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Festival Premiere: A Thousand Natural Shocks


A Thousand Natural Shocks follows Kennedy who navigates the chaos of IVF, the inevitability of pain, and the Tik-Tok teen crashing on their couch.

Red Red Red
Red Red Red
4/26 - 5/19/2024


Ancient myth and the post-modern present collide in the genre-bending queer love story written by Amelio Garcia, co-conceived by OTP’s William Hodgson and Lisa Ramirez ...

The Marsh Berkeley presents “The Waiting Period”


Continuing the effort of suicide prevention and hitting the milestone of 10 years of without-charge performances to the public, The Marsh has added free performances ...

Festival Reading: Crazy Jezebels


The biblical "crazy women" Eve, Jezebel, Lot's Wife, and Lillith have been committed to mental health treatment program, but they might find a way out.

The Marsh Berkeley presents “Tobacco, Zigzags, & Gum”


Due to high demand for tickets, The Marsh Berkeley has extended the world premiere of “Tobacco, Zigzags & Gum,” a new work by film, television, ...

The Marsh Berkeley presents “Breed or Bust”


The timely, entertaining, and thought-provoking solo show Breed or Bust by award-winning actor, director, and “story midwife” Joyful Raven returns to the Bay Area this ...

Festival: Best of PlayGround (SF)'24


PlayGround is thrilled to announce the selected plays and playwrights for our annual ten-minute play fest, BEST OF PLAYGROUND(SF) ’24, including first-time festival writers Robyn ...

Soul Mates
Soul Mates
5/26


Folk tales say that everyone has a soul mate. Some tales go on to state that you meet your soul mate again in the afterlife. ...

The Marsh San Francisco presents “Takes All Kinds”


The public is invited to participate in the shaping of award-winning actor and critically acclaimed playwright Dan Hoyle’s latest work, “Takes All Kinds” as it ...

All's Well that Ends Well
All's Well that Ends Well
5/23 - 6/2/2024


Theatre Rhinoceros presents ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL By William Shakespeare Adapted & directed by John Fisher Performance starts in the theatre at 4229 18th ...

Marin Theatre Company presents “Torch Song”


Marin Theatre Company (MTC) closes out its 2023/24 season with “Torch Song,” the seminal comic drama by Harvey Fierstein, directed by Evren Odcikin. An adaptation ...

The Marsh San Francisco presents “Extreme Acts”


The Marsh San Francisco will present the world premiere of the thought-provoking and newest work by award-winning playwright Lynne Kaufman, “Extreme Acts.” Highlighting Kaufman’s signature ...

The Marsh Berkeley presents “Breed or Bust”


The timely, entertaining, and thought-provoking solo show Breed or Bust by award-winning actor, director, and “story midwife” Joyful Raven returns to the Bay Area this ...

The Marsh San Francisco presents “Something Is Wrong with Adam Strauss”


Comedian and solo performer Adam Strauss returns to The Marsh San Francisco with his newest show Something Is Wrong with Adam Strauss, a sequel to ...

Clyde's
Clyde's
5/16 - 6/9/2024


Past the long line of truckers waiting outside, Clyde’s Sandwich Shop is more than just a greasy spoon. It serves up a chance at redemption ...

In The Shadow of Mt. Fuji


In Cathy Midori Stonie's play In The Shadow of Mt. Fuji, Isamu is an embittered and lonely middle-aged man with no future. His overbearing mother's ...

The Marsh San Francisco presents “The Waiting Period”


Continuing the effort of suicide prevention and hitting the milestone of 10 years of without-charge performances to the public, The Marsh has added free performances ...

San Francisco Playhouse presents “The Glass Menagerie”


San Francisco Playhouse stages Tennessee Williams ’ seminal masterpiece “ The Glass Menagerie ,” directed by in-demand Bay Area theatre artist Jeffrey Lo . In ...

The Marsh San Francisco presents “The Mushroom Cure”


Comedian and solo performer Adam Strauss returns to The Marsh San Francisco with his renowned show, “The Mushroom Cure,” inspired by a scientific study showing ...

SistahFriend


This dramatic comedy by Phaedra Tillery-Boughton reveals the hard work behind ‘black girl magic' as it follows three best friends in their 40s, through life-changing ...

The Marsh San Francisco presents “Not a Genuine Black Man”


The Marsh San Francisco will add four additional performances of the limited return engagement of Brian Copeland’s stunning work, “Not a Genuine Black Man,” which ...

The Marsh Berkeley presents “The Waiting Period”


Continuing the effort of suicide prevention and hitting the milestone of 10 years of without-charge performances to the public, The Marsh has added free performances ...

Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night
7/5 - 7/28/2024


SPARC Theater, formerly Livermore Shakespeare Festival, will present Twelfth Night , directed by Lisa Tromovitch, and adapted by Jennifer Le Blanc. SPARC’s Shakespeare in the ...

C.S. Lewis On Stage: Further Up & Further In


Award-winning actor Max McLean’s tour de force performance captures C.S. Lewis’ magnetic personality, astonishing eloquence and laugh-out-loud wit to create an onstage experience venturing deep ...

As You Like It
As You Like It
7/13 - 9/1/2024


Santa Cruz Shakespeare, a nationally recognized professional theater company in Santa Cruz County with deep local roots that go back more than 40 years, invites ...


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Review: GALILEO At Berkeley Repertory Theatre


by Steve Murray - May 16, 2024

What did our critic think of GALILEO at Berkeley Repertory Theatre?...

Review: TORCH SONG at Marin Theatre


by Steve Murray - May 15, 2024

Marin Theatre closes out their 2023/24 season with a newly revised production of Harvey Fierstein’s Tony Award-winning Torch Song. A smash hit in 1982, the original trilogy opened the floodgate of LGBT representations in theatre, film, and television with its universal themes of self-acceptance, fam...

Review: THE GLASS MENAGERIE at SF Playhouse


by Steve Murray - May 09, 2024

Tom Wingfield opens Tennessee William’s haunting memory play with this admonition: “Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you the illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusio...

Review: FUNNY GIRL at Orpheum Theatre


by Steve Murray - May 03, 2024

What did our critic think of FUNNY GIRL at Orpheum Theatre?...

Review: BITCH SLAP! at SF Oasis


by Steve Murray - April 27, 2024

What did our critic think of BITCH SLAP! at SF Oasis?...

Review: FOREVER PLAID at 42nd Street Moon


by Steve Murray - April 26, 2024

Stuart Ross’ 1989 jukebox homage to boy bands of the 1950’s is a pleasant whiff of nostalgia sure to remove you from the stress of today’s less naïve and chaotic present. Forever Plaid follows The Plaids, a youthful quartet with stardom in their eyes killed in a car accident in 1964. Like the baseba...

Review: A STRANGE LOOP at American Conservatory Theatre


by Steve Murray - April 25, 2024

There was a considerable buzz of excitement at the West Coast premiere of Michael R. Jackson’s A Strange Loop. Could the musical live up to the hype generated by its eleven Tony nominations and wins for Best Musical and Best Book? That would be a hell yes! Right from the opening number “Intermission...

Review: TIGER STYLE! at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley


by Jim Munson - April 16, 2024

What did our critic think of TIGER STYLE! at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley? BroadwayWorld reviews Mike Lew's riotous and biting comedy 'Tiger Style!' running through April 28th in Mountain View....

Review: DOS MUJERES at San Francisco Ballet


by Jim Munson - April 07, 2024

What did our critic think of DOS MUJERES at San Francisco Ballet? BroadwayWorld reviews this pairing of two very different ballets by Latina choreographers running through April 14th at the War Memorial Opera House....

Review: SWEATSHOP OVERLORD at A.C.T. Strand


by Steve Murray - April 05, 2024

It’s March 2020 and the country is shutdown by a new, mysterious virus called COVID-19. Broke, newly unemployed performance artist Kristina Wong is in full crisis mode. She’s got no audience, no kids, and no prospects, but she’s got a plan. ...



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