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FACT/SF Presents 5th Annual FACT/SF Summer Dance Festival


by A.A. Cristi - June 03, 2024

Experience diverse contemporary dance at the 5th Annual FACT/SF Summer Dance Festival, featuring nine premieres by seven artists/companies over two weekends, August 16-25 at ODC Theater, San Francisco....

World Premiere of GHOST OF KING Comes to Oakland Theater Project in June


by Stephi Wild - May 16, 2024

Oakland Theater Project has announced the third show in its 2024 Season with the World Premiere of Ghost of King, by Michael Wayne Turner III at Oakland Theater Project (1501 MLK JR Way) from June 6—23....

Dan Hoyle Will Workshop New Show TAKES ALL KINDS at The Marsh Next Month


by Stephi Wild - April 23, 2024

The public is invited to participate in the shaping of award-winning actor and critically acclaimed playwright Dan Hoyle’s latest work, Takes All Kinds as it will have workshop performances at The Marsh San Francisco this May....

San Francisco Playhouse to Present THE GLASS MENAGERIE This Spring


by Blair Ingenthron - March 20, 2024

This spring, San Francisco Playhouse will stage Tennessee Williams' seminal masterpiece The Glass Menagerie, directed by in-demand Bay Area theatre artist Jeffrey Lo. Learn more about the production here!...

Review: COST OF LIVING at Oakland Theater Project


by Kelly Rogers Flynt - March 10, 2024

The Bar Area premier of Martyna Majok’s COST OF LIVING has landed at Oakland Theater Project. With few frills and the focus on dialogue, COST OF LIVING pulls you in and never loosens its grip. In the midst of telling a story of a marginalized community, Oakland Theater Project reminds us of the univ...

Oakland Theater Project Opens 2024 Season with Bay Area Premiere of Pulitzer Prize–winning COST OF LIVING


by Stephi Wild - February 02, 2024

Oakland Theater Project will open its 2024 Season with the Bay Area Premiere of Cost of Living. Performances run March 1—24....

Aurora Theatre Company Presents The Bay Area Premiere Of MANAHATTA, February 9- March 10


by A.A. Cristi - January 18, 2024

Aurora Theatre Company marks the halfway point of its 32nd season with the Bay Area premiere of Mary Kathryn Nagle's MANAHATTA....

Photos: Center Repertory Company Presents EVERY BRILLIANT THING


by A.A. Cristi - January 12, 2024

Center Repertory Company will ring in the new year with the remarkable, resplendent hit solo performance Every Brilliant Thing. See photos from the production! ...

Center REP to Present EVERY BRILLIANT THING This Winter


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 30, 2023

Center REP presents 'Every Brilliant Thing,' a remarkable solo performance filled with poignant humor and joy. Join the journey of falling in love, grief, healing, and rediscovery. Directed by Jeffrey Lo and starring William Thomas Hodgson. Don't miss this immersive theatrical experience from Jan. 6...

Oakland Theater Project Announces 2024 Season: GHOSTS OF PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE


by A.A. Cristi - November 13, 2023

Oakland Theater Project announces its 2024 Season: Ghosts of Past, Present and Future, featuring seven plays that explore the echoes of the past and present to illuminate the future. Join them as they interrogate our collective history and seek inspiration for the future....

Past Shows

Red Red Red
Red Red Red
4/26 - 5/19/2024


Ancient myth and the post-modern present collide in the genre-bending queer love story written by Amelio Garcia, co-conceived by OTP’s William Hodgson and Lisa Ramirez ...

Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus


“Ya think ya can bring an end to tragedy?” OTP will stage the West Coast Premiere of groundbreaking theater artist Taylor Mac ’s Gary: A ...


In GARY, maverick theater artist Taylor Mac’s singular world view intersects with Shakespeare’s first tragedy, Titus Andronicus. Set just after the blood-soaked conclusion of that ...

Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf


“You don't see anything, do you? You see everything but the goddamn mind; you see all the little specs and crap, but you don't see ...

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?


“You don't see anything, do you? You see everything but the goddamn mind; you see all the little specs and crap, but you don't see ...

Is God Is
Is God Is
3/31 - 4/23/2023


“I wanna step on somethin’ for once. See what it feel like. Must feel good.” OTP presents the Bay Area Premiere of Aleshea Harris ’ multi-award-winning play Is God ...

TALKING CIRCLE
TALKING CIRCLE
1/6 - 1/15/2023


"We are thrilled to partner with Risa Jaroslow and the extraordinary dancers in  Talking Circle,”  said OTP Co-Artistic Director Michael Moran . “ Talking Circle  ...

Book Of Sand (a fairytale)
Book Of Sand (a fairytale)
11/11 - 12/4/2022


Oakland Theater Project’s 2022 Season culminates with the World Premiere of Book of Sand (a fairytale) from OTP Associate Artistic Director and award-winning playwright Lisa ...

Teatro Jornalero
Teatro Jornalero
10/15 - 10/16/2022


A group of Central American and Mexican day laborers in Fruitvale formed the Teatro Jornalero/Day Laborers Theater , breaking through the safety of silence to ...

The Crucible
The Crucible
9/2 - 9/25/2022


Based on the Salem Witch Trials of 169293, this Tony Award-winning allegoryoriginally inspired by Millers own experiences with McCarthyismresonates anew in the dynamics of a ...

Mojo and The Sayso
Mojo and The Sayso
6/5 - 6/26/2022


Oakland Theater Project presents the first-ever Bay Area production of the 1989 play The Mojo and the Sayso by Aishah Rahman, a writer, professor and ...

Endings
Endings
4/14 - 5/1/2022


On the remote island of Man-Jae, Korea, three elderly women spend their dying days free diving into the ocean to harvest seafood. These haenyeossea womenare ...

Tempest
3/3 - 3/13/2022


Jean Pelham Stage: William Shakespeare; dir: Robert Richmond....

Videos


Everybody’s Talking About Jamie in San Francisco / Bay Area Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Ray of Light Theatre (6/1 - 6/23)

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Broadway's Isaiah Tyrelle Boyd sings Burt Bacharach in San Francisco / Bay Area Broadway's Isaiah Tyrelle Boyd sings Burt Bacharach
The Barrel Romm at Trek Wine (6/21 - 6/21)
Cabaret in San Francisco / Bay Area Cabaret
Lesher Center for the Arts - Margaret Lesher Theatre (5/28 - 6/23)
The Marsh San Francisco presents “Not a Genuine Black Man” in San Francisco / Bay Area The Marsh San Francisco presents “Not a Genuine Black Man”
The Marsh San Francisco (5/18 - 6/22)
Medea: Re-Versed in San Francisco / Bay Area Medea: Re-Versed
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (6/11 - 9/2)
Spontaneous Soap: An Improvised Daytime Drama! in San Francisco / Bay Area Spontaneous Soap: An Improvised Daytime Drama!
Lesher Center for the Arts - George & Sonja Vukasin Theatre (7/18 - 7/28)
Mexodus
Berkeley Repertory Theatre (9/13 - 10/20)
Mrs. Doubtfire in San Francisco / Bay Area Mrs. Doubtfire
Orpheum Theatre San Francisco (7/2 - 7/28)
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