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Casting Announced for ‘Waitress’

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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Story: The Play That Goes Wrong

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Above and Beyond – A Note from the Empathy Gym

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

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’

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

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

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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The Glass Menagerie – A Note from the Artistic Director

The Glass Menagerie – A Note from the Artistic Director

A high school junior who had played a supporting role in one musical but hadn’t really cared much about the experience was waiting for a bus when...

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Just Announced: Our 2024/25 Season

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...

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The 39 Steps: A Note from the Artistic Director

The 39 Steps: A Note from the Artistic Director

Bill English, Artistic Director From the back seat of my parents’ Country Squire station wagon at the local drive-in theatre, I watched Cary...

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