Is monosodium glutamate, the oft-vilified umami-boosting seasoning better known as MSG, dangerous to your health? Exotic Deadly: Or The MSG Play...
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San Francisco Playhouse commissions new works
San Francisco Playhouse continues its role in fostering the future of the American theatre with its robust New Works program. The Playhouse has...
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Waitress – A Love Song to Community
Community is a word we see bandied about a lot these days. It is used to sell products, memberships in organizations promising belonging while asking...
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When the Set is the Villain – A Note from the Empathy Gym
Working for many years as a set designer, I have never imagined that scenic art could be the villain of a story. But watching The Play That Goes...
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Casting Announced for ‘Waitress’
San Francisco Playhouse will serve up a holiday treat with the beloved Broadway favorite Waitress, directed by San Francisco Playhouse Producing...
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Above and Beyond – A Note from the Empathy Gym
At a recent performance of Evita, our fabulous turntable hiccupped, stuttered, staggered and stopped. It failed, of course, at the very moment when...
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The Play That Goes Wrong: A Note from Artistic Director Bill English
Why do we laugh at a farce? Because otherwise we would have to cry. As Samuel Taylor Coleridge put it, “Farce is nearer tragedy than comedy...
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Casting Announced for ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’
San Francisco Playhouse kicks off its 2024-25 season with the Olivier Award-winning comedy The Play That Goes Wrong. This fast-paced farce packed...
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Evita: A Note from Dramaturg and Cultural Consultant Juan Rebuffo
In the late 1940s, the Eva Peron Foundation granted my grandmother the opportunity to build a home in a budding Buenos Aires neighborhood –...
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Evita – A note from the Artistic Director
Initially, I selected Evita for our 2023/24 Season because I knew it was going to be an election year in the U.S. and our democracy was certain to be...
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