Potrero Stage

09/05/2026

😂 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/

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/

08/24/2026

That's a wrap! Free-Play 2026 was a festival for the ages:

21 Productions
60 Performances
50+ performers
Thousands of attendees in-person and online
1 amazing experience all around!!

Producers, congratulations on an incredible summer festival!

08/13/2026

On Stage Now: 5th Annual FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL
Thru August 23, 2026
Potrero Stage & Simulcast
Admission-Free, Suggested Donation $10-$30
Check out the lineup: playground-sf.org/freeplay/

PlayGround closes out the summer season with the fifth annual FREE-PLAY FESTIVAL! This four-week “fringe style” new works festival features 21 productions and 61 performances by talented theatre artists from across the country including PlayGround artists based in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York and Chicago.

08/11/2026

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

💻 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.

07/19/2026

❄️FINAL WEEKS TO SUBMIT! ⛄DUE JULY 31 🖤

Applications are now being accepted for PlayGround’s first annual TWISTED HOLIDAY FESTIVAL, November 27-December 20, at Potrero Stage and simulcast.

- Four-week “fringe style” new works festival
- Up to 20 productions and 60 performances
- New holiday-themed works (with a twist!)

PlayGround’s Twisted Holiday Festival welcomes applications from seasoned theatre professionals, first-time producers, and all-star performers in every aspect of live performance, direction, and choreography. Productions will be presented for 3 performances at Potrero Stage (18th Street @ Arkansas),

All productions are simulcast get three HD recordings of their show!

More info: playground-sf.org/twistedholiday

07/17/2026

Producers! 😈 Feeling Naughty? 🥰 Feeling Nice?

BRING YOUR HOLIDAY SHOW TO POTRERO STAGE!
Applications are now being accepted for PlayGround’s 1st Annual Twisted Holiday Festival. The deadline to submit is July 31, 2026. More info here: playground-sf.org/twistedholiday/

SUBMIT YOUR SHOW!PlayGround’s 1st Annual TWISTED HOLIDAY FESTIVAL...