PlayGround Comedy Festival 2026: San Francisco’s First Annual Lineup
PlayGround has announced the lineup for its first annual PlayGround Comedy Festival, an eclectic lineup of innovative performances including stand-up, sketch, improv, comedic plays, and more! Performances run March 6-29, 2026 (Thurs-Mon), presented live at San Francisco’s Potrero Stage and simulcast online. The festival features 18 hilarious acts and 60 performances produced by Joshua Raoul Brody, Diana Brown, Melanie DuPuy, The Fists of Improv, Emil Guillermo, Raymond Gutierrez, Neil Harkins, Ric Iverson, Olivia Levine, Tim Orr, Tansu Philip, Loic Pichot, Mantra Radhakrishnan, Radhika Rao, The Red Herrings, Dana Schwartz, Ben Visini, and Jiaxin Zheng.
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 Admission-Free (Suggested Donation: $10-$30). All donations directly support PlayGround and our guest artists. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit playground-sf.org/
WHERE: Potrero Stage & Simulcast (on-demand access for one week)
WHAT & WHEN: PlayGround PlayGround Comedy Festival – Performance Schedule
Friday, March 6, 2026
7:00pm: Latini-DUH!
8:30pm: Munch Ado About Improv
Saturday, March 7, 2026
2:30pm: Friends Without Benefits, Too; The Shequel
4:00pm: Latini-DUH!
5:30pm: What’s Your Protest Song? An Improvised Musical
7:00pm: Munch Ado About Improv
8:30pm: Off-Topic Improv
Sunday, March 8, 2026
2:30pm: Latini-DUH!
4:00pm: Off-Topic Improv
5:30pm: Friends Without Benefits, Too; The Shequel
7:00pm: Gamesome Frolic- Improvised Show in the Stylings of the Bard
8:30pm: Friends Without Benefits, Too; The Shequel
Monday, March 9, 2026
7:00pm: Latini-DUH!
8:30pm: Off-Topic Improv
Thursday, March 12, 2026
7:00pm: Give a Little Bit More
8:30pm: What’s Your Protest Song? An Improvised Musical
Friday, March 13, 2026
7:00pm: Friends Without Benefits, Too; The Shequel
8:30pm: Tansu and Kirsten’s Very Best Friendship Show
Saturday, March 14, 2026
2:30pm: Munch Ado About Improv
4:00pm: Emil Amok, Anchorman: The News Made Me Do It
5:30pm: Tansu and Kirsten’s Very Best Friendship Show
7:00pm: Gamesome Frolic- Improvised Show in the Stylings of the Bard
8:30pm: Fancy Seeing You Here
Sunday, March 15, 2026
2:30pm: A Stab In The Dark
4:00pm: Tansu and Kirsten’s Very Best Friendship Show
5:30pm: Gamesome Frolic: Improvised Show in the Stylings of the Bard
7:00pm: Emil Amok, Anchorman: The News Made Me Do It
8:30pm: Fancy Seeing You Here
Monday, March 16, 2026
7:00pm: Emil Amok, Anchorman: The News Made Me Do it
8:30pm: What’s Your Protest Song? An Improvised Musical
Thursday, March 19, 2026
7:00pm: Emil Amok, Anchorman: The News Made Me Do It
8:30pm: Improv Playhouse of San Francisco
Friday, March 20, 2026
7:00pm: Unstuck
8:30pm: Women Off-Colour
Saturday, March 21, 2026
2:30pm: Naked Staged, Improv Playhouse of San Francisco
4:00pm: Unstuck
5:30pm: Women Off-Colour
7:00pm: Fancy Seeing You Here
8:30pm: Naked Staged, Improv Playhouse of San Francisco
Sunday, March 22, 2026
2:30pm: Women Off-Colour
4:00pm: The Last Download
5:30pm: Naked Staged, Improv Playhouse of San Francisco
7:00pm: A Stab In The Dark
8:30pm: Give a Little Bit More
Monday, March 23, 2026
7:00pm: Unstuck
8:30pm: A Stab In The Dark
Thursday, March 26, 2026
7:00pm: Johnny Lonely’s Unhappy Hour
8:30pm: The Bomb
Friday, March 27, 2026
7:00pm: Culturally Distressed: Live
8:30pm: Johnny Lonely’s Unhappy Hour
Saturday, March 28, 2026
2:30pm: The Bomb
4:00pm: Johnny Lonely’s Unhappy Hour
5:30pm: The Last Download
7:00pm: The Bomb
8:30pm: Culturally Distressed: Live
Sunday, March 29, 2026
2:30pm: The Last Download
4:00pm: Culturally Distressed: Live
5:30pm: The Bomb
7:00pm: Give a Little Bit More
8:30pm: The Last Download
TICKETS: Admission is free (donations gratefully accepted and directly support the artists). For tickets and more information, visit playground-sf.org/
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