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What did our critic think of GODS & MONSTERS at New Conservatory Theatre Center?

New Conservatory Theatre Center will present the next show in a lineup of bold, queer theatre with Gods & Monsters. Learn more about the upcoming show here!

The Marsh Berkeley will welcome audiences to the pulse of 1976 with Marga Gomez’s Spanish Stew, the acclaimed writer/performer’s 15th solo work.

New Conservatory Theatre Center will serve up the next bowl of bold and fresh queer theatre with the World Premiere of Marga Gomez’s flavor-packed, auto-biographical treat, Spanish Stew, directed by Richard A. Mosqueda.

New Conservatory Theatre Center has announced the World Premiere of Eric Reyes Loo's wonderfully bewitching family dramedy, Simple Mexican Pleasures.

UC Berkeley's TDPS will opens its 2024/25 season with EVERYBODY by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, performances run November 7–10 at Zellerbach Playhouse.

New Conservatory Theatre Center will launch their 2024-25 Season opener with Jacob Richmond & Brooke Maxwell's award-winning musical turned TikTok sensation, Ride the Cyclone from September 20 – October 20, 2024.

Marin Theatre Company will close out its 2023/24 season with Torch Song, the seminal comic drama by Harvey Fierstein, directed by Evren Odcikin. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Theatre Rhinoceros will present the world premiere of non-binary playwright Roger Q. Mason's boundary-breaking play The Pride of Lions. The Pride of Lions is directed by Ely Sonny Orquiza, stars seven Bay Area actors, and is supported by a creative team of both local and Southern California design talent.

GLAAD Media Award winning Theatre Rhinoceros will present the World Premiere of The Pride of Lions. Performances run March 28-April 21.

In March, New Conservatory Theatre Center will welcome the return of double Lambda Literary Award-winning playwright Jewelle Gomez with Unpacking in P’town. 

Join us at the Magic Theatre for the world premiere of 'Josephine's Feast,' a captivating new play. Don't miss your chance to experience the enchanting world of this mesmerizing production, running until August 30th. Book your tickets now!

Crowded Fire Theater (CFT) presents the West Coast Premiere of Edit Annie by Mary Glen Fredrick, co-directed by Leigh Rondon-Davis and Nailah Unole Dida-nese'ah Harper-Malveaux. In one of CFT’s most ambitious projects yet, Edit Annie will offer audiences an exciting, form-breaking, multidisciplinary theatrical experience.

The Magic Theatre will premiere the first live production by Playwright In Residence Star Finch and announce the cast and creative team for the World Premiere of her new play JOSEPHINE’S FEAST. This profound and potent new play is directed by legendary theatre artist Ellen Sebastian Chang.  JOSEPHINE’S FEAST will perform from August 02– August 20, 2023 at the Magic Theatre’s Fort Mason location

Due to popular demand, New Conservatory Theatre Center has announced extended performance dates for the West Coast premiere of C. Julian Jiménez's profane and profound Locusts Have No King. 

San Francisco is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Skylight, Daddy Long Legs and more lead this month's picks.

After a three year hiatus, Bread & Butter Theatre will return to Potrero Stage with David Hare's Tony and Olivier award-winning play Skylight. Skylight runs January 12 - 21, 2023. Opening Night is January 14, 2023 at 7:30 pm.

The second annual Collab24 is a 24-hour devised theatre festival seeking to bring together artists of all disciplines with the goal of strengthening our artistic community through a shared process of creating and presenting devised theatre.

Custom Made Theatre Co. (Brian Katz, Executive Artistic Director) continues its 23rd season with the Bay Area Premiere of “References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot” by award-winning, Puerto Rican playwright, José Rivera. 

This summer's 39th Free Shakespeare in the Park production features a four-episode production of Shakespeare's epic tale, Pericles, Prince of Tyre in a new verse translation by playwright Ellen McLaughlin.