I believe playwrights are the prophets of our time. And it is thrilling when a play we have spent years developing opens at a moment that makes it...
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Significant Other | A Note from the Artistic Director
The term “significant other” is a generic one. In the ultra-complex diversity of the ways we partner, it is a careful term that reveals no...
Continue Reading →Play Reading: ‘Plunder and Lightning’ by Cindy Lou Johnson
Monday, June 10th, 2019 at 7:00 PM Plunder and Lightning by Cindy Lou Johnson Directed by Lauren English Tina and George's preparations for an...
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Yoga Play | A Note from the Artistic Director
Yoga Play will be the third play by Dipika Guha to be produced by San Francisco Playhouse. The first two, The Rules and In Braunau, were world...
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From the Empathy Gym | Empathy Heals
Bill English, Artistic Director As 2019 begins, our nation remains ripped in half. Divided into camps, we refuse to understand the other side, so...
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A White Girl’s Guide to International Terrorism | A Note from the Artistic Director
We met Chelsea Marcantel two years ago at the Humana Festival of New Plays in Louisville, Kentucky. This marvelous festival—where we have been...
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King of the Yees | A Note from the Artistic Director
Not only is King of the Yees written by a local playwright, born and raised in San Francisco, but it is a San Francisco story. Set in and around...
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Francis Jue to star in ‘King of the Yees’ by Lauren Yee
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 →Play Reading: ‘The Fit’ by Carey Perloff
Monday, January 21st at 7pm The Fit By Carey Perloff Directed by Bill English Featuring Anthony Fusco* as Paul Avanthika Srinivasan* as...
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