What if King Hamlet had discovered his brother’s plans before the treacherous poisoning? Or if Romeo had arrived just a few minutes later to discover Juliet awakening? PlayGround playwrights take us on a journey of alternate Shakespearean realities in this first Monday Night PlayGround of the New Year, Monday, January 15, 2024 at 7pm PT, live at Freight & Salvage and simulcast. The writers had just four-and-a-half days to generate their original short plays inspired by the prompt “The Shakespeare Multiverse,” imagining a multitude of variations on Shakespeare’s classic comedies, tragedies and history plays, retold as ten-minute plays.
A VERY HITCHCOCK CHRISTMAS (12/6/25-12/7/25)
PlayGround is at Freight and Salvage - 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley CA 94107, Berkeley, CA.
A VERY HITCHCOCK CHRISTMAS (12/6/25-12/7/25)
Innovators Showcase (11/4/24-11/24/24)
Monday Night PlayGround: The American Experiment (10/21/24-10/21/24)
Interrogations: Pre-Election Coverage (10/3/24-10/20/24)
Where I Come From (8/17/24-8/25/24)
Festival: Best of PlayGround (SF)'24 (5/25/24-5/26/24)
Festival Reading: Crazy Jezebels (5/20/24-5/20/24)
Festival Premiere: A Thousand Natural Shocks (5/18/24-5/19/24)
Festival Reading: The Passing Storm (5/17/24-5/17/24)
Festival Reading: Work/Shoot (5/13/24-5/13/24)
Videos
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Cinderella
Hillbarn Theatre (12/4 - 12/28) | |
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An Evening with a Mentalist: Jay Alexander's Mind Tricks Live
San Francisco Magic Theater (w/Jay Alexander) at the Marrakech (1/23 - 1/25) | |
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“Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley”
Lucie Stern Theatre (12/3 - 12/28) | |
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An Evening with a Mentalist: Jay Alexander's Mind Tricks Live
San Francisco Magic Theater (w/Jay Alexander) at the Marrakech (1/9 - 1/11) | |
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Moulin Rouge!
Orpheum Theatre San Francisco (12/16 - 12/28) | |
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Dial M for Murder
City Lights Theater Company (3/12 - 4/12) | |
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“El Tiempo Latine”
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor St (5/16 - 5/16) | |
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