Name: My Fair Lady
Start: 2026-03-14T20:00:00
Location: The Pear Theatre

Corinna Laskin

Debra Lambert

Melissa Mei Jones

Thomas Nguyen

Sarah Thermond

Ralph Shehayed

Louis Stone-Collonge

Lysander Abadia

Carsten Koester

Sara K. Dean

Chris Beer

Trish Files

Theatre Bay Area

San Francisco Playhouse will present the Tony Award-winning “M. Butterfly”, written by David Henry Hwang (“Chinglish”, “Yellow Face”, “Soft Power”, and operas “The Monkey King”, “Dream of the Red Chamber”). Inspired by the real-life trial of Bernard Boursicot, this breathtaking drama reimagines Puccini’s opera “Madama Butterfly” through the story of a French diplomat’s 20-year affair with a Chinese opera singer. This trailblazing and poignant play illuminates the radical politics of cross-cultural relations, gender identity, illusion, and desire. Bridgette Loriaux, who provided movement direction for last season’s hit production of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” at San Francisco Playhouse, returns to direct this production. Dean Linnard stars as French diplomat Gallimard opposite Edric Young as Chinese opera singer Song Liling.

M. Butterfly

San Francisco Playhouse

Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner “Primary Trust” receives its Regional Premiere at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. In Eboni Booth's charming and powerful play, 38-year-old bookstore worker Kenneth enjoys nightly chats over happy hour Mai Tais at the local tiki bar with his best friend Bert. When his smalltown life is upended, Kenneth finds a path toward new beginnings in this story brimming with surprise and, ultimately, hope. Jeffrey Lo will direct the TheatreWorks production, featuring William Thomas Hodgson, Kenny Scott, Dan Hiatt, and Rolanda D. Bell, with Jonathan Erman as the onstage musician.

Primary Trust

Lucie Stern Community Center

The American Dream comes at a price. But who truly pays for it? Arthur Miller’s searing indictment of moral compromise erupts with new urgency in this groundbreaking production. When a father makes a fateful decision to preserve his family’s hard-won success, the aftershocks ripple far beyond his home and community. Featuring Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner Jimmy Smits and acclaimed actress — and real-life partner — Wanda De Jesús, Berkeley Rep’s Associate Artistic Director David Mendizábal (Mexodus) brings a bold new perspective to this American classic through a lens of race, ethnicity, and class — maintaining the original text while sharpening its themes of justice and inequity. This powerful revival reveals a tragedy where the pursuit of prosperity collides with the reality of who America was built to serve.

All My Sons

Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Director of the classic film, Frankenstein James Whale is spending his retirement away from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. Will James find peace from his torment, or will his inner monster beguile him to deeper depths? Tom Mullen provides a theatrical adaptation of Christopher Bram’s novel and Oscar-winning film, with a plunge into the inner soul.

Gods & Monsters

New Conservatory Theatre Center

Set in the little village of Anatevka, the story centers on Tevye, a poor milkman, and his five daughters. With the help of a colorful and tight-knit Jewish community, Tevye tries to protect his daughters and instill them with traditional values in the face of changing social mores and the growing anti-Semitism of Czarist Russia. Rich in historical and ethnic detail, Fiddler on the Roof’s universal theme of tradition cuts across barriers of race, class, nationality and religion, leaving audiences crying tears of laughter, joy and sadness.

Fiddler On The Roof

Sierra Repertory Theatre

Playwright Jeffrey Hatcher, who wrote City Lights’ 2015 hit Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, now brings us a new version of a celebrated mystery that inspired Hitchcock’s masterpiece. Tony is convinced that his wife Margot has been cheating on him with Maxine. Now it seems that the affair is over, but in his jealousy Tony spins a web of suspicion and deception that will ensnare them both in danger, recrimination and murder. In this updated thriller, writes The Times of San Diego, “the pace is quicker, the dialogue is snappier, the women are smarter and more complex. But the motive for murder remains the same.”

Dial M for Murder

City Lights Theater Company of San Jose

Delson Stammer is a small time AIDS activist with a big-time chip on his shoulder. When he moves to San Francisco in 2000, he turns his rage into a bid for SF Supervisor and, to everyone’s surprise, ends up in City Hall. Now a series of miracles is sending this totally “out of left field” candidate to the White House. How will he handle the pressure? Find out in this outrageous and topical comedy from John Fisher, the playwright behind queer action-adventure epics Billy, Fallin, and Pirates!

Left Field, a new play by John Fisher

Theatre Rhinoceros

During the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War, young Raina Petkoff is surprised when a Swiss mercenary, fleeing from enemy cavalry, climbs up the drainpipe to hide in her room. Cynical and pragmatic about war, the soldier begins to sow doubt in Raina’s romanticized views. In this anti-romantic comedy, George Bernard Shaw explores the hypocrisies of life, love, and war.

Arms and the Man

Martinez Campbell Theater

our highly-gifted teens collab and collide one pivotal summer at a prestigious Berkeley girls’ music program. They improvise and crack wise atop a steadily thrumming undercurrent of disaster and emergency. This world premiere play with music comes from A.C.T.-commissioned playwright Eisa Davis, the singular writer-musician-actor whose keen ear for the language and inner lives of adolescent women brought us the Pulitzer finalist Bulrusher. At turns hilarious and melancholy, raucous and poetic, ||: Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :|| is an exquisite and achingly true story of friendship, self-discovery, and the salvation of art-making.

||: Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :||

American Conservatory Theater Strand Theater

Z Space and Word for WordPLAY present a bold new stage adaptation of Dave Eggers’ The Eyes & the Impossible (Chapters 1-6). The novel, a winner of the 2024 Newbery Medal for excellence in children’s literature, is described as "a lyrical, soulful book full of wit and passion...a timeless story for readers of all ages." The story takes you to the inner world of Johannes, a free and fast dog—and his job as the "eyes" of an urban park by the sea. Join him in his trials and tribulations as the equilibrium of the park is upset by an influx of humans, construction, and other animals. Experience the fully staged production on Z Space’s Steindler Stage, presented in classic Word for Word style.

The Eyes and the Impossible

Z Space

A bold reimagining of transformation, class, and identity—where the streets sing louder than the salons. With a pub as our stage, My Fair Lady explores the humor, heart, and harsh realities of class division—all while celebrating the indomitable spirit of those who fight for a better life.

My Fair Lady

The Pear Theatre

Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World is a powerful, song-driven journey through moments of decision, hope, and transformation. This unique theatrical song cycle weaves together a series of characters—each standing on the precipice of change, facing the unknown with courage, fear, and determination. From a Spanish explorer setting sail to a woman contemplating escape from a troubled relationship, each song tells a story of risk, resilience, and the endless possibilities of a new beginning. With a soaring, genre-blending score and deeply emotional storytelling, Songs for a New World is a moving and exhilarating exploration of the choices that shape our lives.