PlayGround-LA, 1078 Lillian Way, Los Angeles, CA (2026)

05/23/2026

😎 2026-27 PRODUCING FELLOWSHIP - PAID GIG!
Apply by May 31

PlayGround is excited to announce immediate openings to join the 2026-27 Producing Fellowship, designed to foster the next generation of leadership for the American Theatre. We are looking for individuals passionate about theatre and looking to make an impact on the field while developing the skill set to do so for a living. Candidates must reside in one of the four PlayGround regions (LA, SF, NY, or Chicago). Four (4) fellows will be selected with one (1) drawn from each of the four (4) PlayGround regions. Particularly, in filling these roles, we will give weight and priority to BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disabled applicants with the hope of employing diverse voices who can continue to hone their producing skills in a collaborative environment. Applications are due by 11:59pm on May 31, 2026, with a target start date of August 1, 2026, running through July 31, 2027.

Application Link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIsLVQ_vnHUe9JydKp2zgckLaQnwKG0OrzQT9AX05hdIO4qQ/viewform

05/22/2026

🛠How to Build a Playwright in Three Acts with Rachel Bublitz
June 30, 2026 @ 6:00 PM, Online via Zoom
Registration: $50: playground-sf.org/education/

In this hands-on masterclass, acclaimed playwright Rachel Bublitz shares exercises, prompts, and creative strategies from her new book How to Build a Playwright in Three Acts, designed to help writers at any stage develop their voice, strengthen their craft, and move their work forward.

Rachel Bublitz is an award winning and internationally produced playwright known for telling stories about women, and creating exciting new work for young performers. Her play Funny, Like An Abortion received a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere by Mile Square Theatre, Cleveland Public Theatre, and The VORTEX. She received the prestigious Will Glickman Award for the best premiere play in the San Francisco Bay Area for her full-length Ripped.

05/21/2026

⚔ Streaming Sunday: "The Case of the Missing Messenger" by Madeleine Butler
May 24 3pm PT @ Potrero Stage & Simulcast
Admission-Free (Suggested Donation: $10-$30) or Festival Sponsorship
Tickets and details: playground-sf.org/festivalreadings/

Directed by Ely Sonny Orquiza
Beppe Venerdi: Michael Barrett Austin
Cesca Fabbro: Julie Kuwabara
Il Dottore Cotogna/Dante Alighieri: Jomar Tagatac
Friar Lawrence/Nurse/Capulet: Ron Campbell
Nell/Cafe Wait Staff: Rebecca Pingree
Annie/Spy: April Ballesteros

ABOUT THE PLAY:
Bringing the anachronistic investigative techniques of 20th century police dramas to 14th century Verona, Sergeant Beppe Venerdi and his eager sidekick Inspector Cesca Fabbro will stop at nothing to uncover the true story behind the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. A PlayGround commission.

05/20/2026

🍄STREAMING ON-DEMAND: FESTIVAL PREMIERE OF MYCELIUM!
by Juliet Kang Huneke, Directed by Lana Richards
Featuring: L Duarte, Nikki Nutterfield, Krystle Piamonte, Kunal Prasad, and Dom Refuerzo

May 23 and 24 7pm PT at Potrero Stage & Simulcast
Admission: $0-$50 (donations gratefully accepted) or Festival Sponsorship
Get tickets: playground-sf.org/mycelium/
PlayGround Festival of New Works Premiere

ABOUT THE PLAY:
In the American Redwoods, two old trees wonder when they will finally die. In the Pacific Ocean, a colony of coral deals with the trials and tribulations of living in a commune. And in a maple forest, a terminally ill young human stumbles upon two talking mushrooms who are experts on death.

05/19/2026

❄️⛄🎅🕎BRING YOUR HOLIDAY SHOW TO SAN FRANCISCO!
Applications are now being accepted for PlayGround’s first annual TWISTED HOLIDAY FESTIVAL, November 27-December 20, at Potrero Stage and simulcast. This four-week “fringe style” new works festival will feature up to 20 productions and 60 performances of new holiday-themed works (with a twist!) by talented theatre artists from across the country including PlayGround artists based in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York and Chicago.

PlayGround’s Twisted Holiday Festival welcomes applications from seasoned theatre professionals, first-time producers, and all-star performers in every aspect of live performance, direction, and choreography. Productions will be presented for 3 performances at Potrero Stage (18th Street @ Arkansas),

For more information playground-sf.org/twistedholiday

05/18/2026

😎 2026-27 PRODUCING FELLOWSHIP - PAID GIG!
SF / LA / NY / CH

PlayGround is excited to announce immediate openings to join the 2026-27 Producing Fellowship, designed to foster the next generation of leadership for the American Theatre. We are looking for individuals passionate about theatre and looking to make an impact on the field while developing the skill set to do so for a living. Candidates must reside in one of the four PlayGround regions (LA, SF, NY, or Chicago). Four (4) fellows will be selected with one (1) drawn from each of the four (4) PlayGround regions. Particularly, in filling these roles, we will give weight and priority to BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disabled applicants with the hope of employing diverse voices who can continue to hone their producing skills in a collaborative environment. Applications are due by 11:59pm on May 31, 2026, with a target start date of August 1, 2026, running through July 31, 2027.

Application Link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIsLVQ_vnHUe9JydKp2zgckLaQnwKG0OrzQT9AX05hdIO4qQ/viewform

05/18/2026

🦉NEW PLAYWRITING MASTERCLASSES & WORKSHOPS!
PlayGround offers education programs for adults, both in-person and online via zoom, in support of the company’s mission: to help develop significant new voices for the stage. Offerings include multi-session workshops and single-session master classes with distinguished PlayGround alumni and other leading playwrights. Registration generally closes one week before the first class.

Details and registration: playground-sf.org/education/

Worldbuilding: Your Secret Weapon with Melissa Hillman
Mon, 6/15/2026 @ 6:00 PM, Online via Zoom

How to Build a Playwright in Three Acts with Rachel Bublitz ( "Funny, Like An Abortion")
Tue, 6/30/2026 @ 6:00 PM, Online via Zoom

05/16/2026

PlayGround invites early-career and aspiring directors resident in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, NYC or Chicago to apply for the one-year Directing Apprenticeship program. The deadline to apply is 11:59pm on June 30, 2026.

Selections will be announced on or before August 1. Directing apprentices will assist professional directors for 3 rounds of the Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series (90 minutes of rehearsal and a brief tech for each round) and will then have their Monday Night PlayGround directing debut in one of the remaining month.

Director Apprenticeship – Due 6/30
Apply here: forms.gle/tXQg7jEvBo5aM9Ak8/

05/15/2026

🍄Streaming Soon: MYCELIUM by Juliet Kang Huneke, Directed by Lana Richards
Featuring: L Duarte, Nikki Nutterfield, Krystle Piamonte, Kunal Prasad, and Dom Refuerzo

👉 May 16-17 & 23-24 7pm PT at Potrero Stage & Simulcast
Admission: $0-$50 (donations gratefully accepted) or Festival Sponsorship

💜Get tickets: playground-sf.org/mycelium/

ABOUT THE PLAY:
In the American Redwoods, two old trees wonder when they will finally die. In the Pacific Ocean, a colony of coral deals with the trials and tribulations of living in a commune. And in a maple forest, a terminally ill young human stumbles upon two talking mushrooms who are experts on death. Juliet Kang Huneke’s ecological pattern play Mycelium is a mosaic of our planet’s interconnections, from loneliness to queerness to life and death to dirt. A PlayGround commission, originally developed as part of the 29th annual PlayGround Festival of New Works. Featuring: L Duarte, Nikki Nutterfield, Krystle Piamonte, Kunal Prasad, and Dom Refuerzo.

05/14/2026

STREAMING THIS SUNDAY!
"Good Romans: A Shakespeare Reimagining"
by PlayGround-LA Alum Baylee Shlichtman, directed by Frieda de Lackner
featuring Jahnavi Alyssa and Greg Bryan
May 17 3pm PT, Festival Staged Reading - Potrero Stage, San Francisco
Get streaming tickets: playground-sf.org/festivalreadings/

It’s 44 BCE, and Julius Caesar has been assassinated. Now, two siblings find themselves at the center of a deadly power struggle. Octavian wants his destiny. Octavia wants to be safe. Both of them want what’s good for each other, but what is”good” when you’re building an empire? In conversation with Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, GOOD ROMANS is a play about power, patriarchy–and poetry. A PlayGround commission.

Baylee Shlichtman writes plays about love, autonomy, and magic in the mundane. Recently, her work has been featured with Full Circle Players Emerging Voices, EST/ LA Winterfest, and Afterlife Fest. Her work has been produced or developed with AlterTheatre Ensemble, Breath of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble, Curtis Theatre, Flamboyán Theatre, Great Plains Theatre Commons, New Relic Theatre, PlayGround-LA, UC Irvine, Urbanite Theatre, The Vagrancy Theatre, and The Workshop Theatre among others. MFA, UC Riverside ’27.

05/10/2026

PlayGround invites early-career and aspiring directors resident in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, NYC or Chicago to apply for the one-year Directing Apprenticeship program. The deadline to apply is 11:59pm on June 30, 2026.

Selections will be announced on or before August 1. Directing apprentices will assist professional directors for 3 rounds of the Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series (90 minutes of rehearsal and a brief tech for each round) and will then have their Monday Night PlayGround directing debut in one of the remaining month.

Apply here: forms.gle/tXQg7jEvBo5aM9Ak8/

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