Manning is a new play by Benjamin Benne directed by Adin Walker, receiving its West Coast premiere at Crowded Fire Theater. Following the death of their wife and mother, a father and his two sons spread her ashes in their backyard garden, and when a giant zucchini mysteriously...
Golden Thread Productions presents its 30th anniversary edition of ReOrient, featuring five fully-produced short plays by MENA playwrights Hassan Abdulrazzak, Banafsheh Hassani, Sepehr Jafari, Hannah Khalil, and Ahmed Masoud. This year's festival is dedicated to Iran and...
PlayGround closes out the summer season with the inaugural Twisted Holiday Festival, December 4th - December 20th, 2026, at Potrero Stage and simulcast. This three-week “fringe style” new works festival features 8 productions and 24 performances of new holiday-themed works (with...
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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.…
A love of food sustains houseworker Gladys over a forty-year arc that coincides with the social, economic and political changes wrought by the Cuban revolution of 1959 in Eduardo Machado’s The Cook, opening Berkeley Rep’s 59th season. In Tanya Orellana’s superbly appointed and functional kit…
Review of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at Broadway San Jose, where dazzling stagecraft, spectacular choreography and standout performances make the new touring production a theatrical feast.…
VANYA and SONIA and MASHA and SPIKE is a delightful romp with equal measures of nostalgia and hope for the future. With rapid-fire dialogue and pitch-perfect timing, the cast bring the script by Christopher Durang to life. …
Marin Theatre opens its 60th season with a bang – a sobering dark comedy from director, writer and former California Shakespeare Theatre Associate Artistic Director Sean Daniels. Chronicling the dark ride of self-delusion into alcoholism, Daniels’ semiautobiographical story is beautifully exec…
Marin Theatre opens its 60th season with a bang – a sobering dark comedy from director, writer and former California Shakespeare Theatre Associate Artistic Director Sean Daniels. Chronicling the dark ride of self-delusion into alcoholism, Daniels’ semiautobiographical story is beautifully execut…
RUMORS at Woodminster Summer Musicals is full of laughs and gaffs, and is a jolly good time. Set in a posh New York townhouse, RUMORS is Neil Simon’s only full length farce. From half truths to utter nonsense and mistaken identities to outright charades, this production will ensnare you in a strea…
Pickleball at Hillbarn Theatre, written by Jeff Daniels, takes one of the country’s fastest-growing sports and serves it up as an unabashedly silly comedy filled with eccentric players, romantic entanglements, and plenty of physical humor. …
Altarena Playhouse brings Noël Coward’s FALLEN ANGELS to life with wit and charm. When the sardonic writing of a genius playwright meets the witty interpretation of a theater, it produces a night full of laughs and insights. …
The Little Shop of Horrors 40th Anniversary Tour with Ellen Greene at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre answered that question with an evening overflowing with nostalgia, laughter, and plenty of love for one of musical theatre’s most enduringly strange creations.…
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Waterfall is a new fully scored opera by composer Lisa Scola Prosek, presented by The Playground Free Play Festival. The opera tells the haunting story of San Francisco poet Laura Hothkiss Brown, who leapt from the Golden Gate Bridge after scattering her poems into the wind...
“Next Time" is an original musical by Sean P. Breen, directed by Brandon Joseph, with three performances at the SF Playground 2026 Free Play Festival. "Next Time" lives in a barbershop and at a vocal competition in Landstowne, Pennsylvania in 1990, with a flashback to 1979. What...
Laugh, cry, and sing along with this darkly comic exploration of growth and setbacks in the year following divorce!
Arab Spring, a dark comedy by Denmo Ibrahim, receives its world premiere in a co-production from Golden Thread Productions and SFBATCO. The play follows two second-generation siblings — Yusef, a recovering addict played by Salim Razawi, and his controlling big sister Dina...
Tales of the City: A Waymo Carol is a new take on the classic story by Charles Dickens, where a tech worker discovers the beauty of humanity through the exploration of the past, present, and future of San Francisco. The play was written by Rover Dijkstra, a senior at Galileo...
The End of the Line follows two Chinese brothers who built the transcontinental railroad as they wait on the Oakland wharf while the celebration begins without them, arguing about whether America is a place they leave or a place they plan to stay. The play was written by Juan Li...
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ELTON DOM: The Young Elton Experience Great Star Theater (9/10-9/13) |
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Gutenberg! The Musical! Hillbarn Theatre (10/08-11/01) |
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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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“Hollywood Exiles & Modern Noir” Piedmont Piano Company (1/24-1/24) |
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