Let’s ALL get on the ride, because this is now part of who we are: the Bay Area knows how to build a theatre community, support its writers, and develop great new plays. And don’t kid yourself — that is due in very large part to PlayGround! So if you have, in any way, supported PlayGround over the years, this is due to YOU!
When directors, actors, or writers see each other at another theatre, we don’t just vaguely know of each other, we have a feeling of beloved family! We hug, we beam with happiness at our good fortune for running into each other, we feel nourished. This is 100% because of PlayGround Monday Nights!
So when it comes time to produce a play or work together, we do not hesitate. We know and love each other; we have seen each other succeed in insane circumstances, and we have seen each other face plant — only to be lifted up with love and applause! We have risked everything together and so there is deep trust.
I am the artist that I am today in large part because of PlayGround. PlayGround gives us the room to try on new characters in a fully supportive environment. The audience and your peers are there to fully support you, to hear the words, and to see genuine theatrical magic happen. This has made me — and many of us throughout the Bay Area — truly fearless! And that in turn has completely altered the level of theatre we all get to see on stages around the Bay Area.
PlayGround hones the writers, directors, and actors you see throughout the Bay Area. PlayGround has strengthened the very fabric of the Bay Area theatre community.