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1695 18th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
San Francisco, CA

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Free-Play Festival

Jul 31 – Aug 23, 2026

The Free-Play Festival at Potrero Stage is a four-week showcase of innovative new works, running from July 31 to August 23, 2026. This event will feature up to 20 productions and 60 performances from artists across the United States, including those based in the Bay Area, Los...

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Review: FALLEN ANGELS at Altarena Playhouse

Review: FALLEN ANGELS at Altarena Playhouse

by Kelly Rogers Flynt · August 22, 2026

Altarena Playhouse brings Noël Coward’s FALLEN ANGELS to life with wit and charm. When the sardonic writing of a genius playwright meets the witty interpretation of a theater, it produces a night full of laughs and insights. …

Review: ORPHEUS DESCENDING at Oakland Theater Project

Review: ORPHEUS DESCENDING at Oakland Theater Project

by Kelly Rogers Flynt · August 12, 2026

ORPHEUS DESCENDING remains painfully relevant. Tennessee Williams’ southern gothic play intertwines wisps of Greek myth with the racist Mississippi of the Jim Crow era. The lines are drawn, the expectations are set, but some people will choose their own lot rather than what’s handed to them. Des…

Review: THE FULL MONTY at Woodminster Summer Musicals

Review: THE FULL MONTY at Woodminster Summer Musicals

by Kelly Rogers Flynt · August 10, 2026

THE FULL MONTY at Woodminster Summer Musicals is full of laughs, groves and moves, and even poignant moments. When an everyday Joe faces his challenges with a crazy idea, friends by his side, and a whole lot of courage, audiences respond. Show up for the laughs, stay for the joy. This show is one yo…

Past Shows

25 total · showing 11–20

Monday Night PlayGround: The American Experiment

Monday Night PlayGround: The American Experiment

Oct 21

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 never knew – until now – inspired by the prompt “The American Experiment”! Join us on Monday, October 21st at 7PM PT live at the David Brower...

Interrogations: Pre-Election Coverage

Oct 3 – Oct 20, 2024

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 Sands. The production, directed by Scott Baker, critically examines the implications of...

Where I Come From

Aug 17 – Aug 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 the Great Hunger in Ireland in 1847. Directed by Robert Lucchesi, the narrative follows Fergus from famine-stricken Ireland to New...

Free Play Festival: The Test

Free Play Festival: The Test

Aug 10 – Aug 18, 2024

What is the purpose of the U.S. Citizenship test, and what bias is ingrained within it? In The Test , one applicant must contend with these questions along with the usefulness of AI as they prepare for their citizenship exam using ChatGPT in a post-lockdown world. Watch them...

Festival: Best of PlayGround (SF)'24

Festival: Best of PlayGround (SF)'24

May 25 – May 26, 2024

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 Brooks, Kimberly Ridgeway, Louel Señores, Stan Stone and Lisa Gaye Thompson, and returning “Best of”...

Festival Reading: Crazy Jezebels

Festival Reading: Crazy Jezebels

May 20

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 Reading: The Passing Storm

Festival Reading: The Passing Storm

May 17

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

Festival Reading: Work/Shoot

May 13

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

Festival Premiere: Apertures of Love in Times of War

May 11 – May 12, 2024

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 May 11 & May 12 7pm PT Potrero Stage & Simulcast/On-Demand through May 31 Admission: $0-$50 (donations gratefully accepted)...

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