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AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATER


San Francisco, CA

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A.C.T. is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for the nonprofit professional theater.A.C.T. operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theaters and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. A.C.T. is a member of the League of Resident Theaters, Theatre Bay Area, Union Square Association, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, and San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau. The directors employed by A.C.T. at the American Conservatory Theater are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.

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Listing Dates
Head Treasurer
American Conservatory Theater
12/17-12/31/25


SALLY & TOM West Coast Premiere is Coming to Marin Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 23, 2025

Marin Theatre will present the West Coast Premiere of Sally & Tom. Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here! ...

Jonathan Spector’s EUREKA DAY to Launch Marin Theatre 2025/26 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 30, 2025

Marin Theatre will kick off its 2025/26 season with Jonathan Spector’s play Eureka Day presented in partnership with Aurora Theatre Company in a new production that reunites almost all of its original cast and creative team. Learn more!...

Alley Theatre Names Jennifer Bielstein as New Managing Director


by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 24, 2025

Alley Theatre has named Jennifer Bielstein as its new Managing Director, effective October 20, 2025. Learn more about Bielstein and about Alley Theatre's leadership here!...

Alley Theatre Names Jennifer Bielstein as New Managing Director


by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 24, 2025

Alley Theatre has named Jennifer Bielstein as its new Managing Director, effective October 20, 2025. Learn more about Bielstein and about Alley Theatre's leadership here!...

Alley Theatre Names Jennifer Bielstein as New Managing Director


by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 24, 2025

Alley Theatre has named Jennifer Bielstein as its new Managing Director, effective October 20, 2025. Learn more about Bielstein and about Alley Theatre's leadership here!...

Photos: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG At San Francisco Playhouse


by A.A. Cristi - September 27, 2024

San Francisco Playhouse kicks off its 2024-25 season with the Olivier Award-winning comedy The Play That Goes Wrong. See photos from the production.  ...

Past Shows

A Strange Loop
A Strange Loop
4/18 - 5/12/2024


The Tony Award–winning musical comes direct from Broadway to San Francisco! Meet Usher: a Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer ...

Fall Theater Classes—starting at $20!


STUDIO A.C.T. | FALL SESSION 2020 | SEPTEMBER 14-NOVEMBER 8. Real theater classes for real people. During these uncertain times in our world and industry, ...

Summer Theater Classes Online! (Ages 8–19)


A.C.T.'s Young ConservatoryONLINE! | Summer Intensives: July 6August 14. A.C.T.'s Young Conservatory is the after-school professional theater training program at the Tony Award-winning American Conservatory ...

Summer Theater Classes Online


STUDIO A.C.T. | SUMMER SESSION 2020ONLINE! | JUNE 8–AUGUST 9. Real theater classes for real people. Through these uncertain times of shelter-in-place policies and COVID-19, ...

Poor Yella Rednecks: Vietgone Part 2


After the rollicking success of Vietgone (2018) at The Strand, playwright Qui Nguyen returns to A.C.T. with Poor Yella Rednecks: Vietgone Part 2, the second ...

Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show


On a dark and stormy night, Brad and Janet get a flat tire . . . So begins the party at The Geary Theater with ...

Gloria
Gloria
2/13 - 4/12/2020


In the editorial office of a Manhattan magazine, competing twentysomethings Ani, Dean, and Kendra are only interested in scoring a book deal to kick-start a ...

Toni Stone
Toni Stone
3/5 - 3/29/2020


Toni Stone dreams of nothing but baseball. But to become the first woman to play professionally as a member of the Negro Leagues Indianapolis Clowns, ...

Wakey, Wakey
Wakey, Wakey
1/23 - 2/16/2020


The curtain rises. You have just a few minutes. What do you say? Eno (The Realistic Joneses) crafts an intimate comedy drama that takes audiences ...

Testmatch
10/24 - 12/8/2019


Kate Atwell; dir: Pam MacKinnon....

Spring Awakening: The Play
Spring Awakening: The Play
11/14 - 11/23/2019


A.C.T.'s Master of Fine Arts Program presents Spring Awakening: The Play by Frank Wedekind. Adapted by Joel G. Fink. Directed by Christine Adaire. NOV 14-23 ...

Broadway's Golden Age
Broadway's Golden Age
11/7 - 11/16/2019


A.C.T.'s Young Conservatory presents Broadway's Golden Age. Directed by Kimberly Braun, Jill MacLean and Ken Savage. High School Cabaret Vocal Direction by Krista Wigle. Accompanied ...

Making Physical Theater


A.C.T.s Young Conservatory presents Making Physical Theater. Devised and performed by YC Fall '19 Actors Ensemble. Directed by Josh Matthews. November 16 The Garret at ...

Into the Woods
Into the Woods
8/8 - 8/17/2019


A.C.T.'s Young Conservatory presents 'Into the Woods' Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine Directed by Ken Savage When you're young, stories ...

Arcadia
5/16 - 6/9/2013


- Tom Stoppard; dir: Carey Perloff....

Black Watch
5/3 - 6/9/2013


- Gregory Burke; dir: John Tiffany....

Dead Metaphor
2/28 - 3/24/2013


- George F. Walker; dir: Irene Lewis....

The Scottsboro Boys
6/21 - 7/22/2012

Twelfth Night
5/10 - 6/10/2012

Maple and Vine
3/29 - 4/22/2012

Scorched
2/16 - 3/11/2012


To fulfill their mother's dying wish, Janine and Simon embark on a journey to the Middle East to find the father and brother they never ...

Higher
2/1 - 2/18/2012


In this smart and sexy new play, two American architects dive into a high-stakes competition to design a memorial in Israel. They're also in love—but ...

Humor Abuse
1/12 - 2/5/2012

A Christmas Carol
12/1 - 12/24/2011

Race
10/21 - 11/13/2011

Once In A Lifetime
9/22 - 10/16/2011

No Exit
No Exit
4/7 - 5/1/2011


Fresh from sold-out performances across Canada, Jean-Paul Sartre's redefined classic makes its U.S. debut at A.C.T. A mysterious valet ushers three people into a shabby ...

The Homecoming
The Homecoming
3/3 - 3/27/2011


A.C.T. celebrates Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter's legacy with his most sexually provocative play. A long-absent son and his attractive wife, Ruth, return to his ...

Clybourne Park
Clybourne Park
1/20 - 2/20/2011


Home is where the heart—and history—is in Clybourne Park, a "buzz-saw sharp new comedy" (The Washington Post) that cleverly spins the events of A Raisin ...

Archangels Don't Play Pinball


During a night of mischief with his gang of friends, Lanky, the lovable fool and secret ringleader, finds himself married to a streetwalker named Blondie. ...

The Vagina Monolougues
The Vagina Monolougues
2/13 - 2/14/2011


The women of A.C.T. are proud to present Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues. All proceeds will benefit La Casa de las Madres women's shelter in ...

Videos


Cinderella in San Francisco / Bay Area Cinderella
Hillbarn Theatre (12/4 - 12/28) Tracker
Ride the Cyclone in San Francisco / Bay Area Ride the Cyclone
City Lights Theater Company (7/16 - 8/23)
An Evening with a Mentalist: Jay Alexander's Mind Tricks Live in San Francisco / Bay Area An Evening with a Mentalist: Jay Alexander's Mind Tricks Live
San Francisco Magic Theater (w/Jay Alexander) at the Marrakech (1/16 - 1/18)
“After Sleepwalking: Music by Women and Nonbinary Composers” in San Francisco / Bay Area “After Sleepwalking: Music by Women and Nonbinary Composers”
Piedmont Piano Company, 1728 San Pablo Ave (1/25 - 1/25)
An Evening with a Mentalist: Jay Alexander's Mind Tricks Live in San Francisco / Bay Area An Evening with a Mentalist: Jay Alexander's Mind Tricks Live
San Francisco Magic Theater (w/Jay Alexander) at the Marrakech (1/9 - 1/11)
Les Miserables in San Francisco / Bay Area Les Miserables
San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (4/29 - 5/3)
Not A Genuine Black Man in San Francisco / Bay Area Not A Genuine Black Man
City Lights Theater Company (1/25 - 1/25)
Moulin Rouge! in San Francisco / Bay Area Moulin Rouge!
Orpheum Theatre San Francisco (12/16 - 12/28)
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