Directed by Bill English
September 25 – November 8, 2025
Book by James Lapine
November 20, 2025 – January 17, 2026
February 5 – March 14, 2026
March 26 – May 2, 2026
By Kate Hamill
May 14 – June 27, 2026
Music by Marc Shaiman
Lyrics by Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman
May 14 – June 27, 2026
Plays and Musicals at San Francisco Playhouse: 2025/2026 Season
SEP 25, 2025 – NOV 8, 2025
Noises Off
Play by Michael Frayn
A hapless theater troupe’s disastrous tour spirals into chaos both on and off stage.
NOV 20, 2025 – JAN 17, 2026
Into the Woods
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine
A baker’s quest to fulfill a witch’s demands entangles him in a dark web of wishes and consequences in a twisted mashup of fairy tales.
FEB 5, 2026 – MAR 14, 2026
M. Butterfly
By David Henry Hwang
A French diplomat’s fantasy affair with a Chinese opera singer unravels into a tragic web of deception and cultural misunderstanding.
MAR 26, 2026 – MAY 2, 2026
Flex
By Candrice Jones
It’s 1997, and a high school girls’ basketball team must navigate the pressures of being young, Black, and female in the rural South.
MAY 14, 2026 – JUN 27, 2026
Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really
By Kate Hamill
A female Van Helsing leads a fierce rebellion against the patriarchal monster, Count Dracula, in a battle for autonomy and justice.
JUL 10, 2026 – SEP 12, 2026
Hairspray
Book by Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan
Music by Marc Shaiman
Lyrics by Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman
In 1960s Baltimore, Tracy Turnblad fights racial segregation and television bias to dance her way to stardom.
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Noises Off – A Note from Artistic Director Bill English
At first glance, Noises Off is pure farce—slamming doors, dropping trousers, flying sardines, and backstage mayhem. But beneath the perfectly timed chaos lies something deeper: a reflection of the human spirit in all its messy, glorious imperfection. Michael Frayn’s brilliant meta-comedy offers more than laughter. It gives us a mirror. The characters in Noises Off …
My Fair Lady – A Note from the Artistic Director
George Bernard Shaw was a revolutionary for his time, a member of the famed and radical Fabian Society and a passionate feminist who believed strongly that women should not be pigeonholed into stereotypical roles. He also believed that relationships should not be governed by conventional notions of gender or sexual orientation or be built around …
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