Posted on December 3, 2023
PlayGround-Chicago presents Season 2 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “The Legacy of the Land We Inhabit“ December 04, 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, […]
Posted on December 1, 2023
See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this December! Joel Willison is a producer for Pocket Playfest at the Understudy, December 1-2! Come see 6 original works and meet emerging playwrights/directors! Tickets here! Joel is also directing STAKEHOLDERS by Dakota Brown for The Runaways Lab Theatre’s 10-minute Play Festival on December 7-10. […]
Posted on November 28, 2023
PlayGround has had a busy year. With Monday Night PlayGround programs running in-person and streaming online in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and the Bay Area, we are supporting 400+ writers, directors, actors and stage managers across the country as they create over 140 bold new works for the stage in a supportive community of […]
Posted on November 24, 2023
“You guys give up? Or are you thirsty for more?”- Kevin McCallister, Home Alone (1990) Come celebrate the holidays PlayGround-style at the next round of Monday Night PlayGround, January 1 at 7PM CT, performed and simulcast online, featuring original short plays inspired by the prompt “Surviving the Holidays”. PlayGround-Chicago’s sister companies, PlayGround-LA, PlayGround, and PlayGround-NY will present their […]
Posted on November 10, 2023
The people have spoken… The October People’s Choice Award goes to Tanuja Devi Jagernauth for her short play, Therapy with the Vampire, presented as a staged reading Simulcast & On-Demand via Vimeo Live on October 30th. Congratulations, Tanuja! Courtesy of Tanuja, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! THERAPY WITH […]
Posted on November 1, 2023
See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this November! Perceptions Theatre is hosting a reading of alfonzo kahlil‘s play SCORPIO on November 18th at 2:30pm at their space (1825 E 79th St, Chicago, IL 60649) and on November 25th at Chicago Dramatists in collaboration with Prop Thtr (798 N Aberdeen St, Chicago, […]
Posted on October 29, 2023
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 20, 2023
“The land knows you, even when you are lost.” – Robin Wall Kimmerer, “Braiding Sweetgrass” PlayGround welcomes you to join us for the next round of Monday Night PlayGround, presented on Monday, December 4, 7PM CT, live at Theater Wit and simulcast online. Produced in partnership with the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (ARO) as part […]
Posted on October 1, 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 22, 2023
“A people without knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” – Marcus Garvey, political activist PlayGround-Chicago blasts into its 2nd season of innovative new plays – and first fully in-person – by taking you back to before the beginning! Join us for a new round of the Monday […]