578 stories from Theatre Bay Area
By Velina Brown
Q: I'm currently working on my first Equity theatre gig. We are two weeks into the run with a month left to go. The show is wonderful, the actors are wonderful, the com…
Bay Area Theatre News
' Berkeley Rep Gives 1,000 Free Anna Deavere Smith Tickets to Nonprofit Groups
' Bay Area Children's Theatre Receives $100,000 Disney Grant
' Douglas …
By Lisa Drostova
At the New York Television Festival in 2009, former Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica writer Ron Moore revealed the secret behind Star Trek: The N…
You already know that TBA's journalism is undergoing huge changes. Well, you're looking at another one of those changes right here: beginning this month, we will publish "TBA Editors…
About the playwright: Oakland resident James F. Ross grew up in the American Midwest before moving first to New York City, and eventually to California. He attended various colleges …
By Lily Janiak
Christina Augello, performer and artistic director of the Exit Theatre, has always had it, and for years it got so bad that she gave up performing altogether.
When she w…
Interviewed by Laura Brueckner, Communications Manager
Visitors to California Shakespeare Theater can expect to see at least three things on their way to the Bruns Amphitheater: gorgeous tr…
By TBA Journalism Staff
This week:
' Four New Hires at Berkeley Rep
' Theatre Bay Area member Martha Richards Published in American Theatre
' American The…
By Velina Brown
Q: During the last show I did, I really lost money. I wish I'd asked if I could come to rehearsal an hour later on Saturdays so that I could have kept my yoga teaching g…
About the playwright: Madeline Puccioni is a re-entry playwright, delighted to be back at her real work after grading English 1A papers for 30 years. Recently, she's had short plays …
By Jean Schiffman
When L. Peter Callender got a call from California Shakespeare Theater artistic director Jonathan Moscone asking him to replace an actor who'd had to drop out of Romeo and…
Interview by Laura Brueckner
In late April, TBA managing director Dana Harrison headed to New York to attend a three-day intensive course on producing commercial theatre, held by th…
About the playwright: Barry Eitel is an Oakland-based playwright and journalist. He was the head writer for Boxcar Theatre's The Speakeasy, leading a team of nine to create a breathing novel…
By Lily Janiak
Carey Perloff, artistic director, American Conservatory
Theater. Photo: K…
About the playwright: Playwright, actress, and founder of Windy City Productions, Susan Rabin grew up in Chicago. Her writing draws upon that city's climate and colorful characters. She earn…
By Velina Brown
Q: I know you mostly answer questions from actors, often about complaints regarding how unfair or poorly they've been treated by a theatre company, casting director or d…
By Nirmala Nataraj
The vision of a theatre marquee plastered with title and credits below the official-sounding moniker of "world premiere" summons up all kinds of assumptions about fir…
About the playwright: Chase Ramsey is currently the casting director and artistic fellow at The Cutting Ball Theater in San Francisco. Founder of Warboy Theatre Projects, Connections Theatre…
By Emily Wilson
After a couple of years of presenting a few individual shows under its banner, the San Francisco International Arts Festival comes back with a vengeance this May with about …
By Velina Brown
Q: I want to act. I love theatre. I have a three-page resume of all the things I do in the theatre. But honestly, I have more production internship positions on the …
By Sam Hurwitt
Editor-in-chief Sam Hurwitt.
Well, it's finally happened. This wi…
About the Playwright: Beverly Butler is an award-winning playwright and short story writer whose day job is senior vice president for Wells Fargo's Treasury Management division at its headqu…
By Laura Brueckner
Murals swirl across the tall plywood barrier shielding American Conservatory Theater's soon-to-be-opened Strand Theater on Market Street from the bustle of the city s…
Sam's Picks
Heathers: The Musical
Ray of Light Theatre
May 22"Jun. 13
That's right, just like pretty much every other cult classic movie, someone decided to make a stage musical of Heath…
By James Nelson
Ever since I finished my undergraduate degree and began working as a theatre director, I've set my sights on getting an MFA. For years, I've explored websites and sized up…
