Posted on May 12, 2021

Jim Kleinmann

Golden Thread’s New Executive Artistic Director: Sahar Assaf!

Golden Thread Productions proudly announces the appointment of Sahar Assaf as their new Executive Artistic Director. Sahar Assaf (she/her) is a Lebanese theatremaker and professor. She has been active in the Lebanese theatre scene since 2003 as an actor, director, translator, and producer. She’s presented works in Syria, Egypt, Morocco, Belgium, London, Sweden, Poland, Greece, Chicago, and […]

Posted on May 1, 2021

Jim Kleinmann

Potrero Stagers Launch Party Playbill

PlayGround & Potrero Stage present Potrero Stagers Launch Party May 1st 2021 7pm-8:15pm PT via Zoom Live Stream The Slutty Virgin written & performed by Caroline Hawthorne Analog Theatre / The Forum Collective / The Chikahan Company present This Is Not Moose & Tweety directed by Ely Sonny Orquiza created by Rebecca Pingree, Elissa Beth […]

Posted on April 6, 2021

Jim Kleinmann

Potrero Stagers Digital Launch Party!

PlayGround and the Potrero Stage community will celebrate the launch of the new POTRERO STAGERS membership program with a free digital launch party and evening of performances on Saturday, May 1, 7pm-8:15pm PDT via Zoom livestream. Co-hosted by beloved local performers Marga Gomez and Liam Vincent, the event will feature short performances by more than […]

Posted on March 10, 2021

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround Zoom Fest Returns!

Following the success of last year’s first-ever PlayGround Zoom Fest, PlayGround’s 2021 Festival of New Works returns to the digital realm with even more radical accessibility! The three-week online Festival (May 10-30) will feature the digital premieres of PERFECT by Jonathan Luskin (he/him) and SAPIENCE by Diana Burbano (she/her), the YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS PROJECT: a full evening of short plays by the Bay Area’s best young dramatists, and BEST […]

Posted on December 23, 2020

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround’s 4th Annual Solo Fest Moves Online!

PlayGround announces the lineup for its fourth annual PlayGround Solo Performance Festival, a curation of the best in Bay Area solo performance, running January 22 to February 7 online via Zoom. The festival features 9 double-bill live-streamed performances by California artists over three weeks, including one-night-only featured highlights by Marga Gomez and Sara Moore, and Bay […]

Posted on October 22, 2020

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround presents 2nd Annual Innovators Showcase

PlayGround has announced an expanded lineup of programming for this year’s 2nd annual INNOVATORS SHOWCASE, featuring new works by the 2020 Innovator Incubator Cohort: Analog Theatre, The Forum Collective, Juneteenth Theatre Justice Project, Kunoichi Productions, The Moonrisers, Poltergeist Theatre Project, and Theatre Cultura. The Innovator Incubator was launched in 2019 to foster new innovative theatre […]

Posted on September 23, 2020

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround’s Monday Night Series Moves Online!

PlayGround, California’s leading playwright incubator and theatre community hub, has announced that the 27th season of its celebrated Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series will move online this year, beginning October 19 at 7pm PT and continuing on third Mondays through March 2021 (the PlayGround-LA Monday Night season will also move online, beginning October 12). […]

Posted on July 3, 2020

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround Zoom Fest Continues On-Demand!

Are you missing live theatre?? PlayGround Zoom Fest, the nation’s largest fully-digital new play festival (originally presented via Zoom live-stream May 11-June 19), is now available on-demand through September 1! The Zoom Fest features readings and premiere presentations of more than 25 short and full-length plays as well as a Zoom Town Hall on PlayGround […]