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Lynne Kaufman's World Premiere of EXTREME ACTS to Play at The Marsh SF


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 02, 2024

The Marsh San Francisco will present the world premiere of Extreme Acts, the thought-provoking latest work by award-winning playwright Lynne Kaufman, directed by Molly Noble. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets....

PlayGround Celebrates BEST OF PLAYGROUND(SF) '24 This May


by A.A. Cristi - March 25, 2024

Discover the lineup for the BEST OF PLAYGROUND(SF) '24, part of PlayGround's 30th season....

WAITRESS, FAT HAM & More Set for San Francisco Playhouse 2024/25 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 25, 2024

San Francisco Playhouse has revealed its 22nd season, to be presented September 2024 to September 2025. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets....

Central Works' BOSS MCGREEDY Extends Through April 7


by Stephi Wild - March 21, 2024

Central Works' Boss McGreedy by Gary Graves, at the historic Berkeley City Club has extended through April  7, 2024 (originally scheduled to close March 31)....

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!...

BOSS MCGREEDY, A Gilded Age Comedy, to Open Central Works 2024 Season


by Blair Ingenthron - February 17, 2024

Central Works 2024 Season opens March 2 with Boss McGreedy (Mar 2–Mar 31) by Gary Graves, at the historic Berkeley City Club. Learn more about the production here!...

THE PRIDE OF LIONS Comes to Theatre Rhinoceros Next Month


by Stephi Wild - February 02, 2024

GLAAD Media Award winning Theatre Rhinoceros will present the World Premiere of The Pride of Lions. Performances run March 28-April 21....

Central Works Opens Season With BOSS MCGREEDY Premiere At Berkeley City Club


by A.A. Cristi - January 26, 2024

Central Works 2024 season opens March 2 with Boss McGreedy (Mar 2–Mar 31) by Gary Graves, at the historic Berkeley City Club. ...

San Francisco Playhouse to Present THE 39 STEPS This Spring


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 22, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO PLAYHOUSE presents a riotous, rip-roaring riff on Hitchcock's thriller 'The 39 Steps' from March 7 - April 20, 2024....

New Performance Traditions & Paul Dresher Ensemble to Present THE REBIRTH OF APSARA in February


by Blair Ingenthron - January 21, 2024

In February Charya Burt's dance/theater work, The Rebirth Of Apsara will have its final performance in San Francisco on February 4, 3 pm at Z Space's Steindler Stage presented by New Performance Traditions & Paul Dresher Ensemble. This performance follows a premiere on February 1, at Weill Hall Gree...

Past Shows

Prose and Confluence: A Queer Cowboy Musical


Prose and Confluence  is a queer cowboy musical, featuring an original score and script, that playfully explores themes of loss, mourning, and understanding. Telling the ...

Babes in Ho-lland
Babes in Ho-lland
1/13 - 2/4/2024


World Premiere!  In the sunless Pittsburgh winter of 1996, two young women connect over a shared love for R&B but quickly discover something deeper. While ...

Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
10/28 - 12/3/2023


Winner of 4 Tony Awards! Hedwig is an “internationally ignored song stylist,” a fourth-wall smashing East German rock ‘n’ roll goddess. This outrageous and unexpectedly ...

Wolf Play - EXTENDED!
Wolf Play - EXTENDED!
10/5 - 10/7/2023


What makes a family? In  Wolf Play , we meet a young boy who feels more connection to wolves than people: “Wolves suck at being ...

Wolf Play
Wolf Play
9/2 - 10/1/2023


What makes a family? In  Wolf Play , we meet a young boy who feels more connection to wolves than people: “Wolves suck at being ...

Antelope Party
Antelope Party
7/17 - 7/18/2023


Every week, Ben hosts a meetup group for adult fans of 'My Little Pony.' But when an ominous neighborhood watch brigade starts patrolling the streets, ...

Yerma
Yerma
5/20 - 6/18/2023


Yerma is a woman who deeply loves her husband Juan, but she longs above all to have a child. Her desire for motherhood becomes an ...

The Triumph of Love
The Triumph of Love
3/25 - 4/23/2023


Shotgun Players open their 2023 Season with a quest for love. The play follows the sly seductress Leonide as she adopts the dress and prerogatives ...

Thirty-Six
Thirty-Six
4/17 - 4/18/2023


Jenny and David are different. Jenny and David swipe right on Tinder. Jenny and David go on a date. Jenny and David ask each other ...

Siren
Siren
1/9 - 1/10/2023


A moving play about loss, family, and forgiveness,  Siren  explores one family’s journey through grief. Filled with beautiful images of the sea and allusions to  ...

Man of God
Man of God
9/3 - 10/2/2022


A funny feminist thriller about that moment when girls realize the male gaze has been watching all along - and decide they are definitely gonna ...

A Small Fire
A Small Fire
5/14 - 6/12/2022


Adam Bocks meticulously crafted script follows Emily Bridges, a woman used to running all things from her construction business to her family until she suddenly ...

My H8 Letter to the Gr8 American Theatre


A brutally candid, painful, and bitingly funny play about transparency, honesty, and repairing centuries of damage done in the American theatre industry. Ohs play embraces ...

Babes in Ho-lland
Babes in Ho-lland
1/20 - 2/6/2022


In the sunless Pittsburgh winter of 1996, two co-eds connect over a shared love for R&B girl groups but quickly discover something deeper. While attending ...

Babes in Ho-lland
Babes in Ho-lland
1/20 - 2/6/2022


In the sunless Pittsburgh winter of 1996, two co-eds connect over a shared love for R&B girl groups but quickly discover something deeper. While attending ...

The Claim
The Claim
10/14 - 10/30/2021


A bold, imaginative response to the stories of those seeking refuge in the UK, 'The Claim' asks what happens when your life is at stake ...

Every Time I Feel the Spirit


Our world premiere Zoom commission follows a young, queer pastor attempting to navigate her new congregations shift to online worship due to COVID-19. As seasons ...

The Light
The Light
12/4 - 12/13/2020


When they are forced to confront a devastating secret from the past, a surprise proposal gift puts the future of Genesis and Rashad's relationship at ...

Citizen Brain
Citizen Brain
10/16 - 11/8/2020


At the Global Brain Health Institute, Josh Kornbluth immersed himself in the study of brain disease and wondered if our society was suffering from political ...

Passing Strange
5/21 - 6/28/2020


book and lyrics by Stew, music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald, created in collaboration with Annie Dorsen Shotgun Players...

Vinegar Tom
12/6 - 1/5/2020


If witches have so much power, then why are they always poverty-stricken? Vinegar Tom is a wild mash-up of desperate women living in 17th century ...

Elevada
10/17 - 11/17/2019


We meet a couple on their first date. One has a wild scheme to sell his personality to the highest bidding corporation. The other has ...

good friday
9/23 - 9/24/2019


Kristiana Rae Col?_n; dir: Maya Herbsman....

The Flick
8/22 - 9/22/2019


In a suburban movie house we meet three employees: Sam, a white man in his 30s who still lives with his parents; Rose, a young ...

Kill Move Paradise
7/5 - 8/4/2019


This award-winning play takes the Elysium of Greek antiquity and flips the script. Inspired by recent events, the play is an expressionistic buzz saw through ...

Citizen: An American Lyric
7/29 - 7/30/2019


Claudia Rankine, adapted for the stage by Stephen Sachs Shotgun Players...

Kings
5/16 - 6/23/2019


Kate is a whip-smart lobbyist who doesn't waste her time on anyone who can't get elected, stay elected, and help her clients get what they ...

The Cherry Orchard
1/14 - 1/15/2019


This Russian Classic is as important today as it was a century ago when first performed at the famous Moscow Art Theatre. This comic-drama presents ...

Arcadia
11/30 - 1/6/2019


From the man who gifted us Travesties and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, we giddily present you with what may be his masterwork. This dazzling, ...

Shotgun Players presents Women Laughing Alone With Salad


Women Laughing Alone With Salad Written by Sheila Callaghan Directed by Susannah Martin October 12–November 11 Pay-What-You-Can Previews: October 12–18 Opening Night: Friday, October 19 ...

The Secretaries
11/5 - 11/6/2018


Maureen Angelos, Babs Davy, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey, Lisa Kron; dir: Brady Brophy-Hilton....

Shotgun Players presents Kiss


Kiss WEST COAST PREMIERE! Written by Guillermo Calderón Directed by Evren Odcikin Presented in association with Golden Thread Productions August 23–September 23 Opening Night: Thursday, ...

Shotgun Players presents White


White WEST COAST PREMIERE! Written by James Ijames Directed by M. Graham Smith July 6–August 5 Pay-what-you-can previews July 6–12 Opening Night: Friday, July 13 ...

Kill Move Paradise
Kill Move Paradise
7/30 - 7/31/2018


Kill Move Paradise By James Ijames Directed by Darryl V. Jones Monday, July 30 & Tuesday, July 31, 2018, 7pm Kill Move Paradise takes the ...

Iron Shoes
3/15 - 4/22/2018


Michelle Carter, Janet Kutulas, Erica Chong Shuch. The Ashby Stage:...


Jen Silverman; dir: Mike Donahue....

Blasted
9/21 - 10/22/2017


Sarah Kane; dir: Jon Tracy....

Kiss
10/16 - 10/17/2017


Guillermo Calderon; dir: Yury Urnov. American Premiere...


Madeleine George; dir: Nancy Carlin....

The Niceties
8/28 - 8/29/2017


Zoe, a Black student at a liberal arts college, is called into her white professor’s office to discuss her paper about slavery’s effect on the ...

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
10/12 - 12/23/2016


On the campus of a small New England college, George and Martha invite a new professor and his wife home for a nightcap. As the ...

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
10/12 - 12/23/2016


On the campus of a small New England college, George and Martha invite a new professor and his wife home for a nightcap. As the ...

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
10/12 - 12/23/2016


"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is a powerful and disturbing drama written by Edward Albee in 1962. It explores the complexities of a troubled marriage ...

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
10/12 - 12/23/2016


"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is a powerful and disturbing drama written by Edward Albee in 1962. It explores the complexities of a troubled marriage ...

Grand Concourse
7/13 - 12/22/2016


Heidi Schreck; dir: Yasen Peyankov....

Grand Concourse
7/13 - 12/22/2016


Heidi Schreck; dir: Yasen Peyankov....

The Village Bike
5/25 - 12/21/2016


Penelope Skinner; dir: Patrick Dooley....

The Village Bike
5/25 - 12/21/2016


Becky is pregnant—and friskier than ever. But she can’t seem to get the attention of her husband, who is preoccupied with preparing for the baby’s ...

Hamlet
3/31 - 12/20/2016


William Shakespeare; dir: Mark Jackson....

Hamlet
3/31 - 12/20/2016


William Shakespeare’s Hamlet tells the story of the young prince of Denmark, who discovers that his father has been murdered by his uncle. His uncle ...

Caught
9/1 - 12/17/2016


This hybrid work invites you to navigate a labyrinthine trail between truth and perception, authority and authenticity, illusionary art and real jeopardy....

Caught
9/1 - 12/17/2016


Chris Chen; dir: Susannah Martin....

The Mousetrap
12/4 - 1/10/2016


Mysterious twists and thrilling turns abound when a group of strangers stranded in a guest house during a snowstorm discover that a murderer is in ...

The Rover
10/15 - 11/15/2015


Aphra Behn; dir: M. Graham Smith....

Eurydice
8/20 - 9/20/2015


"Eurydice" reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice not through Orpheus's infamous pilgrimage to retrieve his bridge, but through the eyes of its heroine. ...

Top Girls
7/2 - 8/2/2015


Caryl Churchill; dir: Delia MacDougall....

Antigonick
3/18 - 4/26/2015


Anne Carson; dir: Mark Jackson....

Our Town
12/4 - 1/11/2015


Described by Edward Albee as “the greatest American play ever written,” Our Town presents the small town of Grover’s Corners in three acts: “Daily Life,” ...

The Ashby Stage:
7/9 - 8/17/2014


TBA...


The Ashby Stage: Tom Stoppard; dir: Patrick Dooley....


For those of you who love how dark and sexy and bizarre we can get for the holidays - this show is for you! Master ...

Strangers, Babies
10/15 - 11/17/2013


May is a woman with a haunted past. Through interwoven encounters with her husband, her father, her brother, a one-night stand, and a stranger just ...

Bonnie & Clyde
8/27 - 9/29/2013


The narrative of Bonnie and Clyde, transformed into the musical by Frank Wildhorn, is a captivating tale that delves deep into the lives of two ...

Sea of Reeds
7/10 - 8/18/2013


Josh Kornbluth; dir: David Dower....

By & By
5/22 - 6/23/2013


The Ashby Stage: - Lauren Gunderson; dir: Mina Morita....


The Ashby Stage: - Tom Stoppard; dir: Patrick Dooley....


The Ashby Stage: - Tom Stoppard; dir: Patrick Dooley....

Phaedra
9/21 - 10/23/2011

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