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San Francisco Theater - May 2008
A list of San Francisco theaters with current performances for the month of May 2008. Please see each venue for additional details about each play, as well as any possible changes or cancellations.
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)
- Luv by Murray Schisgal
Through May 3, 2008 - Sam Shepard's Buried Child
Opening May 23, 2008
American Conservatory Theater (ACT)
Union Square - 415 Geary (theater map)
- Sam Shepard's Curse of the Starving Class: A Dysfunctional Family Classic
April 25 to May 25, 2008
Directed by Peter DuBois
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 Midsummer Night's Dream
May 6 to June 1, 2008
Theatrical events with actors, dancers, martial arts experts, musicians and acrobats from India and Sri Lanka
Custom Made Theatre
SoMa - 965 Mission Street (theater map)
- The Odd Couple by Neil Simon
May 8 to June 7, 2008
Directed by Leah S Abrams
Exit Theatre
Union Square - 156 Eddy (theater map)
- Mark Romyn's Thursday Night Combo
May 1 and May 22, 2008 - Sweetie Tanya
May 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24
Written and directed by Dan Wilson - The Loom and the Ship: A Twice-Traveled Odyssey
May 2 & 3, 2008
With poet and performer Patti Trimble, and Douglas Kenning, historian and storyteller
Lamplighters Music Theater
At various venues
- Gilbert & Sullivan - Straight Up, With a Twist
May 17 & 18 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - San Francisco
Directed by Barbara Heroux
Magic Theatre
Fort Mason Center - Building D at Marina Blvd & Buchanan
See map of Fort Mason area
- Octopus
May 10 to June 8, 2008
New play by Steve Yockey
The Marsh
Mission District - 1062 Valencia (theater map)
- The BrEaST of Sherry Glaser
May 2 to June 14, 2008 - MYT's Narnia
May 3, 4, 9 and 10 - Crazy Wisdom Saves the World Again!
May 16 to 24, 2008 - Jeff Greenwald's Strange Travel Suggetions
May 17 & 24, 2008 - Ann Randolph's Squeezebox
May 17 to June 29, 2008 - Marga Gomez's Long Island Iced Latina
& Samantha Chanse in Lydia's Funeral Video
May 28, 29 and 31, 2008
New Conservatory Theatre Center
Civic Center - 25 Van Ness (theater map)
- It's Murder, Mary!
May 9 to June 28, 2008 - Decker Theatre
Directed by Allen Sawyer - The Odyssey
May 1 to 11, 2008 - Theatre 3
Directed by Stephanie Temple
Orpheum Theatre
Civic Center - Hyde and Market (theater map)
- Celtic Woman
May 1 to 4, 2008
Phoenix Theatre
Union Square - 414 Mason Street (at Geary)
- The Ladies of the Camellias by Lillian Groag
May 2 to May 31, 2008
Directed by Joyce Henderson
Project Artaud Theater
Mission/Potrero - 450 Florida Street (theater map)
- Fpr the Record: Dancers Debate the Body Politic
Through May 10, 2008
ODC in Residence at Project Artaud Theater
SF Playhouse
Union Square - 533 Sutter Street (theater map)
- Bug: Bay Area Premiere by Tracy Letts
May 10 to June 14, 2008
Directed by Jon Tracy
Stage Werx
Union Square - 533 Sutter Street (theater map)
- Circus Finelli: A Slapstick Slavic Cabaret
May 2 to 4, 2008 - 8p
One hour show of circus comedy - with elaborate preshow entertainment where performers improvise with the audience
Theatre Rhinoceros
Mission - 2926 16th (theater map)
- 7 Sins - Written and Performed by James Judd
Extended to May 17, 2008
Judd presents his life of envy, greed, gluttony, pride, lust, sloth and wrath
A Traveling Jewish Theatre
Mission/Potrero - 499 Alabama Street (theater map)
- 2 x Malamud
May 10 and 11, 2008
The Magic Barrel and The Jewbird
Berkeley Theaters
Aurora Theatre Company
2081 Addison Street - Berkeley, CA
- The Trojan Women - Professional World Premiere
Through May 11, 2008
Directed by Barbara Oliver
Berkeley Rep
2025 Addison Street - Berkeley, CA
- Figaro - Inspired by Mozart and Beaumarchais
Through June 8, 2008
Directed by Dominique Serrand - No Child . . .
May 11 to June 1, 2008
Written and Performed by Nilaja Sun - Directed by Hal Brooks