Richard Gallagher and Dan Hiatt in Shameful/Shameless by Aaron Loeb (Festival 2002). Photo by Jim Kleinmann.

Each month, from October through March, PlayGround announces a topic to a pre-selected writers pool of Bay Area emerging professional playwrights, inviting the submission of original ten-page plays. The best six of these plays are presented as staged readings before a live audience on the third Monday of the month at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, featuring some of the Bay Area's best directors and actors. Pre-show discussions each month provide additional insight into the writers' process, the state of Bay Area theatre, and other aspects emerging out of the monthly topics. PlayGround begins its sixteenth consecutive Monday Night PlayGround season in October. For more information on becoming a member of the writers pool, click here.

Subscriptions for the 2009-10 season are on sale. Single tickets go on sale on September 1, 2009.

Season 16: 2009-10

October 19, 2009 / 8pm
Monday Night PlayGround
in residence at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Topic: to be announced

Pre-show Discussion at 7:10pm

For a complete schedule of events, click here.