578 stories from Theatre Bay Area
Interview by Laura Brueckner
Early this November, TBA executive director Brad Erickson headed to Salt Lake City, Utah to attend the four-day National Arts Marketing Project Confer…
By Alan Kline
Bay Area theatregoers know all too well that highway, bridge and tunnel traffic can be intense. Some have chosen to eschew cars entirely, relying on public transit to get th…
Interview by Laura Brueckner
Although most Bay Area theatre-makers have had the thrill of trying something new, few of us can say we've been at the forefront of a genuine revo…
Welcome to Theatre Process, a podcast featuring Bay Area theatre artists interviewing special guest artists about the work they make. Coming up: Rude Mechs and Mugwumpin!
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By Velina Brown
Q: Maybe the answer is obvious to others, but I'm not sure how I'm supposed to interact with costume designers when I go in for a fitting. I don't know when (or whether) I s…
Bay Area Theatre News
' TBA Meets the President
' ACT Halloween Gala Nets $130K
' Bay Area Actor Reggie White Named a 2015 Fox Fellow
' Berkeley Rep "Eclipsed" by Broadway
' BAPF Script…
Happy November! We here in the Bay Area have so much to be thankful for"especially the fantastically rich and varied theatre work that abounds here. This month's Editors' Picks are all over …
By Jonathan Spector
Unsolicited script submissions are a tricky beast. There are a few organizations out there, like Playwrights Foundation (for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival), the O'…
Isn't October just the best? It's got pumpkin-flavored everything, the last few weeks of booty-shorts weather and stores filling up with costumes and candy for the Bay Area's favorite holida…
By Jean Schiffman
Central to the San Francisco theatre scene since its inception in 1983, Exit Theatre has always been indie artist-focused. So too is its publishing division, Exit Press.
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TBA Awards Finalists Announced!
By Sam Hurwitt
When a playwright becomes a playwright, one of the biggest and most obvious questions is, "How do I get my work seen?" Following almost immediately after that, possibly in th…
By Velina Brown
Q: A few years ago, someone that I studied voice with [a fellow student] attempted to sexually assault me. I've cut ties from him since then, but I've always been afraid tha…
Joining TBA's communications manager Laura Brueckner and listings editor Kim Cohan this month is guest editor Evren Odcikin, director of marketing and new plays for TBA member company G…
By Rotimi Agbabiaka
Costume designer Christine Crook.
"The louder, the wei…
by TBA Staff
Director Mark Rucker. Photo: Courtesy
of American Conservatory Theater
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By Velina Brown
Q: I am in a large cast show right now, and I am so disheartened by how many actors and crew are on their cell phones backstage during the show. Some actors have them in the…
Bay Area Theatre News
' Cal Shakes Welcomes New Artistic Director Eric Ting
' Chad Jones Named New Executive Director at SFArtsED
' Cutting Ball Theater Artistic Dir…
By Sam Hurwitt
The question of whether or not to go to grad school is an intensely personal one in the arts, where it's relatively rare for an advanced degree to be stated as a prerequi…
By Lily Janiak
It was three days before opening, and to introduce me to his latest costuming dilemma, designer Jim Kumiega began, "At one point, in the fifth layer of hell…"
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Welcome to this month's "TBA Editors' Picks"! Joining TBA's communications manager Laura Brueckner and listings editor Kim Cohan is guest editor Sal Mattos, who has recently come on board at…
By Kristin Brownstone
Given the competition inherent in the world of theatre-making, more often than not, actors are grateful just to be working. But is simply working enough to further an …
By Jetta Martin
Ballet reinvents itself repeatedly"from classical to neoclassical, contemporary and beyond. Still, many of the most famous story ballets that companies perform today premier…
Bay Area Theatre News
' Companies on the Move
' Shotgun Players' MAD World
' Appel Leaves the Ball for the Dance
' PlayGround Accepting Applications for Writers Pool
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Interview by Julie McCormick
Amy Mueller, artistic director of Playwrights Foundation in San Francisco, has played many roles during her artistic career: director, producer, dramaturg and…
