Unlike New York, the Bay Area has theatre spread out around the entire valley, and much of it is difficult to keep track of. Here is a list of some interesting things to look out for in the Bay Area for the rest of 2016.
You Can Never Tell by George Bernard Shaw
California Shakespeare Theatre; August 10-September 4
August: Osage County
Marin Theatre Company; September 8-October 2
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Novato Theatre Company; September 9-October 2
King Charles III by Mike Bartlett
American Conservatory Theatre; September 14-October 9
Sylvia by A.R. Gurney
Ross Valley Players; September 16-October 16
Peter and the Starcatcher by Rick Elice
Berkeley Playhouse; September 22-October 16
Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz
City Lights Theatre Company; September 22-October 23
Seared by Theresa Rebeck
San Francisco Playhouse; September 27-November 12
Outside Mullingar by John Patrick Shanley
Theatreworks; October 5-30
Casa Valentina by Harvey Fierstein
New Conservatory Theatre Center; October 7-November 6
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Altarena Playhouse; October 7-November 13
1776 by Peter Stone and Sherman Edwards
Contra Costa Musical Theatre; October 7-November 5
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee
Shotgun Players; October 12-November 13
The Last Tiger in Haiti by Jeff Augustin
Berkeley Repertory Theatre; October 14-November 27
The Hard Problem by Tom Stoppard
American Conservatory Theatre; October 19-November 13
Rumors by Neil Simon
Novato Theatre Company; October 28-November 13
Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw
The Pear Theatre; October 28-November 20
Rapture, Blister, Burn by Gina Gionfriddo
The Custom Made Theatre Company; November/December
Baker Street by Marian Grudeff, Raymond Jessel, and Jerome Coopersmith
42nd Street Moon; November 2-20
Safe House by Keith Josef Adkins
Aurora Theatre Company; Starts November 4
The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Palo Alto Players; November 5-20
Sons of the Prophet by Stephen Karam
New Conservatory Theatre Center; November 11-December 18
Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker
Los Altos Stage Company; November 17-December 11
The Night Alive by Conor McPherson
San Jose Stage Company; November 23-December 18
She Loves Me by Joe Masteroff, Jerry Bock, and Sheldon Harnick
San Francisco Playhouse; November 23-January 14
946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips by Michael Morpurgo and Emma Rice
Berkeley Repertory Theatre; December 2-January 15
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