Posted on May 18, 2023
PlayGround is excited to announce immediate openings to join the 2023-2024 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 May 16, 2023
See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this May! Rammel Chan’s Tomato Tattoo, originally presented as part of the inaugural Best of PlayGround-Chicago Gala, will represent PlayGround-Chicago at the One PlayGround Festival, June 2-4, at Potrero Stage in San Francisco and simulcast. Rammel is also co-starring in Matthew C. Yee’s world premiere […]
Posted on April 28, 2023
PlayGround Chicago presents Season 1 BEST OF PLAYGROUND-CHICAGO GALA May 1, 2023 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 inhabitants of […]
Posted on April 10, 2023
The people have spoken… The April People’s Choice Award goes to Dana Hall for her short play, (Un)drinkable, presented as a staged reading Simulcast & On-Demand via Vimeo Live on April 3rd. Congratulations, Dana! Courtesy of Dana, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy! (UN)DRINKABLE by Dana Hall CAST: […]
Posted on April 10, 2023
Playwright incubator PlayGround-Chicago celebrates the best writers and short works from its inaugural season and its first in-person performance at the BEST OF PLAYGROUND-CHICAGO GALA, on Monday, May 1, 7pm CT, live at Theater Wit (1229 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60657) and simulcast via Vimeo Live! The Best of PlayGround-Chicago Gala features a special […]
Posted on April 1, 2023
See what PlayGround-CH Writers and Company Members are up to this April! Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend‘s climate change comedy, Come Again, will be one of four plays presented as part of Bay Street Theater’s Title Wave New Works Festival in Sag Harbor, NY, on May 6th at 2pm. Get tickets here. Karissa Murrell Myers’ play THE […]
Posted on March 31, 2023
PlayGround Chicago presents Season 1 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND PLANET EARTH ARTS NEW PLAY FESTIVAL Topic: “Grief and Hope for Planet Earth” April 3, 2023 7pm CT Simulcast & On-Demand via Vimeo Live ACKNOWLEDGING THE LEGACY OF THE LAND WE INHABIT PlayGround-Chicago acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the people of the […]
Posted on March 20, 2023
See what PlayGround-CH Writers and Company Members are up to this March! The first 35 minutes of Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend‘s full-length comedy about reproductive rights, “Abort: The Mission,” will be read and workshopped with The Bechdel Group in NYC at The Tank (312 W 36th St) on Monday, March 20 at 6:30pm. John N. Frank […]
Posted on March 3, 2023
Are you a Chicago-based early-career or aspiring professional playwright? Have you ever wanted to see your plays performed on stage by leading local professional actors? Do you respond well to deadlines? PlayGround is seeking applications for the 2023-24 PlayGround-Chicago Writers Pool. Only members of the Writers Pool are invited to submit for the Monday Night […]
Posted on March 3, 2023
PlayGround Chicago presents Season 1 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND Topic: “Adapt a Classic Folktale or Myth” March 6, 2023 7pm CT Simulcast & On-Demand via Vimeo Live The Truth About Acorns by Gabriella Bonamici Directed by Charlique Rolle Gordon…………………Dakota Pariset Penny………………………Tansu Philip Dave……………………….Caleb Gibson Dr. Lucy……………..Charlotte Harris The Check In by Tanuja Devi Jagernauth Directed by […]