Posted on August 12, 2023

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround Announces Theatre Heroes for September 18th Gala

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

River Bermudez-Sanders

PlayGround Announces 2023-24 Producing Fellows: 8 Next-Gen Theatre Leaders!

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

Zoe Chien

Company in the News August 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

Zoe Chien

Company in the News July 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 […]

Posted on June 9, 2023

Zoe Chien

Company in the News June 2023

See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this June! Dakota Pariset is self producing “The Survivalist” by Robert Schenkkan as part of Curious Theatre Branch’s Rhino Fest 2023. Performances are at Color Club (4146 N Elston Ave) in Chicago, and will be Saturday June 3, 10, 17 and 24 at 1:00pm. Tickets […]

Posted on May 26, 2023

Savannah Greene

Applications for 2nd Annual Free-Play Festival Extended through June 16!

Don’t miss your chance to be part of PlayGround’s second annual Free-Play Festival! Applications have been extended through June 16. The Free-Play Festival is a three-week non-curated fringe-style platform to highlight new works from the national PlayGround community and beyond, offering each artist team three public performances in a state-of-the-art San Francisco theatre, in person […]

Posted on May 16, 2023

Jim Kleinmann

Company in the News May 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

Savannah Greene

Best of PlayGround-Chicago Gala Playbill May-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

Jim Kleinmann

The April People’s Choice Award goes to…

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: […]