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SF Shakes Announces Free Shakespeare In The Park Performances
by BWW News Desk - August 19, 2021
The company is presenting Pericles, Prince of Tyre, in a new verse translation by playwright Ellen McLaughlin, as a hybrid, episodic production, with three virtual episodes followed by a culminating episode in the parks
NATIONAL TRUST Will Be Performed Live Online This Week
by BWW News Desk - August 18, 2021
What do you do when you can't afford your house? Turn it into a museum, with you as one of the attractions on display!
RAWdance Premieres SHADOW (PART 1) On Double Bill This Fall
by BWW News Desk - August 17, 2021
Under the banner of TAKE 3, bicoastal contemporary dance company RAWdance returns to ODC Theater's virtual stage October 29 - 30 with two works by the company's three artistic directors. Shadow (part 1) premieres with choreography by Ryan T. Smith and Wendy Rein.
The Sống Collective Brings COLLECTIVE STORIES To The West Coast 
by BWW News Desk - August 16, 2021
On August 27, 2021, the inaugural season of Wayward Voices  continues with a summer premiere of “Collective Stories.” The New York-based company,  The Sống Collective, partners with The Ujima Company along with the California-based organizer and advocate thuan nguyen to create the devised Theatre piece.
Ross Valley Players Presents RIPCORD
by BWW News Desk - August 16, 2021
Ross Valley Players will kick off its 92nd Season with Ripcord by Pulitzer Award winning playwright, David Lindsay-Abaire - a comic and touching clash of wills between mismatched roommates at a retirement home. Directed by Chloe Bronzan.
SPANKING MACHINE Will Be Performed at the Marsh in September and October
by BWW News Desk - August 14, 2021
Marga Gomez returns to The Marsh San Francisco stage for live performances of Spanking Machine, her by turns funny, intense, and heart-rending memoir of growing up brown and queer in Washington Heights. Childhood pranks, Devil Dogs, sadistic nuns on poppers, assault, and suppressed memory play their parts in Gomez's shift across gender, latitudes, and generations.
NATIONAL TRUST Will be Performed Virtually This Week
by BWW News Desk - August 14, 2021
Sassymouth presents a FREE Zoom/Facebook Live presentation, NATIONAL TRUST, conceived and performed by John Fisher, with Director of Photography/Co-Director, David Wilson.
SF Shakes Announces Watch Parties for PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2021
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival announces Zoom watch parties of its episodic hybrid production of Pericles, Prince of Tyre.
Aurora Theatre Company Presents The Local Premiere Of STOOP STORIES By Dael Orlandersmith
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2021
Aurora Theatre Company kicks off its 30th season with Dael Orlandersmith's STOOP STORIES. Elizabeth Carter (Eureka Day, The Heir Apparent, Wittenberg, Trouble In Mind) directs Jeunée Simon (The Bluest Eye) in this poetic one-hander comprised of stories drawn from Orlandersmith's personal life and limitless imagination.
Photos: San Francisco Celebrates Reopening of HAMILTON
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2021
HAMILTON's BroadwaySF run began August 10, and will continue through September 5, 2021.
Student Blog: In-Person Rehearsal Tips
by Student Blogger: Mia Van Deloo - August 12, 2021
With theatre slowly returning back, I know I am not alone when I say I am extremely excited to be back in the rehearsal room for this upcoming school year. From first read-throughs to opening nights, nothing has truly been the same online. So, here are some tips that I am finding to be helpful as I am making the transition to in-person rehearsals.
Berkeley Rep Delays Reopening to November 2021
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2021
Originally, the 2021/22 season was scheduled to begin on October 1, 2021 with the world premiere of the ripple, the wave that carried me home, written by Christina Anderson and directed by Miranda Haymon. That production will now be the final show of the 2021/22 season, beginning performances on September 9, 2022.
Opera Parallele Announces Leadership Appointments
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2021
Adding to today's exciting administrative news, the company wishes to belatedly announce the decision by Opera Parallèle's Board of Directors in late 2020, to expand company founder, conductor and Artistic Director Nicole Paiement's position to include General Director.
MURDER AT HETCH HETCHY Will Be Performed Online Tonight
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2021
Sassymouth presents a FREE Zoom/Facebook Live presentation, MURDER AT HETCH HETCHY, conceived and performed by John Fisher, with Director of Photography/Co-Director, David Wilson.
Boys Who Love To Sing Invited To Attend Ragazzi's SINGFEST
by BWW News Desk - August 11, 2021
Acclaimed Ragazzi Boys Chorus invites young boys who enjoy singing to attend a digital incarnation of its popular SingFest.
Magic Theatre Postpones Taylor Mac's JOY AND PANDEMIC
by BWW News Desk - August 11, 2021
Playwright Taylor Mac shares, “although it pains me to postpone the premiere of JOY AND PANDEMIC, timing is everything. Unfortunately, with the rise of infections, this is not the time to engage whole-heartedly with the themes in this work. Our hope is that time will come soon.”
Photos: Transcendence Theatre Company Presents ROAD TRIP
by BWW News Desk - August 10, 2021
Transcendence Theatre Company celebrates the 10th anniversary season of Broadway Under The Stars and the return to Jack London State Historic Park with an all-new concert, ROAD TRIP!, now through August 29th.  First production shots have just been released.
African-American Shakespeare Company Presents THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED)
by BWW News Desk - August 10, 2021
Originally scheduled for the company's 2020 Season, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged is a sharp, agile and hilariously take on the works of the Bard, all of which find their way onto the stage at one moment or another. So, yes, 75 characters from 37 plays, performed by 3 actors in approximately 97 minutes.
Berkeley Rep's THE GROUND FLOOR Returns
by BWW News Desk - August 09, 2021
This morning, Berkeley Rep's Artistic Director Johanna Pfaelzer announced the return of The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep's Center for the Creation and Development of New Work. Thirteen projects from 29 talented artists across the Bay Area have been selected for its Summer Residency Lab.
Jacob Langfelder Launches BROADWAY AND VINE With Tony Yazbeck, Shoshana Bean, Taylor Iman Jones & More
by BWW News Desk - August 09, 2021
Tony nominee Jacob Langfelder (Sea Wall/A Life) will launch Broadway and Vine, intersecting the best of Broadway with the best of Wine Country, on August 23rd with Tony nominee Tony Yazbeck (On The Town, Gypsy, A Chorus Line, and star of the upcoming Broadway production of Flying Over Sunset) at Tre Posti in Napa Valley.
John Fisher's New Solo Show MURDER AT HETCH HETCHY Will Stream Online This Week
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2021
Sassymouth will present a free Zoom/Facebook Live presentation, MURDER AT HETCH HETCHY, conceived and performed by John Fisher. David Wilson serves as Director of Photography/Co-Director.
Playful People Productions Announces 2021-22 Season
by BWW News Desk - August 06, 2021
Learn more about the full upcoming lineup here, as well as how to register for a kids' program!
CA Symphony's 21-22 Season Highlights Living Composers, Women, Composers Of Color
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2021
Following a strong virtual season that attracted new audiences from across the state and around the world, California Symphony, under the leadership of Music Director Donato Cabrera, returns to live concerts at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek for its 2021-22 season. California Symphony's new season furthers its promise to present innovative programming, exciting guest artists, and music by living composers, women, and composers of color.
THE IMMORTAL RECKONING Comes To The San Francisco Mint This Fall
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2021
This fall, Into The Dark—the Bay Area production company spawned from the creative, twisted minds of Peaches Christ, David Flower Productions, and Non Plus Ultra—will present The Immortal Reckoning, a brand-new, fully immersive haunted experience opening at The San Francisco Mint (88 5th St.).
ODC/Dance Presents DRINKS & A DANCE, August 19
by BWW News Desk - August 04, 2021
ODC/Dance presents its first live telecast event, Drinks & a Dance, featuring the world premiere of ODC/Dance's feature film, Up for Air / Decameron, directed by Brenda Way.

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