakespeare Multiverse, ” PlayGround writers are set to take on a new sector of the Bard’s not-previously-explored canon: THE SHAKESPEARE’S SEQUELS. What happens after that joyous wedding at […]
Posted on December 6, 2024
The people have spoken… The November People’s Choice Award goes to Tré Calhoun for his short play The Banned, presented as a staged reading at The Producers Club and via livestream on November 25th. Congratulations, Tré! Courtesy of Tré, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! The Banned by […]
Posted on December 6, 2024
See what PlayGround-NY Writers and Company are up to this December! Danielle E. Moore will co-headline Breaking Sound / Unpublished’s musical theater composer series at pinkFROG cafe in Brooklyn on Thursday, December 12th, powered by Tixr and Spirit Airlines’s #Music4Miles. The set list will include songs and collaborators from her musicals Audrey, Ink & Paint, […]
Posted on December 3, 2024
At our 30th Anniversary Gala this year, Broadway playwright Jonathan Spector shared, “I don’t know if I would be a playwright today if it weren’t for PlayGround.” For 30 years, PlayGround has provided hundreds of writers their very first opportunity to hear their words out loud. Of course we hope all our playwrights make it to Broadway, but […]
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 […]