Bill English, Artistic Director As 2019 begins, our nation remains ripped in half. Divided into camps, we refuse to understand the other side, so...
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Bill English Bill English is Artistic Director and Co-Founder of San Francisco Playhouse, and in twenty years with Susi Damilano, has guided its growth from a bare-bones storefront to the second-largest theater in San Francisco.
King of the Yees | A Note from the Artistic Director
Not only is King of the Yees written by a local playwright, born and raised in San Francisco, but it is a San Francisco story. Set in and around...
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Mary Poppins | A Note from the Artistic Director
The version of Mary Poppins that we present on our stage hews much closer to the original spirit of P.L. Travers’s book than to the famous Disney...
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graveyard shift | A Note from the Artistic Director
With a commission from Playwrights’ Horizons and other leading theatre companies, prestigious awards, residencies around the country and a budding...
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You Mean to Do Me Harm | A Note from the Artistic Director
We feel deeply honored to have commissioned and presented the World Premiere of You Mean to Do Me Harm by Christopher Chen. A San Francisco native...
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In Braunau | A Note from the Artistic Director
When we first read In Braunau by Dipika Guha, there were only 60 pages—around two-thirds of a play. The characters and conflict had been set in...
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A Note from the Artistic Director | An Entomologist’s Love Story
Every world premiere arrives at our stage via its own unique path. An Entomologist’s Love Story began when Melissa Ross won an Alfred P. Sloan...
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‘The Effect’ – A Note from the Artistic Director
Bill English, Artistic Director The inspiration for The Effect came when an actual drug trial conducted by the American pharmaceutical company...
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Non-Player Character | A Note from the Artistic Director
We are fascinated and troubled by the collision between our human consciousness and technology. And in plays like First Person Shooter, Wirehead, and...
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‘Born Yesterday’ – A Note from the Artistic Director
Bill English, Artistic Director Why Born Yesterday? Why now? Why this American classic by the great Garson Kanin which served as a vehicle to...
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