SF Playhouse Announces Their 2011-12 Season

Today we are thrilled to raise the curtain and announce the first four plays selected for our 2011-12 Season which continues our legacy of professional, edgy and intimate theatre. The final two shows will be announced soon.

We dedicate this ninth season to bringing you visions from behind the curtain that have the power of prophecy. Each of our playwrights will reveal perspectives we have missed, truths we are afraid of, hopes we have forgotten.

The Plays...
West Coast Premiere
Honey Brown Eyes
By Stefanie Zadravec
Directed by Susi Damilano
Sept 20-November 5th, Press Opening September 24th

Bosnia, 1992. Two kitchens. Two soldiers. Once members of a band together. Now on opposite sides of a war. Can a bond formed through music survive a world spinning out of control? Unlikely partnerships emerge in this play of horror, humanity and stunning relevance.

TBA
November 15-January 14, Opens November 19th

Regional Premiere
Becky Shaw
By Gina Gionfriddo
Directed by Amy Glazer
January 24-March 10th, Press Opening January 28th

From their first blind date, which includes an unscheduled visit to the police station, this couple, along with the newlyweds who set them up, surprise us-and themselves-in a comedy thriller The New York Times called "as engrossing as it is ferociously funny, like a big box of fireworks fizzing and crackling across the stage!". This play asks what we owe the people we love the most and the strangers who land on our doorstep. A 2009 Pulitzer Prize finalist.

West Coast Premiere
The Aliens
By Annie Baker
Directed by Lila Neugebauer
March 20th-May 5th, Press Opening March 24th

In the town of Shirley, hanging out by the dumpster behind the coffee shop, two young men meditate on music, philosophy, 'shrooms, and Bukowski. When a teenage employee asks them to relocate, they find the disciple they've been waiting for. A beat-tinged, psychotropic journey, Annie Baker's The Aliens is a funny and heartening look at friendship, ritual, and small town New England.

Regional Premiere
A Behanding in Spokane
By Martin McDonagh
Directed by Susi Damilano
May 15th-June 30th, Press Opening May 19th

Take a man searching for his missing hand, two con-artists out to make a few hundred bucks, and an overly curious hotel clerk, and the rest is up for grabs. From Academy Award Winner Martin McDonagh, the writer of The Beauty Queen of Leenane, The Pillowman, and In Bruges comes a comedy as black as sin, caustic as acid, funny as hell.

TBA
July 10th-Sept 15th, Press Opening July 14th

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