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 23, 2024
PlayGround is excited to announce immediate openings to join the 2024-2025 Producing Fellowship, designed to foster the next generation of leadership for the American Theatre. We are looking for individuals passionate about theatre and looking to make an impact on the field while developing the skill set to do so for a living. Candidates must […]
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 […]
Posted on February 3, 2024
PlayGround-Chicago presents Season 2 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “The Shakespeare Multiverse” February 5, 2024 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 […]
Posted on February 1, 2024
See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this February! There’s no party like a PlayGround party and the proof is in the pudding! One of of our PlayGround-Chicago directors, Joel Willison, is co-producing Freshly Brewed, The Understudy’s new monthly New Play Reading series. The February play will be Crush(ed) by PlayGround-Chicago’s Casting […]
Posted on January 26, 2024
“And I’ll remember/The strength that you gave me/Now that I’m standing on my own/I’ll remember/The way that you saved me/I’ll remember”- Madonna, “I’ll Remember” (1994) Don your best denim tuxedo and join PlayGround in celebrating its 30th anniversary with a musical Monday Night inspired by the year of PlayGround’s founding, 1994! Join us on Monday, […]
Posted on January 5, 2024
See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this January! Open-Door Playhouse will feature Dana Hall‘s play (Un)Drinkable. (Un)Drinkable is a powerful call to action as it takes on the impact of the clean water crisis on marginalized communities. Dana Hall is an award-winning playwright that is known for using her voice to […]
Posted on December 30, 2023
PlayGround-Chicago presents Season 2 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “Surviving the Holidays“ January 01, 2024 7pm CT Vimeo Live Simulcast & On-Demand 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 […]
Posted on December 28, 2023
“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” – Hamlet Act 1 Scene 5, William Shakespeare What if King Hamlet had discovered his brother’s plans before the treacherous poisoning? Or if Romeo had arrived just a few minutes later to discover Juliet awakening? PlayGround playwrights take us […]
Posted on December 15, 2023
The people have spoken… The December People’s Choice Award goes to Toby Inoue for her short play, Knotty Acknowledgements, presented as a staged reading Simulcast & On-Demand via Vimeo Live on Dec 4th. Congratulations, Toby! Courtesy of Toby, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! KNOTTY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by Toby Inoue […]