On a cold September morning in 1844, a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside dreaming of a new life. He is soon joined by his two brothers and an American epic begins with a small store in Alabama. One hundred and sixty-three years later, the firm they establish—Lehman Brothers—spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy and triggers the largest financial crisis in history. Told in three epic parts over one evening, The Lehman Trilogy is a modern theatrical classic.

The Lehman Trilogy

Utilizing the multi-storied, multi-roomed Strand Theater as non-traditional theater space, audiences will be broken up into four groups that independently tour Fefu’s home. Stories and histories come into play as you happen across conversations as Fefu’s bohemian and raucous cohorts gossip, question, flirt, provoke, and ultimately reveal (or hide?) the universal understandings between women. As muscular and searing in her deliberate use of language as Albee and Miller at their best; as acidic as Clare Boothe Luce’s iconic play The Women; and patron saint to blockbuster hits like Sleep No More—Fornés’s Fefu and Her Friends is an invitation to a theatrical experience like none other.

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Fefu and Her Friends

The Strand Theatre

The Young Conservatory Middle School Actors Ensemble presents an abridged version of Tennessee Williams's classic play, The Glass Menagerie. We follow the trials and tribulations of the Wingfield family as the matriarch, Amanda, desperately tries to carve out a future for her children—one at odds with the changing world around them. The young cast of The Glass Menagerie explores the conflict between personal dreams and familial duties, made more resonant as they take their first steps towards shaping their futures and creating the world they want to see.

YC Actors Ensemble The Glass Menagerie Project

Geary Theater

In this popular cabaret annual tradition, "Singer's Choice" allows student performers a chance to bring to the stage songs of their own choosing from a variety of musical genres. We look forward to this special night that celebrates the enormous talent and uniqueness of our cabaret ensemble members.

YC Cabaret Singer's Choice

Launching its American tour at the A.C.T.'s Geary Theater, Freestyle Love Supreme pays homage to John Coltrane's improvisational musical style as it takes audiences on a freestyle, never-before-seen-and-never-to-be-seen-again hip-hop comedy ride. Hailed as “sophisticated and haphazard, hilarious and serious” by Rolling Stone, no two shows will be alike, as performers—and special guest artists—take suggestions from the audience and spin them into instantaneous riffs and full-length musical numbers. Bay Area audiences will be the very first to see this slam-dunk hit, conceived over 15 years ago and as fresh as today’s Twitter feed.

American Conservatory Theater

Apr 20 - May 22, 2022

The Lehman Trilogy

Mar 24, 2022

Fefu and Her Friends

American Conservatory Theater