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The Classical Theatre of Harlem Unveils 2025–26 Literary Classics Series and Calls for Playwright & Actor Submissions


by A.A. Cristi - December 08, 2025

The Classical Theatre of Harlem has announced a call for submissions and actors for the return of its acclaimed Literary Classics Series, aimed at nurturing bold new voices and promoting work that redefines representation on the American stage. ...

Review Roundup: GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES Opens Off-Broadway


by Stephi Wild - November 24, 2025

Pulitzer Prize Finalist Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries is back on the New York stage in a new production starring three-time Emmy Award nominee Nicholas Braun and two-time Tony Award winner Kara Young. Read the reviews here!...

Review Roundup: GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES Opens Off-Broadway


by Stephi Wild - November 24, 2025

Pulitzer Prize Finalist Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries is back on the New York stage in a new production starring three-time Emmy Award nominee Nicholas Braun and two-time Tony Award winner Kara Young. Read the reviews here!...

Photos: Nicholas Braun & Kara Young Star in Gruesome Playground Injuries


by Nicole Rosky - October 20, 2025

Check out photos of Nicholas Braun and Kara Young in the upcoming production of Gruesome Playground Injuries, starting November 7 in NYC....

Photos: Nicholas Braun & Kara Young Star in Gruesome Playground Injuries


by Nicole Rosky - October 20, 2025

Check out photos of Nicholas Braun and Kara Young in the upcoming production of Gruesome Playground Injuries, starting November 7 in NYC....

A VERY HITCHCOCK CHRISTMAS Returns to PlayGround for Its Fourth Year


by A.A. Cristi - September 29, 2025

PlayGround’s A Very Hitchcock Christmas returns for its fourth year December 6–7, 2025. The darkly comic holiday tradition features five short plays inspired by Hitchcock classics, live at Potrero Stage in San Francisco and simulcast nationwide....

PlayGround Reveals 2025-2026 National Cohort Of Producing Fellows


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 18, 2025

PlayGround has revealed the 2025-26 Producing Fellows, a vibrant and diverse class of four next-gen theatre leaders drawn from across the country and who will work with PlayGround’s artistic staff....

MADE IN AMERICA? By Yide Cai to Premiere at PlayGround's 2025 Free-Play Festival


by Emmy Rice - August 09, 2025

This August, PlayGround will present the West Coast premiere of Made in America?, a bold new solo play by award-winning playwright Yide Cai, as part of the 2025 Free-Play Festival....

AL'S CULT by Melina Cohen-Bramwell Premiering at Potrero Stage


by Emmy Rice - August 03, 2025

Performances for Al's Cult are August 21 through August 24 at Portrero Stage, 1695 18th Street, San Francisco CA 94107. ...

EDINBURGH 2025: DIC DIC CHANG CHANG PLAYGROUND Q&A


by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 30, 2025

Our award-winning Cantonese opera adventure is back! Join Captain Dic Dic and Chang Chang at the Cantonese Opera Playground in Edinburgh, where the Cantonese Opera Fairy teaches them skills to outwit the Boring King. But they can't do it alone – they need you, the audience, to become secret agents i...

Past Shows

A VERY HITCHC*CK CHRISTMAS
12/6 - 12/7/2025


A Very Hitchcock Christmas returns for its fourth year, featuring five short plays that blend holiday cheer with suspense, inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's iconic films. ...

Innovators Showcase
Innovators Showcase
11/4 - 11/24/2024


The  PlayGround Innovator Incubator  is a multi-year intensive incubation program to support theatrical innovation and the launch of new innovative theatrical production companies. In November/December ...

Monday Night PlayGround: The American Experiment


Join us in kicking off our 30th Anniversary Season with a Monday Night full of the stories you thought you knew and the stories you ...


Interrogations: Pre-Election Coverage features three thought-provoking plays: Harold Pinter's The New World Order and One for the Road, alongside Nirmala Nataraj's People of the Shifting ...

Where I Come From
8/17 - 8/25/2024


Where I Come From is a solo play written and performed by Jerry Metzker, exploring the harrowing journey of 19-year-old Fergus Maloney as he escapes ...

Festival: Best of PlayGround (SF)'24


PlayGround is thrilled to announce the selected plays and playwrights for our annual ten-minute play fest, BEST OF PLAYGROUND(SF) ’24, including first-time festival writers Robyn ...

Festival Reading: Crazy Jezebels


The biblical "crazy women" Eve, Jezebel, Lot's Wife, and Lillith have been committed to mental health treatment program, but they might find a way out.

Festival Premiere: A Thousand Natural Shocks


A Thousand Natural Shocks follows Kennedy who navigates the chaos of IVF, the inevitability of pain, and the Tik-Tok teen crashing on their couch.

Festival Reading: The Passing Storm


A man trapped in a deadly storm during his ascent of Mount Everest must wrestle with ghosts of the past—both figurative and literal.

Festival Reading: Work/Shoot


Work/Shoot by Matthew Y. Morishige: Maya Money, Aurora, and Farrah Fenix fight to find what's real in the "heightened" world of professional wrestling.

Festival Premiere: Apertures of Love in Times of War


PlayGround Festival of New Works Presents APERTURES OF LOVE IN TIMES OF WAR by Anne Yumi Kobori (a Festival Premiere Presentation) Directed by Katja Rivera ...

Festival Reading: Rivals of Mars


After the crewed mission to Mars ends in tragedy, the daughter and husband of a deceased astronaut plan a risky mission to recover the bodies.

PlayGround Festival of New Works Kick-Off


The award-winning playwrights featured in this year’s Festival of New Works will discuss their plays and the role of new works in American theatre.

PlayGround Solo Performance Festival


PlayGround’s annual celebration of the best in California solo performance.Now going on its seventh year, this year’s Solo Fest runs January 26-February 11, 2024.

Monday Night PlayGround - The Shakespeare Multiverse


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 ...

A Very HitchC*CK Christmas
A Very HitchC*CK Christmas
12/10 - 12/17/2023


PlayGround presents its second annual "twisted" holiday show: A VERY HITCHCOCK CHRISTMAS! Featuring six cinnamon-spiced, deliciously dark short plays inspired by Rear Window, Rebecca, Rope

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Cinderella in San Francisco / Bay Area Cinderella
Hillbarn Theatre (12/4 - 12/28) Tracker
Dial M for Murder in San Francisco / Bay Area Dial M for Murder
City Lights Theater Company (3/12 - 4/12)
An Evening with a Mentalist: Jay Alexander's Mind Tricks Live in San Francisco / Bay Area 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)
“Women Crossing/Liminality” in San Francisco / Bay Area “Women Crossing/Liminality”
Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall, Bowes Center, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 200 Van Ness Avenue (4/17 - 4/17)
An Evening with a Mentalist: Jay Alexander's Mind Tricks Live in San Francisco / Bay Area 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)
Live At the Orinda - Christine Andreas in San Francisco / Bay Area Live At the Orinda - Christine Andreas
Orinda Theatre (1/18 - 1/18)
Into the Woods in San Francisco / Bay Area Into the Woods
San Francisco Playhouse (11/20 - 1/17)
Back to the Future: The Musical in San Francisco / Bay Area Back to the Future: The Musical
San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (6/2 - 6/7)
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