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Bay Area storytelling and literary shows continue this spring in the San Francisco area. Scroll down for details!

Bay Area storytelling and literary shows continue this spring in the San Francisco area. Scroll down for details!

Virago Theatre Company's 'shameless passion for theatre' comes alive - twice in one night - with AROUSAL, a new play by George Pfirrmann, and The Lover by Harold Pinter. Together, the two sensuous one acts equal one impressive night of theatre that you won't want to miss. Playing now thru September 28, this double feature satisfies the desire for excellent and though-provoking theatre even as it tantalizes the audience with unanswered questions, and toys with erotic situations and the roles we play in life and love.

Ray of Light Theatre (www.roltheatre.com), San Francisco's inimitable non-profit musical theatre company, is proud to present the delightful musical comedy, Baby.

Ray of Light Theatre (www.roltheatre.com), San Francisco's inimitable non-profit musical theatre company, is proud to present the delightful musical comedy, Baby.

Welcome to Illyria, the most hip, far out, psychedelic place in the world! So begins Robert and Lesley Currier's adaptation of 'Twelfth Night, or All You Need is Love,' a 1960-70's music-filled adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' at Marin Shakespeare, the gender bender romantic comedy where women woo their men -- as boys.

Welcome to Illyria, the most hip, far out, psychedelic place in the world! So begins Robert and Lesley Currier's adaptation of 'Twelfth Night, or All You Need is Love,' a 1960-70's music-filled adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' at Marin Shakespeare, the gender bender romantic comedy where women woo their men -- as boys.

Celebrating 50 years of presenting 'the music and magic of Broadway,' the Diablo Theatre Company, formerly known as DLOC (Diablo Light Opera Company), is honoring repeated patron requests for a full-scale, eye-popping production of the classic Broadway musical 'Hello, Dolly!' The show opens June 5 for 14 performances through June 28 at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek.

In collaboration with 42nd Street Moon, a workshop production of a dramatic new musical Shadows of Pompeii debuts at the Eureka Theatre, April 16 - 26.

In collaboration with 42nd Street Moon, a workshop production of a dramatic new musical Shadows of Pompeii debuts at the Eureka Theatre, April 16 - 26.

The fourth annual San Francisco Theater Festival, a free one-day extravaganza of 75 shows on 10 stages, will take place Sunday, July 22 from 11AM - 5PM at Yerba Buena Gardens.