Posted on July 9, 2022
PlayGround closes out the summer season with a new free festival of new plays by the PlayGround community, FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL, August 26-28, at Potrero Stage and simulcast. The inaugural Free-Play Festival features the return of Joyful Raven’s BREED OR BUST (Aug 26 7pm PDT) following her hit run at the Hollywood Fringe, the premiere of […]
Posted on July 1, 2022
Playwrights Foundation, the West Coast’s premier launchpad for exceptional new plays and playwrights, has announced its lineup for the 45th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF) which will be presented as a hybrid (in-person and streamed) festival July 29 – August 7, 2022. Selected from 240 applicants via a committee process with 150 readers (the […]
Posted on June 13, 2022
Filmmaker Joseph Juhn brings his new documentary, CHOSEN, to Potrero Stage for its San Francisco premiere, Friday, June 24, at 7pm PDT. The film follows the story of five Korean American candidates running for Congress in 2020. In a historic win, three were elected and one reelected. Marilyn Strickland (Washington), Michelle Park Steel (California) and […]
Posted on May 30, 2022
PlayGround’s 26th annual FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS, performed in-person at Potrero Stage May 9-29 and simulcast, is now available streaming on-demand through June 30. A preeminent showcase for the next generation of great playwrights, the PlayGround Festival of New Works has helped launch dozens of the Bay Area’s most promising early-career writers, including five of […]
Posted on May 24, 2022
AfroSolo Theatre Company continues its 27th annual AfroSolo Arts Festival at Potrero Stage with performances of “Embracing Our Light.” These incredible stories are based on the lives of Black men who have been affected by our criminal justice system. The performances take place June 10th and June 11th at 7 pm PDT (9 pm CDT/10 […]
Posted on May 5, 2022
On Saturday, May 14, 11am-2pm, PlayGround will open Potrero Stage for a community open house and opportunity to learn about your neighborhood professional stage, home to more than a dozen leading local theatres! The free event will feature entertainment, food, tours, & giveaways on the hour! You can also sign up for the Potrero Stage […]
Posted on April 22, 2022
AfroSolo comes to Potrero Stage with the 27th annual AfroSolo Arts Festival, “Standing Our Ground”, May 6 & May 7 at 8pm PDT and May 8 at 3pm PDT. Featured performers include: Bianca Brown, Darlene Roberts, Toni Hines, and Eric Ward. All performances will be available both in-person and live streaming and are admission-free (donations […]
Posted on April 12, 2022
PlayGround has announced the full lineup for its 26th annual FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS, running May 9-29, returning for in-person performances at Potrero Stage, where the festival has been based since 2008, and, new this year, all simulcast online. A preeminent showcase for the next generation of great playwrights, the PlayGround Festival of New Works […]
Posted on March 24, 2022
This summer, PlayGround is excited to introduce a new theatre camp housed at PlayGround’s state-of-the-art performance venue, Potrero Stage, and structured around PlayGround’s award-winning model of playwright and play incubation and innovation. Under the coaching of leading local professional theatre artists, campers (ages 7-18) will learn playwriting, directing, and acting skills, write short plays in […]
Posted on March 5, 2022
Golden Thread Productions returns to in-person performances at Potrero Stage with the World Premiere of Adam Ashraf Elsayigh’s Drowning in Cairo, April 8-May 1, 2022. Directed by GTP Executive Artistic Director Sahar Assaf, the production features Amin El Gamal, Wiley Naman Strasser, and Martin Zebari. The play was originally presented and partially developed as part […]