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Announcing the 2026 Rella Lossy Awardee

June 16, 2026

We are proud to announce the recipient of the 2026-27 Rella Lossy Award. The Rella Lossy Award honors the memory of Rella Lossy, a lifelong champion of the American theatre and playwriting, by honoring the best new full-length script of a play by an emerging playwright that will premiere in Alameda County, Contra Costa County,…

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Announcing the Spring 2026 CA$H Theatre Grantees

June 5, 2026

We are proud to announce the following recipients of the Spring 2026 CA$H Theatre Grants. Learn more about CA$H Theatre. CA$H Performs CA$H Performs is a $5,000 grant that supports fully produced performances of theatre projects that are open to the public. Ramon Abad The Big Whoop Dee Do is a new family-friendly, multimedia theatre…

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27-year-old wins the Bay Area’s highest playwriting honor

February 25, 2026

by Chronicle Staff “Push/Pull” by Harry Davis has won the illustrious Will Glickman Award for the best play to premiere in the Bay Area in 2025.  The lean, poetic script, about two troubled young men — one a bodybuilder, the other recently released from a mental health facility — is the first professionally produced play by…

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Theatre Bay Area Celebrates 50 Years Serving the Arts Community

January 22, 2026

Theatre Bay Area kicks off its 50th anniversary celebrations this month with festivities continuing through all of 2026. Founded in 1976, Theatre Bay Area is one of the largest regional performing arts service organizations in North America. An organization by and for theatremakers, Theatre Bay Area has spent the last 50 years championing the performing…

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Introducing the 2025-26 Arts Leadership Residents

November 5, 2025

Joey Pagaduan at Marin Shakespeare Company Actor, writer, and administrator Joey Pagaduan will produce part of Marin Shakespeare Company’s season under the mentorship of Artistic Director Jon Tracy, Managing Director Lesley Currier, and Production Manager Leontyne Mbele-Mbong. Kimberly Braun at A.C.T. Young Conservatory Teaching artist and administrator Kimberly Braun will produce the Fall Young Conservatory…

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Introducing the 2025 RHE Charitable Foundation Artistic Fellow

October 3, 2025

Theatre Bay Area and the RHE Charitable Foundation announce Jamella Cross as the 2025 RHE Charitable Foundation Artistic Fellow. Cross will be introduced as the awardee on Monday, November 17, 2025, at Theatre Bay Area’s 2025 conference, TBAConnect: Undeniable Creativity. Cross, a self-described born-and-raised Oakland, California Audience Alchemist, has been seen on stage across the…

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Career Guide

It can be hard to break into a new industry or area as a theatre artist so check out these tips and tricks to get the job!

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The Scene

Show Round Up: Summer Bacchanalia

June 9, 2026

Show Round Up: June Bloom

June 5, 2026

Show Round Up: Last Call for May!

May 29, 2026

Show Round Up: Memorial Day Fun

May 21, 2026

Show Round Up: New Works On Stage

May 12, 2026

Show Round Up: The Perfect Treat for Mom

May 7, 2026

Show Round Up: Only This Weekend

April 30, 2026

Show Round Up: Something to Sing About

April 17, 2026

Show Round Up: Make Yourself at Home

April 9, 2026

Show Round Up: Homegrown Original

April 2, 2026

Theatre Bay Area News

With New Residency Program, TBA Aims To Close the Theatre Leadership Gap

August 25, 2021
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by Edward Guthmann A 2020 report from the Asian American Performers Action Coalition studied the 18 largest non-profit…

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TBA & Anti-Racism: Accountability and Action

April 1, 2021
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Theatre Bay Area acknowledges the social unrest and racial reckoning occurring throughout the country and…

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Theatre Advocates Mobilize in Response to California’s Gig Worker Law

February 26, 2020
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by Rotimi Agbabiaka Last month, California’s AB5 went into effect, requiring companies across the state…

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Theatre Bay Area and AB5

January 10, 2020
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A message from the board of Theatre Bay Area: Many in our community are asking…

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Headshots 101: Part Two

December 4, 2019
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by Rotimi AgbabiakaLast Insider we received some tips from local headshot photographers about taking a winning headshot.…

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Headshots 101: Part One

November 19, 2019
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by Rotimi Agbabiaka As 2020 approaches you may be thinking, “New year, new me, new headshots?” Often…

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Glickman Award Winner Finds Humor and Depth in Discord

April 2, 2019
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by Edward Guthmann In his scathingly funny Eureka Day, Oakland playwright Jonathan Spector satirized the anti-vaxxing…

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The Business of Show Biz – Getting Notes From A Fellow Actor

January 3, 2018
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by Velina Brown Q: A while ago I was cast in an AEA show with an…

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The Business of Show Biz: Burning A Bridge

November 15, 2017
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by Velina Brown Q: I saw the letter you posted on Facebook regarding the show about…

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Proposed Increases to NEA and NEH: A Letter from Brad Erickson

May 1, 2017
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Dear Colleagues, Advocacy works! Monday morning we received word from Americans for the Arts and…

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Arts and Community Members Assemble at City Hall for San Francisco Arts Advocacy Day

March 21, 2017

Theatre Bay Area staff joined nearly 400 artists, arts administrators, cultural producers, and cultural ambassadors…

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Arts Advocates Take Capitol Hill for Arts Advocacy Day 2017!

March 20, 2017
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Theatre Bay Area Executive Director Brad Erickson (Americans for the Arts’ Co Captain for California) and Managing…

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