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Potrero Stage is a state-of-the-art performance space, operated by PlayGround and serving as home to

Potrero Stage is a 99-seat state-of-the-art performance space located in the heart of San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood, operated by PlayGround, and serving as home to some of the Bay Area's leading new play developers and producers, including PlayGround, Crowded Fire, Golden Thread, and Playwrights Foundation, among others. For more information or to inquire about rentals, email [email protected] or call (415) 992-6677.

09/27/2026

Golden Thread Productions presents : ReOrient 2026 Festival
October 9, 2026 - November 1, 2026
by Hassan Abdulrazzak, Banafsheh Hassani, Sepehr Jafari, Hannah Khalil, and Ahmed Masoud
Details here: goldenthread.org/productions/reorient-festival-2026/

Featuring five short plays by award-winning MENA playwrights, Golden Thread’s beloved festival returns with a 30th Anniversary line-up dedicated to Iran and Palestine. This year’s Festival makes the political personal, presenting intimate and genre-pushing works. Nowhere else you will see such a global mix of stories and styles on one stage in one evening.

09/26/2026

📆Space available for November and December!
Potrero Stage: PlayGround Center for New Plays is a 99-seat state-of-the-art performance space t in the heart of San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood.

New availability:
- November 9-26, 2026 (great rates!)
- December 21, 2026-January 10, 2027
- Also booking through December, 2028

More at potrerostage.org/rentals/

If you have a project (full production, workshop, or reading), our space is available at reasonable rates!
💟Nonprofit organizations receive over 50% off our already low weekly rental rates
1️⃣ First-time producers and micro-organizations may be able to access introductory pricing alongside a box office-split model

09/25/2026

😂 The PlayGround Comedy Festival is our annual celebration of the best in comedic performance, including stand-up, improv, sketch, and comedic plays! Submissions are due October 31.

SEEKING 🤩 up to 20 unique events taking place March 12-April 4, 2027, performed live for three performances at Potrero Stage and simulcast online. Registration fees include production staff, front of house staff, marketing support, and three HD recordings of your event!

DEETS 👉 playground-sf.org/comedyfestival/

09/16/2026

09/15/2026

😮 Applications Due Today! September 15, 2026 11:59pm
10th Annual PlayGround Solo Performance Festival
January 15-February 7, 2027
Potrero Stage & Simulcast

💻 Producers are granted three live performances which are also streamed live! Producers also receive access to live recordings at the end of the festival.
🔗 playground-sf.org/solofest-guidelines/

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
PlayGround invites submission of proposals for the 10th annual PlayGround Solo Performance Festival, to take place at PlayGround’s San Francisco venue, Potrero Stage, with live online simulcast, January 15-February 7, 2027. PlayGround is interested in diverse voices and approaches, including storytelling, clowning, music, dance, multimedia, comedy, etc. In addition to new works by individual writer-performers, we are also interested in collaborations between separate writers and performers as well as adaptations of existing material in the public domain, historical biographies and/or historical events. BIPOC, trans/gender-nonconforming, and artists with disabilities encouraged to apply. Running time for proposed pieces can be up to 50 minutes without intermission.

09/12/2026

➡ Application Deadline: September 15, 2026 11:59pm
Submissions Now Open: 10th Annual PlayGround Solo Performance Festival
January 15-February 7, 2027
Potrero Stage & Simulcast

💻 Producers are granted three live performances which are also streamed live! Producers also receive access to live recordings at the end of the festival.
🔗 playground-sf.org/solofest-guidelines/ (link in bio)

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
PlayGround invites submission of proposals for the 10th annual PlayGround Solo Performance Festival, to take place at PlayGround’s San Francisco venue, Potrero Stage, with live online simulcast, January 15-February 7, 2027. PlayGround is interested in diverse voices and approaches, including storytelling, clowning, music, dance, multimedia, comedy, etc. In addition to new works by individual writer-performers, we are also interested in collaborations between separate writers and performers as well as adaptations of existing material in the public domain, historical biographies and/or historical events. BIPOC, trans/gender-nonconforming, and artists with disabilities encouraged to apply. Running time for proposed pieces can be up to 50 minutes without intermission.

09/11/2026

📆Space available for November and December!
Potrero Stage: PlayGround Center for New Plays is a 99-seat state-of-the-art performance space t in the heart of San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood.

New availability:
- November 9-26, 2026 (great rates!)
- December 21, 2026-January 10, 2027
- Also booking through December, 2028

If you have a project (full production, workshop, or reading), our space is available at reasonable rates!
💟Nonprofit organizations receive over 50% off our already low weekly rental rates
1️⃣ First-time producers and micro-organizations may be able to access introductory pricing alongside a box office-split model

More at potrerostage.org/rentals/ (link in bio)

08/28/2026

👉🏼PLAYGROUND SOLO FEST INFO SESSION: Monday, Aug 31, 5-6p PT
Learn more about the 2027 PlayGround Solo Fest (Jan 15-Feb 7, Potrero Stage & simulcast) and how you can participate!

Register for Monday, Aug 31 at 5pm PT/8 ET
https://bit.ly/4gBsrAJ

Solo Fest guidelines and application form:
https://playground-sf.org/solofest-guidelines

08/25/2026

📆Space available for November and December!
Potrero Stage: PlayGround Center for New Plays is a 99-seat state-of-the-art performance space t in the heart of San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood.

New availability:
- November 9-26, 2026 (great rates!)
- December 21, 2026-January 10, 2027
- Also booking through December, 2028

If you have a project (full production, workshop, or reading), our space is available at reasonable rates!
💟Nonprofit organizations receive over 50% off our already low weekly rental rates
1️⃣ First-time producers and micro-organizations may be able to access introductory pricing alongside a box office-split model

More at potrerostage.org/rentals/

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1695 18th Street
San Francisco, CA
94107

Telephone

+14159926677

Website

http://potrerostage.org/

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