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Lance Gardner and Carey Perloff to Reunite for THE CHERRY ORCHARD at Marin Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 19, 2025

Marin Theatre will ring in 2026 with Anton Chekhov’s classic The Cherry Orchard. American Conservatory Theater Artistic Director Emerita Carey Perloff, who helmed Marin Theatre’s production of Waste last season, returns to direct.

Review: SALLY AND TOM at Marin Theatre
by Steve Murray - Nov 5, 2025

Back in 2017, Marin Theatre Company staged Thomas Bradshaw’s historical fiction Thomas and Sally to a firestorm of criticism, with critics damning the production for its hypersexualized view of Sally Hemings and downplaying her position as Thomas Jefferson’s slave.

Photos: Suzan-Lori Parks’ SALLY & TOM At Marin Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 4, 2025

Marin Theatre in Mill Valley will present the West Coast Premiere of Sally & Tom by Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks, running October 30–November 23, 2025. See photos of the production.

SALLY & TOM West Coast Premiere is Coming to Marin Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 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!

Review: A WHYNOT CHRISTMAS CAROL at American Conservatory Theatre
by Steve Murray - Dec 14, 2024

What did our critic think of A WHYNOT CHRISTMAS CAROL at American Conservatory Theatre?

Photos: A WHYNOT CHRISTMAS CAROL World Premiere At American Conservatory Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 27, 2024

Check out brand-new production photos from the world premiere of A Whynot Christmas Carol performing at A.C.T.’s Toni Rembe Theater now through Tuesday, December 24, 2024.

A WHYNOT CHRISTMAS CAROL Comes to American Conservatory Theater
by Stephi Wild - Oct 18, 2024

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere of A Whynot Christmas Carol, a brand-new take on Charles Dickens’s timeless story of redemption, taking place Tuesday, November 26 through Sunday, December 24 at A.C.T.’s Toni Rembe Theater.

Review: BIG DATA at American Conservatory Theatre
by Steve Murray - Feb 22, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is THE hot topic of the day, touted as the panacea for societies’ ills and capable of providing more leisure time and making life easier. The flip side is getting equal play time – we’re being overrun with technology, ostensibly losing our identity to algorithms, and reducing us to big data.

Video: Kate Attwell On The World Premiere Play BIG DATA at American Conservatory Theater
by Joshua Wright - Feb 1, 2024

Get a first look at American Conservatory Theater's world premiere of Kate Attwell's Big Data, performing at A.C.T.'s Toni Rembe Theater, on stage from February 15 through March 10, 2024.

Cast And Creative Team Set For BIG DATA At American Conservatory Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 11, 2023

The cast and creative team has been revealed for 'Big Data' at A.C.T. - Find out who will be bringing this exciting new production to life.

PlayGround to Present THE LEGACY OF THE LAND WE INHABIT in November
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 17, 2023

Join PlayGround on November 20th at 7PM PT for an evening of original short plays inspired by 'The Legacy of the Land We Inhabit.' Don't miss this opportunity to experience thought-provoking performances that bring awareness to land acknowledgment. Reserve your tickets now!

PlayGround to Kick Off 30th Season With MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND “ORIGIN STORY” in October
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 24, 2023

PlayGround blasts into its 30th season of innovative new plays by taking you back to before the beginning! Join us for a new round of Monday Night PlayGround, featuring original short plays all inspired by the prompt 'Origin Story', Monday, October 16.

PlayGround Announces 29th Season Of New Plays & Playwrights
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 15, 2022

PlayGround, California's leading playwright incubator and theatre community hub, has announced its 29th season, including the return of the celebrated Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series on third Mondays,* October - March, in-person this year at Berkeley's Freight & Salvage and live simulcast.

PlayGround Announces Lineup For 26th Annual PlayGround Festival Of New Works At Potrero Stage & Simulcast
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 14, 2022

PlayGround has announced the full lineup for its 26th annual FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS, running May 9-29, returning for in-person performances at Potrero Stage, where the festival has been based since 2008, and, new this year, all simulcast online.

Word For Wordcast Launches 3 New Podcasts by Anita Cabrera, Greg Sarris & Helen Oyeyemi
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 18, 2020

Word For Wordcast now expands with three new podcasts. On December 28 The 14 Mission by Anita Cabrera posts to Word for Word’s site, on January 14 & 21 2021 Citizen by Greg Sarris goes up with Books & Roses by Helen Oyeyemi posting in three parts February 14, 21 & 28 2021.

BWW Review: MOTHER OF THE MAID at Marin Theatre Company is dramatization of the life of Joan of Arc as seen through the eyes of her mother.
by Steve Murray - Nov 21, 2019

BWW Review: MOTHER OF THE MAID at Marin Theatre Company is dramatization of the life of Joan of Arc as seen through the eyes of her mother.

BWW Review: TOP GIRLS at American Conservatory Theatre
by Tim Sullivan - Oct 1, 2019

With exceptional direction, a brilliant and moving cast, and a script that is painfully relevant, this Top Girls is top-notch.

Photo Flash: First Look At Caryl Churchill's TOP GIRLS At A.C.T.'s Geary Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 25, 2019

Top Girls performing at A.C.T.'s Geary Theater now through Sunday, October 13, 2019. 

A.C.T. Kicks Off the 2019�"20 Season with Caryl Churchill's TOP GIRLS in September
by Sarah Hookey - Aug 8, 2019

Tony Award winner and American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon announced today the full cast and creative team for Caryl Churchill's Top Girls, opening A.C.T.'s 2019a?"20 season.

BORDERS, ISLANDS & WALLS Announced At Berkeley Repertory Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 14, 2019

PlayGround concludes the 25th season of its celebrated Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series with a special evening of environmental-inspired plays as part of the 5th annual PLANET EARTH ARTS NEW PLAY FESTIVAL on Monday, April 1, 8 PM at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. The topic for the April 1 program (rescheduled from the previously announced March 18 date) is "BORDERS, ISLANDS & WALLS". Members of the 2018-19 PlayGround Writers Company have just five days to generate their original ten-minute plays inspired by the topic. The top six scripts will each receive an hour-and-a-half rehearsal and a professional script-in-hand staged reading at Berkeley Rep on April 1.