Sean Riley News

ODC Theater is proud to present RAWdance in the world premiere of Double Exposure, a series of 12 duets each choreographed by a different West Coast choreographer or choreographic team. Artistic Directors Ryan T. Smith andWendy Rein are the evening's sole performers in an event they're calling 'the ultimate duet.' Double Exposure runs July 28 - 31, Thursday to Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 6 p.m. Tickets are $30 - $45, and may be purchased online at odcdance.org/tickets or by phone at 415.863.9834.

ODC Theater will present RAWdance in the world premiere of Double Exposure, a series of 12 duets each choreographed by a different West Coast choreographer or choreographic team. Artistic Directors Ryan T. Smith and Wendy Rein are the evening's sole performers in an event they're calling 'the ultimate duet.' Double Exposure runs July 28 - 30, Thursday to Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30 - $45, and may be purchased online at odcdance.org/tickets or by phone at 415.863.9834.

Celebrating its 20th-anniversary season, Flyaway Productions has announced its newest aerial dance, GRACE AND DELIA ARE GONE, a site-specific work created for the Firehouse at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture.

Following its sold-out co-production with SFJAZZ of Terence Blanchard's Champion, Opera Parallèle will conclude  its 2015-2016 season with an innovative new production of the late Peter Maxwell Davies' brooding three-singer, six-character tour-de-force The Lighthouse, based on the true story of mysterious disappearances off the Hebrides islands in 1900. Conducted by Opera Parallèle founder and Artistic Director Nicole Paiement and with a production headed by Creative Director Brian Staufenbiel, The Lighthouse will be given three performances: Today, April 29, at 8 pm; Saturday, April 30, at 8 pm; and Sunday, May 1, at 4 pm, at Z Space theater, 450 Florida Street in San Francisco.  Tickets are priced from $45-$90 and may be purchased atwww.operaparallele.org.

Following its sold-out co-production with SFJAZZ of Terence Blanchard's Champion, Opera Parallèle will conclude  its 2015-2016 season with an innovative new production of the late Peter Maxwell Davies' brooding three-singer, six-character tour-de-force The Lighthouse, based on the true story of mysterious disappearances off the Hebrides islands in 1900. Conducted by Opera Parallèle founder and Artistic Director Nicole Paiement and with a production headed by Creative Director Brian Staufenbiel, The Lighthouse will be given three performances: Friday, April 29, at 8 pm; Saturday, April 30, at 8 pm; and Sunday, May 1, at 4 pm, at Z Space theater, 450 Florida Street in San Francisco.  Tickets are priced from $45-$90 and may be purchased atwww.operaparallele.org.

Comedian , actor and "Comedy Joy Ride" television pilot creator/producer Mackenson Louis continues his new weekly clean and hilarious comedy showcase  at Manhattan's famed The Comic Strip  Live (1568 Second Avenue) on Thursday, March 24th   beginning at 8:00pm.  

Z Space is pleased to present the world premiere commission of A House Tour of the Infamous Porter Family Mansion with Tour Guide Weston Ludlow Londonderry, a wild comedy and immersive theatrical experience created by Z Space Playwright in Residence Peter Sinn Nachtrieb. Performances run March 29-April 23, 2016. Press Opening is Monday, April 4, 2016 at 7pm.

"We've been thrilled to support eight projects this year that we feel are as diverse in form and approach as the Fringe itself. There's everything from an experience in hidden tunnels under the city, to a performance using the latest interactive possibilities of the smartphone," said Mr Haren

This fall Jo Kreiter's Flyaway Productions unveils the third and final installment in its trilogy about urban poverty that began in 2012 with the award-winning Niagara Falling. Titled Needles to Thread: Dancing Along These Lines in Continuum Alley, Kreiter's newest site-specific aerial dance takes on the issue of wage security for women through the story of San Francisco's garment workers past and present.

San Francisco's adventurous, award-winning theater ensemble Mugwumpin is pleased to announce the world premiere of Blockbuster Season, a comic critique of the Hollywood disaster film genre.

This fall Jo Kreiter's Flyaway Productions unveils the third and final installment in its trilogy about urban poverty that began in 2012 with the award-winning Niagara Falling. Titled Needles to Thread: Dancing Along These Lines in Continuum Alley, Kreiter's newest site-specific aerial dance takes on the issue of wage security for women through the story of San Francisco's garment workers past and present.

San Francisco's adventurous, award-winning theater ensemble Mugwumpin is pleased to announce the world premiere of Blockbuster Season, a comic critique of the Hollywood disaster film genre.

San Francisco's adventurous, award-winning theater ensemble Mugwumpin is pleased to announce the world premiere of Blockbuster Season, a hilarious critique of the Hollywood disaster film genre. Created and performed by Mugwumpin founders Joe Estlack andChristopher White, Blockbuster Season is a co-production with Intersection for the Arts, opening in previews tonight, September 18 and running for 13 performances through Sunday, October 12, 2014.

A series of stories written by Deborah Crooks, with original music by Bruno Louchouarn, and choreography and direction by Deborah Slater, PRIVATE LIFE plumbs the emotional depths of military life and the fundamental nature of what it means to survive.

San Francisco's adventurous, award-winning theater ensemble Mugwumpin has decided to postpone the world premiere of Blockbuster Season, a hilarious critique of the Hollywood disaster film genre. Created and performed by Mugwumpin founders Joe Estlack and Christopher White, Blockbuster Season is a co-production with Intersection for the Arts. The reason for the decision to postpone is health related.

San Francisco's adventurous, award-winning theater ensemble Mugwumpin is pleased to announce the world premiere of Blockbuster Season, a hilarious critique of the Hollywood disaster film genre. Created and performed by Mugwumpin founders Joe Estlack andChristopher White, Blockbuster Season is a co-production with Intersection for the Arts, opening in previews on Thursday, September 18 and running for 13 performances through Sunday, October 12, 2014.

Recipient of this year's Goldie Award for dance from theSan Francisco Bay Guardian, RAWdance is proud to announce the program for its 10th anniversary summer season, July 25 - 27 at Z Space. The event features two world premieres including Turing's Apple, set to a commissioned score by Voices of Light composer Richard Einhorn. Also on the program is the world premiere of Burn In, and works by guest artists Gretchen Garnett & Dancers and Tanya Bello's Project B.

Flyaway Productions has announced the world premiere of GIVE A WOMAN A LIFT, a visually arresting aerial dance created by choreographer Jo Kreiter and visual designer Sean Riley. In an exploration of the meanings inherent in the idea of 'going up,' especially as seen through a feminist lens, GIVE A WOMAN A LIFT affirms the necessity of rising on one's own steam, rather than waiting for others to push or pull us up. GIVE A WOMAN A LIFT opens tonight, November 8, 2013 at the Joe Goode Annex in San Francisco, and runs through Saturday, November 16.

Choreographer, director and Bay Area performance innovator Joanna Haigood will explore issues of race and identity in the world premiere of her new performance installation, Between me and the other world, Friday through Sunday, November 1 through 3 from 1 to 5 pm at Zaccho Studio, 1777 Yosemite Avenue, Studio 330, in San Francisco. A dynamic exploration of scholar and civil rights leader W.E.B. DuBois' concept of "double consciousness", the performance installation has been created in collaboration with composer Anthony Brown, media artist David Szlasa, scenic designer Sean Riley and performing artists Jetta Martin, Raissa Simpson, Rashidi Omari and Matthew Wickett, who together have created an immersive environment that evokes the identity duality experienced by many people of color. For more information, visitwww.zaccho.org.