Posted on September 17, 2024
PlayGround, a leading national playwright incubator and theatre community hub, is pleased to share plans for its 30th Anniversary Season – PlayGround’s signature Monday Night PlayGround, the nation’s longest-running and largest staged reading series – performed in-person and simulcast in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City and Chicago, October 14, 2024 through April 7, […]
Posted on September 1, 2024
See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this September! Matt Schutz’s play, The Second First Kiss, which was written and performed as part of Playground-CH’s first season, was adapted into a short film and has been making the festival circuits! You can catch the film at FilmOUT San Diego on Saturday, Sept. […]
Posted on August 26, 2024
PlayGround, a leading national playwright incubator and theatre community hub, is pleased to share plans for its 30th anniversary season. The season announcement coincides with the release of the 2024-25 Writers Pools, 144 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 August 1, 2024
See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this August! Joel Willison will be directing a reading at Waukegan Theatre Festival called CHUAN and EVE written by Lyra Nalan. Tickets available here. Gabriella Bonamici is pleased to share a special offer on behalf of Pegasus Theatre. ‘DONTRELL, WHO KISSED THE SEA by Nathan […]
Posted on July 18, 2024
PlayGround has announced the 2024-25 Producing Fellows, a vibrant and diverse class of seven 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 July 1, 2024
See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this July! Check out Token Theatre’s first full production, ever – at A Red Orchid Theatre! As a member of Token, Alka Nayyar is so proud to have helped put this together over the last several years. The show had a fabulous opening on 6/23. […]
Posted on June 18, 2024
PlayGround will mark its third decade of incubating new plays by hosting simultaneous parties in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco on Monday, September 16, 2024. The events, which will also be livestreamed, will feature a starry array of playwright alumni, including many of the busiest names in theatre today. The PlayGround […]
Posted on June 7, 2024
See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this June! Carmia Imani is Lacey-May in TOP GIRL, OR THE CHEERLEADER PLAY by Evalena Lakin at Bramble Theatre’s 3rd Annual Festival of Unfinished Work! The show will be at the newly-opened Bramble Arts Loft, June 26 – 30, 2024. Thurs – Sat at 7:30 […]
Posted on May 9, 2024
PlayGround is thrilled to announce the lineup for PlayGround’s 2nd Annual Best of the Best of PlayGround. This unique showcase is a culmination of the 2023-24 Monday Night seasons hosted in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. The line-up includes Bessie in Medias Res by Robyn Brooks (San Francisco), Love Language of Origin […]
Posted on April 28, 2024
See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this May! Karissa Murrell Myers’ play, BLACK BEAR ISLAND will be featured at Renaissance Theaterworks’ Br!nk Festival on May 18, 2024. Additionally, her short play SEARCH FOR AN ENDING will be performed at City Theatre’s Summer Shorts: Flipping the Script in Miami. Festival funs June […]