Now Accepting Applications for the 2022-23 Directing Apprenticeship Program

PlayGround-Chicago, Chicago’s newest playwright incubator, is also looking for the next generation of great directors. PlayGround invites early-career and aspiring directors resident in Chicago, San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, or New York City to apply for the 2022-23 Directing Apprenticeship program. Up to three directing apprentices will be selected in each region to assist with/observe three rounds of the Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series (90 minutes of rehearsal and brief tech for each round) and then receive their Monday Night PlayGround directing debut in one of the remaining rounds.

Other opportunities available to PlayGround-Chicago Directing Apprentices include: participation in the monthly Monday Night PlayGround script selections; virtual attendance at the monthly in-house Recess play readings; opportunity to assistant direct for PlayGround-Chicago main stage productions; and invitation to PlayGround Resident Playwright and Alumni in-house play readings.

To apply, submit a cover letter, resume and references using this Google form. Applications are due by 11:59pm on September 16, 2022 and selections will be announced by October 1. BIPOC, trans/gender non-conforming, and differently-abled artists encouraged to apply.