Posted on July 16, 2023
PlayGround closes out the summer season with the second annual FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL, August 11-27, at Potrero Stage and simulcast. The festival features the first-ever workshop of Melina Cohen-Bramwell’s PLEASE DON’T SLOW ME DOWN (Aug 11-13 7pm PDT), and the premieres of Akaina Ghosh’s CHARACTER ASSASSINATION (Aug 18-20 7pm PDT) and Ipsheeta Furtado’s DISTANCED DATES (Aug […]
Posted on May 22, 2023
PlayGround has announced the full lineup for its 27th annual FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS, running May 8-28, in-person at Potrero Stage, where the festival has been based since 2008, and simulcast online. A preeminent showcase for the next generation of great playwrights, the PlayGround Festival of New Works has helped launch dozens of the Bay […]
Posted on May 22, 2023
AfroSolo Theatre Company presents Program 3 of its 29th annual AfroSolo Arts Festival: “TRAIN STORIES”, June 9 & June 10 at 7pm PDT at Potrero Stage and simulcast, with on-demand access through June 30. All performances are admission-free and available both in-person and live-streamed (donations gratefully accepted). For more information or to reserve tickets, click […]
Posted on March 21, 2023
PlayGround announces Potrero Stage’s open availability from June 12, 2023 through January 4, 2026! Potrero Stage is PlayGround’s Center for New Plays, located in the heart of San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood. This state-of-the-art performance space features 99 seats on a raised riser, 16.6’ deck to grid, an extensive LED lighting and new digital sound […]
Posted on February 22, 2023
PlayGround and Poltergeist Theatre Project announce a limited run of GASLIT: A Trans Drag Parody co-created by Chris Steele and Sean Owens, March 9-10 at Potrero Stage and simulcast, following its sold-out run at Cutting Ball Theater this month. Admission is free (donations gratefully accepted and directly support the artists). For more information or to […]
Posted on February 10, 2023
The San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company (SFBATCO) presents the West Coast premiere of Mona Pirnot’s play Private, a searing exploration of personal privacy in the age of digital technology, March 16-April 2 at Potrero Stage. Helmed by director Peter J. Kuo, fresh off his production of A Christmas Carol at American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.), […]
Posted on January 31, 2023
AfroSolo Theatre Company, a sanctuary for Black art, culture, intellect, and entertainment, announces their latest partnership with playwright incubator PlayGround as part of PlayGround’s sixth annual PlayGround Solo Performance Festival, a curation of the best in Bay Area solo performance, running January 27 to February 12 presented live at San Francisco’s Potrero Stage and simulcast […]
Posted on December 30, 2022
Bread & Butter Theatre returns to Potrero Stage with David Hare’s Tony and Olivier award-winning play, SKYLIGHT. Broadway and the West End applauded this intensely clear-sighted play about a love affair. Kyra is surprised to see the son of her former lover in the doorway of her chilly London flat. He hopes she will reconcile […]
Posted on December 17, 2022
PlayGround announces the lineup for its sixth annual PlayGround Solo Performance Festival, a curation of the best in Bay Area solo performance, running January 27 to February 12 presented live at San Francisco’s Potrero Stage and simulcast online. The festival of new work features 9 double-bill performances by 10 California artists over three weeks, including […]
Posted on October 21, 2022
PlayGround marks the holiday season with a brand-new “twisted” holiday show, “A VERY HITCHCOCK CHRISTMAS,” featuring new short plays by Jeffrey Lo, Marissa Skudlarek, Cleavon Smith, Alexis Standridge, Eteya Trinidad, and Maury Zeff, melding holiday themes and your favorite Hitchcock thrillers, including “Vertigo”, “Rear Window”, “Notorious”, “North by Northwest”, “Strangers on a Train”, and “Rebecca”! […]