PlayGround
For Strategic Planning
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Amount$35,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/4/2015
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
Playground is Berkeley based organization, incubating new plays and supporting young playwrights through all phases of script development and production. Playground commissions new work, provides script writing workshops, and hosts readings and peer learning experiences. Noted for an annual festival featuring plays from their extensive cohort of playwrights, Playground also hosts, "Monday Night at the Playground", a popular quarterly set of public readings developed quickly over a week’s time around common a theme. This Organizational Effectiveness award will support Playground through a facilities planning project, allowing for the organization to effectively navigate the complex landscape of possibilities, from leasing presenting space to the acquisition of property.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.playground-sf.org
Address
3286 Adeline Street, Suite 8, Berkeley, CA, 94703-2485, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
PlayGround supports the development of new voices for theater through by cultivating the craft and careers of emerging and more experienced theater makers. Each year, the organization engages over 400 local playwrights, directors, actors, and designers. It commissions the creation new theater works, provides performance opportunities for performers and playwrights, incubates new theater productions and organizations, and serves as a fiscal sponsor. The organization serves audiences through free performances at its theater in San Francisco and streaming online, all of which contributes to the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
for general operating support
PlayGround supports the development of new voices for theater through by cultivating the craft and careers of emerging and more experienced theater makers. Each year, the organization engages over 400 local playwrights, directors, actors, and designers. It commissions the creation new theater works, provides performance opportunities for performers and playwrights, incubates new theater productions and organizations, and serves as a fiscal sponsor. The organization serves audiences through free performances at its theater in San Francisco and online streaming, all of which contributes to the Performing Arts Program’s Artists Strategy.
for general operating support
PlayGround is an incubator for the development of new local voices in theater. Through a suite of programs, PlayGround provides opportunities that cultivate the careers of early-career playwrights and develop new productions. In addition, PlayGround manages the Potrero Stage, a 99-seat black box theater in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood and a flexible rehearsal, meeting, and classroom space in South Berkeley. Each year, the organization serves 8,000 audience members and more than 250 directors, actors, playwrights, and designers.
