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Spring Awakening makes its Monterey County premiere September 8-29 on the mainstage at The Western Stage.

On hiatus from the AMC smash hit Mad Men, Vincent Kartheiser comes to the Bay Area to lead a vibrant cast in San Jose Rep's world premiere of the Jonathan Marc Feldman drama The Death of the Novel, directed by Rick Lombardo.

Cine/Club celebrates fifteen years of presenting free films for teenagers and adults along with lively discussions and film critiques.

Cutting Ball Theater continues its 2012 celebration of August Strindberg's centennial with the first installment of this season's Hidden Classics Reading Series today, August 19, 2012, at 1 p.

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After filling its new studios on Center Street with sold-out summer camps for local teens, Berkeley Repertory Theatre proudly announces that this extra classroom space also means more activities for students of all ages during the School of Theatre's fall session.

Marin Shakespeare Company continues its 2012 summer festival season with the West Coast premiere of 'The Liar,' a new comedy set in the decadent and flamboyant Cavalier period.

The American Conservatory Theater is set to present the Tony Award-winning play, THE NORMAL HEART, to audiences from September 13 through October 7.

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Porchlight Theatre Company presents an outdoor production of Timberlake Wertenbaker's OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD at the Redwood Amphitheatre located at the Marin Art & Garden Center in Ross.

Actress Lorraine Olsen unveils the work of a professional Artist Model in her theatrical memoir Lorraine Olsen is FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING, premiering Thursday September 13 and performing Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 8 p.

Direct from New York, award-winning HEROES AND OTHER STRANGERS plays two-night engagement at Stage Werx in San Francisco.

Set aside all of your 21st century politically correct notions and feminist fury for a moment and go see 'A Funny thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

Co-producers Marin Theatre Company and Encore Theatre Company announced today that, due to extraordinary ticket demand, they will extend Circle Mirror Transformation by eight performances.

The Berkeley Community Fund has announced that it will award the 2013 Benjamin Ide Wheeler Medal to Susan Medak, managing director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

Playing now through September 9, 'War Horse' will dazzle you with its stage wizardry even as it brings into bold relief the gut-wrenching horrors that humans and horses alike endured during the war that was supposed to end them all, World War I.

Even with all the magic and all the fun, the thing I remember most from my childhood trips to the circus is my traditional circus cup filled with delicious flavored ice.

Berkeley Playhouse presents its next TeenStage production, INTO THE WOODS, August 3-5, 2012, and its next YouthStage production, INTO THE WOODS JR.

Cinnabar Theater in Petaluma has announced its 2012 to 2013 season and prepares to celebrates its 40th Anniversary.

Berkeley Rep now offers one free teaching hour to every public school in the nine-county Bay Area.

TheatreWorks, the nationally acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, presents the regional premiere of the recent Broadway hit TIME STANDS STILL by Pulitzer Prize-winner Donald Margulies (Dinner with Friends, Brooklyn Boy).

In just a couple of weeks, Berkeley Rep will get the Bay Area speaking CHINGLISH when this Broadway comedy makes its West Coast premiere.

DRAGONS is a never-before-seen circus adventure of renowned legends and real-life spectacle that is comingto the Bay Area for sixteen action-packed shows from August 8 - 12 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland and August 15 - 19 at the HP Pavilion at San Jose.

Cutting Ball Theater opens its 13th season with Strindberg Cycle: The Chamber Plays in Rep, a festival of August Strindberg's five Chamber Plays in new translations by Paul Walsh, directed by Cutting Ball Artistic Director Rob Melrose.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that any audience member in possession of a show ticket must be in want of a good show.