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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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Noah Kahan
Singer-songwriter Noah Kahan will perform his folk-pop songs at Oracle Park for an up close and personal show this Friday, August 21, 2026 at his concert in San Francisco, CA. The young American singer-songwriter, currently touring across the USA, is widely known for his very...
The Naked Stage
A two-act improvised play wherein each improviser plays just one character and all the action takes place on one set. Presented by Improv Playhouse of San Francisco as part of the 5th Annual Free-Play Festival hosted by PlayGround. The cast features Mark Duncanson, Tim Orr, Lisa...
Dev Cuny’s Assigned at Birth: My Funeral Part 1
What if the story you were given about your life… wasn’t yours? In this raw, darkly funny, and deeply human 60-minute solo performance, Dev invites audiences to their own funeral — a ritual decades in the making. Raised in a charismatic Christian home where salvation, gender...
Improvised Movie
An improvised performance based on a movie title suggested by the audience, with a story that jumps through times and locations. Presented by Improv Playhouse of San Francisco as part of the 5th Annual Free-Play Festival hosted by PlayGround. The cast features Mark Duncanson...
Sherry Glaser’s Life & Death: A Love Story
A very dark musical comedy. When Patience (Sherry Glaser) Wilson has a stroke she must face her mortality and the complications therein, she must make life and death choices. Funny how life changes when Death (Danny Kitchen) comes knocking.
Catherine Debon’s Lullaby of a Partisan
Courage and resilience saw her mother through the Nazi occupation of France and the struggles of raising a child alone—singing resistance songs as lullabies. Now, with history threatening to repeat itself, her daughter searches for her own path to resilience—and less fraught...
Free-Play Festival
The Free-Play Festival at Potrero Stage is a four-week showcase of innovative new works, running from July 31 to August 23, 2026. This event will feature up to 20 productions and 60 performances from artists across the United States, including those based in the Bay Area, Los...
Lauren Mayer’s I Didn’t Come From Your Rib
As a woman in her late 60s who grew up with a feminist mother (who had an abortion before they were legal), Lauren is shocked at how rights she thought were established are now under attack. But Lauren responds to this with humor as well as righteous outrage. This show uses a...
My Dead Uncle's Porn Collection
Written and performed by Barbara Brady, this solo dramedy tells the true story of Brady's lifelong involvement with her eccentric uncle Jay, exploring dysfunctional family life and the power of talking about toxic secrets. Thinking she's had enough therapy to handle it, Barbara...
Natacha Ruck’s Death & Dad Jokes
At 7:59 AM on February 3rd, 2026 Natacha receives a phone call from France. The kind of call we all get one day, whether we want it or not. And most of us don’t wanna get that call. Will she be able to break the bad news to her goofy father, handle family politics, and face her...
Orpheus Descending
Orpheus Descending is a play by Tennessee Williams, directed by Will Detlefsen. A charismatic drifter arrives in a small southern town where his presence awakens desires for love, justice, and self-determination amid a community shaped by prejudice and moral control, sparking...
Ride the Cyclone
When a freak roller-coaster accident claims the lives of a Canadian choir group on a field trip, the teens end up in a truly bizarre purgatory. A mechanical fortune teller tells them that only one of them can be brought back to life. To win the ultimate prize, they must prove...
San Francisco Historium Spotlight
San Francisco Historium Spotlight is an immersive theatrical experience from Red Barn Productions, presented in partnership with the San Francisco Historical Society, bringing Gold Rush-era San Francisco to life at Pier 35 on the Embarcadero. Visitors can explore recreated Gold...
The Bechdel Test
An improvised performance putting multi-faceted, complicated female characters at the center of the story. Presented by Improv Playhouse of San Francisco as part of the 5th Annual Free-Play Festival hosted by PlayGround. The cast features Mark Duncanson, Tim Orr, Lisa Rowland...
Expansive: Revolution Is Just the Beginning
Opera Parallèle and the San Francisco Transgender District present the 5th annual Expansive concert, showcasing transgender and nonbinary singing artists as part of statewide Transgender History Month. The program, themed Revolution Is Just the Beginning, commemorates the 60th...
Fences by August Wilson
Santa Cruz Shakespeare invites you to experience August Wilson’s Fences , under the trees and stars of the Audrey Stanley Grove in Santa Cruz’s DeLaveaga Park this summer. Fences By August Wilson Directed by Susan Dalian August Wilson joins the Santa Cruz Shakespeare stage for...
Divorced: The Musical!
Divorced: The Musical is a radically honest tragicomedic journey of healing and fresh pain after divorce. Hannah, a bi-sexual woman in her late 30s, spirals into deeper and deeper self-awareness in the year following separation from her husband. The process is messy and filled...
Hannah Gould’s Divorced: The Musical!
Divorced: The Musical is a radically honest tragicomedic journey of healing and fresh pain after divorce. Hannah, a bi-sexual woman in her late 30s, spirals into deeper and deeper self-awareness in the year following separation from her husband. The process is messy and filled...
Joyful Raven’s Tactical Frivolity
Born into a radical theater company, Joyful Raven was tasked from the tender age of 5 with the daunting mission to save the world from impending doom… using theater. Forced into animal-print unitards and political positions long before she was a consenting adult, she never had a...
Antony and Cleopatra
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival presents Antony and Cleopatra, directed by Katja Rivera, as part of the Festival's 44th season themed around Empire. This timeless tale of power, passion, and politics examines the conflict between duty and desire and the impact of personal...
Broadway Under the Stars - Mamma Mia!
The global smash hit is coming to Sonoma for the very first time! Set on a sun-drenched Greek island, Mamma Mia! follows a young bride-to-be on a quest to discover the identity of her father — bringing three very unexpected guests from her mother’s past back into their lives...
Candace Johnson’s The Conductress: Adventures in Teaching Gospel Music
A solo musical of the eye-opening adventures of a fiery Choir Conductress building harmony and community with a very diverse group of singers.
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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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William Shakespeare's Antony+Cleopatra Red Morton Park (8/15-8/31) |
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The Fall Show Shotgun Players Ashby Stage (9/26-10/25) |
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Dev Cuny’s Assigned at Birth: My Funeral Part 1 The Marsh Berkeley (8/19-8/22) |
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Steel Magnolias Town Hall Theatre (9/10-10/03) |
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Fences by August Wilson Santa Cruz Shakespeare (7/28-8/28) |
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Sherry Glaser’s Life & Death: A Love Story The Marsh Berkeley (8/21-8/22) |
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DRACULA ORINDA STARLIGHT VILLAGE PLAYERS (9/04-9/26) |
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THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST Terra Nova Theater (8/23-8/30) |