SAN FRANCISCO (August 2020) — San Francisco Playhouse (Artistic Director Bill English; Producing Director Susi Damilano) continued its commitment...
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From the Empathy Gym – July 2020
Empathy Into Action We hoped the coronavirus pandemic would teach us something. Surely, some good would come from the fact that it has touched all...
Continue Reading →Standing in Solidarity
A Message to the San Francisco Playhouse community: We at the Empathy Gym stand in solidarity and love with the black community. We dedicate...
Continue Reading →From the Empathy Gym – May 2020
Essential Business We’ve been hearing a lot about essential businesses that have needed to be open during our “shelter in place” period....
Continue Reading →Highlights from San Francisco Playhouse’s 2020/21 Season Announcement Party
On Sunday, March 29th, we announced our 2020/21 Season with our first ever live streaming Virtual Season Announcement Party. After months of...
Continue Reading →Notes from the Empathy Gym – April 2020
Right about now, I’m sure many of us are feeling pretty small, isolated, many of us alone, feeling defeated by a microscopic single cell...
Continue Reading →Real Women Have Curves: A Note from the Artistic Director
Thirty years ago, in San Francisco at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, Real Women Have Curves by Josefina López was given its world...
Continue Reading →From the Empathy Gym – March 2020
A Line in the Sand All around us, the situation seems dire. The fundamental ties that bind us humans together—family, community, shared beliefs,...
Continue Reading →From the Empathy Gym – February 2020
In our January newsletter, we made six resolutions San Francisco Playhouse promises to keep this year. I thought it might be fun to go into a bit...
Continue Reading →Born in East Berlin: A Note from the Artistic Director
We are worried these days about our privacy. We feel like thousands of eyes are watching us. Surveillance cameras, the info we must share to travel...
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