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Jon Tracy’s wildly theatrical outdoor production examines how fear, loyalty, and the stories nations tell can shape the course of history.
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FeaturedPickleball
From award-winning playwright and beloved actor Jeff Daniels—known to millions for his acclaimed television roles in The Newsroom and Dumb and Dumber —comes a witty new comedy about pickleball, the fastest-growing sport in America. When a group of fiercely competitive neighbors...
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Holly Shaw’s ROAR!
In ROAR! – A solo dramedy ghost story, Shaw asks a haunting question: What happens when a loved one dies, but they won’t stop talking? After her boyfriend dies, Holly makes an unexpected discovery about his true feelings and enters a mysterious game of lost and found with the...
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, adapted by Jody Davidson and based on the books by Laura Joffe Numeroff, is a Theatre for Young Audiences production recommended for children ages 3 and up. When an energetic Mouse appears asking for just one cookie, a Boy's quiet afternoon spirals...
In Front of Your Eyes Performance Festival
A festival uplifting new works by women and nonbinary performers, featuring 18 total new works. Joyful Raven, known as the story midwife, contributes to five of the pieces, including a new original work and directing acts like Robyn DeGuzman and Abbey Glover. Performers pressure...
Iphigenia in Splott
She’s brash, reckless, and unapologetically self-possessed. Stumbling through life in the nowhere town of Splott, Effie – short for Iphigenia – numbs her days with hookups and hangovers. Life on the edge turns into a face-off with reality and its wrenching consequences. Inspired...
Macbeth
Santa Cruz Shakespeare invites you to experience Shakespeare’s Macbeth , under the trees and stars of the Audrey Stanley Grove in Santa Cruz’s DeLaveaga Park this summer. Macbeth By William Shakespeare Directed by Paul Mullins Dark, bloody, brutal, and magnificent, Shakespeare’s...
Much Ado About Nothing
Santa Cruz Shakespeare invites you to experience Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing , under the trees and stars of the Audrey Stanley Grove in Santa Cruz’s DeLaveaga Park this summer. Much Ado About Nothing By William Shakespeare Directed by Charles Pasternak One of...
Roar!
Holly Shaw, a writer, performer and comedian, asks us, “What happens when a loved one dies, but they won’t stop talking?” With that, away we go on a journey that is funny, emotional, spiritual – and, yes, a little bit spooky! Shaw shares the story of losing her father, who was...
Robyn DeGuzman’s Enough Free
Robyn DeGuzman’s Enough Free transforms generational trauma into radical healing through this visceral blend of drama, movement, and song. Selected for the 2024 Asian American Psychological Association Convention, Enough Free takes audiences on a journey from Spanish...
Secret Improv VICE, San Francisco Noir
Film noir is having a moment. The classic film genre, featured in the yearly SF Film Noir Festival, is being introduced to a new generation. The TV series “Spider-Noir” and “Sugar” return viewers to this gritty and seductively dark world. Noir characters can’t predict their...
THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST
The Voice Studio of Thomas Clark Inc. presents Puccini’s Opera: THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST * (La Fanciulla del West) An Opera in Three Acts by Giacomo Puccini Based on the Play by David Belasco New English Translation by Thomas Clark Limited Engagement – 8 Performances Only!...
The Girl of the Golden West (La Fanciulla del West)
Puccini's opera in three acts, presented in a new English translation by Thomas Clark, based on the play by David Belasco. Set during the California Gold Rush around 1849, the story explores deception, desire, love, forgiveness, and redemption. The production stars Jordan Best...
Yvonne Martinez’s Someday Mija, You’ll Learn the Difference Between a Whore and a Working Woman
This piece celebrates unsung women of color labor activists, beginning with Yvonne’s sex worker grandmother who, with her sisters mugged scabs in 1950’s Utah. Yvonne became a labor organizer/labor negotiator. The show tells stories of resistance by actual Bay Area Labor...
Next Time
Next Time is an original musical written by Sean P. Breen and directed by Brandon Joseph. Set in a barbershop and at a vocal competition in Landstowne, Pennsylvania in 1990, with a flashback to 1979, the show explores what happens when a person fails to seize a...
The Compton's Cafeteria Riot
The Compton's Cafeteria Riot is an immersive production that places audiences inside a 1960s cafeteria during the 1966 uprising when transgender women and drag queens resisted police harassment in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood. The play was co-written by trans...
The Importance of Being Earnest
Silicon Valley Shakespeare presents Oscar Wilde's iconic comedy of fake names, mistaken identities, and romantic mischief for the first time, staged under the redwoods of Sanborn County Park in Saratoga. Directed by Sara Kannen Dean, with scenic design by Mitchell Ost, costume...
R.O.I. (Return on Investment)
R.O.I. (Return on Investment) is a darkly comedic psychological thriller written by Aaron Loeb and directed by Jonathan Moscone. The play follows Silicon Valley venture capitalist May, fresh off a Forbes 40 under 40 inclusion, as she pursues a unicorn startup and meets biotech...
Much Ado About Nothing
Silicon Valley Shakespeare presents Much Ado About Nothing as part of its Sanborn repertory season, running alongside The Importance of Being Earnest under the redwoods of Sanborn County Park in Saratoga.
The Prince Part 1
The Prince Part 1 is the first half of a two-part, six-act world premiere written and directed by Artistic Director Gary Graves, representing the culmination of his decades-long exploration of Niccolò Machiavelli and Renaissance Florence. The play follows young Machiavelli's...
The Prince Part 2
The Prince Part 2 is the second half of a two-part, six-act world premiere written and directed by Artistic Director Gary Graves, tracing Machiavelli's rise as a political strategist, his dealings with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, his exile, and his attempt at redemption...
WRECKAGE: A Musical Tragicomedy
WRECKAGE: A Musical Tragicomedy asks the political question: How are we going to survive and rebuild in the rubble left from the economic, social, and psychological devastation of the idiotic kleptocrats? The Tony Award-Winning San Francisco Mime Troupe Opens their 67th Season...
Samara Joy with the San Francisco Symphony
Jazz singer Samara Joy performs with the San Francisco Symphony and conductor Anthony Parnther as part of the 2026–27 season.
Samara Joy with the SF Symphony
Jazz singer Samara Joy joins conductor Anthony Parnther and the Orchestra to perform original songs and jazz standards by Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, Sun Ra, and more. Joy released her self-titled debut in 2021 and followed it with Linger Awhile, winning the Best New Artist...
Besties: A Friendly Comedy & Music Show
Hosted by Xander Beltran, this lively evening blends stand-up comedy, music, and the joyful chemistry that only the best of friends can create.
Story Night with Diane Amos
Beloved storyteller and performer Diane Amos shares an evening of hilarious, heartfelt, and unforgettable true stories. Additional special guests to be announced.
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Julius Caesar Marin Shakespeare Company (8/14-9/13) |
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Pickleball Hillbarn Theatre (8/20-9/13) |
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Robyn DeGuzman’s Enough Free The Marsh Berkeley (8/28-8/30) |
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“E4TT Call For Scores: Solo Piano, Vol. 3” Berkeley Piano Club (10/25-10/25) |
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THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST Colligan Theater at the Tannery Arts Center (9/04-9/13) |
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Disney''s Beauty and the Beast San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (9/08-9/13) |
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“E4TT Call For Scores: Solo Piano, Vol. 3” Community Music Center (10/18-10/18) |
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Gutenberg! The Musical! Hillbarn Theatre (10/08-11/01) |
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Secret Improv VICE, San Francisco Noir Shelton Theater (8/30-8/30) |
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Lauren Mayer’s I Didn’t Come From Your Rib The Marsh Berkeley (8/21-8/23) |