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Review: JEKYLL & HYDE at Woodminster Summer Musicals

Review: JEKYLL & HYDE at Woodminster Summer Musicals

by Kelly Rogers Flynt · June 14, 2026

The stars fill the skies. Redwoods surround every side. And music fills the air. These are the signs that Woodminster Summer Musicals are back for another season of theater under the stars. The season kicks off with JEKYLL & HYDE, a grand production of a rarely produced show. The skies roll with thu…

Review: BACK TO THE FUTURE THE MUSICAL at Broadway San Jose

Review: BACK TO THE FUTURE THE MUSICAL at Broadway San Jose

by Linda Hodges · June 3, 2026

Broadway San Jose launched its run of Back to the Future: The Musical before an enthusiastic Opening Night audience, and judging by the gasps, applause, laughter and the standing ovation, Hill Valley has nost none of its power to delight. While many audience members undoubtedly arrived carrying fond…

Review: DRACULA: A FEMINIST REVENGE FANTASY, REALLY at SF Playhouse

Review: DRACULA: A FEMINIST REVENGE FANTASY, REALLY at SF Playhouse

by Steve Murray · May 21, 2026

Kate Hamill’s cheeky feminist reimagination of Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a lot to chew tacking issues of toxic masculinity, female empowerment, and even a political message on unchecked power and megalomaniacal dangers. It’s a times bold, moody, haunting, well-acted and unusually comic.…

Review: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH at New Conservatory Theatre Center

Review: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH at New Conservatory Theatre Center

by Steve Murray · May 18, 2026

This production is a touch bittersweet – it’s NCTC Founder Ed Decker’s last programed show after passing the baton to new Artistic Director Ben Villegas Randle. His choice to present Hedwig is extremely prescient in a time where sexual identity is being both vilified and explored.…

Past Shows

Theatresports (TM)

Theatresports (TM)

Jul 7 – Aug 25, 2023

Who will be the summer champions when your favorite teams square off in improvised competitions? BATS Improv brings back the world-renowned sensation Theatresports TM Fridays...

Improvised Fantasy Island

Improvised Fantasy Island

Jul 1 – Jul 29, 2023

Improv Magic Awaits at Fantasy Island! Join the guests at this tropical island resort where their every dream comes true, but never in the way...

The AI Experiment: An Unscripted Adventure

The AI Experiment: An Unscripted Adventure

May 6 – May 27, 2023

The AI Experiment is an exciting three-way collaboration! It starts with the BATS players getting a variety of story suggestions from the audience, including genre...

The Gather

The Gather

Mar 3 – Mar 31, 2023

The Gather brings storytellers and improvisers together on the BATS stage! Every Friday in March, two invited storytellers, from local organizations including The Moth and...

Spontaneous Broadway

Spontaneous Broadway

Mar 4 – Mar 25, 2023

Thank you for your long history of backing new musical theatre! We've got another project for your consideration -- in fact, we have too many...

Guilty Pleasures: Improvised Soaps

Guilty Pleasures: Improvised Soaps

Feb 4 – Feb 25, 2023

Long lost twins? Business empires crushed? Love affairs revealed? Find out in Guilty Pleasures: Improvised Soaps! Every Saturday in February we’ll feature a different genre...

Love Makes the World Go Round

Love Makes the World Go Round

Feb 3 – Feb 24, 2023

A show for those in love, looking for love, or trying to avoid the whole thing at all costs.Love makes the world go round and...

BATS Improv Presents: Theatresports™

BATS Improv Presents: Theatresports™

Dec 2 – Dec 30, 2022

Who will be the holiday champions when your favorite teams square off in improvised competitions? BATS Improv brings back the world-renowned sensation THEATRESPORTS for four...

Family Drama

Family Drama

Nov 12 – Nov 26, 2022

Family Drama is a fully improvised three act stage play set at a family holiday gathering. The performers create the characters, relationships and home where...

The Harold

The Harold

Nov 11 – Nov 25, 2022

THE HAROLD begins with a single audience suggestion. From that point on anything can happen — it’s unstructured and unpredictable! The improvisers search for improv...

The Improvised Twilight Zone

The Improvised Twilight Zone

Oct 15 – Oct 29, 2022

Enter a dimension of both shadow and substance. It’s the middle ground between science and superstition, between the pit of your fears and the summit...

Things that Go Blank in the Night

Things that Go "Blank" in the Night

Oct 14 – Oct 28, 2022

Things That Go "Bump"? "Ah-choo"? "Surprise"? "Moo"? You tell us! Things That Go “blank” in the Night is an improvised homage to horror anthology movies...

3 FOR ALL

3 FOR ALL

Oct 21 – Oct 22, 2022

THEY’RE BACK! 3 FOR ALL Returns as Special Guests of BATS Improv!RAFE CHASE, STEPHEN KEARIN & TIM ORR - San Francisco's internationally critically acclaimed improv...

Two Musicals, Tonight!

Two Musicals, Tonight!

Apr 16 – Apr 30, 2022

Two Musicals, Tonight! is improv at its most magical when the BATS Company players spontaneously create two completely improvised musicals, one in each half, based...

The Cypher Scenes

The Cypher Scenes

Apr 15 – Apr 29, 2022

It is back again! Improvised poets and freestyle rappers join BATS Improv onstage for The Cypher Scenes at Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture....

SuperScene

SuperScene

Dec 18

Super Scene Five genres in one nightSuper Scene is a fast-paced, rip-roaring theatre competition featuring five directors creating five unique, completely improvised stories, each with...

Bitten By BATS Improv Festival

Bitten By BATS Improv Festival

Feb 2

Bitten By BATS Improv Festival honors the myriad ways in which BATS Improv has helped create, shape, and enrich the San Francisco Bay Area improv...

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The Secret Garden in San Francisco / Bay Area The Secret Garden
Warren Theater at Sonoma State University (6/12-6/28)
West Side Story—Film with Live Orchestra in San Francisco / Bay Area West Side Story—Film with Live Orchestra
Davies Symphony Hall (7/09-7/10)
The Still Point: An Immersive Experience in San Francisco / Bay Area The Still Point: An Immersive Experience
SOMArts Cultural Center (7/16-7/25) VIDEOS
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark in San Francisco / Bay Area The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
SPARC (7/03-7/26)
Merola Grand Finale in San Francisco / Bay Area Merola Grand Finale
War Memorial Opera House (8/15-8/15)
Broadway Under the Stars - Radio Recall: The Soundtrack of Your Life in San Francisco / Bay Area Broadway Under the Stars - Radio Recall: The Soundtrack of Your Life
Transcendence Theatre Company (7/10-7/12)
Iolanthe in San Francisco / Bay Area Iolanthe
ODC Theater (7/10-7/19)
Comedy Oakland at Quinn's Lighthouse Fri July 3 8:30pm in San Francisco / Bay Area Comedy Oakland at Quinn's Lighthouse Fri July 3 8:30pm
Quinn's Lighthouse (7/03-7/03)
Eureka Day in San Francisco / Bay Area Eureka Day
City Lights Theater Company (9/24-10/18)
Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Fri June 26 7:30pm in San Francisco / Bay Area Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Fri June 26 7:30pm
Elbo Room Jack London (6/26-6/26)