Posted on January 17, 2025
The people have spoken… The January People’s Choice Award goes to Toby Inoue for her short play, 23 and Me and Me and Me, presented as a staged reading live at Theater Wit and Simulcast on January 6th. Congratulations, Toby! Courtesy of Toby, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. […]
Posted on December 13, 2024
The people have spoken… The December People’s Choice Award goes to Betsy Dudak for her short play, Sandman’s Agreement, presented as a staged reading live at Theater Wit and Simulcast on December 2nd. Congratulations, Betsy! Courtesy of Betsy, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! Sandman’s Agreement by Betsy […]
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 14, 2024
The people have spoken… The November People’s Choice Award goes to Anne Brady for her short play, Disloyal, presented as a staged reading live at Theater Wit and Simulcast on November 4th. Congratulations, Anne! Courtesy of Anne, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! Disloyal by Anne Brady Cast […]
Posted on October 1, 2024
See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this October! Donaldson Cardenas will be appearing in the remount of The Conspirators’ “Commedia Divina- It’s Worse Than That” starting October 17th. This highly political romp through a re-imagined 9 Circles of Hell was called “bizarre and brilliant magic—a rollicking good time! (Third Coast Review) […]
Posted on April 7, 2024
The people have spoken… The April People’s Choice Award goes to Tanuja Devi Jagernauth for her short play, Oral History, presented as a staged reading live at Theater Wit and Simulcast on April 1st. Congratulations, Tanuja! Courtesy of Tanuja, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! Oral History by […]
Posted on April 1, 2024
Are you a Chicago-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 2024-25 PlayGround-Chicago Writers Pool. Only members of the Writers Pool are invited to submit for the Monday Night […]
Posted on March 15, 2024
The people have spoken… The March People’s Choice Award goes to Toby Inoue for her short play, Gibber, presented as a staged reading live at Theater Wit and Simulcast on March 4th. Congratulations, Toby! Courtesy of Toby, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! Gibber by Toby Inoue Characters […]
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, April […]
Posted on February 9, 2024
Don’t miss your chance to be part of PlayGround’s third annual Free-Play Festival! Applications are due by April 30, 2024. The Free-Play Festival is a three-week non-curated fringe-style platform to highlight new works from the national PlayGround community and beyond, offering each artist team three public performances in a state-of-the-art San Francisco theatre, in person […]