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  • “What Is To Be Done?” Fights Depression & Fascism, Brilliantly—at The Marsh
  • “Twelfth Night or, What You Will” Highlights Our Humanity—at The Public
  • “The Tempest” Mixes Magic, Old Feuds, & New Love—at Marin Shakes
  • “The Return” Investigates Repression & War—at Golden Thread
  • “Some Things You Should Know About My Mom” Summons the 60s—at Exit
  • “Scat-ter Brain: The Music of ADHD” Celebrates Spontaneity—at The Marsh
  • “The Return” Reveals the Cost of Forbidden Love—at Golden Thread
  • “Jurassiq Parq, A Musiqal Parody”: A Wild Joy Ride!—at Oasis
  • “Night Driver”: Hong Kong Princess Navigates S.F. Queer Scene—at The Marsh
  • “The Magnolia Ballet”: A Bold, Black Father-Son Love Story—at Shotgun: Video to Sept. 6
  • “Execution of Justice” Exposes the ‘Twinkie’ Defense—at Chautauqua
  • “My Fair Lady” Hits Perfect Pitch of Cockney Comedy—at SF Playhouse
  • “My Fair Lady”: Lush Update of a Musical Masterpiece—at SF Playhouse
  • “Dear San Francisco”: A Mind-Blowing Trip—at Club Fugazi

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“Luigi the Musical” #JailHouseSatire – TaylorStTh

“Drapetomania” – Wayne Harris #Palestine – The Marsh

“Good People”– Lindsay-Abaire #BostonFling –Altarena

“Plaza Suite” – Neil Simon #RomCom – Hillbarn
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“Eureka Day” – Spector #VaxComedy – Aurora@Marin

“Big Scary Animals”– Matt Lyle #GayComedy – Masquers

“Jayne Eyre” – Bronte #WildLove – OrindaStarlight
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“Hamlet” – Shakes #Tyranny – OTP @SanRafael

 “Cabaret” –  #Musical – LosAltosStage

“Day/Sky/Turned Orange” #Musical – SFBATCO
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“Yellow Face” Echoes African American History”
David Henry Hwang Reflects Blackface
Shotgun Players

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“John Proctor Is the Villain” – Kimberly Belflower
#CrucibleReborn #Witches/Abusers
Saint Mary’s College

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“Deep History” – David Finnigan
#WorldWide #ClimateCrisis
PublicTheater, NYC

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“Good Bones” – James Ijames
#Gentrification #BLM #DreamHouse
PublicTheater – NYC

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“Counting & Cracking” – S. Shakthidharan
#SriLankanEpic #AussieSpectacular
PublicTheater – NYC

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“Omar” – Rhiannon Gibbons & Michael Abels
#IslamicScholar/Slave #BLM
S.F. Opera

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“The Ally” – Itamar Moses
#Teacher/Politics #Israel/Gaza
PublicTheater, NY

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“Manahatta” – Mary Kathryn Nagle
#NativeAmericans #LeavingManhattan
Public Theater, New York

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Interview with “Mame” – Lynne Stevens
#CindyGoldfieldSpeaks #TheaterLife
42ndStMoon

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“Tragedy of Macbeth” – Shakespeare/Coen
#ShakesNoir #Denzel/Frances
Apple TV+

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“Central Park Jogger” – John Fisher
#NYC #BLM #FREE/Online
Sassymouth

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“Essential Services Project” – Patricia L. Morin
#JohnFisher #GayHeroes #Interview
Theatre Rhinoceros

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“Seeing Red: Time-Traveling Musical”
#Revolution #Audio #Updated!
SF Mime Troupe – FREE
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“Shadow/Land” – Erika Dickerson-Despenza
#AudioPlay #BLM #HurricaneKatrina
PublicTheater.NY
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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – August Wilson 
#JazzAge #BLM #BluesMother
Netflix
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“I Am Sending You the Sacred Face” – Heather Christian
#DragOpera #MotherTeresaExplains – FREE
Theater in Quarantine
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“What the Constitution Means to Me” – Heidi Schreck
#Women’sRights  #Comedy/Politics #BLM
AmazonPrime
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“The Farm”
– John Fisher
#1%University #PrivilegedCrime #FREE/Online
TheRhino

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“In the Heights” – Lin-Manual Miranda #Musical #Latinx – HBO

“Angels in America” – Tony Kushner #GayEpic –NationalTh.UK
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Twilight: Los Angeles – Anna Deavere Smith
#WitnessesTestify  #ProtestersSpeak
#BLM – PBS.org
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“Gloria: A Life” – Emily Mann
#Gloria Steinem #Christine Lahti
#BLM – PBS
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“Hamilton” – Lin-Manuel Miranda
#BLM – #RevolutionLives!
DisneyPlus – $6.99
♦♦♦“Notes from the Field” – Anna Deavere Smith
#BLM  #School to Prison Pipeline
Amazon/HBO
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“Pipeline” – Dominique Morisseau
#BLM  #Mother’sFears  #School>Prison Pipeline
LincolnCenter.NY – $8.99
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“PRIDE: Frank Kameny, Eyes on the Stars” – John Fisher
#Soldier/Astronomer #GayRebel #FREE/Online
TheRhino.org
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“West Side Story” – Bernstein & Sondheim
#MovieMusical #Latinx&Gender
Netflix, Hulu, Amazon
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“A Box Without A Bottom” – David Hirata
#Race, Illusion, and Magic
TheMarsh.org
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“Fiddler on the Roof” – Musical w/ Topel
#RussianJews  #FaithChallenged
Netflix.com
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“Ann” – Holland Taylor
#AnnRichards  #WonderWoman
PBS.org

♦♦♦“Sunday in the Park with George” – Sondheim
#Musical  #Painting&Art  #GeorgesSeurat
PBS.org

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“A Murder in Hawaii”  –  John Fisher
#Mystery#BLM #FREE/Online
TheRhino.org
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“The Afterlife” – Gary Soto
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LatinxTeens #FREE/Online
S.F.YouthTheatre
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  • “What Is To Be Done?” Fights Depression & Fascism, Brilliantly—at The Marsh
  • “Twelfth Night or, What You Will” Highlights Our Humanity—at The Public
  • “The Tempest” Mixes Magic, Old Feuds, & New Love—at Marin Shakes
  • “The Return” Investigates Repression & War—at Golden Thread
  • “Some Things You Should Know About My Mom” Summons the 60s—at Exit
  • “Scat-ter Brain: The Music of ADHD” Celebrates Spontaneity—at The Marsh
  • “The Return” Reveals the Cost of Forbidden Love—at Golden Thread
  • “Home?”: Palestinian Woman Enacts Her Amazing Story, Brilliantly—at Z Space
  • “Jurassiq Parq, A Musiqal Parody”: A Wild Joy Ride!—at Oasis
  • “Night Driver”: Hong Kong Princess Navigates S.F. Queer Scene—at The Marsh
  • “The Magnolia Ballet”: A Bold, Black Father-Son Love Story—at Shotgun: Video to Sept. 6
  • “Les Blancs” Delivers the Truth about Colonialism—at OTP
  • “Execution of Justice” Exposes the ‘Twinkie’ Defense—at Chautauqua
  • “Les Blancs” Exposes Hypocrisy of Imperialism—at OTP
  • “Into the Breeches!”: Wartime Women Take Center Stage–at Masquers

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