The official trailer for Waitress is here! Watch the video below. Performances of Waitress continue through January 18, 2024. Featuring a...
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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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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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Just Announced: Our 2024/25 Season
San Francisco Playhouse has announced its 22nd season, to be presented September 2024 to September 2025. Unveiled at a special event on March 24th to...
Continue Reading →Twelfth Night closing; remaining in-person performances have been canceled
Due to the rapidly changing global pandemic and recent spike in Covid-19 cases in San Francisco, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the...
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‘The Song of Summer’: A Note from the Artistic Director
For many years, between theatre grad school and starting San Francisco Playhouse, I earned my living as a musician, playing piano, keyboards, and...
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‘Hold These Truths’: A Note from the Artistic Director
Theatre loves history. Playwrights throughout time have borrowed their plots from historical events, often using true stories from the past to make...
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A Note from ‘Hold These Truths’ Playwright Jeanne Sakata
When I first heard of Gordon Hirabayashi in the late 1990’s, I was enthralled -- and shocked. Shocked that I had never heard of his story before....
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‘Shoot Me When…’: A Note from the Artistic Director
We first noticed Ruben Grijalva, the second of our San Francisco Playhouse-commissioned playwrights to be produced this season, when we...
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