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Show Round Up: Closing Time
Last call for some great theatre! Looking at this weekend’s show schedule can cause major theatre FOMO. There are seven great productions closing. If you have been considering seeing these shows, now is your moment. But the FOMO doesn’t stop there, we’re excited to have both a CA$H Theatre grantee and a Bay Area Theatre Week…
Theatre Bay Area Celebrates the Return of “Bay Area Theatre Week”
20+ Bay Area theatre companies to offer free and low-price events to audiences in a region-wide celebration of live theatre Bay Area Theatre Week to run September 12 — 22, 2025 SAN FRANCISCO, CA (August 20, 2025) – Theatre Bay Area, is thrilled to share the return of the wildly popular Bay Area Theatre Week, a 10-day…
Show Round Up: Summer Reflections
We love our theatre community! It’s easy caught up in the stress of arts funding cuts and doom tinted headlines about our region and industry. But in spite of all the challenges, every day artists are creating new stories and productions that connect us to one another and give us space to feel the storytelling…
Show Round Up: Extended Runs
The show goes on! We have great selection of shows kicking off this weekend, including La Cucaracha, which starts off PlayGround SF’s Free Play Festival with three TBA Highlights Achievements. Not only that, there are two great productions that have extended their runs through this weekend, The Last Goat at Central Works and LES BLANCS…
Show Round Up: Grantee Shout Out
What’s playing this weekend? We have a great line up of shows to share with you this week. With a special shout out to the CA$H Theatre Grant supported show, The Future is Queer at Left Coast Theatre Company! Theatre Bay Area’s CA$H Theatre Grant program provides vital financial support to individual theatre artists and…
Show Round Up: Theatre Near and Far
It’s time to plan a date or a day trip! July theatre is in full swing and our members have shows opening from Marin to San Jose and everywhere in between. Which means this weekend is the perfect time to visit your neighborhood theatre, or even plan a longer adventure and see a show somewhere…
Show Round Up: Live in the Bay Area
Bay Area theatre is here for you. What a great week for local theatre! Your options include a summer Shakespeare show, a solo performance, some musical theatre, and more. A special shout out to the Berkeley Playhouse YouthStage production of Something Rotten!. We love sharing shows that feature the next generation of theatremakers. So what…
Show Round Up: July Starts off with a Bang!
Talent exploding around the Bay Area! There are some sparkling shows opening and a few more making their grand finale this holiday weekend. Theatre is ephemeral, too many great shows make a big spark and then fade away quickly. Don’t miss your chance to witness the bright beauty of the Bay Area!p.s. Did you get…
Show Round Up: Last Call for June Shows!
Going, going, gone! This month is going out on a high note with ten shows closing this weekend. If you want to celebrate San Francisco Pride with some local queer theatre, be sure to check out The Laramie Project at Theatre Rhinoceros and HAPPY PLEASANT VALLEY: A Senior Sex Scandal Murder Mystery Musical at CenterREP.…
Show Round Up: Don’t Miss Out
Out with the old and in with the new! Have you been putting off getting to the theatre this month? With seven shows closing, this weekend is the perfect time to get out and avoid that good theatre FOMO. Speaking of FOMO, this week W. Kamau Bell returns to the Berkeley Rep stage for a…