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Based on the true story of a 17th Century party girl, The Hortense Mancini Project romps through the lacy Baroque underthings of King Charles II,...
New plays. Unforgettable stories. And your feedback. City Lights Theater Company's annual “Lights Up!” festival is back, with dynamic staged readings of two new scripts,...
Long before Hollywood, Aaron Sorkin’s sizzling legal drama dominated Broadway. Now court is in session at Live Oak Theater in Berkeley as The Royal Underground...
"Any leader of the dance is god..."Bard Theatre's BACCHAE is a movement-driven retelling of Euripdes' 2,000 year old tragedy performed by a primarily queer cast...
San Francisco Playhouse will stage the Bay Area Premiere of Kate Hamill’s imaginative "Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really."
Set in 1969, at the height of the Vietnam War and nationwide civil unrest, this reimagining of Romeo and Juliet places the Capulets and Montagues...
The Orinda Starlight Village Players presentThe Bay Area Premiere ofTHE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYDby Agatha Christie - Adapted for the Stage by Mark ShanahanDirected and...
The Orinda Starlight Village Players presentNoel CowardsPresent LaughterDirected by Patrick AtkinsonStarring Matt Cardigan-Smith with Amy Stringer, Shiv Harris and Kesley ByeNoel Cowards classic comedy comes...
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...
She’s brash, reckless, and unapologetically self-possessed. Stumbling through life in the nowhere town of Splott, Effie – short for Iphigenia – numbs her days with...
Santa Cruz Shakespeare invites you to experience Shakespeare’s Macbeth, under the trees and stars of the Audrey Stanley Grove in Santa Cruz’s DeLaveaga Park this...
Santa Cruz Shakespeare invites you to experience Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, under the trees and stars of the Audrey Stanley Grove in Santa Cruz’s...
The Orinda Statlight Village Players present DRACULAby Bram Stoker Adapted and Directed by Malcolm S Cowler The classic horror novel is brought to life, using Cowler's signature combination...
Santa Cruz Shakespeare invites you to experience Private Lives by Noel Coward, under the trees and stars of the Audrey Stanley Grove in Santa Cruz’s...
The Eureka Day School in Berkeley is a bastion of progressive ideals: representation, acceptance, social justice. Every week over artisanal scones, the school’s five board...
Long-lasting love is marked by both comfort and conflict. In The Fall Show, an older couple’s unexpected romance unfolds against a maelstrom of memory and movement....
It’s December 21, 1942, and The Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade is broadcasting live from the Hotel Astor. Join the studio audience for a delightful, musical...
Our country has a fever. We must look to it!
Meet Ethan Keene, a struggling young playwright whose day job is writing The Flash for DC Comics. Then his world flips upside down when a...
Drama critic Mortimer Brewster’s engagement announcement is upended when he discovers a corpse in his elderly aunts’ window seat. It turns out Abby and Martha...
Two Latina sisters are appearing on a reality show to sell their family home, hoping to capitalize on the gentrification in their neighborhood. As they...
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by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 11, 2026
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has revealed the cast for the world premiere of The Employee Dharma Handbook by Geetha Reddy, directed by Snehal Desai at Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto....
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 11, 2026
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has revealed the cast for the world premiere of The Employee Dharma Handbook by Geetha Reddy, directed by Snehal Desai at Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto....
by Steve Murray - June 07, 2026
What did our critic think of BECOMING A MAN at Z Space?...
by Linda Hodges - June 03, 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...
by Steve Murray - May 28, 2026
What did our critic think of THE LUNCHBOX at Berkeley Rep?...
by Steve Murray - May 22, 2026
What did our critic think of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at Theatre Rhinoceros?...
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....
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....
by Steve Murray - May 13, 2026
What did our critic think of PICTURES FROM HOME at Marin Theatre?...
by Steve Murray - May 11, 2026
What did our critic think of DAVID MARINO LIVE AT THE ORINDA at Orinda Theatre?...
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RENT One Stage Theatre (6/12-6/14) |
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Hamilton (Angelica Company) San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (7/07-7/18) |
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Macbeth Santa Cruz Shakespeare (7/12-8/30) |
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Comedy Oakland at Quinn's Lighthouse Sat June 27 8pm Quinn's Lighthouse (6/27-6/27) |
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Comedy Oakland at Quinn's Lighthouse Sun June 21 7pm Quinn's Lighthouse (6/21-6/21) |
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Comedy Oakland at Quinn's Lighthouse Sat June 20 8pm Quinn's Lighthouse (6/20-6/20) |
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Hadestown (Non-Equity) Orpheum Theatre San Francisco (1/07-1/10) |
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Comedy Oakland at Quinn's Lighthouse Fri June 26 8:30pm Quinn's Lighthouse (6/26-6/26) |
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The 1940s Radio Hour City Lights Theater Company (11/19-12/20) |
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Salsa and Bachata Dance Fridays Salsa Dancing, Bachata Dancing at Dance Fridays, Dance Lessons Dance Fridays (6/26-6/26) |
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