Show Round Up: May theatre in full bloom

Festivals, readings, and openings galore!

Here at Theatre Bay Area, our week stated with an explosion of creativity at our Third Annual Spring Soiree, and it’s ending with one of the biggest weekends in theatre yet this season!

It’s a even spread with nine productions you can only catch this weekend, nine shows just starting their runs, and nine shows preparing to take their final bow! With the San Francisco International Arts Festival opening and a plethora of Homegrown Achievement awarded productions, there are an abundance of both local and international artists performing across the Bay Area. What are you planning to see?

Learn all about this week’s shows:

Only this weekend!

Don’t miss out on these shows!

In the Name of the Son – By Green Shoot Productions at San Francisco International Arts Festival

Granica / The Border – By Wachowicz / Fret Studio at San Francisco International Arts Festival

Bob Marley: How Reggae Changed the World – By Duane Forrest at San Francisco International Arts Festival

Blake Rosier Live! at Church of Clown

The Last Supper Party at San Francisco International Arts Festival

Due to an Unforeseen Apocalypse… at Church of Clown

Tablao Flamenco, Melissa Cruz Flamenco (USA) at San Francisco International Arts Festival

Romeo and Juliet at San Francisco Shakespeare Festival

PlayGround Festival: Festival Kick-Off & Playwrights Panel at PlayGround SF

Opening

What’s opening?

The Future That Liberals Want, or; Resume-Building Post-Apocalypse at Awesome Theatre – Homegrown Achievement

Joan Crawford Superstar at Intentional Theatrics – Homegrown Achievement

Improv! Improv! Improv! at BATS Theatre – Homegrown Achievement

Lost & Found – By The Wandering Ensemble at San Francisco International Arts Festival

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at San Francisco Playhouse

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane at Portola Valley Theatre Conservatory

The Mommies: The Last Trimester at The Marsh Berkeley

Legends of Realism at Las Positas College Theater Arts

Romeo / Juliet at Marin Shakespeare

Closing

Last chance to see these shows!

The Last of the Love Letters at Crowded Fire theatre – Reflection Achievement – Open Doors Achievement

Jersey Boys at Palo Alto Players – Homegrown Achievement – Open Doors Achievement

Doodler at Theatre Rhinoceros – Homegrown Achievement

Writing Fragments Home at Hillbarn Theatre – Homegrown Achievement

Cyrano at Los Altos Stage Company

August Wilson’s Two Trains Running at American Conservatory Theatre

It’s True, It’s True, It’s True at Marin Theatre

The Comedy of Errors at American Conservatory Theatre

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change at Sonoma Arts Live