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AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATER


San Francisco, CA

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About the Theatre

A.C.T. is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for the nonprofit professional theater.A.C.T. operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theaters and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. A.C.T. is a member of the League of Resident Theaters, Theatre Bay Area, Union Square Association, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, and San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau. The directors employed by A.C.T. at the American Conservatory Theater are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.
A Strange Loop
A Strange Loop
4/18 - 5/12/2024


The Tony Award–winning musical comes direct from Broadway to San Francisco! Meet Usher: a Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer ...


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A.C.T. and TodayTix to Launch Digital Lottery for A STRANGE LOOP


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 03, 2024

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) and TodayTix revealed that a limited number of $45 front row tickets will be available via a weekly digital lottery for all performances of A Strange Loop....

A STRANGE LOOP & More Lead San Francisco / Bay Area's April 2024 Top Theatre Shows


by Team BWW - April 01, 2024

San Francisco / Bay Area is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for April 2024 include A Strange Loop and more!...

TICK, TICK... BOOM! Comes to New Conservatory Theatre Center in May


by Stephi Wild - March 27, 2024

New Conservatory Theatre Center  will bring tick, tick... BOOM! to the NCTC stage this May. Performances run May 10 – June 9, 2024....

BWW Q&A: John-Andrew Morrison of A STRANGE LOOP at American Conservatory Theater


by Joshua Wright - March 26, 2024

John-Andrew Morrison is a Tony Award nominee and a Lucille Lortel and Obie Award winner for his work in A Strange Loop (Broadway and Off Broadway)....

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....

Reimagined PRIVATE LIVES And More Announced for American Conservatory Theater 2024/25 Season


by A.A. Cristi - March 22, 2024

The 2024/25 season line-up has been announced at the American Conservatory Theater....

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!...

Photos: First Look at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's QUEEN


by Blair Ingenthron - March 09, 2024

Two women dream of shattering academia’s glass ceiling and saving the bees in Queen, presented by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. Written by San Jose-born playwright and filmmaker Madhuri Shekar (House of Joy, Amazon/Blumhouse’s Evil Eye, HBO’s “The Nevers”), this topical and engaging work follows Sana...

Market Street Arts Hosts Live Music Event BUSK IT! Beginning This Month


by Stephi Wild - March 01, 2024

Market Street Arts will bring live music to Mid-Market with Busk It! Kicking off on Sunday, March 10, the neighborhood will become a hot spot for weekly live performances. Busk It! will connect local musicians and businesses on Market Street's sidewalks between 5th and 8th Streets through November 2...

Past Shows

Soul Train
9/16 - 10/16/2022

The Lehman Trilogy
4/20 - 5/22/2022

Fefu and Her Friends
3/24 - 5/1/2022

Freestyle Love Supreme
1/21 - 2/13/2022

Describe the Night
6/24 - 6/27/2021


Rajiv Joseph American Conservatory Theater...

The House of Yes
6/24 - 6/27/2021


Wendy MacLeod American Conservatory Theater...


Today, American Conservatory Theater and gala co-chairs Daivd Riemer and Abby Sadin Schnair announced A.C.T.'s 2021 Season Gala, a hybrid socially-distanced in-person and virtual fundraising ...


Directed by Dawn Monique Williams APRIL 26-MAY 2, 2021 - On-Demand Performance Dates APRIL 26, 2021 at 6 p.m. PST - Opening Night Watch Party ...


Directed by Colman Domingo APRIL 12-18, 2021 - New On-Demand Performance Dates APRIL 12, 2021 at 6 p.m. PST - Opening Night Watch Party Between ...


Directed by Awoye Timpo MARCH 29-APRIL 4, 2021 - New On-Demand Performance Dates MARCH 29, 2021 at 6 p.m. PST - Opening Night Watch Party ...

Fall Theater Classes—starting at $20!


STUDIO A.C.T. | FALL SESSION 2020 | SEPTEMBER 14-NOVEMBER 8. Real theater classes for real people. During these uncertain times in our world and industry, ...

Summer Theater Classes Online! (Ages 8–19)


A.C.T.'s Young ConservatoryONLINE! | Summer Intensives: July 6August 14. A.C.T.'s Young Conservatory is the after-school professional theater training program at the Tony Award-winning American Conservatory ...

Summer Theater Classes Online


STUDIO A.C.T. | SUMMER SESSION 2020ONLINE! | JUNE 8–AUGUST 9. Real theater classes for real people. Through these uncertain times of shelter-in-place policies and COVID-19, ...

Poor Yella Rednecks: Vietgone Part 2


After the rollicking success of Vietgone (2018) at The Strand, playwright Qui Nguyen returns to A.C.T. with Poor Yella Rednecks: Vietgone Part 2, the second ...

Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show


On a dark and stormy night, Brad and Janet get a flat tire . . . So begins the party at The Geary Theater with ...

Gloria
Gloria
2/13 - 4/12/2020


In the editorial office of a Manhattan magazine, competing twentysomethings Ani, Dean, and Kendra are only interested in scoring a book deal to kick-start a ...

Toni Stone
Toni Stone
3/5 - 3/29/2020


Toni Stone dreams of nothing but baseball. But to become the first woman to play professionally as a member of the Negro Leagues Indianapolis Clowns, ...

Passage
2/20 - 3/1/2020


A fantasia inspired by E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India, PASSAGE is set in the fictional Country X, which is a neocolonial client of Country ...

Wakey, Wakey
Wakey, Wakey
1/23 - 2/16/2020


The curtain rises. You have just a few minutes. What do you say? Eno (The Realistic Joneses) crafts an intimate comedy drama that takes audiences ...

Testmatch
10/24 - 12/8/2019


Kate Atwell; dir: Pam MacKinnon....

Spring Awakening: The Play
Spring Awakening: The Play
11/14 - 11/23/2019


A.C.T.'s Master of Fine Arts Program presents Spring Awakening: The Play by Frank Wedekind. Adapted by Joel G. Fink. Directed by Christine Adaire. NOV 14-23 ...

Broadway's Golden Age
Broadway's Golden Age
11/7 - 11/16/2019


A.C.T.'s Young Conservatory presents Broadway's Golden Age. Directed by Kimberly Braun, Jill MacLean and Ken Savage. High School Cabaret Vocal Direction by Krista Wigle. Accompanied ...

Making Physical Theater


A.C.T.s Young Conservatory presents Making Physical Theater. Devised and performed by YC Fall '19 Actors Ensemble. Directed by Josh Matthews. November 16 The Garret at ...

Top Girls
9/19 - 10/13/2019


Caryl Churchill; dir: Tamilla Woodard....

Into the Woods
Into the Woods
8/8 - 8/17/2019


A.C.T.'s Young Conservatory presents 'Into the Woods' Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine Directed by Ken Savage When you're young, stories ...

Rhinoceros
5/29 - 6/23/2019


In the opening moments of Ionesco’s masterpiece of absurdist satire, a rhinoceros rampages through a village square. At the local cafe, people argue over what ...

Sense and Sensibility
5/8 - 5/12/2019


Kate Hamill, based on the novel by Jane Austen American Conservatory Theater...

Vanity Fair
4/17 - 5/12/2019


Kate Hamill, based on the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray American Conservatory Theater...

Her Portmanteau
2/13 - 4/14/2019


Strand Theater: Mfoniso Odufia; dir: Victor Malana Maog....

The Revolutionists
4/11 - 4/14/2019


Lauren Gunderson American Conservatory Theater...

The Great Leap
3/6 - 3/31/2019


Geary Theater: Lauren Yee; dir: Lisa Peterson....

Seascape
1/23 - 2/17/2019


On a deserted stretch of beach, a middle-aged couple relaxes after a picnic lunch and converse idly about home, family, and their life together. She ...

Men On Boats
10/17 - 12/16/2018


Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. Men On Boats is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew ...

Sweat
9/26 - 10/21/2018


Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, SWEAT tells the story of a group of friends who ...

A Walk on the Moon
6/5 - 7/1/2018


The Geary Theater: book: Pamela Gray; lyrics: Paul Scott Goodman; music: Paul Scott Goodman; dir: Sheryl Kaller....

Vietgone
2/21 - 4/22/2018


A modern twist on the All-American love story, Qui Nguyen’s new play Vietgone pulses with contemporary energy. It’s the classic story of boy meets girl ...

Heisenberg
3/14 - 4/8/2018


Amidst the bustle of a crowded London train station, Georgie spots Alex, a much older man, and plants a kiss on his neck. This electric ...

The Birthday Party
1/10 - 2/4/2018


The Birthday Party was the first full-length offering from British playwright Harold Pinter, who is now widely regarded as the theatre’s master of enigma and ...

Small Mouth Sounds
10/11 - 12/10/2017


In the overwhelming quiet of the woods, six runaways from city life embark on a silent retreat. As these strangers confront internal demons both profound ...

Hamlet
9/20 - 10/15/2017


William Shakespeare; dir: Carey Perloff....

John
2/22 - 4/23/2017


Annie Baker; dir: Matthew Decker....

Needles and Opium
3/30 - 4/23/2017


An Ex Machina production (Québec) co-production with Théâtre du Trident (Québec), Théâtre du Nouveau Monde (Montréal), and Canadian Stage (Toronto) Theatrical wizard Robert Lepage brings ...

A Thousand Splendid Suns
2/1 - 2/26/2017


adapt: Ursula Rani Sarma; music: David Coulter; dir: Carey Perloff . The Geary Theater:...

The Hard Problem
10/19 - 11/13/2016


Tom Stoppard; dir: Carey Perloff....

The Hard Problem
10/19 - 11/13/2016


Above all don't use the word good as though it meant something in evolutionary science. Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brain-science institute, is ...

King Charles III
9/14 - 10/9/2016


Mike Bartlett; dir: David Muse....

King Charles III
9/14 - 10/9/2016


Mike Bartlett; dir: David Muse....

A Little Night Music
5/20 - 6/14/2015


A Little Night Music was Sondheim's eighth Broadway musical and features music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Inspired by the ...

Let There Be Love
4/8 - 5/3/2015


‘Hello!’ Whether you’re single, engaged, on a first date, a spinster, or married for over 40 years, we have put together something a little unconventional ...


What will endure when the cataclysm arrives – when the grid fails, society crumbles, and we’re faced with the task of rebuilding? Anne Washburn’s imaginative ...

Indian Ink
1/14 - 2/8/2015


Tom Stoppard....

The Orphan of Zhao
The Orphan of Zhao
6/4 - 6/29/2014


The season expands to global dimensions with The Orphan of Zhao, James Fenton's beautiful reinvention of a classic Chinese legend that has its roots back ...

The Suit
The Suit
4/23 - 5/18/2014


When a husband catches his wife in the arms of her lover, the lover flees—but leaves his suit behind. As her penance, the husband makes ...

Venus in Fur
Venus in Fur
3/19 - 4/13/2014


After seducing New York audiences and critics, "Broadway's hottest date night!" (Liz Smith) arrives at A.C.T. in an electrifying new production. When a young actress ...

Napoli!
Napoli!
2/12 - 3/9/2014


A.C.T. favorite Marco Barricelli (artistic director of Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Vigil at A.C.T.) and Stratford Festival star Seana McKenna (Phèdre at A.C.T.) return to lead ...

Major Barbara
Major Barbara
1/8 - 2/2/2014


A.C.T. continues its tradition of presenting brilliantly reimagined classic works with a sumptuous production of Shaw's great political comedy Major Barbara. In this intriguing tangle ...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
12/6 - 12/28/2013


The Bay Area's favorite holiday tradition returns with a sparkling, music-infused production of A Christmas Carol, featuring a lively cast of dozens, gorgeous costumes, and ...

Underneath the Lintel
Underneath the Lintel
10/23 - 11/17/2013


Academy Award nominee David Strathairn (Lincoln; Good Night, and Good Luck; Scorched at A.C.T.) returns in the captivating solo drama Underneath the Lintel. In this ...

1776
1776
9/11 - 10/6/2013


The new season begins with passionate (and patriotic) fireworks as A.C.T. presents the West Coast premiere of acclaimed director Frank Galati's triumphant new staging of ...

Arcadia
5/16 - 6/9/2013


- Tom Stoppard; dir: Carey Perloff....

Black Watch
5/3 - 6/9/2013


- Gregory Burke; dir: John Tiffany....

Stuck Elevator
Stuck Elevator
4/4 - 4/28/2013


In the spirit of the beloved hit The Black Rider, A.C.T. continues the tradition of introducing eclectic, unforgettable musical projects to the stage. A powerful ...

Dead Metaphor
2/28 - 3/24/2013


- George F. Walker; dir: Irene Lewis....

A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire
1/17 - 2/10/2013


When fading Southern belle Blanche DuBois arrives at her sister Stella’s home in New Orleans, she quickly arouses the attention of Stella’s husband, Stanley Kowalski, ...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
11/30 - 12/24/2012


The Bay Area’s favorite holiday tradition returns with a sparkling, music-infused production of A Christmas Carol, featuring a lively cast of dozens, gorgeous costumes, and ...

Elektra
Elektra
10/25 - 11/19/2012


Direct from its acclaimed sold-out premiere in Los Angeles, this sweeping production of Elektra brings an exquisite new translation of the timeless Greek tragedy to ...

The Normal Heart
The Normal Heart
9/13 - 10/7/2012


Direct from its acclaimed Broadway run, Larry Kramer’s landmark 1985 drama unfolds like a real-life political thriller as a tight-knit group of friends refuse to ...

Humour Abuse
Humour Abuse
8/2 - 8/19/2012


"Do it again, Lorenzo." After receiving ecstatic ovations last winter, Lorenzo Pisoni's irresistible stage memoir returns for an exclusive limited engagement. Pisoni takes us under ...

The Scottsboro Boys
6/21 - 7/22/2012

The Scottsboro Boys


Acclaimed broadway musical The Scottsboro Boys will be making an appearance in San Francsico this summer. Having received 12 Tony Award nominations including Best Musical, ...

Twelfth Night
5/10 - 6/10/2012

Maple and Vine
3/29 - 4/22/2012

Scorched
2/16 - 3/11/2012


To fulfill their mother's dying wish, Janine and Simon embark on a journey to the Middle East to find the father and brother they never ...

Higher
2/1 - 2/18/2012


In this smart and sexy new play, two American architects dive into a high-stakes competition to design a memorial in Israel. They're also in love—but ...

Humor Abuse
1/12 - 2/5/2012

A Christmas Carol
12/1 - 12/24/2011

Race
10/21 - 11/13/2011

Once In A Lifetime
9/22 - 10/16/2011

Tales of the City: A New Musical


On the bustling streets of 1970s San Francisco, neon lights pierce through the fog-drenched skies, disco music explodes from crowded nightclubs, and a wide-eyed Midwestern ...

No Exit
No Exit
4/7 - 5/1/2011


Fresh from sold-out performances across Canada, Jean-Paul Sartre's redefined classic makes its U.S. debut at A.C.T. A mysterious valet ushers three people into a shabby ...

The Homecoming
The Homecoming
3/3 - 3/27/2011


A.C.T. celebrates Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter's legacy with his most sexually provocative play. A long-absent son and his attractive wife, Ruth, return to his ...

Clybourne Park
Clybourne Park
1/20 - 2/20/2011


Home is where the heart—and history—is in Clybourne Park, a "buzz-saw sharp new comedy" (The Washington Post) that cleverly spins the events of A Raisin ...

Archangels Don't Play Pinball


During a night of mischief with his gang of friends, Lanky, the lovable fool and secret ringleader, finds himself married to a streetwalker named Blondie. ...

The Vagina Monolougues
The Vagina Monolougues
2/13 - 2/14/2011


The women of A.C.T. are proud to present Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues. All proceeds will benefit La Casa de las Madres women's shelter in ...

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