PO Box 13239 Oakland
Oakland, CA 94611
Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop is a theatre in San Francisco / Bay Area.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop Announces WHAT MAKES A GOOD PLAY With Howard's Dr. Vera J. Katz Write Plays That Get Produced — six live online sessions, beginning Oct. 11, with the Professor Emerita who taught Phylicia Rashad, Chadwick Boseman and Taraji...
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Actors Ensemble of Berkeley fills the Live Oak Theater with cheeky humor. As the characters treat serious matters like frippery, and trivial items with seriousness, the tone is set early for a romping good time.…
Co-founder and producing director Susi Damilano is at it again. Her previous comic stagings include Noises Off, Clue, The 39 Steps and the successful predecessor of this show, The Play That Goes Wrong back in 2024.…
Transformative, innovative, and hauntingly memorable. These words encapsulate the reaction to Oakland Theater Project’s production of KING LEAR. The story leaps to life with a flourish of energy and grace.…
What did our critic think of KING LEAR at Z Space?…
LEGALLY BLONDE explodes onto the stage at Berkeley Playhouse with a joie de vivre that lights up the house. The high energy dancing, powerful vocals and the never ending onslaught of jokes keep the audience smiling. …
What did our critic think of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at New Conservatory Theatre Center? Little Shop of Horrors, whose star is a bloodthirsty flora, plants its roots at the New Conservatory for the opening of its 26-27 season and it’s an energetic, darkly comic, gender bending allegory for all that…
From across the pond, acclaimed director Emma Rice’s latest adaptation North by Northwest makes its West Coast debut, turning Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 suspense film on its ear with her whimsical, comic stylings.…
What did our critic think of THE GLASS MENAGERIE at Center Rep?…
What did our critic think of AFRICAN STEW at Lorraine Hansberry Theatre?…
Stories of romantic love are delivered by a variety of interdisciplinary artists in the second Bay Area incarnation of Crushing, and it’s a winner for the art of spoken word. The featured writers span genders, ages and viewpoints and you never know what’s coming next.…
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Gutenberg! The Musical! Hillbarn Theatre (10/08-11/01) |
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Disney's Frozen Berkeley Playhouse (11/13-12/23) |
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Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches Theatre Rhinoceros (11/05-11/29) |
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Empty Nest and All the Rest City Lights Theater Company (10/11-10/11) |
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Eureka Day City Lights Theater Company (9/24-10/18) |
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Company City Lights Theater Company (7/15-8/22) |
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Liberation Berkeley Repertory Theatre (10/23-11/29) |
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The 42nd Great Dickens Christmas Fair & Victorian Holiday Party The Cow Palace (11/21-12/20) |
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Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors Lesher Center for the Arts (10/25-11/15) |
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The 2026 GLIDE Holiday Jam: Turn It Up and Turn It Out The Warfield (11/05-11/05) |
