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San Francisco Playhouse Announces 21st Season

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...

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Follies | An Orgy of Pastiche

Follies | An Orgy of Pastiche

If imitation, as the English cleric Caleb Charles Bolton suggested, is the sincerest form of flattery, then writing pastiches – what Merriam...

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San Francisco Playhouse refurbishes auditorium ahead of 2022/23 Season

San Francisco Playhouse refurbishes auditorium ahead of 2022/23 Season

New seats, cushions, carpeting, and more at 450 Post Street It finally happened. As we get ready to celebrate our 20th Season, and our tenth in our...

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Water by the Spoonful – A Note from the Artistic Director

Water by the Spoonful – A Note from the Artistic Director

In our pandemic-devastated world, the prophetic Pulitzer winner Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegría Hudes seems even more relevant now than when...

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3 Tall Persian Women by Anita Abdinezhad – Zoomlet

3 Tall Persian Women by Anita Abdinezhad – Zoomlet

3 Tall Persian Women By Anita Abdinezhad Directed by Dalia Ashurina A San Francisco Playhouse Zoomlet Original air date: February 28,...

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UPSTREAM / DOWNSTREAM by Sam Hamashima – Zoomlet

UPSTREAM / DOWNSTREAM by Sam Hamashima – Zoomlet

UPSTREAM / DOWNSTREAM By Sam Hamashima Directed by May Liang A San Francisco Playhouse Zoomlet Original air date: February 21, 2022 Featuring...

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Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen – Zoomlet

Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen – Zoomlet

GHOSTS By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Paul Walsh Directed by Carey Perloff A San Francisco Playhouse Zoomlet Original air date: February 14,...

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Twelfth Night closing; remaining in-person performances have been canceled

Due to the rapidly changing global pandemic and recent spike in Covid-19 cases in San Francisco, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the...

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Music …And the Food of Love | A note from the Twelfth Night dramaturgs

Music …And the Food of Love | A note from the Twelfth Night dramaturgs

First performed on the Feast of the Epiphany, Twelfth Night marked a day when accepted ranks and relationships could be turned upside down, with...

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‘Twelfth Night’: A Note from the Artistic Director

‘Twelfth Night’: A Note from the Artistic Director

In 18 seasons of theatre, San Francisco Playhouse has yet to present a play by Shakespeare. It always seemed to us that there were enough companies...

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