THEATRE BAY AREA 2015 fallfall previewbpreview World Premiere Children’s Show SAN FRANCISCO ` Moments of Truth b African-American Shakespeare Company 13th Floor Dance Theater (Caroline Altman & Patricia Milton; dir: ODC Theater 9/16-10/18 Louis Parnell) Buriel Clay Theater (415) 762-2071 3153 17th St. 762 Fulton St. (415) 863-9834 42nd Street Moon african-americanshakes.org` Romeo and Juliet Eureka Theatre 13thfloordance.org` The Broken Knife b (415) 255-8207 215 Jackson St. 10/17-11/8(William Shakespeare; dirs: Sherri Young 11/6-15 & L. Peter Callender) (Jenny McAllister) 42ndstreetmoon.org` Sail Away American Conservatory Theater 3Girls Theatre Company 10/28-11/15 (Noel Coward; dir. Greg MacKellan) Geary Theater Royce Gallery ` Scrooge in Love! b (415) 527-0301 415 Geary St. 2901 Mariposa St. Strand Theater (415) 749-2228 11/25-12/13(Kellen Blair, Larry Grossman & Duane 1127 Market St. 3girlstheatre.org Poole; dir: Dyan McBride) act-sf.org` Monstress b (Philip Kan Gotanda & Sean San José; adptd from Lysley Tenorio; dir: Carey 9/16-11/22Perloff) Strand Theater ` Ah, Wilderness! 10/14-11/8(Eugene O’Neill; dir: Casey Stangl) Geary Theater ` A Christmas Carol (Carey Perloff & Paul Walsh; adptd from 12/4-27Charles Dickens; dir: Domenique Lozano) Geary Theater ` Satchmo at the Waldorf Marit Brook-Kothlow and Felipe Barruetto-Cabello in Joe Goode Performance Groupe's Poetics of Space. Photo: RJ Muna 1/13-2/7(Terry Teachout; dir: Gordon Edelstein) Geary Theater All information listed comes directly from publicity information supplied to TBA by the producing companies. Please contact companies or venues directly with questions. 1 2015 fall preview ` The Unfortunates ` Halloween Horror Musical Brava! for Women in the Arts 10/30-31 2781 24th St. (Jon Beavers, Kristoffer Diaz, Casey Hurt, (dir: Kasey Klemm) Brava Theater Center (415) 641-7657 Ian Merrigan & Ramiz Monsef; dir: Shana ` Super Scene 2/3-4/10Cooper) Strand Theater 11/6-20 brava.org` (dir: Rebecca Stockley) Glorious Ravage Arabian Shakespeare Company ` Family Drama 10/1-2 (Lisa Mezzacappa) 11/7-28 Royce Gallery ` Pound (408) 499-0017 (dir: Dave Dennison) 2901 Mariposa St. ` Improvised Downton Abbey: The 10/15-11/14 Holiday Episodes (Marga Gomez) arabianshakespearefestival.org` We Made Bread 12/4-19 Breach Once More (dir: John Remak) 12/10-20(Jennifer Le Blanc; dir: Louanne ` Warp Speed: A Holiday Trek Moldovan) Bindlestiff Studio (415) 255-0440 12/26 185 Sixth St. BAM! Bay Area Musicals (dir: Laura Derry) 609 Sutter St. ` NYE Special breachoncemore.org` SubUrbia Marines’ Memorial Theatre 12/31 12/3-19 2961 16th St. (dir: Kasey Klemm) (Eric Bogosian; dir: Steve Bologna) Victoria Theatre (415) 340-2207 Bay Area Children’s Theatre City College of San Francisco Theatre Arts Dept. bamsf.org` How to Succeed in Business Without (See also: East Bay) 221 4th St. Really Trying Children’s Creativity Museum Theater Diego Rivera Theatre (510) 296-4433 (415) 239-3100 50 Phelan Av. (Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock & Willie Gilbert; adptd from bactheatre.org` Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ccsf.edu/en/Departments/Theatre_Arts` Blue Window 11/28-12/19Shepherd Mead; dir: Matthew McCoy) Marines’ Memorial Theatre 10/2-11 ` Hair (Adptd by Ray Roderick & Richard & (Craig Lucas; dir: David Parr) 10/10-11/8Robert Sherman; dir: Karen Altree Piemme) Comedy on the Square (Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni & James ` Lemony Snicket's The Lump of Coal 2/20-3/12Rado; dir: Jon Tracy) Exit Cafe (415) 516-6524 Victoria Theatre 156 Eddy St. 12/5-1/3(Norman Allen; adptd. from Lemony BATS Improv Snicket; dir: Sydney Painter) comedyonthesquare.com` Street Magic Live Bootstrap Theater Foundation Thru 12/5 Bayfront Theater (415) 474-6776 Fort Mason Center, Bldg. B Z Below Company C Contemporary Ballet (866) 811-4111 470 Florida St. improv.org` Four Scary Stories Cowell Theater (925) 708-0752 10/2-23 bootstrap-foundation.org` Arctic Requiem: The Story of Luke Fort Mason Center (dir: BATS company) Cole and Kivalina b ` San Francisco Noir companycballet.org` Arcane: A Tale of All Hallows’ Eve b 10/3-24 10/23-11/15(Sharmon J. Hilfinger & Joan McMillen; (dir: Rafe Chase) dir: Tracy Ward) 10/24-31 (Charles Anderson & Mike Krisukas) All information listed comes directly from publicity information supplied to TBA by the producing companies. Please contact companies or venues directly with questions. 2 2015 fall preview Crowded Fire Theater Company ` Nerd Nation b 1695 18th St. Thick House (Dhaya Lakshminarayanan; dir: Kathryn (415) 746-9238 11/5-21 Wood) Epiphany Productions Sonic Dance crowdedfire.org` Truck Stop Theater 10/1-24 (Lachlan Philpott; dir: Marilee Talkington) Along the Muni streetcar “T” line, from Bay View Boat Club (489 Terry A Francois Bl.) to The Custom Made Theatre Co. (415) 226-1139 the Bayview (415) 782-2682 Munaf Alsafi inCity of Grubs at 533 Sutter St., 2nd Fl. epiphanydance.org` San Francisco Trolley Dances ReOrient 2012. Photo: David Allen 10/16-18 Studio custommade.org` This Is Our Youth Exit Theatre Joe Goode Performance Group & Z 9/18-10/17 Space (Kenneth Lonergan; dir: Brian Katz) (415) 931-1094 ` In Love and Warcraft 156 Eddy St. Joe Goode Annex (415) 561-6565 11/12-12/12 401 Alabama St. (Madhuri Shekar; dir: James Nelson) theexit.org` Saturday Write Fever ` Of Serpents and Sea Spray b joegoode.org` Poetics of Space b Ongoing, 2nd Saturdays 1/7-30 FoolsFury Theater (Rachel Bublitz; dir: Ariel Craft) (Joe Goode & performers; adptd from ` Sam and Dede, or My Dinner with 9/24-10/11 Gaston Bachelard) Exit Theatre Andre the Giant b (415) 685-3665 156 Eddy St. Killing My Lobster 2/11-3/5 (Gino Dilorio; dir: Leah Abrams) foolsfury.org` The Unheard of World b PianoFight (415) 816-3691 The Cutting Ball Theater 144 Taylor St. 10/2-31 (Fabrice Melquiot; dir: Michelle Haner) Exit on Taylor killingmylobster.com` (415) 292-4700 Rosemary's Lobster b 277 Taylor St. Golden Thread Productions 10/30-31 (dir: Millie DeBenedet) cuttingball.com` Z Below Life Is a Dream (866) 811-4111 470 Florida St. ` Sketchprov! b (Andrew Saito; adptd from Pedro 11/27-28 10/2-11/1 goldenthread.org` (Meg Trowbridge; dir: Kate Elston) Calderón de la Barca; dir: Paige Rogers) ReOrient 2015 Festival and Forum b ` Ondine b Kung Pao Kosher Comedy (Hassan Abdulrazzak, dir: Michael French; 2/5-3/6 Yussef El Guindi, dir: Evren Odcikin; (Katharine Sherman; dir: Rob Melrose) New Asia Restaurant Emma Goldman-Sherman, dir: Erin (925) 855-1986 772 Pacific Av. Divafest Gilley; Ken Kaissar, dir: Evren Odcikin; Hannah Khalil, dir: Manijeh Mohamedi; Tala Manassah & Mona Mansour, dir: Sara koshercomedy.com` The 23rd Annual Kung Pao Kosher Exit Cafe Razavi; Nahal Navidar, dir: Sara Razavi; (415) 931-1094 9/10-10/4 Comedy 156 Eddy St. Silva Semerciyan, dir: Erin Gilley) 12/24-26 theexit.org/divafest` Diva or Die Burlesque 10/17, 11/21, 12/19 All information listed comes directly from publicity information supplied to TBA by the producing companies. Please contact companies or venues directly with questions. 3 2015 fall preview Lamplighters Music Theatre The Marsh Mugwumpin (See also: East Bay & South Bay) (See also: East Bay) Intersection for the Arts (415) 282-3055 925 Mission St. (415)Herbst 392-4400 Theatre 1062 Valencia St. 401 Van Ness Av. mugwumpin.org` Blockbuster Season b themarsh.org` Black Virgins Are Not for Hipsters Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater (415) 978-2787 (Joe Estlack & Christopher White; dir: 700 Howard St. Thru 10/29 9/25-10/18 (Echo Brown; dir: Scott Plate) Susannah Martin) ` Loveland lamplighters.org` Return of the Deadeye, or, The Farce New Conservatory Theatre Center Awakens (415) 861-8972 9/12-10/17(Ann Randolph; dir: Joshua Townshend 25 Van Ness Av. Zellner) (Arthur Sullivan & the Lamplighters; dir: ` Inappropriate in All the Right Ways 11/15Phil Lowery) nctcsf.org` For the Love of Comrades Herbst Theatre 9/13-11/1 ` Ruddygore (Ann Randolph) 9/4-10/11 (Micheál Kerrigan; dir: Jeffrey Hoffman) ` Having Cancer Is Hilarious ` The Nance (W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan; dir: Jane 9/17-11/28 2/19-21Erwin Hammett) (Megan Timpane) Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater 10/1-11/2(Douglas Carter Beane; dir: Dennis ` The Waiting Period Lickteig) Left Coast Theatre Co. ` 9/20-10/25 Rock n' Roll Cinderella (Brian Copeland; dir: David Ford) 10/3-10/18 Phoenix Theater ` The Jewelry Box (510) 835-4205 (Stephanie Temple) 414 Mason St., 6th Fl. ` 11/28-12/19 The Kid Thing (Brian Copeland; dir: David Ford) lctc-sf.org` Screaming Queens b 11/6-12/13 ` Fool La La! (Sarah Gubbins; dir: Becca Wolff) ` 10/9-31 12/20-1/3 Avenue Q (Dir: various) (Unique Derique) 12/4-1/17(Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx & Jeff Whitty; dir: Dennis Lickteig) ` Sagittarius Ponderosa b 1/22-2/28 (MJ Kaufman; dir: Ben Randle) Ninjaz of Drama Phoenix Theatre 414 Mason St., Ste. 601 ninjazofdrama.com` Beauty and the Beast vs. the Zombies of Doom! 12/3-12 (Rey Carolino) Brian Livingston, Debórah Eliezer and Paul Collins in FoolsFURY's The Unheard of World. Photo: Robbie Sweeny All information listed comes directly from publicity information supplied to TBA by the producing companies. Please contact companies or venues directly with questions. 4 2015 fall preview ODC San Francisco Opera San Francisco Shakespeare Festival ODC Theater 3153 17th St. War Memorial Opera House (See also: East Bay, North Bay & South Bay) (415) 864-3330 301 Van Ness Av. The Presidio’s Main Post Parade Ground Lawn Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater Graham St. & Keyes Av. (415) 863-9834 700 Howard St. sfopera.com` Lucia di Lammermoor McLaren Park’s Jerry Garcia Amphitheater 40 John F.