578 stories from Theatre Bay Area
by Sam Hurwitt
Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, the Marsh occupies a unique role in the Bay Area theatre ecosystem. Not only is it a hub for solo theatre pieces, but it?s also a …
by Sam Hurwitt
The Bay Area Playwrights Festival has been a local institution since Robert Woodruff founded it in 1976. But since she took the helm in 2000, artistic director Amy Mueller ha…
by Rotimi Agbabiaka
Having a dependable stream of donations is often the deciding factor in whether or not a nonprofit theatre stays afloat. As the person who cultivates this stream, a comp…
by Nicole Gluckstern
Summer in most cities is a time for frolic and festivals?and Redwood City is no exception. With much of the action taking place on or around Courthouse Square, Redwood …
by Sam Hurwitt
Theatre Bay Area supports Bay Area theatre artists and companies in all sorts of different ways, but for 20 years now one of the primary and most direct ways the organization…
by Rotimi Agbabiaka
On Monday June 24, Theatre Bay Area will throw Spark Into a Flame, a benefit honoring philanthropists TonI Rembe Rock and Arthur Rock and raising money for TBA?s progra…
by Edward Guthmann
From the tent camps of the Gold Rush era to the leather bars of the 1970s and ?80s, San Francisco?s South of Market district has long been one of the city?s most colorful…
by Rotimi AgbabiakaÂ
In February, Matthew Goudeau was named director of Grants for the Arts, the city agency responsible for distributing funds for the operational needs of local arts or…
by Rotimi Agbabiaka
Lindsay Krumbein would rather be texturizing set walls, fine-tuning sound cues or directing scenes but first she?s got to make sure there will be an audience for her lat…
by Rotimi Agbabiaka
Bay Area theatremakers have cause to celebrate as they look back on the inaugural Bay Area Theatre Week. The event, which ran from March 26 to April 7, represented a joi…
by Nicole Gluckstern
This past March, Power Productions?a theatre company from Newfoundland, Canada, working at the intersection of queer and disability arts?was scheduled to perform their …
by Edward Guthmann
In his scathingly funny Eureka Day, Oakland playwright Jonathan Spector satirized the anti-vaxxing debate?and set his comedy in a fictitious Berkeley private school where…
by Velina Brown
Q: People say tattoos are a bad idea for actors, that they can get in the way of getting cast, but recently I saw a picture of Ben Affleck with a huge tattoo on his back and…
Westfield News Group ArtsBeat 3/27/19. "The Music Man" at Goodspeed, Sevenars' new season and arts news for WMass and No.CT.
by Rotimi AgbabiakaÂ
When it comes to equity, diversity, and inclusion, Black Benatar is here to tell you: you can do it! A self-described ?social justice drag queen,? Benatar is the alt…
by Kim Tran
?What kind of relationships do we want in a rehearsal room??
Tierra Allen, artistic engagement manager at California Shakespeare Theatre, poses a question that is being pondere…
Westfield News Group ArtsBeat 3/6/19. Goodspeed announces its season directors and choreographers. "Rent" comes to The Bushnell, and arts news for WMass and No.CT.
by Nicole Gluckstern
For Dr. Myrton Running Wolf, the principles of EDI (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) are far more than a marketing strategy. In his view, centering EDI within the oper…
by Velina BrownQ: When you were just starting out as an actor, how did you deal with contract negotiation? Was that something you did?
Actor …
by Nicole Gluckstern
For Oakland native Joy Meads, taking classes at American Conservatory Theatre?s Young Conservatory was a wonderful way to gain confidence and find her own voice as a te…
by Lauren Spencer
February is a month for lovers. (At least that is what the greeting card companies invite us to believe.) However, beyond the commodification of partnership, there?s an ex…
by Velina Brown
Q: Maybe this isn?t actually a business question but it sort of is as it relates to having both a satisfying work life and personal life. Sometimes I feel like I have to cho…
by Sam Hurwitt
A perennial problem for theatre companies in the Bay Area, and for Theatre Bay Area as their service organization, is that the region is bursting with an incredibly rich and …
by Nicole Gluckstern
Since 2002, The Imaginists have staked a claim on the rigorous art of generative theater-making from their longtime home of Santa Rosa. Maybe not the first place that s…
by Kari Barclay
This year has proved again the vitality of trans and gender-nonconforming artists in the Bay Area. Peacock Rebellion in Oakland produced comedy and music centering queer and…
