Posted on June 1, 2026
PlayGround-Chicago Writers, Company Members, and Alumni are up to this June including: Matt Schutz, J.S. Puller, Andrea C. Conway-Diaz, Leanna Gianoutsos Oliveira, Katherine Swan, and Spencer Ryan Diedrick! Leanna Gianoutsos Oliveira is a founding member/creative producer at Ways & Means Theatre – a brand new Chicago theatre company! Check us out and join our mailing […]
Posted on May 15, 2026
PlayGround closes out the summer season with the fifth annual FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL, July 31st – August 23rd, 2026, at Potrero Stage and simulcast. This four-week “fringe style” new works festival features 21 productions and 61 performances by talented theatre artists from across the country including PlayGround artists based in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, New […]
Posted on May 1, 2026
PlayGround-Chicago Writers, Company Members, and Alumni are up to this May including: Mab De Guzman, Dana Hall, Toby Inoue, Alex Kingsley, and Jay Rehak! Dana Hall‘s play WHAT THE BONES REMEMBER has been named a Semi-Finalist for the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference. A story grounded in memory, grief, and the unseen threads that bind […]
Posted on April 25, 2026
PlayGround-Chicago presents Season 3 in association with Theater Wit BEST OF PLAYGROUND(CH) ’26 April 27th, 2026 7pm PT Theater Wit & Vimeo Live 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 […]
Posted on April 24, 2026
Applications are now being accepted for PlayGround’s first annual TWISTED HOLIDAY FESTIVAL, November 27-December 20, at Potrero Stage in San Francisco and simulcast. This four-week “fringe style” new works festival will feature up to 20 productions and 60 performances of new holiday-themed works (with a twist!) by talented theatre artists from across the country including […]
Posted on April 22, 2026
Show your support for your favorite New Works Festival project by becoming an Executive or Associate Producer! Festival Producers enjoy exclusive perks, including their name on the title card of their chosen play with a tax-deductible contribution of just $500 or $250, respectively. This is a great way to support the writers, directors, and actors you […]
Posted on April 10, 2026
PlayGround, a leading national playwright incubator, has announced three new offerings as a part of its revamped education program for adults. The workshops and masterclasses will be lead by acclaimed playwrights Steve Yockey (Emmy Nominee & Multiple NNPN Rolling World Premieres), Rachel Bublitz (NNPN Rolling World Premiere, Funny Like An Abortion) and Bay Area producer/dramaturg […]
Posted on March 27, 2026
PlayGround-Chicago Writers, Company Members, and Alumni are up to this April including: Jay Rehak, Shariba Rivers, Joel Willison, Toby Inoue, and Sydney MacGilvray! Jay Rehak. Playground Playwright JS Puller is the featured guest on Season 5 Episode 2 of the “Tell Me What Happened” podcast hosted by Playground Playwright Jay Rehak. LISTEN HERE! Shariba Rivers. […]
Posted on March 20, 2026
PlayGround-Chicago, a leading national playwright incubator and theatre community hub, is pleased to share the lineup for Best of PlayGround(Chicago) ‘26. Originally developed among 24 new short plays through PlayGround-Chicago’s Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series, these plays will receive a special one-night encore performance on April 27, 2026 at 7pm PT at Theater Wit […]
Posted on March 19, 2026
The people have spoken… The 2026 March People’s Choice Award goes to Toby Inoue for her short play, Mukashi Mukashi, presented as a staged reading live at Theater Wit and Simulcast on March 16. Congratulations, Toby! Courtesy of Toby, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! Mukashi Mukashi by Toby […]