Posted on June 18, 2024
PlayGround will mark its third decade of incubating new plays by hosting simultaneous parties in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco on Monday, September 16, 2024. The events, which will also be livestreamed, will feature a starry array of playwright alumni, including many of the busiest names in theatre today. The PlayGround […]
Posted on June 7, 2024
See what PlayGround-NY Writers and Company are up to this June! Austin Ku (2024 PlayGround NY Directing Apprentice) will be co-directing a new play, Parity, for Pan Asian Rep’s NuWorks 2024 Festival, written by PlayGround member Howard Ho, and starring/co-director PlayGround member Jully Lee! There will be two fully staged performances at Theatre Row Off-Broadway […]
Posted on May 9, 2024
PlayGround is thrilled to announce the lineup for PlayGround’s 2nd Annual Best of the Best of PlayGround. This unique showcase is a culmination of the 2023-24 Monday Night seasons hosted in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. The line-up includes Bessie in Medias Res by Robyn Brooks (San Francisco), Love Language of Origin […]
Posted on April 26, 2024
See what PlayGround-NY Writers and Company are up to this May! Danielle E. Moore’s feminist farce-in-verse, “Merely Players,” was selected for Heller Theatre Co.’s Second Sunday Serials reading series. The piece, which was originally written for PlayGround-NY’s January 2024 “Shakespeare Multiverse” prompt, will be presented on Sunday, May 12th at 7PM CST at Studio 308, […]
Posted on April 15, 2024
PlayGround-NY presents Season 3 BEST of PLAYGROUND(NY) ’24 April 22nd, 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 as the […]
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 […]