Theatre
The Lost Folio: Shakespeare’s Musicals
Un-Scripted Theater Company 2nd Floor, 533 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThe passion of Shakespeare, the spontaneity of theatrical improvisation, and the charm of original music meet in The Lost Folio: Shakespeare's Musicals, a series of full-length musicals the Bard himself might have written. Shakespearean actors will create a new tale every night, including comedies, tragedies, wild adventures, and epic romances. Through the Un-Scripted Theater Company's dedication to the art of theatrical improvisation, The Lost Folio highlights why Shakespeare is the most beloved playwright in history.
WarCircus (after Euripides’ The Trojan Women)
The Imaginists 461 Sebastopol Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA, United StatesWhat if you had to perform your tragedy over and over for thousands of years? Would you start to resent having to perform your role? From out of the past come the archetypal women of Troy: Helen, the beauty, Cassandra, the truth-teller, Hecuba, the matriarch, Andromache, the rock, Polyxena, the future, and the Women of the Chorus, the time-travelers.
Year of the Rooster
Impact Theatre at La Val's Subterranean 1834 Euclid Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United StatesOdysseus Rex is having quite a year. Quite a part of a year, anyway - Odie’s only eight months old. But even at his young age, he’s mad as hell and wants to fight his way to the top. Did we mention Odie’s a rooster? Odie’s trainer, fast-food cashier Gil, has been raising Odie in a bid to return to the horrific world of cockfighting, his only chance to win at something in life. To get there, though, Gil and Odie have to survive Dickie the cockfight promoter, Gil’s mom, and Philipa, Gil’s young McDonald’s manager who’s got big dreams of her very own. A gut-busting yet poignant portrait of the price of ambition, this is the must-see show of the fall.
Ransom, Texas
The Flight Deck 1540 Broadway, Oakland, CA, United StatesIn a small West Texas town, two men locked in the office of a factory battle for power using whatever they've got: manipulation, mind-games, lies, and brute force. This savage, emotionally compelling two man tour-de-force will blow your socks off.
WarCircus (after Euripides’ The Trojan Women)
The Imaginists 461 Sebastopol Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA, United StatesWhat if you had to perform your tragedy over and over for thousands of years? Would you start to resent having to perform your role? From out of the past come the archetypal women of Troy: Helen, the beauty, Cassandra, the truth-teller, Hecuba, the matriarch, Andromache, the rock, Polyxena, the future, and the Women of the Chorus, the time-travelers.
Wonderboy and 29 Effeminate Gestures
Z Space 450 Florida Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesWonderboy tells an unexpected tale of a peculiar superhero puppet isolated by his gift of sensitivity. 29 Effeminate Gestures is a 12-minute solo set to music by Erik Ian Walker. It is an illuminating look at stereotypes of masculinity and considered Goode’s signature work.
Year of the Rooster
Impact Theatre at La Val's Subterranean 1834 Euclid Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United StatesOdysseus Rex is having quite a year. Quite a part of a year, anyway - Odie’s only eight months old. But even at his young age, he’s mad as hell and wants to fight his way to the top. Did we mention Odie’s a rooster? Odie’s trainer, fast-food cashier Gil, has been raising Odie in a bid to return to the horrific world of cockfighting, his only chance to win at something in life. To get there, though, Gil and Odie have to survive Dickie the cockfight promoter, Gil’s mom, and Philipa, Gil’s young McDonald’s manager who’s got big dreams of her very own. A gut-busting yet poignant portrait of the price of ambition, this is the must-see show of the fall.
Ransom, Texas
The Flight Deck 1540 Broadway, Oakland, CA, United StatesIn a small West Texas town, two men locked in the office of a factory battle for power using whatever they've got: manipulation, mind-games, lies, and brute force. This savage, emotionally compelling two man tour-de-force will blow your socks off.
WarCircus (after Euripides’ The Trojan Women)
The Imaginists 461 Sebastopol Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA, United StatesWhat if you had to perform your tragedy over and over for thousands of years? Would you start to resent having to perform your role? From out of the past come the archetypal women of Troy: Helen, the beauty, Cassandra, the truth-teller, Hecuba, the matriarch, Andromache, the rock, Polyxena, the future, and the Women of the Chorus, the time-travelers.
Adventures of A Black Girl: Traveling While Black
Brava Theater 2781 24th Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesTraveling While Black is part travelogue, part history lesson, part stand-up comedy and based on a lifetime of travel as a touring artist. Come see the show that had audiences screaming for more!