Posted on May 30, 2025

Jonathan Josephson

Golden Thread presents “ORIENTAL, or 1001 Ways to Tie Yourself in Knots”

Golden Thread Productions presents a New Threads staged reading of ORIENTAL, or 1001 Ways to Tie Yourself in Knots by Evren Odcikin, directed by Elizabeth Carter, dramaturgy by Torange Yeghiazarian. Nima Rakhshanifar plays Cengiz “Gee” Kurban, the Turkish playwright commissioned to adapt A Thousand and One Nights. Jennifer Le Blanc plays Art Money Woman who commissions the adaptation, and Danya El-Kurd, Fatemeh Mehraban, Maya Nazzal, […]

Posted on May 23, 2025

Jonathan Josephson

Third Annual One PlayGround Festival (May 30-June 1)

Registration is now open for the 3rd Annual ONE PLAYGROUND FESTIVAL, a three-day festival and conference, celebrating the national PlayGround community! The entire PlayGround community, theatre-makers from across the country, and the general public are invited to attend Potrero Stage or participate online May 30-June 1, 2025. The Festival will be available On-Demand through June […]

Posted on May 23, 2025

Jonathan Josephson

PlayGround 29th Annual Festival of New Works

The full lineup for PlayGround’s 29th annual Festival of New Works, a preeminent showcase for the next generation of great playwrights, has been announced! This year’s festival, all performed live at Potrero Stage May 6-25 and simulcast, will feature premiere presentations of Matthew Morishige’s Work/Shoot and Jessica June Rowe’s The Passing Storm; as well as […]

Posted on March 11, 2025

Jonathan Josephson

Golden Thread Productions presents the World Premiere of AZAD (the rabbit and the wolf)

Golden Thread Productions presents World Premiere AZAD (the rabbit and the wolf) by Sona Tatoyan in collaboration with Jared Mezzocchi directed by Jared Mezzocchi featuring Sona Tatoyan, a tribe of Karagöz Puppets, and oud player Ara Dinkjiana co-production with Hakawati Syrian-Armenian-American theatre and film artist Sona Tatoyan, stranded in her family’s abandoned Aleppo home during the Syrian war, discovers […]

Posted on November 21, 2024

Jonathan Josephson

PlayGround Announces the Eighth Annual Solo Performance Festival

PlayGround has announced the lineup for its eighth annual PlayGround Solo Performance Festival, a curation of the best in Bay Area solo performance, running January 24-February 9, 2025 (Fri-Sun), presented live at San Francisco’s Potrero Stage and simulcast online. The festival of new solo work features 18 double-bill performances by twelve California artists over three […]

Posted on November 19, 2024

Jonathan Josephson

Cast announced for PlayGround’s: A VERY HITCHCOCK CHRISTMAS, Back for the Third Year

PlayGround presents its third annual “twisted” holiday show: A VERY HITCHCOCK CHRISTMAS, inspired by the iconic films of Alfred Hitchcock. Performances are December 7-8 at 7:00 p.m. PST in person and streaming. A VERY HITCHCOCK CHRISTMAS features the plays; Santa on a Rope by Shoshanna Green, To Catch a Grinch by Daniel Arzola (World Premiere), […]