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San Francisco Theater - July 2008
A list of San Francisco theaters with current performances for the month of June 2008. Please see each venue for additional details about each play, as well as any possible changes or cancellations.
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Theaters not staging performances this month are not listed. See a more complete list of San Francisco theaters with San Francisco theater map.
Actors Theatre of San Francisco
Union Square - 855 Bush (theater map)
- Sam Shepard's Buried Child
Chronicles three generations of a Midwestern family struggling against each other, some denying and repressing a past others are desperate to reveal, all haunted by the sudden fertility of their long-barren fields
American Conservatory Theater (ACT)
Union Square - 415 Geary (theater map)
- 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
To July 6, 2008
by John Ford/Directed by Carey Perloff
Play pits the hot-blooded violation of a shocking sexual taboo against the dirty machinations of a corrupt church and state
CounterPULSE
SoMa - 1310 Mission Street (theater map)
See counterpulse website for each month's series of events
Curran Theatre
Union Square - 445 Geary (theater map)
- A Chorus Line
July 8 to 27, 2008
Tony Award winning musical about 17 dancers vying for the chance to dance
Custom Made Theatre
SoMa - 965 Mission Street (theater map)
- A New Brian
To August, 2008
Directed by Brian Katz
Musical about a composer during a medical emergency. Gordon collapses into his lunch and awakes in the hospital surrounded by his maritime-enthusiast lover, his mother, a co-worker, the doctor and the nurses, and a certain frog named Mr. Bungie.
Exit Theatre
Union Square - 156 Eddy (theater map)
- Her Majesty
July 11 to 19, 2008
by Sean Owens
A breakneck farce-for-two where queens of every kind collide and quick changes and theatrical follies soon give way to the folly of theater - Avant GardARAMA
Jul 16 to Aug 16, 2008
Showcases plays that radically experiment with theatrical form. This year's playwrights: Gertrude Stein, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Eugenie Chan - The Pandora Experiment
Jul 25 to Aug 16, 2008br] Show by acclaimed magician and illusionist Christian Cagigal
Golden Gate Theatre
Union Square/Tenderloin - Taylor & Golden Gate Ave (theater map)
- No performance this month
Magic Theatre
Fort Mason Center - Building D at Marina Blvd & Buchanan
See map of Fort Mason area
- No performance this month
The Marsh
Mission District - 1062 Valencia (theater map)
- American Joe
Jul 3 to Aug 15, 2008
Oakland-based writer Jeff Greenwald (known for critically acclaimed travel books, including Shopping for Buddhas and The Size of the World -- in his newest work: an improvised monologue inspired by the vagaries of wanderlust - Not a Genuine Black Man
Jul 17 to 26, 2008
Written and performed by Liza Raynal
Celebrate the troops the San Francisco Way - Kiss My Booth
Jul 26 to 29, 2008
Written and performed by Victoria Doggett
Doggett depicts the stress, the humor and the competitiveness of working food shows, all the while hoping that the perfect buyer will come in and place orders for her gorgeous pasta
New Conservatory Theatre Center
Civic Center - 25 Van Ness (theater map)
- Men in Uniform
To July 6, 2008 - Walker Theatre
Directed by Michael Mohammed
What lurks beneath that hot male drag?! Can real men drop their masculinity issues long enough to actually connect with one another? Men In Uniform provocatively examines the men beneath their masculine attire - It's Murder, Mary!
Extended through Jul 12, 2008 -Decker Theatre
By Andrew Black & Patricia Milton / Directed by Allen Sawyer
Set at an exclusive Russian River resort, this campy yet tension-filled murder mystery is sure to keep you guessing and laughing until the last body falls - Brand New Me
Jul 18 to Aug 20, 2008 -Walker Theatre
Directed by F Allen Sawyer
Connie Champagne brings her talents to the music made famous by Dusty Springfield
Orpheum Theatre
Civic Center - Hyde and Market (theater map)
- The Drowsy Chaperone
Jul 22 to Aug 17, 2008
Begins when a die-hard musical fan plays his favorite cast album, a 1928 smash hit called "The Drowsy Chaperone," and the show bursts to life. The audience is immersed in the tale of a celebrity bride and her uproarious wedding day.
Phoenix Theater
Union Square - 414 Mason Street (at Geary)
- Work Eats Home
To July 12, 2008
Your office becomes your living room in this collection of five original one-act plays about where you spend your time away from home.
Project Artaud Theater
Mission/Potrero - 450 Florida Street (theater map)
- Last Call
Scott Wells & Dancers
Jul 4 & 5 and Jul 10 & 12, 2008
Presenting works from his repertory, including: Home, West Side Story and Gym Mystics - Local Heroes / Big Picture
Week 2 - Jul 17 to 19, 2008
Features three local heroes. Each has grown from an established Bay Area company and choreographic tradition. - H U M
In the Gallery
Jul 16 to Aug 10, 2008
Exhibition responds to the human experience in a modern age. How is our experience shaped by an environment that is always humming?