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Playwrights Foundation's Resident Playwrights Celebration to Happen Monday

by Gillian Blum - December 06, 2025

The Playwrights Foundation's Resident Playwright Celebration will be on Monday, December 8 at ACT's Garret, celebrating the foundation's 2024-2025 Resident Playwright cohort....

Novid Parsi To Receive National Theatre Conference’s Barrie And Bernice Stavis Playwr Photo

Novid Parsi To Receive National Theatre Conference’s Barrie And Bernice Stavis Playwright Award

by A.A. Cristi - November 11, 2025

Playwright Novid Parsi has been named the recipient of the 2025 Barrie and Bernice Stavis Playwright Award from the National Theatre Conference (NTC), recognizing an outstanding emerging playwright. ...

Novid Parsi To Receive National Theatre Conference’s Barrie And Bernice Stavis Playwright Award

New Play By Brian Thorstenson Will Premiere at The Marsh

by Stephi Wild - August 05, 2025

The Marsh has announced BATT & BASS ON THE ROAD, a new play by Brian Thorstenson. Directed by Tracy Ward, the two-hander stars Thorstenson alongside Brad Anderson-Smith as friends on a very long road trip. ...

Playwrights Foundation Reveals Finalists and Semi-Finalists for 47th BAY AREA PLAYWRI Photo

Playwrights Foundation Reveals Finalists and Semi-Finalists for 47th BAY AREA PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 27, 2025

Playwrights Foundation has revealed the semifinalists and finalists for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival, which will be presented in a hybrid festival. Learn more!...

Cast Set For THE LAST GOAT at Central Works

by Stephi Wild - June 12, 2025

Central Works' season continues with The Last Goat, written and directed by Gary Graves, in which a young woman lives alone with her grandmother on an isolated Greek island, desperately longing to see the world. ...

Playwrights Foundation to Honor David Henry Hwang With 2025 Impact Award

by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 02, 2025

Playwrights Foundation, the West Coast’s premier launchpad for exceptional new plays and playwrights, will honor Tony and Pulitzer Award winning playwright David Henry Hwang....

David Henry Hwang to Receive 2025 Impact Award From Playwrights Foundation

by Josh Sharpe - June 02, 2025

Playwrights Foundation will honor Tony and Pulitzer Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang with the 2025 Impact Award in recognition of his theatrical achievements and profound influence on current and rising generations of writers....

David Henry Hwang to Receive 2025 Impact Award From Playwrights Foundation

DRIVING THE GIRLS Live Reading To Take Place At Playwrights Foundation May 17

by A.A. Cristi - May 15, 2025

Playwrights Foundation will present a public reading of Driving the Girls, a new play by Resident Playwright Cat Brooks on Saturday, May 17, 2025 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. ...

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SAN FRANCISCO / BAY AREA SHOWS


		Cinderella Hillbarn Theatre (12/4 - 12/28)
		An Evening with a Mentalist: Jay Alexander's Mind Tricks Live San Francisco Magic Theater (w/Jay Alexander) at the Marrakech (1/2 - 1/4)
		Les Miserables San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (4/29 - 5/3)
		Mark Foehringer's Nutcracker Sweets Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (12/6 - 12/21)
		The 2026 New Years Eve Stand-Up Comedy Countdown Live at Broadway Studios! Broadway studios (12/31 - 1/1)
		Live At the Orinda - Christine Andreas Orinda Theatre (1/18 - 1/18)
		The San Jose Nutcracker California Theatre (12/13 - 12/23)
		Moulin Rouge! Orpheum Theatre San Francisco (12/16 - 12/28)
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