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San Francisco Playhouse Presents EXOTIC DEADLY: OR THE MSG PLAY


by A.A. Cristi - December 16, 2024

San Francisco Playhouse will ring in 2025 with the Northern California Premiere of Keiko Green's Exotic Deadly: Or the MSG Play. ...

Photos: Rajiv Joseph and More Turn Out for KING JAMES At TheatreWorks Silicon Valley


by A.A. Cristi - October 15, 2024

Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Describe the Night, Archduke) visited TheatreWorks Silicon Valley for the opening night of his play King James, performing through November 3 at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. See photos from his visit....

California Shakespeare Theater Will Close its Doors


by Stephi Wild - October 11, 2024

California Shakespeare Theater, known as Cal Shakes, will close its doors. A statement on the company's website, from Executive Director Clive Worsley, cites 'insurmountable financial impasse' as the reason for the closure. ...

Photos: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG At San Francisco Playhouse


by A.A. Cristi - September 27, 2024

San Francisco Playhouse kicks off its 2024-25 season with the Olivier Award-winning comedy The Play That Goes Wrong. See photos from the production.  ...

Rajiv Joseph's KING JAMES to be Presented at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 27, 2024

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will tip off its 54th season by bringing basketball from center court to center stage with Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph’s King James. Learn how to purchase tickets....

Cast Set For THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at San Francisco Playhouse


by Stephi Wild - August 13, 2024

San Francisco Playhouse will kick off its 2024-25 season with the Olivier Award-winning comedy The Play That Goes Wrong. Learn more about the cast here!...

California Shakespeare Theater Launches Fundraising Campaign to Complete 50th Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 29, 2024

California Shakespeare Theater is launching a $350,000 fundraising campaign in order to complete their production of As You Like It, directed by Elizabeth Carter. Learn how to join!...

Cast Set for CABARET AT Center Rep


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 24, 2024

The cast has been revealed for Cabaret at Center Rep. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets. ...

Harvey Fierstein's TORCH SONG to be Presented at Marin Theatre Company


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 10, 2024

Marin Theatre Company will close out its 2023/24 season with Torch Song, the seminal comic drama by Harvey Fierstein, directed by Evren Odcikin. Learn how to purchase tickets....

Photos: First Look at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's QUEEN


by Blair Ingenthron - March 09, 2024

Two women dream of shattering academia’s glass ceiling and saving the bees in Queen, presented by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. Written by San Jose-born playwright and filmmaker Madhuri Shekar (House of Joy, Amazon/Blumhouse’s Evil Eye, HBO’s “The Nevers”), this topical and engaging work follows Sana...

Past Shows

Macbeth
9/18 - 10/13/2019

Macbeth
8/18 - 9/12/2019


As he did in his wildly creative Pericles in 2008, director Joel Sass will work with a small ensemble of actors to make a highly ...

House of Joy
8/14 - 9/1/2019


Set in a place and time something like 17th century Delhi, House of Joy is a tale of adventure and intrigue drawn from Indian legends ...

The Good Person of Szechwan
7/3 - 7/21/2019


In a city of “haves” and “have-nots,” can a good person stay good even as their fortunes rise? The Good Person of Szechwan is a ...

Othello
9/14 - 10/9/2016


William Shakespeare; dir: Eric Ting....

Othello
9/14 - 10/9/2016


William Shakespeare; dir: Eric Ting....

You Never Can Tell
8/10 - 9/4/2016


George Bernard Shaw; dir: Lisa Peterson....

You Never Can Tell
8/10 - 9/4/2016


George Bernard Shaw; dir: Lisa Peterson....

Fences
7/6 - 7/31/2016


Winner of the New York Drama Critic's and Tony® Awards as well as the Pulitzer Prize, this sensational drama starred James Earl Jones as Troy ...

Fences
7/6 - 7/31/2016


Winner of the New York Drama Critic's and Tony® Awards as well as the Pulitzer Prize, this sensational drama starred James Earl Jones as Troy ...

Much Ado About Nothing
5/25 - 6/19/2016


William Shakespeare; dir: Jackson Gay....

KING LEAR
9/16 - 10/11/2015


William Shakespeare; dir: Amanda Dehnert....

THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP
8/12 - 9/6/2015


Charles Ludlam; dir: Jonathan Moscone....

Life is a Dream
7/8 - 8/2/2015


adapt: Nilo Cruz from Pedro Calder...

TWELFTH NIGHT
5/27 - 6/21/2015


William Shakespeare; dir: Christopher Liam Moore....

A Winter's Tale
A Winter's Tale
9/25 - 10/20/2013


Betrayal, romance, false accusation, exile, hidden identities, humor, magic, and that notorious bear—A Winter’s Tale has everything you could want from Shakespeare, and then some. ...

Lady Windermere's Fan
Lady Windermere's Fan
8/14 - 9/8/2013


“Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.” The glittering greatness of Oscar Wilde graces the Bruns stage for the first time since 2008’s An Ideal ...

Romeo and Juliet
7/3 - 7/28/2013


William Shakespeare; dir: Shana Cooper....

The Taming of the Shrew
9/21 - 10/16/2011

Videos


Daisy in San Francisco / Bay Area Daisy
Hillbarn Theatre (1/23 - 2/9) Tracker
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Dear San Francisco in San Francisco / Bay Area Dear San Francisco
Club Fugazi (10/12 - 7/31)
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Lesher Center for the Arts (3/14 - 3/15)
The Heart Sellers in San Francisco / Bay Area The Heart Sellers
Aurora Theatre Company (2/8 - 3/9)
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. : A Celebration of the Music of Aretha Franklin in San Francisco / Bay Area R.E.S.P.E.C.T. : A Celebration of the Music of Aretha Franklin
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (2/21 - 2/21)
The Thing About Jellyfish in San Francisco / Bay Area The Thing About Jellyfish
Berkeley Repertory Theatre (1/31 - 3/9)
Back to the Future
Orpheum Theatre (2/12 - 3/9)
Francis Grey and the Case of His Dead Boyfriend in San Francisco / Bay Area Francis Grey and the Case of His Dead Boyfriend
New Conservatory Theatre Center (2/6 - 2/16)
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