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Hear from nine of the playwrights featured in this year’s Festival of New Works! Join Artistic Director Jim Kleinmann in conversation with PlayGround playwright alumni Anne...
The Case of the Missing Messenger by Madeleine ButlerBringing the anachronistic investigative techniques of 20th century police dramas to 14th century Verona, Sergeant Beppe Venerdi and...
PlayGround Festival of New WorksMYCELIUM by Juliet Kang Huneke (a Festival Premiere Presentation)Directed by Lana RichardsMay 16-17 & 23-24 7pm PT at Potrero Stage & SimulcastAdmission:...
PlayGround-SF presentsBEST OF PLAYGROUND(SF) ’26 (a Festival Premiere Presentation)The Best Short Works from the 2025-26 Monday Night PlayGround SeasonMay 30 & May 31, 7pm PT at Potrero Stage...
Disloyal by Anne BradyThe things a wife and mother has to do to take care of her family! Peggy Shippen’s certainly been through it, with a...
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by Harker Jones - April 23, 2026
The star of the show, in the end, is Jacobson’s script, leading us toward the titular HELL MOUTH through five well-drawn characters and their existential crises that mirror our own....
by Evan Henerson - April 21, 2026
The Southland has had its share of memorable Fugard stagings, and the newly-opened revival of “MASTER HAROLD” at the Geffen Playhouse boasts an impressive roster of artists and creatives – onstage and off – who bring this tale vibrantly to life....
by Harker Jones - April 16, 2026
The MVP of the show is the dynamic Oqalile Tshetshe, who has a star-making role that he inhabits with complexity, depth, and grace....
by Michael Quintos - April 15, 2026
Now having its Southern California regional production, MEAN GIRLS - THE MUSICAL continues performances at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts through May 3, 2026. Produced by McCoy Rigby Entertainment, this fun, high-energy, youthfully-targeted new iteration of the 2018 stage adaptation o...
by Melissa Heckscher - April 15, 2026
TEEN BEAT LIVE is an immersive musical ode to the 80s that's a must-see, whether or not you’ve ever used a rotary phone, worn a Walkman, or unfolded the boy-toy poster from a Teen Beat magazine....
by Shari Barrett - April 14, 2026
Brilliantly directed by Mike Reilly, Casey Morris and Carolina Rodriguez are both impeccable in their roles as teacher and student, with Rodriguez’s Susan a true master at emotional game playing....
by Evan Henerson - April 13, 2026
ENGLISH isn’t so much a play about the power of words as it is about the inextricable and very complicated bonds between language, culture and identity....
by Michael Quintos - April 13, 2026
Bursting with contagious rhythm, irrepressible heart, and an abiding sense of community pride, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning 2008 original Broadway musical IN THE HEIGHTS remains one of the most vibrant and emotionally resonant contemporary musicals to emerge from the early 21st century. F...
by Anna Jensen - April 10, 2026
“It Ends With Guinea Pigs” opens this weekend in the Elysian’s intimate 40-seat Vault space. Playwright-performer Diana Gitelman takes the audience on a path that begins with a minor parenting problem, the care and feeding of two high‑maintenance guinea pigs, and then winds its way through g...
by Shari Barrett - April 09, 2026
With a cast of ten actors portraying more than 26 characters, it was bold choice for the intimate theater. But thanks to Perloff’s direction and choice of actors, anyone with the slightest interest in Shakespeare will find the play and its characters captivating....
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