Spirals and Dirt
2/16
Spirals & Dirt is a new original musical by Sean P. Breen, and is directed by Brandon Joseph. The debut of this new musical is ...
Golden Thread Productions Announces Unveils 30th Anniversary Season
by A.A. Cristi - January 30, 2026
Golden Thread Productions will present its 2026 Season in celebration of the company’s 30th Anniversary. The season includes new plays, festivals, and commissions highlighting Middle Eastern and SWANA artists and stories....
Emil Amok Guillermo to Present New Solo Show at 2026 Playground-SF Solo Fest
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 09, 2026
Amok Productions will present “69, Emil Amok: A Real Journalist Stands Up,” written and performed by Emil Amok Guillermo, presented as part of the 2026 Playground-SF Solo Fest at Potrero Stage....
THERAPIST ZERO to Return to San Francisco at Playground Solo Performance Festival
by A.A. Cristi - January 08, 2026
Brian Leonard’s solo show THERAPIST ZERO will return to San Francisco as part of the Playground Solo Performance Festival. The production follows Leonard’s experience as a parent navigating the mental health system while raising a neurodivergent child....
Crowded Fire Theater Unveils 2026 Season
by A.A. Cristi - December 23, 2025
Crowded Fire Theater has announced its 2026 season, featuring a co-produced Festival of Palestinian Art with Golden Thread Productions and the West Coast premiere of Manning by Benjamin Benne....
Playground Will Present First Annual PLAYGROUND COMEDY FESTIVAL In San Francisco
by A.A. Cristi - December 11, 2025
PlayGround will launch its first annual Comedy Festival in San Francisco, showcasing new stand-up, sketch, improv, and comedic theatre from artists across the Bay Area and beyond....
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....
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. ...
ANAK NI TAPIA: LEAVING MOTHER Comes To San Francisco
by Emmy Rice - July 26, 2025
Following a series of celebrated performances in Chicago, Milan, Hollywood, and Toronto, Chicago-based playwright and performer Lani T. Montreal brings her powerful solo show, Anak ni Tapia: Leaving Mother, to San Francisco's FREE PLAY FESTIVAL this August....
PlayGround's 2025 Free-Play Festival Returns to Potrero Stage This August
by A.A. Cristi - June 10, 2025
PlayGround will conclude its summer season with the fourth annual Free-Play Festival, running August 1–24, 2025, at Potrero Stage and online via simulcast.
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Past Shows
The Specimen - A Horror Play
1/18 - 2/2/2026
The Specimen - A Horror Play follows Johnny, a gay paleo zoologist who loses his job amid Trump-era science budget cuts. Outraged and unmoored, Johnny ...
Therapist Zero at Playground Solo Performance Festival
1/19 - 1/31/2026
Therapist Zero is a raw, darkly comic solo performance written and performed by Brian Leonard. This deeply personal one-man show explores the complexities of parenting ...
Anak ni Tapia: Leaving Mother
8/8 - 8/10/2025
A queer Filipina immigrant reckons with memory, identity, and the legacy of her larger-than-life celebrity mother in this intimate, multimedia theatrical experience.
LA CUCARACHA
8/1 - 8/3/2025
Orange predator Sam from the US invades a celebration of life in Mexico. June bug Salma joins bug-loving human Lila to lead the resistance.
PlayGround Festival: Best of PlayGround(SF)'25
5/24 - 5/25/2025
PlayGround, a leading national playwright incubator and theatre community hub, is pleased to share the lineup for Best of PlayGround(SF) ‘25. Originally developed among thirty-six ...
PlayGround Festival Staged Readings
5/9 - 5/19/2025
PlayGround Festival of New Works FESTIVAL STAGED READINGS A Look at Tomorrow’s Great Plays Today! May 9, May 12, May 16 & May 19 7pm ...
PlayGround Festival Premiere: The Passing Storm
5/17 - 5/18/2025
ABOUT THE PLAY: A man trapped in a deadly storm during his ascent of Mount Everest must wrestle with ghosts of the past—both figurative and ...
The Passing Storm
5/17 - 5/18/2025
PlayGround Festival of New Works THE PASSING STORM by Jessica June Rowe (a Festival Premiere Presentation) Directed by Ely Sonny Orquiza May 17 & ...
PlayGround Festival Premiere: Work/Shoot
5/10 - 5/11/2025
ABOUT THE PLAY: Maya Money, Aurora, and Farrah Fenix fight to find what's real in the "heightened" world of professional wrestling. Featuring: L Duarte, Krystle ...
Hear from five of the playwrights featured in this year’s Festival of New Works! Join Artistic Director Jim Kleinmann in conversation with PlayGround playwright alumni. ...
Private
3/17 - 4/2/2023
80 mins. No Intermission. WRITTEN BY MONA PIRNOT DIRECTED BY PETER J KUO 2023 Helen Hayes Nominee for Outstanding New Play or Musical A searing ...
Skylight
1/12 - 1/21/2023
Bread & Butter Theatre returns to Potrero Stage with David Hare’s Tony and Olivier award-winning play Skylight. Broadway and the West End applauded this intensely ...
Charles Darwin, Her True Story
11/18 - 11/20/2022
Charles Darwin, Her True Story celebrates Latin American revolutionaries and the revolutionary potential that we all carry within. It is January 1, 2001 in the ...
Breed or Bust
9/9 - 9/24/2022
PlayGround has announced a limited run of the Hollywood Fringe hit, BREED OR BUST by Joyful Raven, directed by Jael Weisman. Following a one-night performance ...
Free-Play Festival
8/26 - 8/28/2022
PlayGround closes out the summer season with a new free festival of new plays by the PlayGround community, FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL, August 26-28, at Potrero Stage ...
Bay Area Playwrights Festival
8/5 - 8/7/2022
Playwrights Foundation, the West Coasts premiere launchpad for exceptional plays and playwrights, is presenting the 45th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF), featuring five new ...
Bay Area Playwrights Festival
8/5 - 8/7/2022
Playwrights Foundation, the West Coasts premiere launchpad for exceptional plays and playwrights, is presenting the 45th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF), featuring five new ...
Bay Area Playwrights Festival
7/29 - 8/7/2022
Playwrights Foundation, the West Coasts premiere launchpad for exceptional plays and playwrights, is presenting the 45th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF), featuring five new ...
BEST OF PLAYGROUND 26
5/14 - 6/30/2022
PlayGround is thrilled to announce the selected plays and playwrights for our 26th annual ten-minute play fest, BEST OF PLAYGROUND 26! Please join us in ...
The Obligation
10/11 - 11/4/2018
Internationally acclaimed actor Roger Grunwald explores a world gone mad in The Obligation, his riveting and immersive one-person drama. Directed by Bay Area Theatre Critics ...
Videos
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Paranormal Activity
American Conservatory Theater (2/19 - 3/15) | |
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What the Constitution Means to Me
Hillbarn Theatre (1/22 - 2/8) | |
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Comedy Oakland at Quinn's Lighthouse Fri Feb 6 8:30pm
Quinn's Lighthouse (2/6 - 2/6) | |
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Noite de Carnaval at Grace Cathedral
Grace Cathedral (2/13 - 2/13) | |
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Salsa and Bachata Dance Fridays Salsa Dancing, Bachata Dancing at Dance Fridays, Dance Lessons
Dance Fridays (2/13 - 2/13) | |
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Les Misérables
San Mateo Performing Arts Center (2/13 - 2/22) | |
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Hadestown (Non-Equity)
Saroyan Theatre (4/7 - 4/8) | |
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Jonathan Van Ness: Hot & Healed!
The Castro Theatre (4/30 - 4/30) | |
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Running After Shadows
City Lights Theater Company (1/15 - 2/8) | |
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