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Due to popular pre-sale demand, a year in advance, Aurora Theatre Company announces that it will extend West Coast Premiere of Sarah Treem's (Netflix's House of Cards, HBO's In Treatment) thought-provoking THE HOW AND THE WHY, the third fully staged production to be performed in the company's second

This month Berkeley Repertory Theatre proudly welcomes four exceptional new hires: General Manager Theresa Von Klug; Director of Marketing, Communications, and Patron Engagement Polly Winograd Ikonen; Associate Managing Director Sarah Williams; and Artistic Associate Sarah Rose Leonard.

Feinstein's at the Nikko is thrilled to welcome the return of San Francisco's own legendary, award-winning, extraordinary performer Connie Champagne for one performance only of her acclaimed show Beyond the Rainbow: The Best of Connie Champagne as Judy Garland tonight, May 14 at 8 p.

American Conservatory Theater (A.

ROSS VALLEY PLAYERS will present Sarah Ruhl's The Clean House for audiences with the artistic talent of Director JoAnne Winter, and Set Designer David Shirk.

The Rita Moreno California High School Musical Honors - formerly called The California High School Musical Honors - announced today the 2015 nominees who will compete in front of a panel of nationally recognized judges on Monday, June 1, 2015 at San Jose's Center for the Performing Arts.

Berkeley Playhouse at the Julia Morgan Theater proudly announces their eighth season.

Theatre Bay Area announced today that journalist and dramaturg Laura Brueckner, Ph.

In the first play of a trilogy marking Magic's historic co-commission with Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Luis Alfaro (Oedipus el Rey, Bruja), returns to Magic Theatre to tell the sweeping story of a multi-generational Latino family's California odyssey.

San Francisco Playhouse Artistic Director Bill English and Producing Director Susi Damilano continue to build on the momentum of the Award-Winning Sandbox Series which is celebrating its seventh season, by increasing the selections in the 2015-2016 series to three world premieres.

Contra Costa Civic Theatre (CCCT) ends its 55th season with one of the world's most beloved musicals, The Sound of Music, directed by CCCT Artistic Director Marilyn Langbehn with music direction by Kevin Roland and choreography by Rick Wallace, from June 12 through July 19.

The Mountain Play - 'A Great Outdoor Theatre Adventure' and the San Francisco Bay Area's most magical outdoor theater experience, is proud to present Broadway's timeless musical Peter Pan directed by Michael Schwartz for its 102nd  season in May and June of 2015.

Joseph Alsop, America's most powerful political commentator, is the subject of The Columnist, a new play by the Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning author of Proof.

They're kooky and spooky and, yes, they're family.

And the Arthur Award goes to… Playhouse Merced for its production of Monty Python's Spamalot.

Based in the Bay Area, Stevens wears many hats

San Francisco Playhouse continues its twelfth season with the world premiere of Trouble Cometh by Richard Dresser and directed by May Adrales.

Before there was Mean Girls, there was Heathers, the deliciously dark '80s comedy starring Winona Ryder as a high school girl who joins forces with a hot rebel (Christian Slater) to take on a trio of popular divas -- all named Heather.

 Today, Marin Theatre Company announced that Dori Jacob will be the new Casting Director and Associate Producer for the 48-year-old LORT-D theater company.

Did Abraham Lincoln suffer from clinical depression? A grad student at Cal, newly in love, researches Lincoln's melancholy while trying to keep up with her amazing new girlfriend.

JANE LYNCH: SEE JANE SING performs tonight, May 9 at Palace of Fine Arts Theatre at 7:30pm.

Next month, Cinnabar Theater's scintillating season ends on a high note with Falstaff.

The classic musical MY FAIR LADY runs from June 5th through 21st at the historic Fox Theatre in Redwood City (2215 Broadway Street, Redwood City, CA) and June 27th and 28th at the Golden State Theatre in Monterey (417 Alvarado Street, Monterey, CA).

Black Box Theatre presents a limited San Jose engagement of award-winning Bay Area playwright and performer Trevor Allen's critically acclaimed solo show WORKING FOR THE MOUSE.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre will conclude its 48th season with Richard Bean's internationally acclaimed One Man, Two Guvnors, a sassy update of Carlo Goldoni's classic knee-slapper, The Servant of Two Masters.