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”! […]
Posted on September 28, 2022
Golden Thread Productions presents the US Premiere of THE LANGUAGE OF WILD BERRIES by Naghmeh Samini, Oct 14 – Nov 6 THE LANGUAGE OF WILD BERRIES by Naghmeh Samini translated and directed by Torange Yeghiazarian Oct. 14 – Nov. 6, 2022 Potrero Stage |1695 18th Street, San Francisco, CA Mystery follows an ordinary couple down […]
Posted on September 22, 2022
PlayGround has announced the programming lineup for the 4th annual INNOVATORS SHOWCASE, featuring new works by the 2022 Innovator Incubator Cohort: Analog Theatre, The Chikahan Company, City Street Artists, Juneteenth Theatre Justice Project, Latinx Mafia, Native Writers’ Theater, Poltergeist Theatre Project, Oakland Public Theater and Theatre Cultura. The Innovator Incubator was launched in 2019 to […]
Posted on September 21, 2022
AfroSolo Theatre Company presents Geoffrey Grier in RESURRECTION at Potrero Stage on October 1 at 6pm PDT (8pm CDT / 9pm EDT) and October 2 at 3pm PDT (5pm CDT / 6pm EDT). An incredible story of triumph over adversity, RESURRECTION is multi-media performance work based on Grier’s recovery from substance abuse and incarceration. A talk-back session […]