San Francisco Playhouse

San Francisco Playhouse
SF Playhouse
The Playhouse
The San Francisco Playhouse
Address 450 Post Street
San Francisco
United States
Capacity 199
Production The Nether
Opened 2003
Website
http://sfplayhouse.org

San Francisco Playhouse (formerly SF Playhouse) is a non-profit theater company in San Francisco, California founded in 2003 by Bill English and Susi Damilano.[1][2] The theater stages eight plays yearly, including Broadway plays, musicals, and world and regional premieres.[3]

As part of its mission to shape and promote the growth of performing arts in the Bay Area, San Francisco Playhouse created the Rising Star Program, which provides theatre tickets to under-served youths in San Francisco and surrounding communities.[4]

History

Change of Venue

In 2012, San Francisco Playhouse moved to a 199-seat theater at 450 Post Street, inside of the Kensington Park Hotel.[4] The venue, formerly home to The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, was constructed in 1925 as a lodge for the Elks.

Current Season

Programs

Rising Star Program

The Rising Star Theatre Attendance Program inspires a new generation of theatregoers by providing Bay Area high school students with a four play season subscription. As part of the TAP, students receive a pre-show lesson plan that includes theatre games/warm-ups, scene teasers and comprehension questions; the post-show lesson provides further enrichment with activities that draw on their experience as audience members. Rising Stars also participate in an immediate post-show discussion with the cast and director. They then write a letter to their adult subscriber-sponsor describing their reactions to the performances.

Our Rising Star Program now serves 600 youth from 19 local high schools. Approximately 50% have no formal drama program at their schools, 75% are economically disadvantaged, and 90% are minorities. In our recent end-of-the-season survey, 25% of students reported that they hadn’t seen a single play prior to attending a San Francisco Playhouse production, and another 50% had only seen one to two shows before participating in the Rising Star Program.

Sandbox Series

The mission of The Sandbox is to promote new works utilizing top-notch directors and actors. The presentations have limited design elements and are being promoted primarily online thus reducing the costs and risk of each production. By reducing risk, the Sandbox Series is designed to bridge the gap between “readings” and “main stage” productions and thus provide increased exposure to the new voices in American Theater.

Productions

Opening Play Writer Director
2016/07 City of Angels Larry Gelbart Bill English
2016/05 Red Velvet Lolita Chakrabarti Margo Hall
2016/03 Colossal Andrew Hinderaker Jon Tracy
2016/01 The Nether[5] Jennifer Haley Bill English
2015/11 Stage Kiss[6] Sarah Ruhl Susi Damilano
2015/09 Dogfight[7] Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Bill English
2015/07 Company[8] George Furth Susi Damilano
2015/05 Trouble Cometh[9] Richard Dresser May Adrales
2015/03 Stupid Fucking Bird[10] Aaron Posner Susi Damilano
2015/01 Tree[11] Julie Hébert Jon Tracy
2014/11 Promises, Promises[12] Neil Simon Bill English
2014/09 Ideation[13] Aaron Loeb Josh Costello
2014/06 Into the Woods[14] James Lapine (book) Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) Susi Damilano
2014/05 Seminar[15] Theresa Rebeck Amy Glazer
2014/03 Bauer[2] Lauren Gunderson Bill English
2014/01 Jerusalem[16] Jez Butterworth Bill English
2013/11 Storefront Church John Patrick Shanley Joy Carlin
2013/10 The Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo Rajiv Joseph Bill English
2013/07 Camelot Alan Jay Lerner (book & lyrics) & Frederick Loewe (music) Bill English
2013/05 Abigail's Party[17] Mike Leigh Amy Glazer
2013/03 Reasons to be Pretty Neil Labute Susi Damilano
2013/01 The Motherf**ker with the Hat Stephen Adly Guirgis Bill English
2012/12 Bell, Book and Candle John Van Druten Bill English
2012/10 Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson Alex Timbers (script) & Michael Friedman (music & lyrics Jon Tracy
2012/07 My Fair Lady George Bernard Shaw (book), Alan Lerner (lyrics) & Frederick Loewe (music) Bill English
2012/05 A Behanding in Spokane Martin Mcdonagh Susi Damilano
2012/03 The Aliens Annie Baker Lila Neugebauer
2012/01 Becky Shaw Gina Gionfriddo Amy Glazer
2011/11 Period of Adjustment Tennessee Williams Bill English
2011/09 Honey Brown Eyes Stefanie Zadravec Susi Damilano
2011/06 Tigers Be Still Kim Rosenstock Amy Glaxer
2011/05 Reborning Zayd Dohrn Josh Costello
2011/03 Wirehead Benjamin Brown Susi Damilano
2011/01 Harper Regan Simon Stephens Amy Glazer
2010/11 Coraline David Greenspan (book) & Stephin Merritt (music & lyrics) Bill English
2010/09 The Sunset Limited Cormac McCarthy Bill English
2010/06 The Fantasticks Tom Jones (book & lyrics) & Harvey Schmidt (music) Bill English
2010/04 Slasher Allison Moore Jon Tracy
2010/03 Den of Thieves Stephen Adly Guirgis Susi Damilano
2010/01 Animal out of Paper Rajiv Joseph Amy Glazer
2009/11 She Stoops to Comedy David Greenspan Mark Rucker
2009/09 First Day of School Billy Aronson Chris Smith
2009/06 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Dale Wasserman Bill English
2009/05 Dead Man's Cell Phone Sarah Ruhl Susi Damilano
2009/03 The Story Tracey Scott Wilson Margo Hall
2009/01 Landscape of the Body John Guare Bill English
2008/12 Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party Aaron Loeb Chris Smith
2008/10 Shining City Conor McPherson Amy Glazer
2008/07 Tea & Crisp Richard Louis James Richard Louis James
2008/06 Cabaret Joe Masteroff (book)& Fred Ebb (lyrics)& John Kender (music) Bill English
2008/05 Bug Tracy Letts Jon Tracy
2008/03 Coronado Dennis Lehane Susi Damilano
2008/01 The Scene Theresa Rebeck Amy Glazer
2007/12 Mrs Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge Christopher Durang Jon Carlin
2007/09 Six Degrees of Separation Jon Guare Bill English
2007/06 Man of La Mancha Dale Wasserman (book), Joe Darion (lyrics) & Mitch Leigh (music) Jon Tracy
2007/05 First Person Shooter Aaron Loeb Jon Tracy
2007/03 Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train Stephen Adly Guirgis Bill English
2007/01 Three Seconds in the Key Deb Margolin Leigh Fondakowski
2006/11 Reckless Craig Lucas -
2006/09 The Ride Down Mount Morgan Arthur Miller Joe Carlin
2006/06 Putting it Together Stephen Sondheim -
2006/05 Roulette Paul Weitz Susi Damilano
2006/03 Our Lady of 121st Street Stephen Adly Guirgis -
2006/01 The Mystery Plays Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa -
2005/11 Prelude to a Kiss Craig Lucas -
2005/09 The Crucible Arthur Miller -
2005/06 Art Yasmina Reza Robin Stanton
2005/04 Kimberly Akimbo David Lindsay-Abaire -
2005/02 Monster Neal Bell Bill English
2004/11 Our Town Thornton Wilder Bill English
2004/09 The Fantasticks Tom Jones (Book & Lyrics) Harvey Schmidt (music) Bill English
2004/04 The Smell of the Kill Michelle Lowe Bill English
2004/02 The Glory of Living Rebecca Gilman Bill English
2003/12 It Had to be You Renee Taylor & Joseph Bologna -

Sandbox Series

Opening Play Writer Director
2016 The Rules Dipika Guha
2016/03 On Clover Road Steven Dietz
2015/08 1 2 3 Lila Rose Kaplan Lauren English
2014/10 77% Rinne Groff Marissa Wolf
2014/08 From Red to Black Rhett Rossi Susi Damilano
2013/09 Ideation Aaron Loeb Josh Costello
2013/02 Inevitable Jordan Puckett Lauren English
2012/08 Grounded George Brant Susannah Martin
2012/06 Reunion Kenn Rabin Louis Parnell
2012/02 Private Parts Graham Gremore Bill English
2011/10 Track in a Box Tim Barsky Jon Tracy
2010/10 Seven Days Daniel Heath Susi Damilano
2010/02 Safe House Geetha Reddy Nancy Carlin
2010/05 The Apotheosis of Pig Husbandry William Bivins Bill English

References

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  2. 1 2 Heymont, George (27 May 2014). "As Seen Through a Woman's Eyes". Huffington Post (TheHuffingtonPost.com). Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  3. Hurwitt, Robert (20 July 2012). "SF Playhouse moving to a bigger house". SF Gate (Hearst Communications). Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  4. 1 2 Sanchez, Don. "SF theater company celebrates 10th anniversary". ABC 7 News. ABC, Inc. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  5. Jones, Chad (January 25, 2016). "Provocative, brilliant ‘Nether’ world at S.F. Playhouse". SF Gate. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  6. Rowe, Georgia (November 23, 2015). "‘Stage Kiss’ a charming valentine to theater". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  7. Hurwitt, Robert (September 28, 2015). "‘Dogfight’: Marines’ fraught last night in S.F. before Vietnam". SF Gate. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  8. "Love, marriage side by side in SF Playhouse’s lively ‘Company’ - The San Francisco Examiner". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  9. Hurwitt, Robert (May 17, 2015). "‘Trouble’ cagily probes reality TV at SF Playhouse". SF Gate. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  10. Mannino, Jason (April 15, 2015). "San Francisco Playhouse Debuts Bay Area Premiere of 'Stupid Fucking Bird'". Huffington Post. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  11. Jones, Chad (January 26, 2015). "Theater review: "Tree" explores tangled roots of family". SF Gate. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  12. Katz, Leslie (13 November 2014). "SF Playhouse takes swing at ‘Promises, Promises’". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  13. D'Souza, Karen (1 August 2014). "Review: 'Ideation,' a gripping dark comedy, returns to San Francisco Playhouse". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  14. Sokol, Robert (1 July 2014). "SF Playhouse makes happy journey ‘Into the Woods’". The Examiner (The San Francisco Examiner). Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  15. D'Souza, Karen (5 May 2014). "Review: 'Seminar' a snarky triumph at San Francisco Playhouse". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  16. Lin, Michelle (3 February 2014). "San Francisco Playhouse’s ‘Jerusalem’ squanders technical excellence with erratic plot". The Daily Californian. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  17. Heymont, George (10 December 2013). "A Pair of Pitch Perfect Productions". Huffington Post (TheHuffingtonPost.com). Retrieved 16 July 2014.

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