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4229 18th St.
San Francisco, CA 94114

Review: CRUSHING at A.C.T. Strand

Review: CRUSHING at A.C.T. Strand

by Steve Murray · September 11, 2026

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.…

Review: THE COOK at Berkeley Rep

Review: THE COOK at Berkeley Rep

by Steve Murray · September 10, 2026

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: VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE at Masquers Playhouse

Review: VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE at Masquers Playhouse

by Kelly Rogers Flynt · September 5, 2026

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. …

Review: THE WHITE CHIP at Marin Theatre

Review: THE WHITE CHIP at Marin Theatre

by Steve Murray · September 3, 2026

 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…

Review: THE WHITE CHIP at Marin Theatre

Review: THE WHITE CHIP at Marin Theatre

by Steve Murray · September 2, 2026

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…

Review: RUMORS at Woodminster Summer Musicals

Review: RUMORS at Woodminster Summer Musicals

by Kelly Rogers Flynt · August 31, 2026

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…

Review: PICKLEBALL at Hillbarn Theatre

Review: PICKLEBALL at Hillbarn Theatre

by AJ Jaffari · August 24, 2026

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. …

Review: FALLEN ANGELS at Altarena Playhouse

Review: FALLEN ANGELS at Altarena Playhouse

by Kelly Rogers Flynt · August 22, 2026

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. …

Past Shows

29 total · showing 21–29

THE DRINKER

THE DRINKER

Sep 10

Brian M. finally has his life on track. Hes going to meetings, he has a sponsor, hes doing the right things. Then Shelter-in-Place hits. Now Brian is very scared.

To Whom It May Concern by Aurin Squires

To Whom It May Concern by Aurin Squires

May 23

A free staged reading of Aurin Squire's epistolary play about a 15-year-old boy, Lorenzo, who tries to seduce a Marine, Maurice, through a series of letters. When Lorenzo pretends to be a young woman their romance takes off, until one night Maurice decides to visit his...

General Washington, America's Founding Father: The Man Behind The Myth

General Washington, America's Founding Father: The Man Behind The Myth

May 21

George Washington won the American Revolution and became the first President of the United States. But what was he really like? Off-stage? A journey into the past reveals some surprising details about his brilliance as a military commander and his slipperiness with his sex life.

SCOTUS Gay

SCOTUS Gay

Apr 7

Live-Remote Reading: Tuesday, April 7 at 7 pmRunning time is 90 minutes with no intermissionSCOTUS* GAY: Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, adapted from the Supreme Court transcripts and the real stories behind the case by John Fisher.On October 8, 2019 the Supreme Court heard...

Radical

Radical

Feb 13 – Mar 1, 2020

Jack thinks you should stop paying to ride MUNI, pick up trash off the street and pee wherever and whenever you need to – that’s why he’s running for Supervisor. Diana and Plant are trying to get him elected even as they are falling in love. But does Jack even stand a chance?...

Action Hero

Action Hero

Jun 6 – Jul 6, 2019

Jason is headed to Hollywood to become a star. There he encounters the greatest star of all time, a man of many secrets and many desires. One of them is the desire to be frightened. Can Jason and his sexy friend, Cranston, meet that challenge? And do they really want this star's...

Sister Act

Sister Act

May 17 – Jun 1, 2019

Disco diva wannabe Deloris Van Cartier is placed in a convent through a witness protection program, after witnessing a murder committed by her former gangster boyfriend, Curtis Shank. As he tries to locate her, Deloris begins to chafe at the constraints of convent life and, much...

Deathtrap

Mar 22 – Apr 13, 2019

Ira Levin Theatre Rhinoceros

EQUUS by Peter Shaffer

EQUUS by Peter Shaffer

Nov 25 – Dec 10, 2016

EQUUS is a Tony Award-winning play about suppressed sexuality that took critics and audiences by storm. A timeless classic and a cornerstone of modern drama that delves into the darkest recesses of human existence. "The closest I have seen a contemporary play come to reanimating...

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