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 […]
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 […]