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Shotgun Players is a company of artists determined to create bold, relevant, affordable theatre that inspires and challenges audiences and artists alike to re-examine our lives, our community, and the ever-changing world around us.
Review: INTO THE WOODS at SF Playhouse
by Steve Murray - November 28, 2025
Sondheim fans rejoice! We have not one, but two sensational productions to satisfy that itch for smart lyrics and equally solid books. Shotgun Players is running their fabulous Sunday in the Park with George, and now Director Susi Damilano and SF Playhouse have outdone themselves with a stunning Int...
The Al Hirschfeld Foundation Announces National Events Celebrating HIRSCHFELD'S SONDHEIM
by A.A. Cristi - October 09, 2025
The Al Hirschfeld Foundation is celebrating the release of Hirschfeld’s Sondheim with nationwide events in New York, California, Pennsylvania, and more. The new poster book, featuring over 50 drawings of Stephen Sondheim’s works, includes essays by Bernadette Peters, Ben Brantley, and David Leopold....
The Al Hirschfeld Foundation Announces National Events Celebrating HIRSCHFELD'S SONDHEIM
by A.A. Cristi - October 09, 2025
The Al Hirschfeld Foundation is celebrating the release of Hirschfeld’s Sondheim with nationwide events in New York, California, Pennsylvania, and more. The new poster book, featuring over 50 drawings of Stephen Sondheim’s works, includes essays by Bernadette Peters, Ben Brantley, and David Leopold....
The Al Hirschfeld Foundation Announces National Events Celebrating HIRSCHFELD'S SONDHEIM
by A.A. Cristi - October 09, 2025
The Al Hirschfeld Foundation is celebrating the release of Hirschfeld’s Sondheim with nationwide events in New York, California, Pennsylvania, and more. The new poster book, featuring over 50 drawings of Stephen Sondheim’s works, includes essays by Bernadette Peters, Ben Brantley, and David Leopold....
The Al Hirschfeld Foundation Announces National Events Celebrating HIRSCHFELD'S SONDHEIM
by A.A. Cristi - October 09, 2025
The Al Hirschfeld Foundation is celebrating the release of Hirschfeld’s Sondheim with nationwide events in New York, California, Pennsylvania, and more. The new poster book, featuring over 50 drawings of Stephen Sondheim’s works, includes essays by Bernadette Peters, Ben Brantley, and David Leopold....
The Al Hirschfeld Foundation Announces National Events Celebrating HIRSCHFELD'S SONDHEIM
by A.A. Cristi - October 09, 2025
The Al Hirschfeld Foundation is celebrating the release of Hirschfeld’s Sondheim with nationwide events in New York, California, Pennsylvania, and more. The new poster book, featuring over 50 drawings of Stephen Sondheim’s works, includes essays by Bernadette Peters, Ben Brantley, and David Leopold....
The Al Hirschfeld Foundation Announces National Events Celebrating HIRSCHFELD'S SONDHEIM
by A.A. Cristi - October 09, 2025
The Al Hirschfeld Foundation is celebrating the release of Hirschfeld’s Sondheim with nationwide events in New York, California, Pennsylvania, and more. The new poster book, featuring over 50 drawings of Stephen Sondheim’s works, includes essays by Bernadette Peters, Ben Brantley, and David Leopold....
INTO THE WOODS to be Presented at San Francisco Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 02, 2025
San Francisco Playhouse will journey Into the Woods this holiday season. Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s enchanting musical interweaves fairytale favorites in an exploration of what happens after “happily ever after.”...
SALLY & TOM West Coast Premiere is Coming to Marin Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 23, 2025
Marin Theatre will present the West Coast Premiere of Sally & Tom. Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here! ...
Lauren Gunderson's LOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S LITTLE WOMEN to be Presented at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 06, 2025
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will kick off Season 55 with the World Premiere of Lauren Gunderson’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!...
Past Shows
The Magnolia Ballet
7/12 - 8/10/2025
A tale of three men: a son, a lover, a father, and the ghosts they dance with.
'Art'
3/8 - 4/6/2025
'ART' BY YASMINA REZA TRANSLATED BY CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON DIRECTED BY EMILIE WHELAN What sort of friend are you? A long friendship between three men implodes ...
Thirty-Six
12/18 - 1/4/2025
A SF Chronicle Datebook Pick! Dang, dating sure is hard these days. But don’t worry, this show will flirt its way into your heart and hit ...
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
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 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
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
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!
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
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 ...
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
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
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
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 ...
My H8 Letter to the Gr8 American Theatre
2/17 - 2/20/2022
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
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
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
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
4/2 - 4/11/2021
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
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
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 ...
Shotgun Players presents Women Laughing Alone With Salad
10/12 - 11/11/2018
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 ...
Shotgun Players presents Kiss
8/23 - 9/23/2018
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
7/6 - 8/12/2018
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
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 ...
By & By
5/22 - 6/23/2013
The Ashby Stage: - Lauren Gunderson; dir: Mina Morita....
The Coast of Utopia: Voyage
4/6 - 5/4/2013
The Ashby Stage: - Tom Stoppard; dir: Patrick Dooley....
Phaedra
9/21 - 10/23/2011
Videos
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2 Pianos 4 Hands
North Coast Repertory Theatre (12/11 - 12/31) | |
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Disney's The Little Mermaid
Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center (1/9 - 1/11) BUY NOW & SAVE | |
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What Opa Did
Theatre 40 (1/15 - 2/15) | |
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Juan Diego Florez in Recital
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (2/10 - 2/10) | ||
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OTR: A New Play
OTR: A New Play (11/23 - 11/27) | |
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2025/2026 Season of Shows
LA MIRADA THEATRE (9/19 - 6/28) | |
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EIGHT SECONDS
Golden West College Mainstage Theater (3/6 - 3/15) | |
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Winter Wonderland
Bob Baker Marionette Theater (11/15 - 1/18) | |
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (3/25 - 3/29) | |
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