MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND: THE SHAKESPEARE’S SEQUELS at PlayGround

PlayGround presents Season 31 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND January 27, 2024, 7pm PT Topic: The Shakespeare Sequels In association with San Francisco Shakespeare Festival and Marin Shakespeare Company Admission: Free to stream, watch on-demand, and at the door on show nights (donations gratefully accepted). Advanced reservations start at $10.

“We know what we are but not what we may be.” – Ophelia, Hamlet

In the spirit of past topics such as “Shakespeare’s Prequels” and last year’s “Shakespeare Multiverse,” PlayGround writers are set to take on a new sector of the Bard’s not-previously-explored canon: THE SHAKESPEARE SEQUELS. What happens after that joyous wedding at the end of every Comedy? Who cleans up the bloodbath at the end of each Tragedy? And might we see some alternative Histories, post-Act V? Join us for the next Monday Night PlayGround and find out!

The plays/playwrights include: The Case of the Missing Messenger by Madeleine Butler I Love Hero by Laura Domingo Othello: Lies and Consequences by Carl Andrew Johnson The Shrewing of the Tame by Greg Lam Coriolanus 2: End Game by Kimberly Ridgeway One Gentle Man by Stan Stone

Each month, from October through March, PlayGround announces a topic to a pre-selected writers pool of Bay Area emerging professional playwrights, inviting submissions of original ten-page plays. The top short plays are selected and presented as script-in-hand staged readings on the third Monday of the month, featuring some of the Bay Area’s best directors and actors. All performances are offered in-person and live simulcast, as well as admission-free (donations gratefully accepted), for maximum accessibility. NEW: Purchase a tax-deductible Monday Night PlayGround Membership ($100) and guarantee simulcast and extended on-demand access to all twenty-four (24) Monday Night PlayGround performances in the SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York City, and Chicago (less than $5 per event or just $.69 per play). Payment plans available. ADVERTISERS: Become a Monday Night Season Sponsor and promote your business to the PlayGround community while helping support hundreds of local artists.