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San Francisco Opera's Italian Roots Celebrated in New Museo Italo Americano Exhibition
by Stephi Wild - May 25, 2023
The Museo Italo Americano celebrates the 100th anniversary of San Francisco Opera with a new exhibition: BRAVO—Celebrating San Francisco Opera, Its Italian Roots and Legacy. Presented in partnership with San Francisco Opera and Museum of Performance + Design, the exhibition runs through October 22, ...
3 For All Returns To BATS Improv This October
by A.A. Cristi - September 27, 2022
3 FOR ALL returns as special guests of BATS Improv! Featuring Rafe Chase, Stephen Kearin and Tim Orr.
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BATS Improv Presents THINGS THAT GO 'BLANK' IN THE NIGHT
by A.A. Cristi - September 27, 2022
Things That Go 'Bump'? 'Ah-choo'? 'Surprise'? 'Moo'? You tell us! Things That Go 'Blank' in the Night is an improvised homage to horror anthology movies like Creepshow and the V/H/S series.
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BATS Improv Presents THE IMPROVISED TWILIGHT ZONE
by A.A. Cristi - September 27, 2022
Enter a dimension of both shadow and substance. It's the middle ground between science and superstition, between the pit of your fears and the summit of your mind, whose boundaries are that of imagination. It's an area we call ... The Improvised Twilight Zone. ...
BATS Improv Welcomes Two New Artistic Directors
by A.A. Cristi - March 15, 2022
BATS Improv, the Bay Area's premier improv performing and training company, has announced Karen Brelsford and Derek Yee as the company's new Co-Artistic Directors. It's the first time in the company's history that two people will share the job of Artistic Director. BATS Improv (Bay Area Theatresport...
Over 100 S.F. Bay Area Arts & Cultural Organizations Unite For #BayAreaArtsTogether
by A.A. Cristi - November 09, 2021
Over 100 arts and cultural organizations from throughout the San Francisco Bay Area have joined forces to create #BayAreaArtsTogether, an integrated marketing and communications campaign aimed at building confidence for the safe and healthy return to in-person performances, exhibits, and events. Usi...
Bay Area Performing Arts Organizations Unify Behind Covid-19 Protocols For Audience Safety
by A.A. Cristi - August 27, 2021
Theatre Bay Area, the San Francisco Bay Area's theatre arts service organization, announced the creation of common health protocols to protect returning audiences. ...
Past Shows
Theatresports (TM)
7/7 - 8/25/2023
Who will be the summer champions when your favorite teams square off in improvised competitions? BATS Improv brings back the world-renowned sensation Theatresports TM Fridays ...
Improvised Fantasy Island
7/1 - 7/29/2023
Improv Magic Awaits at Fantasy Island! Join the guests at this tropical island resort where their every dream comes true, but never in the way ...
The AI Experiment: An Unscripted Adventure
5/6 - 5/27/2023
The AI Experiment is an exciting three-way collaboration! It starts with the BATS players getting a variety of story suggestions from the audience, including genre ...
The Gather
3/3 - 3/31/2023
The Gather brings storytellers and improvisers together on the BATS stage! Every Friday in March, two invited storytellers, from local organizations including The Moth and ...
Spontaneous Broadway
3/4 - 3/25/2023
Thank you for your long history of backing new musical theatre! We've got another project for your consideration -- in fact, we have too many ...
Guilty Pleasures: Improvised Soaps
2/4 - 2/25/2023
Long lost twins? Business empires crushed? Love affairs revealed? Find out in Guilty Pleasures: Improvised Soaps! Every Saturday in February we’ll feature a different genre ...
Love Makes the World Go Round
2/3 - 2/24/2023
A show for those in love, looking for love, or trying to avoid the whole thing at all costs. Love makes the world go round ...
BRING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH BATS IMPROV! Come join us for a New Year's-inspired show! We’ll do short scenes based on your New Year’s ...
BATS Improv Presents: Theatresports™
12/2 - 12/30/2022
Who will be the holiday champions when your favorite teams square off in improvised competitions? BATS Improv brings back the world-renowned sensation THEATRESPORTS for four ...
BATS Improv Presents: The Good, The Bad & The Jolly
12/3 - 12/17/2022
A collection of musical vignettes exploring and celebrating all things holiday! Whether you love the holidays or hate them, revel in the winter cheer or ...
Family Drama
11/12 - 11/26/2022
Family Drama is a fully improvised three act stage play set at a family holiday gathering. The performers create the characters, relationships and home where ...
The Harold
11/11 - 11/25/2022
THE HAROLD begins with a single audience suggestion. From that point on anything can happen — it’s unstructured and unpredictable! The improvisers search for improv ...
The Improvised Twilight Zone
10/15 - 10/29/2022
Enter a dimension of both shadow and substance. It’s the middle ground between science and superstition, between the pit of your fears and the summit ...
Things that Go "Blank" in the Night
10/14 - 10/28/2022
Things That Go "Bump"? "Ah-choo"? "Surprise"? "Moo"? You tell us! Things That Go “blank” in the Night is an improvised homage to horror anthology movies ...
3 FOR ALL
10/21 - 10/22/2022
THEY’RE BACK! 3 FOR ALL Returns as Special Guests of BATS Improv! RAFE CHASE, STEPHEN KEARIN & TIM ORR - San Francisco's internationally critically acclaimed ...
Two Musicals, Tonight!
4/16 - 4/30/2022
Two Musicals, Tonight! is improv at its most magical when the BATS Company players spontaneously create two completely improvised musicals, one in each half, based ...
The Cypher Scenes
4/15 - 4/29/2022
It is back again! Improvised poets and freestyle rappers join BATS Improv onstage for The Cypher Scenes at Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture. ...
SuperScene
12/18
Super Scene Five genres in one nightSuper Scene is a fast-paced, rip-roaring theatre competition featuring five directors creating five unique, completely improvised stories, each with ...
Bitten By BATS Improv Festival honors the myriad ways in which BATS Improv has helped create, shape, and enrich the San Francisco Bay Area improv ...
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A Strange Loop
American Conservatory Theater (4/18 - 5/12)
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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Ray of Light Theatre (6/1 - 6/23) LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN NEW MUSICAL | |
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Summertime! - Broadway in Sonoma
Transcendence Theatre Company (6/20 - 6/23) | |
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Mrs. Doubtfire
Orpheum Theatre San Francisco (7/2 - 7/28) | |
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The 39 Steps
San Francisco Playhouse (3/7 - 4/20) | |
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San Francisco Playhouse presents “The 39 Steps”
San Francisco Playhouse (3/7 - 4/20) | |
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A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical
Golden Gate Theatre (6/3 - 6/22) | |
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The Foreigner
Bay Area Stage (4/19 - 5/5) | |
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Shipwrecked! An Entertainment
Cinnabar Theater (4/12 - 4/28) | |
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