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 […]
Posted on September 1, 2023
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
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
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 15, 2023
PlayGround, a leading playwright incubator, is now looking for the next generation of great directors. PlayGround invites early-career and aspiring directors resident in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York City, or Chicago to apply for the 2023-24 Directing Apprenticeship program. Up to three directing apprentices will be selected in each region to […]
Posted on August 12, 2023
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
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 […]
Posted on August 11, 2023
See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this August! Spencer Ryan Diedrick will be directing “Once” at GhostLight Theatre this summer! Located in beautiful Benton Harbor, MI, the production runs August 10th through the 20th. Tickets and info available here. Sheri Flanders was announced as a quarterfinalist in the Screencraft Comedy Writing […]
Posted on July 1, 2023
See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this July! Spencer Ryan Diedrick is continuing his partnership with the Inclusive Playwright Project (IPP) and will be a featured director of their yearly event, Sketchtopia! This presentation of new work samples will be held Wednesday, July 12th at Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s 1700 Space. Tickets […]