March 3rd Monday Night PlayGround-Chicago Playbill

PlayGround-Chicago presents Season 3
in association with Theater Wit

MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND

Topic: “If I Had A Song…”
March 3, 2025 7pm CT
Theater Wit & Simulcast

Acknowledging the Legacy of the Land We Inhabit

PlayGround-Chicago acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the people of the Council of Three Fires, including the Ojibwe, Potawatomi and Odawa, the original inhabitants of the Chicago metropolitan area. As the past and present Indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Council of Three Fires have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. We recognize the historic injustice of the forcible removal of the Ojibwe, Potawatomi and Odawa people from their ancestral lands, and that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the Ancestors, Elders and Relatives of the Council of Three Fires Communities and by affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples. We honor the storytellers of the Ojibwe, Potawatomi and Odawa and are grateful for our ability to share and uplift Indigenous stories and those of other historically marginalized communities. In working with artists and audiences from all over the country, PlayGround-Chicago asks that each member of the PlayGround-Chicago community representing a different geographical space respectfully acknowledge the legacy of the land they inhabit.

To learn about the legacy of the land you inhabit, visit Native-Land.ca | Our home on native land. To read the complete Land Acknowledgment Policy, click here.

PlayGround-Chicago’s Anti-Racist Policy

PlayGround recognizes the impact of racial oppression within society and the American Theater and that we have been complicit in White Supremacy culture. Our goal is to co-create safety for our community by identifying and interrupting instances of racism and all forms of oppression when we witness them, through specific actions rooted in the principles of anti-racism and accessibility. In its endeavor to address the implications of our history, PlayGround is committed to its compliance with the following fundamental rights:

  • The recognition of inherent dignity and worth of each human being.
  • The recognition of equality of all human beings.
  • Recognition of rights of ethnic, racial, cultural, linguistic and religious groups.
  • Equality and non-discrimination.

PlayGround’s Anti-Racist Policy applies to: all members of the PlayGround community, including employees, independent contractors, volunteers, audience members, donors, and general members of the community.

To read the complete Anti-Racist Policy, click here.

Monday Night PlayGround Memberships

We are deeply grateful to our 2024-25 Monday Night PlayGround Members, whose direct support helps to underwrite artists fees for the Monday Night series across all four regions:

Dr. & Mrs. Sam & Naomi Abramovitz, Sharon Baldwin, Julie Berthold, Tim Bishop, Linda B Breaux-Smith, Emilie T. & Gordon C. Brooks, John Brown, Summer Broyhill, Madeleine Butler, Ben Cain, Sidney Glass & Eleanor Clement Glass, Joan Cleveland, Sheila Collins, Marilyn Berg Cooper, Logan Varas De Valdes, Betsy Dudak, Cathy Earnest, Ann Ehrmann, Krystyna Finlayson, Michael Tonjum & Jan Gilman, Hollis Greenwood, Elizabeth Groenewegen, Gail Hillebrand & Hugh Barroll, Brandy T Jones, Roxy Jones, Jacqueline Whittier Kubicka, Emily Kuroda, Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Le Blanc, Alice Lehmann, Karen & Matt Levesque, Kristy Lin Billuni, Melinda Lopez, Linda G Marks, Dolores Martinez, Dr. Sheila McCormick, Yvonne McIntyre, Cynthia L Morishige, Dan Morley, Molly Noble & Bob Guilbault, Annette Oliveira, Emily Brauer Rogers, George Rose, Jessica June Rowe, Michelle Ruscetta, John J. Ruskin, Miyoko Sakatani, Jennifer Schultz & Eric Rosenzweig, Mark Sherstinsky, Nancy W. Smith, Stan Stone, Cathy M Stonie, Mary Lou Torre, Kim Tram, Vicki Victoria, Dr. Eidell Wasserman, Bex White, Janine Wilburn, and Cindy Womack. Thank you!

To learn more about the Monday Night PlayGround membership program, click here.

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BIOGRAPHIES

PLAYWRIGHTS

TANUJA DEVI JAGERNAUTH (Clarity is Kindness) is a rabble-rousing playwright based in Chicago.

JERLUANE “JAE” JENKINS (Van Life), she/her, is a local Chicago artist and theatre maker. When she’s not writing she’s busy being the executive director of Perception’s theatre, where the focus is bringing art to Black and brown people on the south side of Chicago.

JESSICA JOHNSON (Rebel Girls), she/her, is writer, dog mom and all-around nerd living in the great city of Chicago. Jessica has written plays, articles, stories, poems, sketches, TV scripts and screenplays. She has written about film, television and the web for Time Out Chicago, Time Out New York and RogerEbert.com, as well as appearing on The Rotten Tomatoes Show. She also created and co-starred in the web series 2 Redheads. When not writing and paying the bills, Jessica enjoys chilling with her spouse and puppies on the South Side, reading, watching lots of TV and movies and cross-stitching.

JULIET KANG HUNEKE (The Last of Its Kind), she/they, is a playwright and performer who is passionate about theatre that is larger than life. In 2023, she was awarded the ReImagine: New Plays in TYA grant to develop her new play for young audiences, HANNAH AND HALMONI SAVE THE WORLD!, with Filament Theatre. In spring 2025, Filament will produce the world premiere of HANNAH AND HALMONI. Juliet is also a 24 Hour Plays Nationals alum! Other Chicago writing credits include: ECHO’S INFERNO (The Understudy), HOME FOR THE SUMMER (Theo Ubique, American Music Theatre Project), MYCELIUM (Playground Chicago), and MECHANICALS (Impostors Theater Co Footholds Vol. 4). Northwestern 2022!

DAKOTA PARISET (A Cold War), he/him, is a Chicago actor, producer and playwright from Beaver Crossing, Nebraska. He’s stoked to make his PGC playwriting debut with a Cold War. His work has also been read and performed by BYOT, The Lightbulb Factory and microChicago, where he serves as founder and creative director. Various short and microplay collections can be found on his NPX, and he recently completed “The Weave”, collection of found-text arrangements of actual words from the mouth of 47. It’s nonsense! 🙂 NPX: Dakota Pariset | New Play Exchange Representation: Chicago Talent Network

MARY PARISOE (A Breath of Air), she/her, is a writer of short plays which have appeared in playwriting competitions mainly in the midwest and in the Chicago area beginning with 20% Chicago’s 2009 “Snapshot” plays. Also in 2009, Frequency Theatre in England chose one of her short plays to be in its radio series. That year, she became a Network Playwright at Chicago Dramatists. She is happy to have been accepted into PlayGround in 2024. Beyond playwriting, she taught high school French for 25 years.

ACTORS

VALERIE BUTLER-NEWBERN (Van Life, “Lucilla”) she/her, is a Playground-Chicago company member. Her Playground-Chicago credits include but are not limited to Kate in The Shrew Strikes Back, Mom in Are You Scared Of The Dark, Ida Lewis in the Sea and Its Keeper and Boomer in Stay Humble. A few of her Indie film credits include The Mirror, Just a Cup of Coffee, In the Jungle and Identity – a 2023 Silver Telly Award winner. A few of her commercial credits include ComEd, Illuminus and Lume. Valerie ’s a native Chicagoan who loves telling stories and having fun.

ANDREA CONWAY-DIAZ (Rebel Girls, “Rose”), she/her, is thrilled to be part of PlayGround Chicago’s First Mondays once again. She recently participated in a staged reading called “She Too Bad For History” at the Beverly Arts Center in conjunction with Amplified Voices. Andrea performed six roles with different voices for the reading! Andrea has been cast in a two-person play called “Life Sentence” as part of Gray Matters Play Festival. She just booked the lead of a independent film soon to start shooting. Andrea is excited to have been in the cast of 7 Guitars, which has been nomintaed for 6 Jeff Awards, including Best Ensemble. She’ll be attending the ceremony at the end of March.

LYNDA CORTEZ (The Last of Its Kind, “Beth”), they/them/she, is an actor, singer, and hospital clown originally from New Orleans. Recent credits include Miranda in The Worm My Sister (Meat Machine Theatre) through A Red Orchid Theatre Incubator Series and Monse in a staged reading of Lumbrada written by Maria I. Arreola and Jazmin Mercado Villalobos. They graduated from Sargeant Conservatory (previously called Webster Conservatory) in 2020 with a BFA in Acting. Lynda’s next project will be at Jarvis Square Theater in the play The Infinity Play (Curious Theatre Branch). 

GINGER DE LEON (Rebel Girls, “Emma”), she/her, is a Chicago native and holds a BA in Acting and a minor in Voiceover from Columbia College Chicago. Some of her previous theatre credits include Today, Tonight, Soon (Theatre L’Acadie), The Art of Bowing (Haven Chicago), Take a Ten/TEN Festival (The Gift Theatre), The Flower and The Fury (Artemisia Theatre), and When There Are Nine (PrideArts).

SHERI FLANDERS (Van Life, “Luanne”), she/her, is a Chicago-based actor, comedian, and writer who is a company member of the Playground Chicago. This year she will perform stand-up and musical comedy in the Black Women in Comedy Laff Fest in NYC for the second time. She has studied at The Second City and iO Training Centers, and recently appeared in her first feature film B.A.D.D. Her coverage of theater and film has been featured in the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Reader. Sheri is represented by NV Talent and can currently be seen performing in many reputable and disreputable establishments in Chicago.

CHARLOTTE HARRIS (A Breath of Air, “Allie”), she/her, is thrilled to be joining this production! Some of her more recent credits include Saint Sebastian Players: The Man Who Came To Dinner. The Second City: A Penny for Your Instrusive Thoughts (Ensemble), A Spoonful of Cynicism (Ensemble), and Rhinofest: When Peter Met Wendy (Peter), and Island ETC: Always a Bridesmaid (Kari). Charlotte is also a resident company member at Playground Chicago Theatre, credits include: Gibber (Rosa), .PDF Preferred (Sissy), A Truth About Acorns (Dr. Lucy), No More Flowers (O’Keefe). Charlotte would like to thank her friends and family for their continuous support!

DINA MONK (Clarity is Kindness, “Sophia”), she/her, is thrilled to return to Playground Chicago! She recently returned from her second year performing in A Christmas Carol at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Recent Chicago credits include Macbeth with Back Room Shakespeare Project, Love Song at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, Private Lives at Raven Theatre, and several readings with The Shakespeare Project of Chicago. She’s a born and raised Chicagoan, and holds a BFA in Acting from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. When not onstage, she’s a Standardized Patient at several hospitals in town. For more info on her past work, visit dinamonk.com.

LA’TIA OWENS (Van Life, “Sidney”), she/her, is an actress, singer, and dancer from the Southside of Chicago. She loves playing characters that are similar to her as a person: animated, funny, and playful. This is her second show with Playground Chicago and she’s excited to work with the company in the future!

TIMOTHY REY (The Last of Its Kind, “Earl”), he/him, is a writer/ performer. He is the author, and often the performer of, his ongoing series of monologues from his work: THE MONOLOGUE PLAY. He has performed locally, and regionally at NY International Fringe, NY Shakespeare Exchange (online), and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

DIANA SIMONZADEH (Clarity is Kindness, “Maya”; A Cold War,  “Moderator”), she/her, is thrilled to participate in her second season at PlayGround-Chicago’s Monday Night Readings. Theatre credits include: The Corpse Washer at Actors Theatre Louisville’s 43rd Humana Festival of New American Plays; Perfect Mendacity at Asolo Rep; Night Over Erzinga and Scorched at Silk Road Rising; Homebody/Kabul at Steppenwolf Theatre; and Return To Haifa at Next Theater. Film work includes: The Solution; Necro 101; The Glass House; Qwerty; Oops! I’ve Been Driven Mundane; The Reunion; and Remote Viewing. She is a recipient of an Equity Jeff Award. https://imdb.me/dianasimonzadeh

PETER STIELSTRA (A Cold War, “Partner 1”), he/him, originally from San Francisco, is a Chicago based actor and singer, thrilled to be returning to PlayGround-Chicago. Favorite Chicagoland credits include Alice by Heart (Kokandy Productions), The Threepenny Opera (Theo Ubique), and Girlfriend (PrideArts). He is a proud company member of PlayGround-Chicago, glad to be playing again in his second season.

RACHEL WADE (Rebel Girls, “Maggie”), she/her, is an actor, writer, and comedian from Des Moines, IA. She studied theater at The University of Iowa and made the move to Chicago shortly after. She is a graduate of Second City’s Conservatory and now performs with her sketch group Communal Beverage. During the day she teaches preschool and children’s theater. Rachel loves writing on whiteboards, devastating movies, her dog Mabel, and YOU for being here!

CRAIG YMSON (A Cold War, “Partner 2”), he/they, is a Chicago-based artist who is delighted to share the space with you tonight! Previous credits include: Port of Entry (Albany Park Theatre Project), Much Ado About Nothing (Nonsense Theatre) and The Seagull (Moscow Art Theatre). Craig is dedicated to enriching the community through art!

BRAEDYN YOUNGBERG (A Breath of Air, “Jim”), he/him, is thrilled to be joining PlayGround-Chicago in their mission to develop local playwrights! Regional theatre credits include “Don Armado” (Loves Labors Lost), “Roderigo” (Othello), and “Antonio” (Twelfth Night) with Marin Shakespeare Company, “Orlando, et al” (As You Like It) with SF Shakes, “The Monster” (Young Frankenstein) with Spreckels PAC, and “Brad Majors” (The Rocky Horror Show) with Sixth Street Playhouse. Braedyn has trained locally with The Second City and iO Chicago, as well as regionally with Shakespeare & Company.

DIRECTORS

RASHAAD BOND (A Cold War), he/him, moved to Chicago from Albuquerque, New Mexico in the summer of 2019. In Albuquerque, Rashaad founded and served as the artistic director for Middle Ground Theatre Company, a company dedicated to giving opportunities to those in the community that were often neglected. He holds a BA in Theatre from the University of New Mexico. His studies allowed him to develop skills in directing, producing, acting, lighting design, and scenic carpentry. Since moving to Chicago, Rashaad has had the opportunity to work with organizations such as Black Ensemble Theatre, Porchlight Music Theatre, The League of Chicago Theatres, The Artistic Home, Redtwist Theater, Theatre Above the Law, Ghostlight Ensemble, Perceptions Theatre, Eclectic Full Contact Theatre, Haven Chicago, and Possibilities Theatre.

EILEEN DIXON (Clarity is Kindness), she/they, is a Chicago based director, producer, actor, casting director, and Artistic Director of Production at Redtwist Theatre. She received her MFA in Acting and Directing from UMKC in 2022. In October of 2024, Eileen directed the Jeff- Nominated World Premiere of Jacqueline Goldfinger’s “Bottle Fly” at Redtwist Theatre. In December, Eileen directed “Man Cave” by Caroline Kidwell for Redtwist Theatre’s “Twisted PlayFest”. In Fall on 2025, Eileen is excited to direct Jen Silverman’s “Collective Rage: A Play In 5 Betties” as part of Redtwist’s “Season of Femme”!

AWAZI JAAFARU (Van Life), they/them, is a Black Queer Nigerian American, ENBY multidisciplinary creator who uses art as a medium for exploration, expression, and storytelling.Their practice is characterized by its transformative curation, and truth-seeking nature. They believe in the power of community and the importance of providing space for social commentary that initiates intuitive radical change. Their goal is to continue to create impactful art that inspires reflection, connection, and dialogue.

JIM KLEINMANN (The Last of Its Kind), he/him, co-founded PlayGround in 1994, along with playwright Brighde Mullins and director Denise Shama, and has served as Artistic Director since 1996. For PlayGround, he has provided artistic and administrative leadership for the past twenty-eight seasons, developing PlayGround’s unique array of new playwright and new play incubator programs, including Monday Night PlayGround, the PlayGround Festival of New Works, the full-length play Commissioning Initiative, the New Play Production Fund, Potrero Stage: PlayGround Center for New Plays, and most recently the Innovator Incubator. For PlayGround, he has directed more than one hundred short and full-length plays, including works by Garret Jon Groenveld, Aaron Loeb, Geetha Reddy, Lauren Yee, Katie May, and many others. Recent directing and dramaturgy credits include David Steele’s Vignettes on Love and Ruben Grijalva’s Value Over Replacement. He is a veteran arts administrator with more than thirty years of experience, including stints leading Traveling Jewish Theatre, Smuin Ballet and Berkeley Symphony, and received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

SPENCER RYAN DIEDRICK (A Breath of Air) he/him, is a Chicago-based director, dramaturg, and advocate for original & underappreciated voices. Recent directing credits include THEY BROKE UP (Avalanche Theatre), The Hatmaker’s Wife (Theatre EVOLVE), The Delivery (Inclusive Playwright Project / Trap Door Theater), Black Cat Lost (Red Tape), Desire Desire Desire (Eclipse), and Fragmented (Our Perspective). His work has also been seen at Steep, Shattered Globe, Broken Nose, American Blues, TimeLine, Griffin, Raven, and Emerald City. Regional: Lewiston/Clarkson, Once (The GhostLight Theatre), Mycelium, Tomato Tattoo (PlayGround-San Francisco). He is a proud company member of Playground-Chicago and eternally thankful for friends, family, and community.

TYLER STRUBLE (Rebel Girls), he/they, is a director, dramaturg and producer. Most recently they directed the U.K. premiere of I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire Off-West End at London’s Southwark Playhouse and its previous world premiere in New York City Off-Broadway at Nancy Manocharien’s the cell theatre. Other credits include Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them (Kitchen Theatre Company, Ithaca, NY), dramaturg for What The Consititution Means to Me (Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY), Crossing (Pocket Theatre VR, Chicago, IL), SERVICE/PLAY (Facility Theatre, Chicago, IL). www.tylerstruble.com

PRODUCTION & STAFF

JIM KLEINMANN (Artistic Director & Co-Founder), he/him, co-founded PlayGround in 1994, along with playwright Brighde Mullins and director Denise Shama, and has served as Artistic Director since 1996. For PlayGround, he has provided artistic and administrative leadership for the past twenty-eight seasons, developing PlayGround’s unique array of new playwright and new play incubator programs, including Monday Night PlayGround, the PlayGround Festival of New Works, the full-length play Commissioning Initiative, the New Play Production Fund, Potrero Stage: PlayGround Center for New Plays, and most recently the Innovator Incubator. For PlayGround, he has directed more than one hundred short and full-length plays, including works by Garret Jon Groenveld, Aaron Loeb, Geetha Reddy, Lauren Yee, Katie May, and many others. Recent directing and dramaturgy credits include David Steele’s Vignettes on Love and Ruben Grijalva’s Value Over Replacement. He is a veteran arts administrator with more than thirty years of experience, including stints leading Traveling Jewish Theatre, Smuin Ballet and Berkeley Symphony, and received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

DEVIN CHRISTOR (Executive Producer), he/him, is a director that focuses on plays that critique hegemonic masculinity. Since receiving his B.A in Drama from the University of North Texas he has traveled the country working for several professional theaters to observe established directors and study the ecology of regional theater in America. Credits include: 1919 (Steppenwolf), Julius Caesar & God of Carnage (Milwaukee Repertory Theater), Into the Side of a Hill (Flint Repertory Theater “New Works Festival”), Freeze Out (Trinity Repertory Company “America Too” Festival), and Oba (Triangle Rainbow Productions “LGBTQ Short Play” Festival), The Gift of the Magi (American Players Theatre), A Raisin in the Sun (Beverly Arts Center).

CHARLIE LEVINSON (Stage Manager), they/she, is excited to be stage managing for PlayGround Chicago once again! Credits include: Hamlet 50/50 (Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival); The Magic Flute, Emperor of Atlantis, Hansel and Gretel (Northwestern Opera); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Theo Ubique); Murder for Two, Oliver!, The Mousetrap, and Private Lives (The Winnipesaukee Playhouse), Three Musketeers, Antigone, The Ghost Tour: Staged Reading, Twelfth Night, and Where Did We Sit On The Bus? (Cleveland Play House); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Saint Joan, and Shakespeare in Love (Ohio Shakespeare Festival).

PLAYGROUND-CHICAGO is the third regional expansion of the celebrated Bay Area playwright incubator and theatre community hub, PlayGround(SF). PlayGround, California’s leading playwright incubator, provides unique development opportunities for the Bay Area’s, Los Angeles’, New York’s and now Chicago’s best new playwrights, including the monthly Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series, annual PlayGround Festival of New Works, full-length play commissions and support for the production of new plays by local playwrights through the New Play Production Fund. To date, PlayGround has supported over 250 early career playwrights, developing and staging more than 1,000 of their original short plays through the Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series and the PlayGround Festival. PlayGround has also commissioned 90 new full-length plays by 60 of these writers through its Commissioning Initiative and, through the innovative New Play Production Fund, has directly facilitated the premiere of 34 plays at theatres of every size, including three that have gone on to NYC and other major theater communities. Most recently, PlayGround renovated and relaunched the former Thick House Theater in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill as Potrero Stage, a state-of-the-art center for new plays, home to PlayGround’s expanding artistic programs and some of the Bay Area’s most distinguished new play developers and producers. Over the past twenty-seven years, PlayGround has served to identify some of the most important new local voices for the theatre. PlayGround’s alumni have gone on to win local, national, and international honors for their short and full-length work, including recognition at the Humana Festival, O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, The Lark’s Playwrights’ Week, New York International Fringe Festival, and others. PlayGround received the 2009 Paine Knickerbocker Award for outstanding contributions to Bay Area theatre, 3 BATCC Awards for Best Original Script for PlayGround commissions, a 2014 National Theatre Company Grant from the American Theatre Wing (founder of the Tony Awards®), and a 2016 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award.

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CONTRIBUTORS

PlayGround is deeply grateful for the generous contributions of the many individuals, foundations, corporations and government agencies whose contributions make our work possible. This list reflects gifts of $125 or more committed between February 1, 2024 & February 17, 2025.

GOVERNMENT, CORPORATE, & FOUNDATION DONORS

Alameda County Arts Commission • Amazon • Art Space Development Corporation • Avenue Greenlight • Berkeley Civic Arts • Bill Graham Supporting Foundation of the Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund • California Arts Council • Creative Capacity Fund • Disney • Grants For The Arts • KFF • Koret Foundation • LA County Arts Commission • Lenore & Howard Klein Foundation • The Leo J. & Celia Carlin Fund • Negley Flinn Charitable Foundation • NIAC • Nvidia • Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation • Rye Financial Services • San Francisco Arts Commission • The Shubert Foundation • The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

SEASON SPONSORS ($5000+)

Lara Gilman & Jim Kleinmann

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ($2500+)

Emilie T. & Gordon C. Brooks, Daniel E. Cohn & Lynn Brinton, John H. Gilman, Isabella Johnson, Nitin

PRODUCERS CIRCLE ($1000-$2499)

Randy Adams, Meriko Borogove, Jediah Craig, David Goldman, Keith Goldstein & Donna N. Warrington, Regina Guggenheim, Just Play Productions, Linda Kremer, Ronald Whittier Family Foundation, Daniele Nathanson, Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock, John J. Ruskin, Tom Swift, Malachy Walsh & Heather Robison, Anonymous

PLAYWRIGHTS CIRCLE ($500-$999)

Linda Ayres-Frederick, Phoenix Theatre SF, Jim Brayton & Debbie Marr, Richard Davis – Lowell, Paulette Donsavage, Kate Hecht, Toby Inoue, Diane Leonard, Molly Noble & Bob Guilbault, Diane Sampson, Marian Scheuer Sofaer & Abraham D. Sofaer, Jon & Susan Sweedler, Janine Wilburn, Maury Zeff, Anonymous (2)

PATRON ($250-$499)

Nina Ball & Jon Tracy, Ruben & Keli Grijalva, Patience Haggin, Brandy T Jones, Abbe S. Kalos & Kitt Saginor, Dr. Gary W.  London, Rebecca Martinez, Christopher Reber, Chris & Cindy Redburn, JM Solberg, Anonymous (2)

ASSOCIATE MEMBER ($125-$249)

Dr. & Mrs. Sam & Naomi Abramovitz, Ms. Portia F. Bock, Cass Brayton, Thomas Patrick Broyhill, Joyce Dieda, Clint Fleener, Michael Fried, Gina Harris, Stanley William Hathaway, Gail Hillebrand & Hugh Barroll, Tanuja Devi Jagernauth, Jean Jensen, Gregg Le Blanc, Mildred Inez Lewis, Pam MacKinnon, Clover Rutkowski, Mark Peters, Ms. Jessica Rofé, Margo Rofé, Carolina Rojas Moretti, Kathy Sarconi, Stan Stone, Bex White, Susannah Wise & Scott Lebus, Anonymous

To contribute to PlayGround, visit https://playground-ch.org/contribute or contact PlayGround Associate Director of Development Lana Richards at lana@playground-sf.org or by phone at (415) 992-6677.

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PLAYGROUND-CHICAGO WRITERS POOL

Daniel Arzola, Kirsten Baity, Zach Barr, Henry Bender, Siah Berlatsky, Kevin Blair, Gabriella Bonamici, Jessie Bond, Anne Brady, Julie Campbell, Donaldson Cardenas, Ana Dalipi, Mikayla De Guzman, Rachel DuBose, Betsy Dudak, Liz Haas, Dana Hall, Toby Inoue, Tanuja Devi Jagernauth, Jerluane Jenkins, alfonzo kahlil, Beth Kander, Juliet Kang Huneke, Alex Kinglsey, Rachel Linton, Alan Maass, Marnie Monogue, Lani Montreal, Dakota Pariset, Mary Parisoe, Andrew Piechota, Jessica Puller, Jay Rehak, Keegon Schuett, Matt, Schutz, Katherine Swan.

PLAYGROUND-CHICAGO COMPANY

Brian Balcom, Devin Christor, Spencer Ryan Diedrick, Sheri Flanders, Ashley Graham, Scott Gryder, Charlotte Harris, Carmia Imani, Hannah Lynn Kato, Benjamin Kelly, Alka Nayyar, Leanna Oliveira, Dakota Pariset, Karla Rennhofer, Brooke-Erin Smith, Yiwen Wu, Braedyn Youngberg, Jordan Zelvin

PLAYGROUND STAFF

Jim Kleinmann, Co-Founder & Artistic Director
Devin Christor, Executive Producer
Brooke-Erin Smith, Associate Producer
Leanna Oliveira, Associate Producer
Maria Arreola, Casting Associate
Joey Reyes, 2024-25 Producing Fellow
Amal Salem, 2024-25 Producing Fellow

 

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