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Full Lineup Set For PlayGround's 28th Annual Festival Of New Works


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 19, 2024

Discover the full lineup for PLAYGROUND'S 28TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS, featuring premiere presentations and developmental readings by emerging playwrights. Learn about the plays and see how to purchase tickets. ...

BREED OR BUST Comes to The Marsh Next Month


by Stephi Wild - April 03, 2024

The timely, entertaining, and thought-provoking solo show Breed or Bust by award-winning actor, director, and “story midwife” Joyful Raven returns to the Bay Area this spring at The Marsh Berkeley....

Cast Announced for PlayGround's 28th Festival of New Works Premieres From Anne Yumi Kobori and Jacob Marx Rice


by A.A. Cristi - March 26, 2024

Meet the cast for PlayGround's 28th Festival of New Works Premieres featuring APERTURES OF LOVE IN TIMES OF WAR and A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS. ...

PlayGround Celebrates BEST OF PLAYGROUND(SF) '24 This May


by A.A. Cristi - March 25, 2024

Discover the lineup for the BEST OF PLAYGROUND(SF) '24, part of PlayGround's 30th season....

PlayGround to Present THE LEGACY OF THE LAND WE INHABIT in November


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 17, 2023

Join PlayGround on November 20th at 7PM PT for an evening of original short plays inspired by 'The Legacy of the Land We Inhabit.' Don't miss this opportunity to experience thought-provoking performances that bring awareness to land acknowledgment. Reserve your tickets now!...

Patricia Milton's Comedy THE ENGINE OF OUR DISRUPTION Extends at Berkeley City Club


by Stephi Wild - October 31, 2023

Central Works 2023 Season conclusion, THE ENGINE OF OUR DISRUPTION, a new comedy written by the award-winning playwright in residence Patricia Milton, has extended through November 19, 2023. ...

PlayGround to Kick Off 30th Season With MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND “ORIGIN STORY” in October


by Blair Ingenthron - September 24, 2023

PlayGround blasts into its 30th season of innovative new plays by taking you back to before the beginning! Join us for a new round of Monday Night PlayGround, featuring original short plays all inspired by the prompt 'Origin Story', Monday, October 16....

PlayGround Announces Selections For 2023-2024 Producing Fellowships


by Blair Ingenthron - August 05, 2023

PlayGround has announced the 2023-24 Producing Fellows, an expanded class of eight next-gen theatre leaders drawn from across the country and who will work with PlayGround's artistic staff and producing team on the company's award-winning incubator programs over the next year in the SF Bay Area, Los...

PlayGround to Present the Second Annual FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL in August


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 01, 2023

Join PlayGround for their second annual FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL, featuring workshops and premieres of original plays. Reserve your tickets now for this exciting event in San Francisco....

Sara Toby Moore to Star in ATOMIC COMIC at Z Space Beginning Next Month


by Blair Ingenthron - May 20, 2023

ATOMIC COMIC - A Human Cartoon Fantasia, written by and starring Sara Toby Moore will be performed beginning Friday, June 30, 2023, with an opening night scheduled for Saturday, July 1. Additional performances will be on July 6, 7, and 8, 2023 (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) All shows will be at 8:00 p...

Past Shows

Private
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
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
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
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
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


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


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


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
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 ...


Bread & Butter Theatre returns to Potrero Stage with the World Premiere of Lana Palmers FUNERAL GAME. Artistic Director Bruce Avery directs this two-person play ...

Inked Baby
9/12 - 10/5/2019


Desperate to have a child and distrustful of artificial methods, Gloria and her husband Greer decide to conceive a child by natural means, with the ...

The Obligation
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 ...

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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie in San Francisco / Bay Area Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
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A Strange Loop in San Francisco / Bay Area A Strange Loop
The Toni Rembe Theater (formerly The Geary Theater) (4/18 - 5/12)
Kimberly Akimbo in San Francisco / Bay Area Kimberly Akimbo
Curran Theater (11/5 - 12/1)
The Marsh Berkeley presents “Breed or Bust” in San Francisco / Bay Area The Marsh Berkeley presents “Breed or Bust”
The Marsh Berkeley (6/8 - 6/8)
La Llorona in San Francisco / Bay Area La Llorona
Mexican Heritage Theater - School of Arts and Culture (6/22 - 6/23)
Festival Premiere: Apertures of Love in Times of War in San Francisco / Bay Area Festival Premiere: Apertures of Love in Times of War
PlayGround (5/11 - 5/12)
Emigres & Exiles in Hollywood: The Album in San Francisco / Bay Area Emigres & Exiles in Hollywood: The Album
Berkeley Piano Club (6/15 - 6/15)
Smuin Ballet presents “Dance Series 2” in San Francisco / Bay Area Smuin Ballet presents “Dance Series 2”
Sunset Center (5/30 - 5/31)
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