The SF Playhouse 2009-2010 Season
The theme of the new season will be ‘The Power of Laughter. Comedy connects us to so many of our human needs: To escape the humdrum and the daily struggle, to expose wrongs in our culture, our neighbors or even ourselves, to empower our impulses to change ourselves or society and to enjoy the power of comic language and action to stimulate our dramatic taste buds.
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First Day of School
World Premiere
By Billy Aronson
Directed by Chris Smith
September 23-November 7 (Opens September 26th)
What exactly are the parents up to when their kids go off to school…? Find out in this outrageous comedy about sex and marriage for the original author of Rent.
She Stoops to Comedy
West Coast Premiere
By David Greenspan
Directed by Mark Rucker
November 18-January 9 (Opens November 21st)
An actress (played by a man) schemes to woo back her estranged female lover by playing Orlando opposite her lovers’ Rosalind in this gender-bending romp by one of New York's most innovative writer/performers.
Animals Out of Paper
West Coast Premiere
by Rajiv Joseph
directed by Amy Glazer
January 19 - February 27, 2010 (Opens January 23rd)
Fresh from New York we are proud to present a playwright that is about to explode nationally. His NY hit, Bengal Tiger in the Baghdad Zoo will re-open in LA this May after a sensational run earlier this year.
Den of Thieves
Bay Area Premiere
By Stephen Adley Guirgis
March 10-April 17 (Opens March 13th)
Welcome to the world of unorganized crime. Cracking a safe to steal $750,000 in drug money may not be the perfect road to recovery for kleptomaniacs Maggie and Paul. Watch them join forces with Puerto Rican wannabe Flaco and the ultra-fabulous topless dancer Boochie in order to pull off the perfect crime.
Slasher
Northern California Premiere
By Allison Moore
April 28-June 5 (Opens May 1st)
When she’s cast as the “last girl” in a low-budget slasher flick, Sheena thinks it’s the big break she’s been waiting for. But news of the movie unleashes her malingering mother’s thwarted feminist rage, and Mom is prepared to do anything to stop filming…even if it kills her. The new play was the hit 2009’s Humana Festival. You will laugh…until you scream!
The Fantasticks Buy Now
By Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt
directed by Bill English
June 15th - September 11th (Opens June 19th)
Artistic Director Bill English commented, “On this 50th anniversary of my favorite musical, I could not resist the opportunity to take a look at The Fantasticks from a new angle. What if the world of The Fantasticks was not so whimsical or perfect? How would the songs and story translate? What if we set the “Try to Remember” song in a world devastated by Global warming so that a time when “grass was green and grain was yellow,” was a dim memory, when the ozone layer had been burnt off and “Soon it’s Gonna Rain” was a desperate wish, not a certainty? By re-imagining this classic in the wasteland of a man-made future, we hope to bring new resonance to its theme of hope and of facing the truth, before one can grow.
