San Francisco, CA (November 2018) – San Francisco Playhouse announced casting for Lauren Yee’s King of the Yees, headlined by Obie and Lucille...
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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...
Continue Reading →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...
Continue Reading →Post-show discussions announced for ‘You Mean to Do Me Harm’
San Francisco Playhouse invites audiences to join the conversation with expert-led discussions following performances of Christopher Chen’s world...
Continue Reading →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...
Continue Reading →Washed Up on the Potomac | A Note from the Artistic Director
The Sandbox Series at San Francisco Playhouse focuses on premiering brand new plays, but just “new” won't do. We assess hundreds of submissions...
Continue Reading →Sunday in the Park with George | A note from the Artistic Director
Since the prehistoric cave paintings where the human form was first represented in places like Altamira in Spain, we have all yearned to be...
Continue Reading →Scenic Design of An Entomologist’s Love Story
What would An Entomologist's Love Story be without its amazing scenic design? From the bowels of the American Museum of Natural History to New York's...
Continue Reading →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...
Continue Reading →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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