Arts, Culture & Humanities
Playground Inc
BERKELEY, CA
Total revenue
$585K
Total expenses
$727K
Net assets
$813K
Grants received
$506K
31 grants
EIN
943336399
Tax year
2023
Mission
Playground is the bay area's leading playwright incubator. The mission of playground is to support the development of significant new local voices for the theatre.
Programs
2 programs
Monday night playgroundproduce staged readings of 72 original short works from more than 300 submissions for an online audience of 2000+ with participation of more than 360+ theatre artists (12 performances).playground festival of new worksproduce a three-week online new works festival celebrating the best new short and full-length plays, including best of playground, an annual showcase featuring a fully-produced evening-length program of the best 6-7 short works from the monday night series, staged readings of new full-length plays commissioned and/or developed by playground, and premieres of two full-length plays developed in past festivals, for an audience of 1,200+ with participation of nearly 100 theatre artists (12 performances).
Commissioning initiative & playwright residency programdevelop 12-16 new full-length plays by playground alumni, including 4-6 under commission.playground young playwrights projectprovide playwriting classes for bay area high school students, free and discounted student admissions to public performances, and produce the annual young playwrights project, showcasing the best student works as part of the playground festival.playground solo performance festivalshowcase the best new solo performances by emerging and established solo artists over a three-week festival, for an audience of 800+.
Financials
FY 2023
Revenue
Expenses
People
14 listed
James A Kleinmann
President
$120K
40 hrs/wk
Regina Guggenheim
Chair Emeritus
—
3 hrs/wk
Nitin
Treasurer
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3 hrs/wk
Emilie Talbot
Vice President
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3 hrs/wk
Stephanie Prentice
Chair
—
3 hrs/wk
Tanvi Agrawal
Director
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3 hrs/wk
Katie May
Secretary
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3 hrs/wk
Diana Burbano
Secretary
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3 hrs/wk
David Steele
Director
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2 hrs/wk
Linda Amayo-Hassan
Director
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2 hrs/wk
Rebecca Martinez
Director
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2 hrs/wk
Hillary DeMartino
Director
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2 hrs/wk
Bacilio Mendez II
Director
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2 hrs/wk
Christian Wilburn
Director
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2 hrs/wk
Grants received
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Funded by
$506K from 9 funders · 31 grants · 2017–2024
$196K · 8 grants · 2017–2023
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$69K · 5 grants · 2017–2023
$38K · 1 grant · 2017
$13K · 1 grant · 2020
$7K · 1 grant · 2021
$5K · 1 grant · 2023