Posted on June 16, 2026

Jonathan Josephson

One PlayGround Gala Celebrating 25th Anniversary of the June Anne Baker Prize

PlayGround will honor four theatre luminaries at our annual four-city gala on Monday, September 14th. In conjunction with the 25th anniversary of PlayGround’s June Anne Baker Prize, one of the nation’s longest-running play commissions dedicated to the next generation of promising women/non-binary playwrights, PlayGround will recognize significant theatre artists and producers who have elevated womxn […]

Posted on June 1, 2026

Donna Fondjo

Company in the News June-2026

PlayGround-Chicago Writers, Company Members, and Alumni are up to this June including: Matt Schutz, J.S. Puller, Andrea C. Conway-Diaz, Leanna Gianoutsos Oliveira, Katherine Swan, and Spencer Ryan Diedrick! Leanna Gianoutsos Oliveira is a founding member/creative producer at Ways & Means Theatre – a brand new Chicago theatre company! Check us out and join our mailing […]

Posted on May 1, 2026

Jim Kleinmann

Company in the News May-2026

PlayGround-Chicago Writers, Company Members, and Alumni are up to this May including: Mab De Guzman, Dana Hall, Toby Inoue, Alex Kingsley, and Jay Rehak! Dana Hall‘s play WHAT THE BONES REMEMBER has been named a Semi-Finalist for the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference. A story grounded in memory, grief, and the unseen threads that bind […]

Posted on April 25, 2026

Donna Fondjo

Best of PlayGround-Chicago Playbill 2026

PlayGround-Chicago presents Season 3 in association with Theater Wit BEST OF PLAYGROUND(CH) ’26 April 27th, 2026 7pm PT Theater Wit & Vimeo Live 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 […]

Posted on April 24, 2026

Jonathan Josephson

Applications Open for PlayGround’s Inaugural Twisted Holiday Theatre Festival

Applications are now being accepted for PlayGround’s first annual TWISTED HOLIDAY FESTIVAL, November 27-December 20, at Potrero Stage in San Francisco and simulcast. This four-week “fringe style” new works festival will feature up to 20 productions and 60 performances of new holiday-themed works (with a twist!) by talented theatre artists from across the country including […]

Posted on April 10, 2026

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround Education’s Spring/Summer Workshops & Masterclasses

PlayGround, a leading national playwright incubator, has announced three new offerings as a part of its revamped education program for adults. The workshops and masterclasses will be lead by acclaimed playwrights Steve Yockey (Emmy Nominee & Multiple NNPN Rolling World Premieres), Rachel Bublitz (NNPN Rolling World Premiere, Funny Like An Abortion) and Bay Area producer/dramaturg […]

Posted on March 27, 2026

Donna Fondjo

Company in the News April-2026

PlayGround-Chicago Writers, Company Members, and Alumni are up to this April including: Jay Rehak, Shariba Rivers,  Joel Willison, Toby Inoue, and Sydney MacGilvray! Jay Rehak. Playground Playwright JS Puller is the featured guest on Season 5 Episode 2 of the “Tell Me What Happened” podcast hosted by Playground Playwright Jay Rehak. LISTEN HERE! Shariba Rivers. […]

Posted on March 20, 2026

Donna Fondjo

PlayGround-Chicago Announces Best of 4th Season

PlayGround-Chicago, a leading national playwright incubator and theatre community hub, is pleased to share the lineup for Best of PlayGround(Chicago) ‘26. Originally developed among 24 new short plays through PlayGround-Chicago’s Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series, these plays will receive a special one-night encore performance on April 27, 2026 at 7pm PT at Theater Wit […]