SF Theatre Festival 7/26, Boasts 100 Free Shows

The sixth annual San Francisco Theater Festival, a free one-day extravaganza of 100 shows on 14 stages has been scheduled for Sunday, July 26, 2009, from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm at the Yerba Buena Gardens arts complex, including the new Contemporary Jewish Museum.

This unique festival, which began in 2004 as a celebration of local theater, has become an important showcase for theater groups and performers, as well as one of the Bay Area's most popular one-day free summer festivals. The Festival program consists of short performances under 30 minutes at eight indoor and six outdoor stages. All types of theater are presented, including drama, comedy, one-acts, excerpts, scenes, musical theater, solo performers, improv, children's shows, new works, workshops, opera, etc.

"By working together, the San Francisco Bay Area's theater community has created the largest theater event of the year whose main objectives are to showcase exciting performers and promote theatergoing," said producer Bill Schwartz.

The festival, with attendance of 8-10,000 enthusiastic theatergoers and potential theatergoers, takes place at Yerba Buena Gardens, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Zeum, and the Metreon. Previous festivals have included: The Marsh, Tell it on Tuesday, 42nd Street Moon, Lamplighters Music Theater, Exit Theatre, A.C.T. Conservatory,Cal Shakes, SF Shakespeare Festival, Stagebridge, No Nude Men Productions, Three Wise Monkeys, Uncle Buzzy's Show, The One Act Players, AtmosTheatre, San Francisco Buffoons, Golden Thread Fairytale Players, Galatean Players, Acme Players, and many others.

Applications to perform can be downloaded at: www.SFTheaterFestival.org (click on Perform). The deadline is May 1, 2009. Early applications receive priority for time slots and stages. There is no fee to apply or perform in the festival. Theater groups can staff tables for distribution of promotional literature and for subscription sales.

Yerba Buena Gardens is located between Mission & Folsom, Third & Fourth Streets in San Francisco. The San Francisco Theater Festival is presented in partnership with the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (www.ybgf.org).

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