Posted on May 13, 2021
Did you catch the Potrero Stagers Launch Party on May 1? If so, you heard the exciting news about our new POTRERO STAGERS membership program. What are the Potrero Stagers?! POTRERO STAGERS [pə-trer-ō stā-jərz] NOUN (PL.) a community of theatregoers and artists actively engaged with the theatre and theatre-makers of Potrero Stage a pay-as-you-go membership program that unlocks […]
Posted on May 12, 2021
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
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
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
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
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
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 October 9, 2020
PlayGround announces Potrero Stage’s open availability from November 29, 2021 through January 8, 2023! While Potrero Stage has been closed due to COVID-19 since mid-March, PlayGround is making plans for a safe reopening of the theater in the Summer/Fall of 2021. This will include new procedures for artist and audience check-in under City & County […]
Posted on September 23, 2020
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 September 16, 2020
Same Boat Theater Collective, a diverse team of Bay Area and international playwrights, directors and actors, will present new environmental justice plays in “EarthQuake: Moving the Earth with Our Voices” a livestream immersive production of readings featuring a global cast for three shows, each at 7PM in San Francisco, London and New Delhi. Tickets are […]