PlayGround-LA has announced the selected plays and playwrights for its twelfth annual ten-minute play festival, BEST OF PLAYGROUND-LA ’24, showcasing works by emerging talents.
PlayGround has announced the full lineup for its 26th annual FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS, running May 9-29, returning for in-person performances at Potrero Stage, where the festival has been based since 2008, and, new this year, all simulcast online.
AEA/SAG-AFTRA agreement paves way for digital theater options post-pandemic
The new agreement gives a little bit of certainty in this time of uncertainty, says Susi Damilano of SF Playhouse.
Lily Janiak December 15, 2020Updated: December 15, 2020, 6:57 pm
Actor Nora el Samahy waits for staff to clear up technical difficulties during a rehearsal for the upcoming play “Disbelief,” which is part of PlayGround’s Zoom Fest, at PlayGround’s PlaySpace in Berkeley. Photo: Michael Short / Special to The Chronicle
If much of theater has gone digital since the pandemic, a new agreement between two performers unions hints that the art form might have online options indefinitely.