PlayGround has announced the lineup for its eighth annual PlayGround Solo Performance Festival, a curation of the best in Bay Area solo performance, running January 24-February 9, 2025 (Fri-Sun), presented live at San Francisco’s Potrero Stage and simulcast online. The festival of new solo work features 18 double-bill performances by twelve California artists over three weeks, including Diana Brown, Ben Chau-Chiu, Elijah Jalil Paz Fisher, Safiya Fredericks, Jon Gentry, Steve Harper, Ric Iverson, Lucy London, Daniel Martinez Jr., Aaron Pang, Tansu Philip, and Miyoko Sakatani. This year’s festival was competitively selected from open applications, and is a direct extension of PlayGround’s mission and commitment to the discovery of bold new voices for the stage and the development of innovative and timely original content. Tickets are free with donations gratefully accepted.

Performances by date:

Friday, January 24, 2025, 7pm

Safiya Fredericks in THE BIRTHDAY GIRL!

Jon Gentry in BLACK *******

Saturday, January 25, 2025, 4pm

Elijah Jalil Paz Fisher in THE SKIBIDI M’FIN BIBIDI EXPERIENCE

Safiya Fredericks in THE BIRTHDAY GIRL!

Saturday, January 25, 2025, 7pm

Jon Gentry in BLACK *******

Ric Iverson in PERIOD. NEW PARAGRAPH.

Sunday, January 26, 2025, 1pm

Safiya Fredericks in THE BIRTHDAY GIRL!

Jon Gentry in BLACK *******

Sunday, January 26, 2025, 4pm

Elijah Jalil Paz Fisher in THE SKIBIDI M’FIN BIBIDI EXPERIENCE

Daniel Martinez Jr. in WHAT’S IN A NAME?

Sunday, January 26, 2025, 7pm

Ben Chau-Chiu in LUCKY CHANCES

Aaron Pang in HEREIN LIES THE TRUTH

Friday, January 31, 2025, 7pm

Steve Harper in SNOW (BLACK MAN / WHITE OUT CONDITIONS)

Elijah Jalil Paz Fisher in THE SKIBIDI M’FIN BIBIDI EXPERIENCE

Saturday, February 1, 2025, 4pm

Aaron Pang in HEREIN LIES THE TRUTH

Steve Harper in SNOW (BLACK MAN / WHITE OUT CONDITIONS)

Saturday, February 1, 2025, 7pm

Daniel Martinez in WHAT’S IN A NAME?

Ben Chau-Chiu in LUCKY CHANCES

Sunday, February 2, 2025, 1pm

Steve Harper in SNOW (BLACK MAN / WHITE OUT CONDITIONS)

Daniel Martinez Jr. in WHAT’S IN A NAME?

Sunday, February 2, 2025, 4pm

Miyoko Sakatani in I WASN’T ALWAYS AN ASIAN

Lucy London in GRASPING AT STRAWS

Sunday, February 2, 2025, 7pm

Aaron Pang in HEREIN LIES THE TRUTH

Ric Iverson in PERIOD. NEW PARAGRAPH.

Friday, February 7, 2025, 7pm

Tansu Philip in MOST ACHIEVED PERSON

Diana Brown in VERTIGO-BUT NOT THE MOVIE by Susan L. Jackson

Saturday, February 8, 2025, 4pm

Miyoko Sakatani in I WASN’T ALWAYS AN ASIAN

Tansu Philip in MOST ACHIEVED PERSON

Saturday, February 8, 2025, 7pm

Diana Brown in VERTIGO-BUT NOT THE MOVIE by Susan L. Jackson

Lucy London in GRASPING AT STRAWS

Sunday, February 9, 2025, 1pm

Tansu Philip in MOST ACHIEVED PERSON

Ric Iverson in PERIOD. NEW PARAGRAPH.

Sunday, February 9, 2025, 4pm

Miyoko Sakatani in I WASN’T ALWAYS ASIAN

Diana Brown in VERTIGO-BUT NOT THE MOVIE by Susan L. Jackson

Sunday, February 9, 2025, 7pm

Lucy London in GRASPING AT STRAWS

Ben Chau-Chiu in LUCKY CHANCES

Admission: Free

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Date: January 24 - February 9, 2025

Location: Potrero Stage & Simulcast 

1695 18th Street San Francisco, CA 94107

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