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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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Announcing the Fall 2025 CA$H Theatre Grantees

December 11, 2025

We are proud to announce the following recipients of the Fall 2025 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. The Antifa Comedy Hour  The Antifa Comedy Hour is a night of gleefully anti-fascist comedy…

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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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Show Round Up: Spring Theatre is Here

February 27, 2026

Show Round Up: Theatre for a Rainy Day

February 18, 2026

Show Round Up: Valentines Date Night

February 12, 2026

Show Round Up: February Fun

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Show Round Up: Oh the Places You’ll Go

January 29, 2026

Show Round Up: World Premiere Weekend

January 22, 2026

Show Round Up: The Youth Are at the Gates

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Show Round Up: More Theatre This Year

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Show Round Up: Out With a Bang

December 24, 2025

Show Round Up: Wonderful Winter Time

December 18, 2025

Theatre Bay Area News

10 Tips for Choosing Your Audition Monologue

August 7, 2014
Headshot of Melissa Hillman. A light skinned woman with blue eyes, black oval glasses and wearing red lipstick with a nose ring. She has red hair with bangs. She is smiling with her teeth showing.

By Melissa Hillman Finding the right piece can be one of the most stressful parts…

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