The San Francisco Playhouse Sandbox Series of World Premieres

For more than fifteen years, the San Francisco Playhouse Sandbox Series gave new plays an opportunity to move beyond staged readings and onto their feet in intimate productions with professional artists. As our New Works Program enters its next chapter, we are building on that legacy by bringing more new work into fully realized World Premiere productions as part of our regular seasons.

Past Sandbox Series Productions

2024-2025 Season:

Home? A Palestinian Woman’s Pursuit of Life, Liberty, & Happiness by Hend Ayoub

2019-2020 Season:

The Daughters by Patricia Cotter

Born in East Berlin by Rogelio Martinez

2018-2019 Season:

Graveyard Shift by Korde A. Tuttle

A White Girl’s Guide to International Terrorism by Chelsea Marcantel

The Fit by Carey Perloff

2017-2018 Season:

Non-Player Character by Walt McGough

In Braunau by Dipika Guha

Washed Up on the Potomac by Lynn Rosen

2016-2017 Season:

All of What You Love and None of What You Hate by Phillip Howze

You Mean to Do Me Harm by Christopher Chen

Zenith by Kirsten Greenidge

2015-2016 Season:

1 2 3 by Lila Rose Kaplan

On Clover Road by Steven Dietz

The Rules by Dipika Guha

2014-2015 Season:

77% by Rinne Groff

In a Word by Lauren Yee

2013-2014 Season:

Ideation by Aaron Loeb

From Red to Black by Rhett Rossi

2012-2013 Season:

Inevitable by Jordan Puckett

Grounded by George Brant

2011-2012 Season:

Track in a Box by Tim Barsky

Private Parts by Graham Gremore

Reunion by Kenn Rabin

2010-2011 Season:

Seven Days by Daniel Heath

2009-2010 Season:

Safe House by Geetha Reddy

The Apotheosis of Pig Husbandry by William Bivins