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Cast and Creatives Set For Terror Vault's HEXED
by BWW News Desk - September 09, 2025
Terror Vault—the Bay Area’s award-winning haunted attraction—revealed the cast and creative team behind HEXED, the world-premiere chapter of its wildly popular, fully immersive horror experience.
American Conservatory Theater Will Host IGNITE THE NIGHT Gala
by BWW News Desk - September 09, 2025
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) and gala co-chairs Ann and Rodman Marymor, Karesha McGee, and Caroline Nassif have announced A.C.T.’s annual season gala, Ignite the Night.
Wayne Harris's DRAPETOMANIA is Coming to The Marsh Berkeley
by BWW News Desk - September 08, 2025
The Marsh Berkeley will present the World Premiere engagement of acclaimed playwright and performer Wayne Harris’s Drapetomania, an exploration of political dissent and the tools of oppression that can be employed to silence protesters.
Theatre Bay Area to Present An Encore Staged Reading Of BOOK OF GLASS By Michael Lynch
by BWW News Desk - September 08, 2025
​For Bay Area Theatre Week, Theatre Bay Area will present an encore staged reading of Book of Glass, by Michael Lynch. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!
EUREKA DAY Extends at Marin Theatre Through Late September
by BWW News Desk - September 08, 2025
Marin Theatre has extended its production of Jonathan Spector’s Eureka Day presented in partnership with Aurora Theatre Company. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
MTJA Unveils Nominees For 2025 Norbay Theater Awards
by BWW News Desk - September 08, 2025
The Marquee Theater Journalists Association has revealed the nominees for their 2025 MTJA Norbay Theater Awards. Learn more about the nominees and see the list here!
K-Pop Icon Wendy to Bring W:EALIVE WORLD TOUR to BroadwaySF's Golden Gate Theatre
by BWW News Desk - September 08, 2025
Global K-Pop icon Wendy of Red Velvet will make a stop at BroadwaySF’s Golden Gate Theatre as part of her W:EALIVE World Tour. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here.
Theatre Bay Area to Hold Encore Staged Reading of BOOK OF GLASS
by Emmy Rice - September 06, 2025
Produced by Rainbow Zebra Productions LLC and The Magic Theatre, this free reading – directed by Andrea Gordon - will take place on Monday, September 22, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. at The Magic Theatre.
Photos: Giuseppe Verdi’s RIGOLETTO at San Francisco Opera
by Emmy Rice - September 06, 2025
San Francisco Opera opens its 103rd season on Friday, September 5 with Opera Ball, the opening night benefit gala co-presented with San Francisco Opera Guild, and Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto (September 5–27), led by Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim. See the photos here!
SPANISH STEW Comes to New Conservatory Theatre Center
by BWW News Desk - September 05, 2025
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.
Ensemble For These Times to Present LINES, CIRCLES + SPIRALS
by BWW News Desk - September 04, 2025
Award-winning SF contemporary chamber music group Ensemble for These Times will kick off its 18th Home Season at Old First Concerts in San Francisco, with 'Lines, Circles, and Spirals,'
Cindy Fee Voice of The Golden Girls Theme Song, to Perform at THE GOLDEN GIRLS LIVE
by BWW News Desk - September 04, 2025
Cindy Fee—the voice of The Golden Girls theme song, “Thank You for Being a Friend”—will return to BroadwaySF’s Curran Theatre to perform throughout opening weekend of The Golden Girls Live: The Christmas Episodes.
ESTHER PEREL RUINED MY LIFE Workshop Comes to IAMA Theatre Company
by BWW News Desk - September 04, 2025
IAMA Theatre Company will present a workshop production of Mathilde Dratwa's biting, tender, and tragically modern play Esther Perel Ruined My Life. Learn more here!
San Francisco Neo-Futurists to Present INFINITE SNARCH
by Michael Major - September 03, 2025
San Francisco Neo-Futurists will present Infinite Snarch: A Slumber Party Wrench, a special event featuring 30 of the ensemble’s all-time favorite original short plays selected to create the tone and atmosphere of a slumber party.
SF Symphony Adds Six New Musicians Joining the Orchestra in the 2025–26 Season
by Michael Major - September 03, 2025
Associate Concertmaster Jason Issokson (San Francisco Symphony Foundation Chair) joins the San Francisco Symphony in September 2025 and succeeds Nadya Tichman, who stepped down as Associate Concertmaster in 2022 following 31 seasons in the position.
San Jose Stage Company Unveils Its 43rd Season With MCNEAL & More
by Michael Major - September 03, 2025
The new season includes McNeal, Million Dollar Quartet, The Lehman Trilogy, The Coast Starlight, and We Will Rock You. Learn more about the upcoming shows now!
Free Shakespeare in the Park Returns to San Francisco
by Michael Major - September 03, 2025
The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival proudly announces that its 2025 Free Shakespeare in the Park production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona will return to downtown’s Sue Bierman Park.
California Symphony Accepting Applications for Composer-in-Residence Program
by Michael Major - September 03, 2025
California Symphony is now accepting applications for its unique three-year Composer-in-Residence Program, now in its 34th year. Applications through the online portal will be accepted until October 31, 2025 at 11:59pm PT.
SHAMELESS HUSSY by Lynne Kaufman to be Presented at The Marsh Berkeley
by BWW News Desk - September 03, 2025
The Marsh Berkeley will present a provocative and passionate journey into the world of 20th century author Anaïs Nin with Shameless Hussy by local playwright Lynne Kaufman. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!
Marquee Theater Journalists Association Will Resume Annual Theater Awards
by BWW News Desk - September 03, 2025
The Marquee Theater Journalists Association, a North Bay-based critics group originally formed in 2015 but dormant since the pandemic, has announced their 'rebooting' and the resumption of their annual theater awards program.
Review: EMMA at Silicon Valley Shakespeare
by Kelly Rogers Flynt - September 02, 2025
Emma, the well-intentioned matchmaker from Jane Austen’s first published novel is brought to life on the stage as the closing show for the 2025 Summer Repertory Sanborn Park Series. Kate Hamill’s fresh adaptation retains all the classic features of the story while using humor and physical comedy to pull out every morsel of satire from Austen’s voice. The rules of etiquette in proper society and the limited roles for women outside of marriage are Hamill’s favorite punching bags, and she packs a pretty strong punch.
OPERA BALL and VERDI’S RIGOLETTO Launch San Francisco Opera's New Season
by BWW News Desk - September 02, 2025
To raise the curtain on San Francisco Opera’s 103rd season, San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Opera Guild will present Opera Ball. Learn more about the production here!
SOME LIKE IT HOT is Coming to San Jose’s Center for the Performing Arts
by BWW News Desk - September 02, 2025
SOME LIKE IT HOT will be coming to San Jose’s Center for the Performing Arts for a limited engagement this fall. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets here!
EL RINCÓN SERIES FALL 2025 Comes to Theatre Flamenco SF
by Emmy Rice - August 30, 2025
Theatre Flamenco of San Francisco has announced the program for its Fall 2025 El Rincón Flamenco Series. Experience the passion, rhythm, and soul of flamenco up close, in an intimate space where artists and audience come together in true flamenco spirit.
MARY JANE Comes to the Magic Theatre, San Francisco
by BWW News Desk - August 29, 2025
The Actors' Reading Collective, in residence at the Magic Theatre, is thrilled to announce the San Francisco premiere of Amy Herzog's Mary Jane. Learn more here!

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