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This intelligent and witty Tony Award-winning play by Yasmina Reza asks the question, “What does our taste in art say about who we are as ...


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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. ...

MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY to be Presented at TheatreWorks


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 10, 2024

TheatreWorks will present MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY, a holiday play set to run in December. Experience a festive continuation of Jane Austen's beloved characters in this seasonal production. Learn how to purchase tickets....

San Francisco Playhouse To Present WAITRESS This November


by A.A. Cristi - October 07, 2024

WAITRESS returns to San Francisco for the holiday season from November 21 to January 18....

Golden Thread Announces Wynne Chan As New Managing Director


by Stephi Wild - October 04, 2024

 Golden Thread Productions, the first American theatre company devoted to the Middle East, has announced Hong Kong-American administrator and theatre artist Wynne Chan (she/her) as its next Managing Director. ...

Review: CHOIR BOY at Shotgun Players


by Kelly Rogers Flynt - September 29, 2024

Words seem like such an ordinary way to express such an extraordinary experience like CHOIR BOY by Shotgun Players. With a powerful story, soulful music, and purposeful choreography, CHOIR BOY captivates from start to finish. This mesmerizing show grapples with tough topics, not only on the surface ...

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!...

PlayGround Celebrates BEST OF PLAYGROUND(SF) '24 This May


by A.A. Cristi - March 25, 2024

Discover the lineup for the BEST OF PLAYGROUND(SF) '24, part of PlayGround's 30th season....

Past Shows

Choir Boy
Choir Boy
9/24 - 10/20/2024


Pharus attends the Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys and is the lead singer for their renowned choir. He is not only open about ...

Best Available
Best Available
5/18 - 6/16/2024


A New Play By Jonathan Spector · Directed by Jon Tracy City Repertory Theater company launches a search for a new artistic director. Who is ...

Prose and Confluence: A Queer Cowboy Musical


Prose and Confluence  is a queer cowboy musical, featuring an original score and script, that playfully explores themes of loss, mourning, and understanding. Telling the ...

Babes in Ho-lland
Babes in Ho-lland
1/13 - 2/4/2024


World Premiere!  In the sunless Pittsburgh winter of 1996, two young women connect over a shared love for R&B but quickly discover something deeper. While ...

Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
10/28 - 12/3/2023


Winner of 4 Tony Awards! Hedwig is an “internationally ignored song stylist,” a fourth-wall smashing East German rock ‘n’ roll goddess. This outrageous and unexpectedly ...

Wolf Play - EXTENDED!
Wolf Play - EXTENDED!
10/5 - 10/7/2023


What makes a family? In  Wolf Play , we meet a young boy who feels more connection to wolves than people: “Wolves suck at being ...

Wolf Play
Wolf Play
9/2 - 10/1/2023


What makes a family? In  Wolf Play , we meet a young boy who feels more connection to wolves than people: “Wolves suck at being ...

Antelope Party
Antelope Party
7/17 - 7/18/2023


Every week, Ben hosts a meetup group for adult fans of 'My Little Pony.' But when an ominous neighborhood watch brigade starts patrolling the streets, ...

Yerma
Yerma
5/20 - 6/18/2023


Yerma is a woman who deeply loves her husband Juan, but she longs above all to have a child. Her desire for motherhood becomes an ...

The Triumph of Love
The Triumph of Love
3/25 - 4/23/2023


Shotgun Players open their 2023 Season with a quest for love. The play follows the sly seductress Leonide as she adopts the dress and prerogatives ...

Thirty-Six
Thirty-Six
4/17 - 4/18/2023


Jenny and David are different. Jenny and David swipe right on Tinder. Jenny and David go on a date. Jenny and David ask each other ...

Siren
Siren
1/9 - 1/10/2023


A moving play about loss, family, and forgiveness,  Siren  explores one family’s journey through grief. Filled with beautiful images of the sea and allusions to  ...

Man of God
Man of God
9/3 - 10/2/2022


A funny feminist thriller about that moment when girls realize the male gaze has been watching all along - and decide they are definitely gonna ...

A Small Fire
A Small Fire
5/14 - 6/12/2022


Adam Bocks meticulously crafted script follows Emily Bridges, a woman used to running all things from her construction business to her family until she suddenly ...

My H8 Letter to the Gr8 American Theatre


A brutally candid, painful, and bitingly funny play about transparency, honesty, and repairing centuries of damage done in the American theatre industry. Ohs play embraces ...

Babes in Ho-lland
Babes in Ho-lland
1/20 - 2/6/2022


In the sunless Pittsburgh winter of 1996, two co-eds connect over a shared love for R&B girl groups but quickly discover something deeper. While attending ...

Babes in Ho-lland
Babes in Ho-lland
1/20 - 2/6/2022


In the sunless Pittsburgh winter of 1996, two co-eds connect over a shared love for R&B girl groups but quickly discover something deeper. While attending ...

The Claim
The Claim
10/14 - 10/30/2021


A bold, imaginative response to the stories of those seeking refuge in the UK, 'The Claim' asks what happens when your life is at stake ...

Every Time I Feel the Spirit


Our world premiere Zoom commission follows a young, queer pastor attempting to navigate her new congregations shift to online worship due to COVID-19. As seasons ...

The Light
The Light
12/4 - 12/13/2020


When they are forced to confront a devastating secret from the past, a surprise proposal gift puts the future of Genesis and Rashad's relationship at ...

Citizen Brain
Citizen Brain
10/16 - 11/8/2020


At the Global Brain Health Institute, Josh Kornbluth immersed himself in the study of brain disease and wondered if our society was suffering from political ...

Passing Strange
5/21 - 6/28/2020


book and lyrics by Stew, music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald, created in collaboration with Annie Dorsen Shotgun Players...

Vinegar Tom
12/6 - 1/5/2020


If witches have so much power, then why are they always poverty-stricken? Vinegar Tom is a wild mash-up of desperate women living in 17th century ...

Elevada
10/17 - 11/17/2019


We meet a couple on their first date. One has a wild scheme to sell his personality to the highest bidding corporation. The other has ...

good friday
9/23 - 9/24/2019


Kristiana Rae Col?_n; dir: Maya Herbsman....

The Flick
8/22 - 9/22/2019


In a suburban movie house we meet three employees: Sam, a white man in his 30s who still lives with his parents; Rose, a young ...

Kill Move Paradise
7/5 - 8/4/2019


This award-winning play takes the Elysium of Greek antiquity and flips the script. Inspired by recent events, the play is an expressionistic buzz saw through ...

Citizen: An American Lyric
7/29 - 7/30/2019


Claudia Rankine, adapted for the stage by Stephen Sachs Shotgun Players...

Kings
5/16 - 6/23/2019


Kate is a whip-smart lobbyist who doesn't waste her time on anyone who can't get elected, stay elected, and help her clients get what they ...

The Cherry Orchard
1/14 - 1/15/2019


This Russian Classic is as important today as it was a century ago when first performed at the famous Moscow Art Theatre. This comic-drama presents ...

Arcadia
11/30 - 1/6/2019


From the man who gifted us Travesties and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, we giddily present you with what may be his masterwork. This dazzling, ...

Shotgun Players presents Women Laughing Alone With Salad


Women Laughing Alone With Salad Written by Sheila Callaghan Directed by Susannah Martin October 12–November 11 Pay-What-You-Can Previews: October 12–18 Opening Night: Friday, October 19 ...

The Secretaries
11/5 - 11/6/2018


Maureen Angelos, Babs Davy, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey, Lisa Kron; dir: Brady Brophy-Hilton....

Shotgun Players presents Kiss


Kiss WEST COAST PREMIERE! Written by Guillermo Calderón Directed by Evren Odcikin Presented in association with Golden Thread Productions August 23–September 23 Opening Night: Thursday, ...

Shotgun Players presents White


White WEST COAST PREMIERE! Written by James Ijames Directed by M. Graham Smith July 6–August 5 Pay-what-you-can previews July 6–12 Opening Night: Friday, July 13 ...

Kill Move Paradise
Kill Move Paradise
7/30 - 7/31/2018


Kill Move Paradise By James Ijames Directed by Darryl V. Jones Monday, July 30 & Tuesday, July 31, 2018, 7pm Kill Move Paradise takes the ...

Iron Shoes
3/15 - 4/22/2018


Michelle Carter, Janet Kutulas, Erica Chong Shuch. The Ashby Stage:...


Jen Silverman; dir: Mike Donahue....

Blasted
9/21 - 10/22/2017


Sarah Kane; dir: Jon Tracy....

Kiss
10/16 - 10/17/2017


Guillermo Calderon; dir: Yury Urnov. American Premiere...


Madeleine George; dir: Nancy Carlin....

The Niceties
8/28 - 8/29/2017


Zoe, a Black student at a liberal arts college, is called into her white professor’s office to discuss her paper about slavery’s effect on the ...

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
10/12 - 12/23/2016


On the campus of a small New England college, George and Martha invite a new professor and his wife home for a nightcap. As the ...

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
10/12 - 12/23/2016


On the campus of a small New England college, George and Martha invite a new professor and his wife home for a nightcap. As the ...

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
10/12 - 12/23/2016


"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is a powerful and disturbing drama written by Edward Albee in 1962. It explores the complexities of a troubled marriage ...

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
10/12 - 12/23/2016


"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is a powerful and disturbing drama written by Edward Albee in 1962. It explores the complexities of a troubled marriage ...

Grand Concourse
7/13 - 12/22/2016


Heidi Schreck; dir: Yasen Peyankov....

Grand Concourse
7/13 - 12/22/2016


Heidi Schreck; dir: Yasen Peyankov....

The Village Bike
5/25 - 12/21/2016


Becky is pregnant—and friskier than ever. But she can’t seem to get the attention of her husband, who is preoccupied with preparing for the baby’s ...

The Village Bike
5/25 - 12/21/2016


Penelope Skinner; dir: Patrick Dooley....

Hamlet
3/31 - 12/20/2016


William Shakespeare; dir: Mark Jackson....

Hamlet
3/31 - 12/20/2016


William Shakespeare’s Hamlet tells the story of the young prince of Denmark, who discovers that his father has been murdered by his uncle. His uncle ...

Caught
9/1 - 12/17/2016


This hybrid work invites you to navigate a labyrinthine trail between truth and perception, authority and authenticity, illusionary art and real jeopardy....

Caught
9/1 - 12/17/2016


Chris Chen; dir: Susannah Martin....

The Mousetrap
12/4 - 1/10/2016


Mysterious twists and thrilling turns abound when a group of strangers stranded in a guest house during a snowstorm discover that a murderer is in ...

The Rover
10/15 - 11/15/2015


Aphra Behn; dir: M. Graham Smith....

Eurydice
8/20 - 9/20/2015


"Eurydice" reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice not through Orpheus's infamous pilgrimage to retrieve his bridge, but through the eyes of its heroine. ...

Top Girls
7/2 - 8/2/2015


Caryl Churchill; dir: Delia MacDougall....

Antigonick
3/18 - 4/26/2015


Anne Carson; dir: Mark Jackson....

Our Town
12/4 - 1/11/2015


Described by Edward Albee as “the greatest American play ever written,” Our Town presents the small town of Grover’s Corners in three acts: “Daily Life,” ...

The Ashby Stage:
7/9 - 8/17/2014


TBA...


The Ashby Stage: Tom Stoppard; dir: Patrick Dooley....


For those of you who love how dark and sexy and bizarre we can get for the holidays - this show is for you! Master ...

Strangers, Babies
10/15 - 11/17/2013


May is a woman with a haunted past. Through interwoven encounters with her husband, her father, her brother, a one-night stand, and a stranger just ...

Bonnie & Clyde
8/27 - 9/29/2013


The narrative of Bonnie and Clyde, transformed into the musical by Frank Wildhorn, is a captivating tale that delves deep into the lives of two ...

Sea of Reeds
7/10 - 8/18/2013


Josh Kornbluth; dir: David Dower....

By & By
5/22 - 6/23/2013


The Ashby Stage: - Lauren Gunderson; dir: Mina Morita....


The Ashby Stage: - Tom Stoppard; dir: Patrick Dooley....


The Ashby Stage: - Tom Stoppard; dir: Patrick Dooley....

Phaedra
9/21 - 10/23/2011

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