Posted on August 15, 2025

Donna Fondjo

PlayGround Announces Selections for 2025-2026 NATIONAL PRODUCING FELLOWSHIPS: Fostering the Future of American Theatre Leadership

PlayGround has announced the 2025-26 Producing Fellows, a vibrant and diverse class of four next-gen theatre leaders drawn from across the country and who will work with PlayGround’s artistic staff and national producing teams over the next year in the SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. Fellows gain hands-on experience in the […]

Posted on August 5, 2025

Jacinta Kaumbulu

Company in the News Aug-2025

See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this August! Alex Kingsley’s new sci-fi horror play THE SUIT will receive a staged reading on August 27 at Special Interest Theater’s GENRE DIVERGENCE festival in St. Paul, Minnesota. Paige Kim Mesina is currently directing Time is a Popped Bubble at The Den Theatre, which […]

Posted on August 1, 2025

Jonathan Josephson

PlayGround Launches 30th Anniversary Campaign to Secure the Future!

In the face of extraordinarily difficult times for theatres nationwide, PlayGround is expanding its programming in four major American cities and expanding career-launching opportunities for theatre artists from across the nation. In support of these efforts and the 500+ actors, writers, directors, and technicians who are supported by PlayGround (and paid union wages), the company […]

Posted on July 27, 2025

Jonathan Josephson

PLAYGROUND-CHICAGO’S 4th SEASON WRITERS POOL, RESIDENT PLAYWRIGHTS, COMMISSIONS ANNOUNCED

PlayGround, a leading national playwright incubator and theatre community hub, is pleased to share plans for its 32nd anniversary season. The season announcement coincides with the release of the 2025-26 Writers Pools, 112 early-career playwrights in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, who will participate in PlayGround’s signature incubator program, […]

Posted on July 3, 2025

Katie Brown

Company in the News July-2025

See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this July! Award-winning playwright Dana Hall brings her signature wit and heart to Cue the Comedy, a fresh collection of original audition monologues designed for actors who want to make a memorable impression. Whether you’re prepping for the stage or screen, these monologues offer dynamic […]

Posted on June 6, 2025

Jonathan Josephson

Announcing the 2025-26 Playwright Commissions

PlayGround is thrilled to announce the five playwrights who will receive paid commissions to adapt their award-winning short plays into evening-length works over the next year: Anne Brady, Madeleine Butler, Laura Domingo, Baylee Shlichtman, and Camron Wright! Each playwright will take part in the 2025-26 residency and receive readings and other development opportunities over the […]

Posted on June 1, 2025

Katie Brown

Company in the News June-2025

See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this June! Alex Kingsley’s play UNPLANNED OBSOLESCENCE will get a staged reading as part of Gender Fucked Productions’ Trans Scribe Festival at Steppenwolf. Click here for tickets. Skylar Frishman is very excited to announce they have accepted a full time entertainer position at Walt Disney […]

Posted on May 5, 2025

Amal Salem

Best of PlayGround-Chicago Playbill

PlayGround-Chicago presents Season 3 in association with Theater Wit BEST OF PLAYGROUND(CH) ’25 May 5th, 2025 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 May 1, 2025

Joey Reyes

Company in the News May-2025

See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this May! Joel Willison is producing Direct Address, a director-focused community event happening May 12 at The Understudy. This is a great opportunity for Chicago creatives to connect, share, and spark new collaborations. Learn more and purchase tix here. Siah Berlatsky has a brand-new piece […]