American Conservatory Theatre

American Conservatory Theatre Premieres 'I'm Still Standing'

ruzik_tuzik — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:49:32 -0500

Fifteen young actors from across the Bay Area join musicians from San Francisco's Bird School of Music for the world premiere of the A.C.T. Young Conservatory's I'm Still Standing: A Celebration of the Music of Elton John, created and directed by A.C.T. Young Conservatory (YC) director Craig Slaight. This dynamic musical tribute features hit songs popularized by the famed Grammy, Academy, and Tony Award winner and plays at Zeum Theater, located at Yerba Buena Gardens (Fourth and Howard streets), through June 21.

San Francisc Theatre Presents Starving Class

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:41:21 -0500

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) artistic director Carey Perloff today announced the final casting and design team for A.C.T.’s 30th anniversary production of Sam Shepard’s classic interrogation of the American dream, Curse of the Starving Class.

American Conservatory Theatre Tackles Big Issues In Fugard's Blood Knot

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:25:02 -0600

American Conservatory Theatercore acting company members Steven Anthony Jones and Jack Willis star as South African brothers divided by skin-tone and joined together by blood in Athol Fugard's Blood Knot, directed by Charles Randolph-Wright.

American Conservatory Theatre Premieres

ruzik_tuzik — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:28:28 -0600

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) artistic director Carey Perloff announced casting today for its upcoming world-premiere production of Brainpeople,written by OBIE Award-winning playwright and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter José Rivera and directed by 2007 OBIE Award-winner Chay Yew.

American Conservatory Theatre Goes Hollywood

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:11:19 -0600

American Conservatory Theater ( A.C.T.) Artistic Director Carey Perloff announced the casting today for David Mamet's brisk, cutting comedy on the movie business, Speed-the-Plow, directed by Loretta Greco, returning to A.C.T. after last season's Blackbird.

American Conservatory Theatre Premieres Program By Sarah Daniels

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:47:45 -0600

In a co-production with Theatre Royal Bath, nine talented young actors from communities throughout the Bay Area come together under the direction of American Conservatory Theatre Young Conservatory Director Craig Slaight for the world premiere of British playwright Sarah Daniels’ Broken Wings and the stage premiere of Daniels’ Soldiers’ Wives.

Rainmaker Brings Hope, Romance To American Conservatory Theatre

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:47:55 -0500

American Conservatory Theater Artistic Director Carey Perloff announced the casting for N. Richard Nash's classic western romance The Rainmaker. The show's cast, headed by American Conservatory Theatre core acting company member René Augesen and Canadian star Geordie Johnson and directed by the esteemed Mark Rucker, includes American Conservatory Theatre favorites, celebrated Bay Area actors, and a current American Conservatory Theatre Master of Fine Arts Program student.

American Conservatory Theater Presents British Comedies

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:16:08 -0500

American Conservatory Theater is proud to present two special productions of classic British comedies: Oscar Wilde's dramatic comedy of identity, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Candida, George Bernard Shaw's comedic comment on class, propriety, and desire.

Special Guests Joins American Conservatory Theatre

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:17:19 -0500

Lauren Molina and Benjamin Magnuson, currently playing in American Conservatory Theatre's hit run of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, will be giving a one-night-only performance on Monday, October 1, at San Francisco's legendary Plush Room, for their San Francisco cabaret debut.

Doug Benson To Headline American Conservatory Theatre's Comedy Night

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:00:15 -0500

American Conservatory Theater and ACT One are thrilled to announce that nationally renowned comedian, co-host of VH1's "Best Week Ever,"Â and creator of The Marijuana-logues Doug Benson will headline the 12th annual A.C.T. Comedy Night, a benefit for the ACT One Scholarship Fund. The Sunday, May 20, event at the American Conservatory Theater kicks off at 6:30 p.m. with a cocktail reception and raffle, followed by an 8 p.m. performance.

American Conservatory Theatre Presents Photo Exhibit

ruzik_tuzik — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 11:33:32 -0500

In conjunction with the world premiere production of Philip Kan Gotanda's After the War, American Conservatory Theatre presents a special exhibit of artwork culled from two recent Bay Area art exhibits that chronicle the Japanese American Internment experience in California and life after World War II in San Francisco's Fillmore District.

American Conservatory Theatre Features Mamet, Shepard, Ford, Fugard

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:53:08 -0500

American Conservatory Theater Artistic Director Carey Perloff today announced the line-up of the company's 41st subscription season. Running from August 2007 to July 2008, the season is marked by some of the most distinct voices currently at work in the American theater, bold new takes on rarely-produced classics from the canon, and dynamic collaborations with some of the best-known and most beloved artists in A.C.T.'s history.