Despite our deepening understanding of the subtleties and nuances of human behavior, despite a growing intellectual consensus that good and evil are...
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Nollywood Dreams: A note from the Artistic Director
I stumbled onto the script of Nollywood Dreams in the Drama Book Shop in New York where all theatre fans must go when visiting. I read it quickly and...
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Purchasing tickets online can be tricky nowadays, especially with the influx of resellers and third-party marketplaces. That's why we've put together...
Continue Reading →A Chorus Line: A Note from the Artistic Director
A Chorus Line was the first Pulitzer-winning musical developed in the non-profit world. It opened at the Public Theater on April 15, 1975, and almost...
Continue Reading →Lost in Translations? A Conversation with Cultural Consultant Patrick Chew
Premiering at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago before opening on Broadway in 2011, Chinglish, is a comedy by renowned playwright and librettist David...
Continue Reading →Chinglish: A note from the Artistic Director
David Henry Hwang writes, "Chinglish is about attempts to communicate across cultures and the barriers that separate us, and the most superficial of...
Continue Reading →21st Season Announcement Party
Every year, San Francisco Playhouse announces (and celebrates) our new season with a reveal party! We were thrilled to reveal our 2023/24 Season with...
Continue Reading →San Francisco Playhouse Announces 21st Season
SAN FRANCISCO PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES DYNAMIC GLOBE-TROTTING 21ST SEASON Line-up includes World Premiere and West Coast Premiere plays, runs September...
Continue Reading →Clue: A Note from the Artistic Director
In the 1950s, during the depths of the House Un-American Committee’s evils, with Joseph McCarthy’s anti-communist campaign raging out of control,...
Continue Reading →Cashed Out: Basket-Weaving Sessions With The Cast
The Indigenous basket-weaving culture of the O'otham (Pima Indians) tribe of Arizona is not just integral to understanding the culture which Cashed...
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