Elizabeth Dickerson

SFCM presents a double bill of two one-act operas by romantic-era masters, Massenet's Le portrait de Manon and Puccini's Suor Angelica -- one, a story of love and determination, and the other, a tale of secrets from within a Florentine convent.

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) will present Benjamin Britten's dramatic opera masterpiece, The Turn of the Screw, at Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall December 9 and 11. The two performances will feature different casts comprised of SFCM students in a new, fully staged production by Heather Mathews, with the Conservatory Orchestra led by Curt Pajer.

In an artsy small town, an unlikely collection of strangers sign up for Marty's 'Adult Creative Drama' class: a recently divorced carpenter, a high school junior, a former actress, and Marty's husband. 'What happens when you get five ordinary people in an acting class, and none of them knows how to act?' asks artistic director Matthew Friedman. 'You get a surprising mix of comedy, drama, romance, and intrigue-and every bit of it real.' Scroll down for a first look at the Generic Theater's CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION!

In an artsy small town, an unlikely collection of strangers sign up for Marty's 'Adult Creative Drama' class: a recently divorced carpenter, a high school junior, a former actress, and Marty's husband. 'What happens when you get five ordinary people in an acting class, and none of them knows how to act?' asks artistic director Matthew Friedman. 'You get a surprising mix of comedy, drama, romance, and intrigue-and every bit of it real.'

In an artsy small town, an unlikely collection of strangers sign up for Marty's 'Adult Creative Drama' class: a recently divorced carpenter, a high school junior, a former actress, and Marty's husband. "What happens when you get five ordinary people in an acting class, and none of them knows how to act?" asks artistic director Matthew Friedman. "You get a surprising mix of comedy, drama, romance, and intrigue-and every bit of it real."