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COMPANY, TRIANGLE & More Among This Week's TBA Award Recommended Shows

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Each week, hundreds of adjudicators attend and evaluate eligible productions from all over the Bay Area on behalf of the TBA Awards. Based on the overall production scores from their peers, Theatre Bay Area issues a weekly list of productions that have reached the required threshold of scoring to be deemed "recommended."

This week, six productions are recommended through the TBA Awards process, which involves more than 250 industry volunteers attending shows and logging scores within 48 hours of viewing the performances.

The productions receiving TBA Awards Recommended status this week are:

Company / San Francisco Playhouse / San Francisco
Information: www.awards.theatrebayarea.org/1539.

Dance of the Holy Ghosts / Ubuntu Theater Project / Oakland
Information: www.awards.theatrebayarea.org/1545.

Life is a Dream / California Shakespeare Theater / Orinda
Information: www.awards.theatrebayarea.org/875.

Lo Speziale / Dragon Production Theatre Company / Redwood City
Information: www.awards.theatrebayarea.org/1522.

Project Ahab; or, Eye of the Whale / Central Works / Berkeley
Information: www.awards.theatrebayarea.org/1600.

Triangle / TheatreWorks / Palo Alto
Information: www.awards.theatrebayarea.org/1482.

Productions previously recognized with TBA Awards Recommended status that are still running:

The Addams Family / San Jose Stage / San Jose
Information: www.awards.theatrebayarea.org/1393.

Black Virgins Are Not for Hipsters / The Marsh / San Francisco
Information: www.awards.theatrebayarea.org/1233.

The Desk Set / EXIT Theatre / San Francisco
Information: www.awards.theatrebayarea.org/1521.

Each and Every Thing / The Marsh / San Francisco
Information: www.awards.theatrebayarea.org/1081.

Fiddler on the Roof / Berkeley Playhouse / Berkeley
Information: www.awards.theatrebayarea.org/1086.

Freedomland / San Francisco Mime Troupe / Bay Area
Information: www.awards.theatrebayarea.org/1571.

Love and Information / American Conservatory Theater / San Francisco
Information: www.awards.theatrebayarea.org1476.

Now for Now / Z Space / San Francisco
Information: www.awards.theatrebayarea.org/1575.

Shiner / FaultLine Theater / San Francisco
Information: www.awards.theatrebayarea.org/1520.

The Waiting Period / Altarena Playhouse / Alameda
Information: www.awards.theatrebayarea.org/1508.

More information about the TBA Awards program can be found at www.theatrebayarea.org/awards.

More information about Theatre Bay Area can be found at www.theatrebayarea.org.

For discounts on Bay Area shows (including TBA Awards Recommended Productions) sign up for the Theatregoer, www.theatrebayarea.org/theatregoer, Theatre Bay Area's weekly email newsletter, with discounted tickets, recommendations and more.

Theatre Bay Area supports more than 300 theatre companies in the Bay Area. Founded in 1976, Theatre Bay Area's mission is to unite, strengthen, promote and advance the theatre community in the San Francisco Bay Area, working on behalf of our conviction that the performing arts are an essential public good, critical to a healthy and truly democratic society, and invaluable as a source of personal enrichment and growth.

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