Posted on October 29, 2023

Carmia Lowe

October 30 Monday Night PlayGround Playbill

PlayGround-Chicago presents Season 2 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “Origin Story” October 30, 2023 7pm CT Live at Theater Wit + 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 […]

Posted on October 1, 2023

Christy Spence

Company in the News October 2023

See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this October! Joel Willison is working alongside director Mikael Burke as assistant director for Tambo and Bones, opening on October 15th at the Den. Tickets can be found here! Dan Taube‘s new play, “Frankentherapy”, will premiere at The Stella Adler Theatre in Los Angeles in […]

Posted on September 1, 2023

Jim Kleinmann

2023-24 Monday Night PlayGround Tickets on Sale!

PlayGround is thrilled to announce the 30th season of Monday Night PlayGround, the nation’s longest-running and most celebrated staged reading series, now available in the SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, NYC and Chicago, both in-person and simulcast. The season kicks off at Hollywood’s Broadwater Theaters on October 9, 2023 and concludes April 1, 2024 at […]

Posted on September 1, 2023

Darius Adamson

Company in the News September 2023

See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this September! Kirsten Baity is intimacy directing American Psycho this month at the Chopin Theatre. Juliana Liscio is the Catherine understudy in Shattered Globe’s production of A View from the Bridge, opening September 8th. Adelina Marinello is performing in the Chicago premiere of GAY CARD […]

Posted on August 24, 2023

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround-Chicago Season 2 Writers Pool, Schedule & Auditions!

PlayGround-Chicago, the first Midwest expansion of the celebrated national playwright incubator, is pleased to share plans for its second season, including the Season 2 Writers Pool, 34 early-career Chicago-based playwrights competitively selected from applications received this summer. Over the course of the upcoming 2023-24 season, these writers will generate over 150 original short plays, of […]

Posted on August 12, 2023

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround Announces Theatre Heroes for September 18th Gala

PlayGround has announced its PlayGround Heroes, three individuals/organizations who have made a notable impact on PlayGround and the PlayGround community over the past three decades, to be honored at the One PlayGround Gala. PlayGround’s annual fundraiser will take place in-person and online on Monday evening, September 18 at San Francisco’s Potrero Stage, Los Angeles’ Broadwater […]

Posted on August 12, 2023

River Bermudez-Sanders

PlayGround Announces 2023-24 Producing Fellows: 8 Next-Gen Theatre Leaders!

PlayGround has announced the 2023-24 Producing Fellows, an expanded class of eight next-gen theatre leaders drawn from across the country and who will work with PlayGround’s artistic staff and producing team on the company’s award-winning incubator programs over the next year in the SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. Fellows gain hands-on […]