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Hamnet explores the life of Agnes Hathaway and her relationship with William Shakespeare, highlighting their love and the profound loss they experience after the death...
A powerful drama about faith and belief, The Christians follows Pastor Paul as a sermon challenges his megachurch, sparking debate about conviction, doubt, and change.
From Off Broadway to a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe, award-winning artist Duane Forrest takes audiences on an uplifting, deeply human journey through the music & legacy...
SANTÉ! by Cirque Kikasse is a high-energy circus show where world class acrobatics, breathtaking balances and contagious energy collide — all aboard an extraordinary truck.
Ticket Information: Early Bird: $20, Gen Adm: $25, Door: $30Tree of Dreams is an intimate, cinematic theatre experience blending live music, object storytelling, shadow play,...
Welcome to the Cornley Drama Society’s opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor—a classic whodunit where, unfortunately, everything that can go wrong does. Misplaced props, collapsing sets, forgotten...
Comedy Oakland, 2016-2025 winner of "Best Comedy Night" in East Bay Express Reader's Poll features funny, diverse, industry pros alongside up-and-coming comedians. Our comedians have...
Comedy Oakland, 2016-2025 winner of "Best Comedy Night" in East Bay Express Reader's Poll features funny, diverse, industry pros alongside up-and-coming comedians. Our comedians have...
Bohème Out of the Box brings Puccini’s classic La Bohème to diverse outdoor locations across the Bay Area, providing a unique opera experience in a...
Comedy Oakland, 2016-2025 winner of "Best Comedy Night" in East Bay Express Reader's Poll features funny, diverse, industry pros alongside up-and-coming comedians. Our comedians have...
Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on...
In this hilarious comedy, two English Shakespearean actors, Leo and Jack, find themselves down on their luck.But then, what luck! They hear that dear old...
In this hilarious comedy, two English Shakespearean actors, Leo and Jack, find themselves so down on their luck that they’re performing "Scenes from Shakespeare" on...
Antigone fights to confer burial rights for her brother – who Creon, King of Thebes, deems a traitor – she is confronted with the painful choice...
Comedy Oakland, 2016-2025 winner of "Best Comedy Night" in East Bay Express Reader's Poll features funny, diverse, industry pros alongside up-and-coming comedians. Our comedians have...
Ticket Information: Early Bird: $20, Gen Adm: $25, Door: $30Art is the fuel and, together, we are the power. Be recharged, inspired and energized for...
Comedy Oakland, 2016-2025 winner of "Best Comedy Night" in East Bay Express Reader's Poll features funny, diverse, industry pros alongside up-and-coming comedians. Our comedians have...
Contemporary Asian Theater Scene (CATS) presents the first staged reading of “Aftermath Liturgy,” an original new play with music commissioned from award-winning playwright Min Kahng,...
Comedy Oakland, 2016-2025 winner of "Best Comedy Night" in East Bay Express Reader's Poll features funny, diverse, industry pros alongside up-and-coming comedians. Our comedians have...
Comedy Oakland, 2016-2025 winner of "Best Comedy Night" in East Bay Express Reader's Poll features funny, diverse, industry pros alongside up-and-coming comedians. Our comedians have...
Tickets available at a sliding scale $15 - $30An excerpt from Degenerate Art Ensemble's latest work, Anima Mundi. An immersive exploration into the connection lost...
Featuring 2 world premieres by Wei Wang and Phil Chan, Double Happiness is a fun-filled program designed to bring a smile to your face. A...
From Off Broadway to a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe, award-winning artist Duane Forrest takes audiences on an uplifting, deeply human journey through the music & legacy...
Seeking a Penpal for the End of the WorldSeeking a Penpal for the End of the World is the true story of an immigrant Taiwanese...
Ticket Information: Tickets available on a sliding scale $0-$20The Declaration of Independence declares that all men are created equal and that they are endowed with...
San Francisco Playhouse will present the West Coast Premiere of Candrice Jones’ Flex, directed by Bay Area theatre titan and Lorraine Hansberry Theatre artistic director...
Orange Uncle Sam from the US invades a celebration of life in Mexico. June bug Salma and human Lila join forces to resist.
Join us at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center on May 1 and May 2 at 7:30 PM for a dynamic showcase featuring exciting choreography...
Flamenco Cabaret"Flamenco Cabaret": An Evening of Music and Dance with Melissa Cruz.Recalling the alluring atmosphere of the famous Andalusian "cafes cantantes," "Flamenco Cabaret" brings the...
The Unfinished Work of Camille ClaudelCamille Claudel was an Impressionist sculptor in France at the turn of the century. She defied expectations of women at...
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by Kelly Rogers Flynt - April 21, 2026
weary soul. With a steady beat that blends with your pulse, this music sticks in your mind and body. Devoid of elaborate set pieces or high tech features, the show soars because the story matters. And you will come away remembering all that is good and noble and possible in community....
by Steve Murray - April 20, 2026
Composer, lyricist, and pianist extraordinaire Stephen Schwartz presented an evening of conversation and song- a celebration of his continuing support and collaboration with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus....
by Kelly Rogers Flynt - April 12, 2026
Energetic dances, soaring songs, and clever comedy make a winning combination in ANYTHING GOES at Altarena Playhouse. With classic songs by Cole Porter and witty dialogue from P.G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton, ANYTHING GOES has entertained audiences since 1934. The fun and humor still resonate as a new...
by Kelly Rogers Flynt - April 05, 2026
Center Rep presents Neil Simon’s classic tale of family and obligations, LOST IN YONKERS. In a world of sound bites, TikTok, and AI images, this show reminds us that when it comes to family, things haven’t really changed that much. With humor and heart, the show demonstrates that even in the mid...
by Steve Murray - April 03, 2026
Berkely Rep’s co-production with La Jolla Playhouse of Ngozi Anywanu’s The Monsters is a joyous, heartwarming story of the bond between sister and brother that will want to make you hug your sibling. Both emotionally devastating and rewarding, The Monsters is brilliantly written, superbly acted ...
by Steve Murray - April 02, 2026
For Starra Jones, a baller from rural Plainnole, Arkansas, fulfilling her mother’s dream of basketball glory is her prime motivation. Playing a style of ‘dirty’ ball, her braggadocio will lead her to a foul play in Candrice Jones’ Flex, making its West Coast premiere at SF Playhouse....
by Linda Hodges - April 01, 2026
It's easy to see why Beetlejuice, the screen-to-stage adaptation of Tim Burton's beloved 1998 cult-classic film, earned eight 2019 Tony Award nominations including Best Musical. It is to die for. ...
by Steve Murray - March 30, 2026
There are many types of great theatre- light, cheerful, romantic, uplifting, silly, classic. Z Spaces’ co-production of Tadeusz Slobodzianek’s Our Class is unflinchingly dark, emotionally devastating and a tough watch – but it is great theatre, a timely cautionary tale of evil startingly conce...
by Steve Murray - March 23, 2026
I admit I’ve never seen Stephen Sondhiem’s Assassins, nor ever heard the score or read the synopsis. A flop in 1990, the 2004 revival won five Tony awards, and it’s been in theatre rotations since, often causing controversy for its raw language and unsavory content. A play from the perspective...
by Steve Murray - March 23, 2026
The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, the world's first openly gay chorus, continues it’s forty-eighth season with a concert both cheerful and deeply emotional celebrating the music and events of the 1980’s. For the LGBT community, the 80’s was the apocalypse incarnate - a community devastate...
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