“Dance Nation” and “Groundhog Day” will kick off San Francisco Playhouse’s 2019-20 season. Season Subscriptions are available immediately online at www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/subscribe-2019-20-season, or by calling the box office at 415-677-9596. This legendary masterpiece is considered by many to be the greatest musical ever created. Rachel Bublitz is thrilled to have the Utah Premiere of RIPPED with Good Company Theatre in … Tiny Beautiful Things is a play about reaching when you're stuck, healing when you're broken, and finding the courage to take on the questions that have no answers. San Francisco Playhouse | 450 Post St. Run time: One hour, 45 minutes with one intermission. An essential San Francisco story, The Daughters follows the 60 year journey of a community—from the first secret meeting of the first lesbian social club in San Francisco to closing night of the last lesbian bar. Julia Brothers is appearing as Maeve in DANCE NATION by Clare Barron at SF Playhouse, directed by Becca Wolff, choreography by Kim Richards running Sept 24 – Nov 9, 2019. Patricia Cotter’s awards include American Academy of Arts Letters, Richard Rodgers Award, Emmy Award, Writers Guild of America Award. Artistic director Bill English's commitment to empathy as a guiding philosophical and aesthetic force is admirable and by living that mission, fascinating things happen onstage." Clare Barron’s “Dance Nation,” about an adolescent female dance troupe, was one of off-Broadway’s hot tickets in 2018, partly for its inventive casting with … The new year continues with the Bay Area premiere of Nia Vardalos’ “Tiny Beautiful Things” (Jan. 28-March 7), based on the anthology by advice columnist Cheryl Strayed and directed by Bill English. Call 415.677.9596 to buy tickets by phone, “The unique magic of live theater … Holt’s direction keeps the play aglow with the possibility of danger.” – Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle, “A powerful reminder of the strength and importance of community.” – Kate Tinney, Daily Californian. The season will close with the long-awaited San Francisco professional premiere of Follies, Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's brilliant and timeless Tony Award-winning musical. As the threat of deportation and cultural pressures mount, the women must navigate issues of self-image while uniting to achieve their goals. Josefina López’s “Real Women Have Curves” (March 17-April 25) follows five Latinas in a Los Angeles garment factory, taking on issues of immigration and body image. The new year will begin with Tiny Beautiful Things, Nia Vardalos's stirring and poignant play based on the best-selling book by Cheryl Strayed, followed by Real Women Have Curves by Josefina López, a powerful and comedic microcosm of the Latina immigrant experience. AUDITION DATE Mon, Apr 01, 2019 11:00 am - 5:00 pm (PDT) APPOINTMENTS The artists gather for one last time, reminiscing about the past and contemplating their future, before the theater dims its lights for good. American Conservatory Theater (9/14 - 11/8), www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/subscribe-2019-20-season, The Breath Project Announces Lineup for Inaugural Virtual Festival, Theatre Rhinoceros Presents THE DEBUT OF GEORGIA. Winner of the 2017 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Dance Nation is a play about ambition, growing up, and how to find our souls in the heat of it all. Located in the heart of the Union Square Theater District, San Francisco Playhouse is the city's premier Off-Broadway company, an intimate alternative to the larger more traditional Union Square theater fare. The Stars Look Very Different Today was produced as part of Theatreworks 17th Annual New Works Festival, 2018. Our Town. A classic of the American stage by Thornton Wilder. Surreal, sophisticated, compelling, heart wrenching and epic in scope, Follies uses the musical theatre as a metaphor for the collapse of American innocence and naiveté in the post-Kennedy years. The Daughters of Bilitis conduct their first meeting. Musical RevivalBook by James Goldman; Music and Lyrics by Stephen SondheimProduced Originally on Broadway by Harold PrinceOrchestrations by Jonathan TunickDirected by Bill English; Music Direction by Dave Dobrusky, July 1 to September 12, 2020Press Opening: Wednesday, July 8, 2020. The Playhouse's award-winning Sandbox Series of World Premieres will begin its 11th season of new plays in 2019. Plays include: 1980 (Or Why I’m Voting For John Anderson) Chicago’s Jackalope Theatre 2017, Jeff Awards nominee for Best New Play, The Surrogate, winner of the 2016 Susan Glaspell Award, finalist at the 2016 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, produced at Centenary Stage Company, NJ, in 2017, Rules of Comedy, produced in 2015 Humana Festival of Ten-Minute Plays. KQED/NPR recently described the company: "San Francisco Playhouse is one of the few theaters in the Bay Area that has a mission that actually shows up on stage. BroadwayHD's October Lineup - SWEENEY TODD, A STAR IS BORN, & More! It's 1971, and theatrical impresario Dimitri Weissmann is hosting a reunion of ex-Follies performers in his crumbling theatre, about to be demolished to make room for a parking lot. 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By Josefina LópezDirector to be announced, March 17 to April 25, 2020Press Opening: Saturday, March 21, 2020. PLAY DETAILS. Shows and dates for season will be available on Mar. Sarah Ruhl’s “The Clean House” (May 5-June 20) explores conflicting notions of femininity against the backdrop of a housekeeper-employer relationship. Musicals (librettist/ adaptations) include Rocket Science: A Musical, received readings at Playwrights Horizons in New York (directed by Kathleen Marshall) and was produced at The Village Theatre, Seattle; The Break-Up Notebook: A Musical (based on her play), at The Vineyard Theatre in New York. Season Tickets & Packages Choose season tickets to experience a variety of performances each season. The Daughters is a play about the transformation of identity, gender, and sexuality across generations in the queer epicenter of the universe. "We seek to collaborate with artists who speak from widely divergent perspectives. So we are particularly thrilled about this season, which spans from one the hottest off-Broadway plays of last season to the San Francisco professional premiere of a Sondheim classic. Watch a BOYS IN THE BAND Conversation With Mart Crowley, Watch the Official Trailer for WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, Watch the Trailer for HORTON FOOTE: THE ROAD TO HOME, Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley Sing 'You Learn to Live Without', Broadway Rewind: DAMES AT SEA Taps All the Way to Broadway, Watch the Trailer For JINGLE JANGLE: A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY, Heidi Blickenstaff Performs 'I Need Them to See Me' by Tom Kitt, Natalie Weiss and Felicia Boswell Perform 'Stand For' From EMOJILAND. The lineup for Sandbox Series will be released in a separate announcement this spring.San Francisco PlayhouseFounded by Bill English and Susi Damilano in 2003, San Francisco Playhouse has been described by the New York Times as "a company that stages some of the most consistently high-quality work around, and deemed "ever adventurous" by the Bay Area News Group. When Lane is deserted by her husband, she must turn to the women in her life to help her put things back together. Drinking On A Plane in 2018, and The Anthropology Section in 2015both produced by The Actors Theatre of Louisville’s The Tens, The Break Up Notebook (a GLAAD Award nominee). A serious career-oriented doctor, Lane, has hired a quirky Brazilian maid named Matilde. In addition to writing for the stage, Patricia has written for Twentieth Century Fox Television, Disney Theatrical, and Comedy Central. San Francisco Playhouse provides audiences the opportunity to experience professional theater with top-notch actors and world-class design in a setting where they are close to the action. Both the Broadway Series and Children’s Theater Series offer popular titles alongside pleasant surprises in benefit-filled packages that fit any taste or budget. *Member of Actors’ Equity Association. ©Copyright 2020 Hearst Communications, Inc. How to counter the racism of 'Othello'? BUY TICKETS – 2019 Playhouse Season. L-R:E velyn (Olivia Levine), Griff (Molly Shaiken), Vivian (Jeunée Simon), Shorty (Em Lee Reaves), Mal (Katie Rubin), and Peggy (Erin Anderson). Jefferson (Molly Shaiken), Leslie (Jeunée Simon), Natalie (Erin Anderson), and Gina (Katie Rubin) at the closing night of the Lexington Club. “Follies” (July 1-Sept. 12), by James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim, takes place at a reunion of Ziegfeld Follies performers decades after their last show, as their theater is about to be razed. An essential San Francisco story, The Daughters follows the 60 year journey of a community—from the first secret meeting of the first lesbian social club in San Francisco to closing night of the last lesbian bar. Phil Connors, a big-city weatherman, couldn't be more frustrated to be reporting on the small-town Groundhog Day Ceremony-until he finds himself reliving the same day over and over again. 21 Shows Streaming on BroadwayWorld Events This Week! There's just one problem: Matilde, an aspiring comedienne, would much rather be telling jokes than mopping floors. Leslie (Jeunée Simon) celebrates the last night of the Lexington Club. Real Women Have Curves is a peek into the world of the Latina immigrant experience that celebrates women. Spike (Em Lee Reaves, center) gets ready to perform as Gina (Katie Rubin) and Ani (Olivia Levine) look on. This theater operates under an agreement with Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., … October 4 to 20, 2019. Bay Area PremiereBook by Danny Rubin; Music and Lyrics by Tim MinchinDirected by Susi Damilano; Music Direction by Dave Dobrusky, November 20, 2019 to January 18, 2020Press Opening: Wednesday, November 27, 2019. Seeking diverse actors of all backgrounds for our 2019-2020 season. It's February 2nd in Punxsutawney, PA, and a storm is coming. Your weekly guide to Bay Area arts & entertainment. May 5 to June 20, 2020Press Opening: Saturday, May 9, 2020. Single Tickets will go on sale to the public on July 1, 2019. Clare Barron’s “Dance Nation,” about an adolescent female dance troupe, was one of off-Broadway’s hot tickets in 2018, partly for its inventive casting with performers ranging in age from their 20s to 60s.