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San Francisco Playhouse Announces Playwrights Selected for Year Three of 5-Year Commission Program

San Francisco Playhouse Announces Playwrights Selected for Year Three of 5-Year Commission Program

SAN FRANCISCO (August 2020) — San Francisco Playhouse (Artistic Director Bill English; Producing Director Susi Damilano) continued its commitment...

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From the Empathy Gym – July 2020

From the Empathy Gym – July 2020

Empathy Into Action We hoped the coronavirus pandemic would teach us something. Surely, some good would come from the fact that it has touched all...

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Standing in Solidarity

A Message to the San Francisco Playhouse community: We at the Empathy Gym stand in solidarity and love with the black community. We dedicate...

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From the Empathy Gym – May 2020

From the Empathy Gym – May 2020

Essential Business We’ve been hearing a lot about essential businesses that have needed to be open during our “shelter in place” period....

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Empathy Gym Fireside Chats

San Francisco Playhouse announced their new Empathy Gym Fireside Chat series which will be streamed live for free on YouTube. Each week, Artistic...

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Highlights from San Francisco Playhouse’s 2020/21 Season Announcement Party

On Sunday, March 29th, we announced our 2020/21 Season with our first ever live streaming Virtual Season Announcement Party. After months of...

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Notes from the Empathy Gym – April 2020

Notes from the Empathy Gym – April 2020

Right about now, I’m sure many of us are feeling pretty small, isolated, many of us alone, feeling defeated by a microscopic single cell...

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Real Women Have Curves: A Note from the Artistic Director

Real Women Have Curves: A Note from the Artistic Director

Thirty years ago, in San Francisco at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, Real Women Have Curves by Josefina López was given its world...

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From the Empathy Gym – March 2020

From the Empathy Gym – March 2020

A Line in the Sand All around us, the situation seems dire. The fundamental ties that bind us humans together—family, community, shared beliefs,...

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From the Empathy Gym – February 2020

From the Empathy Gym – February 2020

In our January newsletter, we made six resolutions San Francisco Playhouse promises to keep this year. I thought it might be fun to go into a bit...

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