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PlayGround to Present SHAKESPEARE SEQUELS With Marin Shakespeare And SF Shakes
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 07, 2025
PlayGround writers are set to take on a new sector of the Bard's not-previously-explored canon: THE SHAKESPEARE SEQUELS. Learn more about the upcoming events and see how to attend....
New Conservatory Theatre Center Announces the West Coast Premiere of THE GULF- AN ELEGY
by A.A. Cristi - September 05, 2024
NCTC announced the West Coast premiere of Audrey Cefaly's THE GULF - AN ELEGY this October. The play, winner of the 2018 Lammy for LGBTQ Drama, explores the complexities of a relationship in the Alabama delta....
Heather Tyson's TITLE PENDING Will Make its San Francisco Debut
by Stephi Wild - August 05, 2024
Heather Tyson, now a multiple award-winning Solo Artist, is bringing her acclaimed solo show, TITLE PENDING, to Playground SF's FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL on August 17, 23 and 24....
New Theatre Developer PlayGround to Celebrate 30 Years with Gala in Four Cities
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 18, 2024
One of the nation’s oldest and most respected developers of new works for the theatre, 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. Learn how to attend....
PlayGround's Free-Play Festival to Return in August at Potrero Stage
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 17, 2024
PlayGround's Free-Play Festival will return in Augus at Potrero Stage, featuring 11 diverse productions by theatre artists nationwide. Enjoy a variety of performances from dance to ensemble plays. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...
PlayGround to Host a Potrero Hill Community Celebration This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 16, 2024
Join PlayGround on May 24 for a Potrero Hill Community Celebration with a mural dedication by Natalie Contreras and performances from the 16th annual Young Playwrights Project featuring Bay Area high school students. Learn more about the event!...
Full Lineup Set For PlayGround's 28th Annual Festival Of New Works
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 19, 2024
Discover the full lineup for PLAYGROUND'S 28TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS, featuring premiere presentations and developmental readings by emerging playwrights. Learn about the plays and see how to purchase tickets. ...
Cast Announced for PlayGround's 28th Festival of New Works Premieres From Anne Yumi Kobori and Jacob Marx Rice
by A.A. Cristi - March 26, 2024
Meet the cast for PlayGround's 28th Festival of New Works Premieres featuring APERTURES OF LOVE IN TIMES OF WAR and A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS. ...
PlayGround Celebrates BEST OF PLAYGROUND(SF) '24 This May
by A.A. Cristi - March 25, 2024
Discover the lineup for the BEST OF PLAYGROUND(SF) '24, part of PlayGround's 30th season....
PlayGround to Present THE LEGACY OF THE LAND WE INHABIT in November
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 17, 2023
Join PlayGround on November 20th at 7PM PT for an evening of original short plays inspired by 'The Legacy of the Land We Inhabit.' Don't miss this opportunity to experience thought-provoking performances that bring awareness to land acknowledgment. Reserve your tickets now!...
Past Shows
Innovators Showcase
11/4 - 11/24/2024
The PlayGround Innovator Incubator is a multi-year intensive incubation program to support theatrical innovation and the launch of new innovative theatrical production companies. In November/December ...
Join us in kicking off our 30th Anniversary Season with a Monday Night full of the stories you thought you knew and the stories you ...
Interrogations: Pre-Election Coverage
10/3 - 10/20/2024
Interrogations: Pre-Election Coverage features three thought-provoking plays: Harold Pinter's The New World Order and One for the Road, alongside Nirmala Nataraj's People of the Shifting ...
Where I Come From
8/17 - 8/25/2024
Where I Come From is a solo play written and performed by Jerry Metzker, exploring the harrowing journey of 19-year-old Fergus Maloney as he escapes ...
Festival: Best of PlayGround (SF)'24
5/25 - 5/26/2024
PlayGround is thrilled to announce the selected plays and playwrights for our annual ten-minute play fest, BEST OF PLAYGROUND(SF) ’24, including first-time festival writers Robyn ...
The biblical "crazy women" Eve, Jezebel, Lot's Wife, and Lillith have been committed to mental health treatment program, but they might find a way out.
Festival Premiere: A Thousand Natural Shocks
5/18 - 5/19/2024
A Thousand Natural Shocks follows Kennedy who navigates the chaos of IVF, the inevitability of pain, and the Tik-Tok teen crashing on their couch.
A man trapped in a deadly storm during his ascent of Mount Everest must wrestle with ghosts of the past—both figurative and literal.
Work/Shoot by Matthew Y. Morishige: Maya Money, Aurora, and Farrah Fenix fight to find what's real in the "heightened" world of professional wrestling.
Festival Premiere: Apertures of Love in Times of War
5/11 - 5/12/2024
PlayGround Festival of New Works Presents APERTURES OF LOVE IN TIMES OF WAR by Anne Yumi Kobori (a Festival Premiere Presentation) Directed by Katja Rivera ...
After the crewed mission to Mars ends in tragedy, the daughter and husband of a deceased astronaut plan a risky mission to recover the bodies.
The award-winning playwrights featured in this year’s Festival of New Works will discuss their plays and the role of new works in American theatre.
PlayGround Solo Performance Festival
1/26 - 2/11/2024
PlayGround’s annual celebration of the best in California solo performance.Now going on its seventh year, this year’s Solo Fest runs January 26-February 11, 2024.
What if King Hamlet had discovered his brother’s plans before the treacherous poisoning? Or if Romeo had arrived just a few minutes later to discover ...
A Very HitchC*CK Christmas
12/10 - 12/17/2023
PlayGround presents its second annual "twisted" holiday show: A VERY HITCHCOCK CHRISTMAS! Featuring six cinnamon-spiced, deliciously dark short plays inspired by Rear Window, Rebecca, Rope
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Voctave: The Corner of Broadway & Main Street
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall (1/21 - 1/22) | |
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Daisy
Hillbarn Theatre (1/23 - 2/9) | |
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Happy Pleasant Valley
Lesher Center for the Arts (6/1 - 6/29) | ||
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MJ
San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (7/29 - 8/3) | |
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TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents Hershey Felder in Rachmaninoff and the Tsar
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts (1/10 - 2/9) | |
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Head Over Heels
City Lights Theater Company (7/17 - 8/24) | |
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Voctave: The Corner of Broadway & Main Street
Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall (1/21 - 1/21) | |
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Dear San Francisco
Club Fugazi (10/12 - 7/31) | |
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Uncle Vanya
Peet's Theatre at Berkley Rep (2/14 - 3/23) | |
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