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PlayGround to Present SHAKESPEARE SEQUELS With Marin Shakespeare And SF Shakes


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 07, 2025

PlayGround writers are set to take on a new sector of the Bard's not-previously-explored canon: THE SHAKESPEARE SEQUELS. Learn more about the upcoming events and see how to attend....

Performers Under Stress to Present Three Short Plays By Harold Pinter And Nirmala Nataraj


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 02, 2024

PERFORMERS UNDER STRESS announced 'Interrogations: Pre-Election Coverage,' featuring three short plays by Harold Pinter and Nirmala Nataraj at Potrero Stage. Directed by Scott Baker. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets. ...

BREED OR BUST Comes to The Marsh Next Month


by Stephi Wild - September 06, 2024

After a successful run in Berkeley earlier this year, award-winning actor, director, and “story midwife” Joyful Raven will return to The Marsh in a limited engagement of her timely, entertaining, and thought-provoking solo show Breed or Bust....

Heather Tyson's TITLE PENDING Will Make its San Francisco Debut


by Stephi Wild - August 05, 2024

Heather Tyson, now a multiple award-winning Solo Artist, is bringing her acclaimed solo show, TITLE PENDING, to Playground SF's FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL on August 17, 23 and 24....

New Theatre Developer PlayGround to Celebrate 30 Years with Gala in Four Cities


by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 18, 2024

One of the nation’s oldest and most respected developers of new works for the theatre, PlayGround will mark its third decade of incubating new plays by hosting simultaneous parties in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco on Monday, September 16, 2024. Learn how to attend....

PlayGround's Free-Play Festival to Return in August at Potrero Stage


by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 17, 2024

PlayGround's Free-Play Festival will return in Augus at Potrero Stage, featuring 11 diverse productions by theatre artists nationwide. Enjoy a variety of performances from dance to ensemble plays. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

The Marsh Presents First Ever IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES Performance Festival This August


by A.A. Cristi - June 14, 2024

The Marsh has announce the inaugural In Front of Your Eyes Performance Festival, running from August 1 to 25, 2024, showcasing a diverse array of live performances....

The Marsh Berkeley to Present Talkbacks & Special Events for Run of BREED OR BUST


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 17, 2024

The timely, entertaining, and thought-provoking solo show Breed or Bust by award-winning actor, director, and “story midwife” Joyful Raven at The Marsh Berkeley, has scheduled a series of talkbacks and special events to engage the community. Learn how to attend!...

PlayGround to Host a Potrero Hill Community Celebration This Month


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 16, 2024

Join PlayGround on May 24 for a Potrero Hill Community Celebration with a mural dedication by Natalie Contreras and performances from the 16th annual Young Playwrights Project featuring Bay Area high school students. Learn more about the event!...

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. ...

Past Shows

TITLE PENDING
TITLE PENDING
8/17 - 8/24/2024


TITLE PENDING is the gripping tale of Heather, a hardworking Midwestern girl whose life begins to crumble after she receives a mysterious text from her ...

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 ...

Videos


Daisy in San Francisco / Bay Area Daisy
Hillbarn Theatre (1/23 - 2/9) Tracker
Voctave: The Corner of Broadway & Main Street in San Francisco / Bay Area Voctave: The Corner of Broadway & Main Street
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall (1/21 - 1/22) Tracker
The Comedy of Errors in San Francisco / Bay Area The Comedy of Errors
The Toni Rembe Theater (formerly The Geary Theater) (4/22 - 5/3)
Nobody Loves You in San Francisco / Bay Area Nobody Loves You
The Toni Rembe Theater (formerly The Geary Theater) (2/28 - 3/30)
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Non-Equity) in San Francisco / Bay Area Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Non-Equity)
Saroyan Theatre (5/12 - 5/13)
Two Trains Running in San Francisco / Bay Area Two Trains Running
The Toni Rembe Theater (formerly The Geary Theater) (4/15 - 5/4)
College Notes A Cappella
Lesher Center for the Arts (2/21 - 2/22)
Dear San Francisco in San Francisco / Bay Area Dear San Francisco
Club Fugazi (10/12 - 7/31)
Ain't Too Proud — The Life and Times of the Temptations in San Francisco / Bay Area Ain't Too Proud — The Life and Times of the Temptations
Golden Gate Theatre (2/25 - 3/2)
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