Directed by Susi Damilano
September 26 – November 28, 2026
Plays and Musicals at San Francisco Playhouse: 2026/27 Season
September 26 – November 28, 2026
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
San Francisco Playhouse
A theater troupe takes on Peter Pan, and everything goes spectacularly wrong in this brilliantly chaotic comedy.
December 11, 2026 – February 6, 2027
Rent
San Francisco Playhouse
This timeless musical follows young artists navigating love, loss, and friendship with urgency and unforgettable music.
February 19 – April 3, 2027
Lizard Boy
San Francisco Playhouse
A reclusive young man risks everything on a first date in this indie-rock musical about identity, love, and being seen.
February 25 – April 3, 2027
Perfect Daughter
Creativity Theater
A father builds an AI daughter in pursuit of perfection, but each version reveals how complex and human love truly is.
April 16 – June 19, 2027
Life of Pi
San Francisco Playhouse
After a shipwreck, a boy must survive at sea in this visually stunning story of faith, resilience, and imagination.
July 2 – September 11, 2027
Sweeney Todd
San Francisco Playhouse
A barber returns to London seeking revenge in Sondheim’s thrilling musical filled with dark humor and haunting melodies.
San Francisco Playhouse
San Francisco Playhouse is a nonprofit theatre in downtown San Francisco. The Bay Area’s most award-winning theatre company (Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, 2012-2022), the Playhouse stages plays and musicals every year, including world premieres, Broadway and Off-Broadway hits, and thought-provoking works from playwrights around the world.
The company has been hailed by the New York Times as “a company that stages some of the most consistently high-quality work around,” was praised by KQED as “one of the few theaters in the Bay Area that has a mission that actually shows up on stage,” and called “local theater at its best” by the San Francisco Chronicle. The company was awarded the American Theatre Wing National Theatre Company grant, making it eligible for the Regional Tony Award.
San Francisco theatre productions take place Tuesday through Sunday at the Playhouse’s Mainstage in the Union Square theatre district, in addition to other performances at Sandbox venues throughout the city. Click here for a full schedule of events.
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Play Reading Series – The Starters by Laura Winters
The Starters By Laura Winters Directed by Bridgette Loriaux Monday, November 9, 2026 at 7:00 P.M. A Free Play Reading on the San Francisco Playhouse Stage Matt Shears is one of the oldest players in the NFL (who is not a kicker). His wife Emily is desperate for him to finally retire, but Matt would …
Peter Pan Goes Wrong – A Note from the Artistic Director
There is something sneakily subversive about taking Peter Pan, one of our culture’s most enduring fantasies about never growing up, and allowing it to go hilariously and spectacularly wrong. For generations, Peter Pan has embodied the seductive promise of eternal boyhood. It promises freedom without responsibility and adventure without consequence. We even have a “diagnosis” …
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