578 stories from Theatre Bay Area
By Sam Hurwitt
On November 10, Theatre Bay Area capped the inaugural season of the TBA Awards program with a glittering celebration hosted by American Conservatory Theater at its …
Sam's Picks
The Convert
Katherine Renee Turner as Jekesai in the Bay Area premiere
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By Lily Janiak
If you think PianoFight's new live performance venue, which just hosted its first shows this weekend, is a major undertaking for a small theatre company, consider t…
By Sam Hurwitt
Easily one of my favorite parts of editing this magazine is choosing a new play by a Bay Area playwright to publish every January. We publish two plays a year…
By Rotimi Agbabiaka
Growing up in Detroit with a stepfather who was a respected jazz musician and musical director for The Supremes, veteran Bay Area actress…
Interview by David Templeton
Fighting is motion. It's dance. It's storytelling as action. No one knows that better than Richard Lane. A veteran fight director, L…
By Jean Schiffman If you're an actor who yearns to do more with your acquired skills than perform, if you're inclined toward helping others, if you're attracted to psychothe…
By Lisa Drostova The Bay Area is an incubator for new plays"there are several organizations that train playwrights in specific tools or approaches and give them a place to get their wor…
By Velina BrownTo be or not to be a parent"it's a big question for anyone. But for theatre artists it can be especially fraught, and timing is key. I know what it was like for my…
Velina Brown.By Velina BrownQ: Recently I was cast in something that was a big deal for me and I immediately posted about it on Facebook. Most people said congratulations, but one person sai…
By Brad EricksonPoliticians know that certain hot-button issues can both divide an electorate and elicit passionate responses on either side. Both parties try to exploit this phenomeno…
Sam's Picks Breakfast with Mugabe L. Peter Call…
By Rotimi AghabiakaWorking on a theatre production often feels like being part of a family. The cast and crew bond in a sometimes inexplicable way and collaboration is fueled by love a…
By Robert Sokol There was a great sense of pride and accomplishment around the Theatre Bay Area office at the end of the day on September 18. After a busy year gathering, synthesi…
By Lily JaniakWhen I met writer and performer Heather Marlowe on September 30, she had just finished her run at the ACT Costume Shop of The Haze, her harrowing solo show about getting …
By Sam HurwittThere's a whole lot to be excited about at Theatre Bay Area right now. First and foremost, of course, is the inaugural TBA Awards. Our legion of adjudicators"the proverbial "ju…
By Robert Avila Elevator Repair Service has been making wildly disparate new work since 1991, and developed a considerable reputation among the theatrical avant-garde. But th…
Marissa Wolf. Photo: Cheshire Isaacs By Lily JaniakThis morning Crowded Fire Theater announced the departure of artistic director Marissa Wolf. She'll be leaving the c…
By Velina Brown Q: I feel frustrated by how few film and television projects are shooting in the Bay Area. The obvious solution is to move to Los Angeles, but to be honest I don't…
By Anna HechtFor years, veteran theatre producer Jill Bourque has seen a problem in arts ticketing: finding new ways to reach larger audiences. "Goldstar or Groupon or other models of …
Interviewed by Laura Brueckner Bill Irwin, ActorMany know Bill Irwin as a clown. He was a founding member of the Pickle Family Circus; his film The Regard of Flight is…
We make magnificent art here in the Bay Area, and Theatre Bay Area is thrilled to recognize the outstanding achievements of the artists and companies whose work moved us, c…
By Brad Erickson When talking about the value of theatre often we often like to say that it acts as a bridge, connecting diverse communities and providing a pathway of understanding between…
By Jean Schiffman The redevelopment that's underway in the area of downtown San Francisco between 5th Street and Van Ness Avenue, known as Mid-Market, or Central Market, is attractin…
