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Posted on October 26, 2023

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround’s 5th annual Innovators Showcase / Nov 6-26

PlayGround has announced the programming lineup for the 5th annual INNOVATORS SHOWCASE, featuring new works by the 2023 Innovator Incubator Cohort, Analog Theatre, The Chikahan Company, Native Writers’ Theater, Oakland Public Theater, Network Effects Theater Company, and Poltergeist Theatre Project, along with past incubator companies Kunoichi Productions, Latinx Mafia, and Theatre Cultura. The Innovator Incubator was launched in […]

Posted on September 20, 2023

Jim Kleinmann

Golden Thread Productions presents ReOrient Festival 2023

ReOrient 2023 celebrates the return of Golden Thread Productions’ signature program, an innovative and spirited festival of short plays from or about the Middle East, running October 13-November 4, 2023 (Thu, Fri, Sat at 8 pm; Sun at 3 pm) at Potrero Stage, 1695 18th Street, San Francisco. The dizzying line-up is diverse in content […]

Posted on September 20, 2023

Jim Kleinmann

Be Careful Productions presents DUVAL CHRONICLES, written & performed by Jeremy Smith

Be Careful Productions presents the Northern California premiere of Jeremy Smith’s upending, one-act show, DUVAL CHRONICLES, for two nights only, September 29 & 30 at 8pm PDT at Potrero Stage. Based on his coming-of-age memoir, Duval Chronicles, Smith takes his audience on an unfiltered joy ride through Duval County. Eliminating the fourth wall and pouring […]

Posted on September 6, 2023

Jim Kleinmann

AfroSolo presents STANDING TALL, Aug 15-16 & 22-23

The AfroSolo Theatre Company continues its thirty-year tradition of showcasing the best in Black art and culture this month at Potrero Stage with STANDING TALL, two diverse programs featuring classical music, singing, theater, dance, poetry, hip hop dance and jazz by some of the foremost artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. Program 1, September […]

Posted on July 16, 2023

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround Announces the Second Annual FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL Aug 11-27

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

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround presents the 27th annual Festival of New Works, May 8-28

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

Jim Kleinmann

AfroSolo presents 29th AfroSolo Arts Festival: “Train Stories” June 9 & 10

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

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround Announces Potrero Stage Availability Thru 2025

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

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround & Poltergeist present a Limited Run of GASLIT: A Trans Drag Parody!

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

Jim Kleinmann

SFBATCO presents West Coast Premiere of PRIVATE

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.), […]