The SF Playhouse 2008-2009 Season
We dedicate this season to those who dare. We dedicate to you, who have supported us through our first five years. We dedicate to the playwrights, actors, designers and crew who have given time and talent to build this Playhouse into what San Francisco Magazine heralded as “local theater's best kept secret”, and we dedicate to the human spirit, which thrives evermore through its willingness to let go and dare.
Shining City
Bay Area Premiere
October 1 to November 22, 2008, Opens Oct 4
Directed by Amy Glazer
This hot new title by Irish playwright Conor McPherson mixes comedy, drama, and a ghost story about two men forging new identities in the wake of troubled pasts.
Abraham Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party
World Premiere
December 3 to January 17, 2009, opens Dec 13
Directed by Chris Smith
A brand new work by Aaron Loeb, Award-Winning author of our first World Premiere, First Person Shooter. When an Illinois fourth grader outs the 16th President in a Christmas pageant, events spiral out of control in this madcap farce set in Abe’s home county.
Landscape of the Body
January 28 to March 7, 2009 opens January 31
Directed by Bill English
In a long-overdue Bay Area Premiere of John Guare’s zany riff on the American Dream, a childlike woman comes to New York to look for her lost sister and unwittingly assumes the sister’s identity while the sister croons a musical counterpoint from that piano bar in the stars.
The Story
West Coast Premiere
March 18 to April 25, 2009 opens March 21
Directed by Margo Hall
This cutting-edge drama by Tracey Scott Wilson, based on the true tale of a New York Times reporter fabricating a story, will be a co-production with the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre.
To Be Announced
Bay Area Premiere
May 6 to June 13, 2009, opens May 9
We leave an open spot to scoop up hot new titles whose performance rights don’t become available until later in the year. Our past “gambles” have resulted in gems like The Scene and First Person Shooter, and we already have our eye on several exciting new works for next season. So stand by for exciting news!
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
June 24 to September 5, 2009, opens June 27
Directed by Bill English
Based on the timeless American novel by Ken Kesey, this heart-wrenching drama by Dale Wasserman captures the struggle of the individual against the power of society to enforce conformity.
