.Theater & Performance

The visually stunning play by Mary Zimmerman is coming back to its Bay Area roots this month. Metamorphoses had its West Coast premiere at the Zellerbach Playhouse...

In 1995, British playwright Sarah Kane premiered her first production, a provocative three-person play featuring rape, suicide, and cannibalism. It shocked London audiences with its unflinching depiction and was met by largely negative...

Exasperated social worker Caroline (Jamie Jones) drowns in paperwork in Aurora's Bay Area Premiere of Luna Gale. Credits: Photo by David Allen Luna Gale, written by playwright Rebecca Gilman,...

From left to right: Karen Aldridge as Amanda and Sean San José as Tom. Credits: Photo by Cheshire Isaacs This weekend marks the California Shakespeare Theater’s final run of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie. The semi-autobiographical work, which is...

Located in San Francisco’s SOMA district, Bindlestiff Studio is the only permanent, community-based performing arts venue in the nation dedicated to showcasing emerging Filipino American and Pilipino artists. Since 1989, Bindlestiff Studio has hosted theatrical productions, music...

Samuel Peaches (Casey Robbins), and Princess Gwen (Marlene Yarosh). Credits: Photo by Tim Guydish A traveling thespian troupe is coming to a Bay Area park near you. The Peripatetic Players will be mounting its latest, titled Shakespeare or Space...

Joy Sherratt (center) with Leandra Ramm and Krista Wigle. Credits: Photo by Kathy Kahn Nestled in the Oakland Hills off Joaquin Miller Road is the Woodminster Amphitheater. Many are familiar with the cascades, used as an outdoor workout playground,...