PlayGround-Chicago Writers Pool 2025-26

Daniel Arzola, Siah Berlatsky, Anne Brady, Andrea Berting, Jessie Bond, Anne Brady, Rachel Chin, Mikayla De Guzman, Kimberly Dixon-Mays, Betsy Dudak,Liz Haas, Dana Hall, James Hayakawa, Toby Inoue, Arti Ishak, Tanuja Devi Jagernauth, Jerluane Jenkins, Jessica Johnson, alfonzo kahlil, Juliet Kang Huneke, Alex Kingsley, Alan Maass, Sydney MacGilvray, Shail Modi, J.S. Puller, Shannon Pritchard, Jay Rehak, Matt Schutz, Katherine Swan.

PlayGround Resident Playwrights 2025-26

San Francisco: Monique Adams, Robyn Brooks, Tom Bruett, Garret Groenveld, KT Frances Hartline**, Vicky Pham, Richard Perez*, Evy Pine, Sophia Ruf, Stan Stone, Maury Zeff;

Los Angeles: Michael Adams, Damian Arteaga*, Esther Banegas Gatica**, Rachel Harner, Jonathan Josephson, Mildred Lewis, Cara Sanchez, Baylee Shlichtman; Daysha Veronica, Jennie Webb

New York: Ash, Saiya Floyd, Dana Leslie Goldstein, Bram Hartman, Wade Lawrence Hollomon, Nina Ki, Uma Incrocci**, Gaurav Michra, Lyra Nalan;

Chicago: Anne Brady, Betsy Dudak, Dana Hall*, Toby Inoue**, alfonzo kahlil, Alex Kingsley, Bacillio Mendez II, Shail Modi, J.S. Puller, Matt Shultz, Katherine Swan.

* Playwrights under commission for the 2026-27 season
** June Anne Baker Award Winner

PlayGround-Chicago Company

Manny Buckley, Valerie Butler-Newbern, Devin Christor, Andrea Conway-Diaz, Yvette Corrine, Lynda Cortez, Vivian Delgadillo, Spencer Diedrick, Eileen Dixon, Sheri Flanders, Skylar Frishman, Ashley Graham, Scott Gryder, Charlotte Harris, Carmia Imani, Hannah Lynn Kato, Benjamin Kelly, Charlie Levinson, Beau Malone, Kaeli Meno, Paige Mesina, Ilsa Morales, Alka Nayyar, Leanna Oliveira, Dakota Pariset, Kendall Phillips, Shariba Rivers, Diana Simonzadeh, Brooke-Erin Smith, Peter Stielstra, Tyler Struble, William C. Thompson, Kezia Waters, Karla Wren, Braedyn Youngberg, Jordan Zelvin.

Staff

Jim Kleinmann, Co-Founder & Artistic Director
Devin Christor, Executive Producer
Leanna Oliveira, Associate Producer
Brooke-Erin Smith, Associate Producer
Karissa Murrell Myers, Casting Director
Donna Fondjo, 2025-26 Producing Fellow
Jordan Don, 2025-26 Producing Fellow
Juliana Morgado Brito, 2025-26 Producing Fellow
Devin Cunningham, 2025-26 Producing Fellow